The Inner Strength Coach, Raylee Rice

My Whole Life Started The Day I Was Told I Could Die.

The day I was told I could die marked the beginning of my life. Perhaps you've experienced a moment when your world came crashing down. If so, please know that you're not alone.

At 19, just three days after giving birth to my son, I fought for my life due to severe blood clotting. Surprisingly, my blood test results contradicted what was expected for someone who typically forms blood clots. This left my doctors puzzled. I spent seven long weeks in the hospital, learning to walk again and embarking on a self-discovery journey.

My first step on this journey was seeking therapy to understand how I had manifested a medical condition that defied scientific explanation. I then decided to join a gym and dedicated myself to shedding 40 kilos over the course of 12 months. The concept that "Your Body Is a Physical Manifestation of Your Thoughts" became my mantra. Through working with a Holistic Life Coach, I uncovered that unresolved traumas had manifested as physical issues in my body, leading to blood clotting. I often say, "You boil my blood," referring to my relationship with my parents. At that time, I genuinely believed I was never good enough, unlovable, and undeserving of protection.

However, when my divorced parent came to the hospital, laying across my chest and telling me they loved me as the doctors inserted needles into my arms, it felt like the first genuine expression of love. Miraculously, my body responded by rupturing a surface vein, allowing crucial blood flow to my organs and saving my life.

Before that life-changing day, I had coped with childhood trauma through unhealthy means such as eating disorders, smoking weed, and sabotaging relationships. Later, I added obsessive training, controlled eating, and toxic relationships to the mix. Joining the fitness industry seemed like a calling, but by age 25, I realised I needed significant holistic, trauma and mindset help to transform my life.

From that point forward, I wholeheartedly invested in various forms of therapy available to me, which played a pivotal role in bringing me to where I am today. The person standing before you now is a woman who possesses the capacity to share tools and strategies for reinventing her life. I had risen from the depths of despair at a time when I believed I was unworthy of life and love.

Today, I am married to an incredible human being, and together we have a blended family with six exceptional children. Over the past 25 years, I have helped countless families transform their lives through education on healthy lifestyles, personal training, yoga, meditation, mindset coaching, hypnotherapy, relationship coaching, and cultivating healthy daily rituals.

I have built a community in the last two decades by owning A Ray Of Fitness Studio and Inner Strength Coaching. I have navigated the challenges of raising children while facilitating transformative change in the lives of numerous individuals. Through Healthy Holistic Mind & Body Coaching, I empower successful individuals seeking to balance their business, relationships, and health, providing them step-by-step tools for success.
My journey has been one of immense growth and transformation, and I am honoured to share my experiences and expertise with others.

When I Changed The Meaning Of My Past I Changed My Future.

This is an old photo of my dad.
I want to tell you that we have had a perfect relationship. I was a happy child, and he was an ideal dad. But that would be a lie. 

Growing up, I felt disconnected and hated my dad for many things. I honestly thought he never hugged me, listened to me, made me feel safe and generally was ashamed of me. This story led me to a path of self-destruction and sabotage. This was the story that I played on repeat creating the feeling of worthlessness, resulting in looking for evidence out in the world proving I was right. 

The beauty about all of this, I can change my thoughts and think on purpose. I get to give the past a new meaning that serves my life for the good. 

Instead, today, I feel the most unbelievable joy and love for a selfless man. 

My dad did the best he could with a feisty, heartbroken, and rebellious young daughter. 

My dad didn’t understand what was happening inside of me, nor did I know what was happening inside him.
#lifecoaching and #hindsight have offered me #perspective,  #understanding,  #comparsion, #forgiveness,  #selflove,  #gratitude and#unconditionallove. It has been a long road of #selfdiscovery that I find the #innerpeace to realise that I was the perfect child and had the ideal father to bring me to this exact place in my life.
Today, I hold close to every precious moment I have with the man I idolise. With his blood flowing through my veins, my dad, Ray, made me who I am today. That feisty young girl is now a fearless woman who has the strength, courage, business sense, determination, and love and compassion to facilitate change and support in many people’s lives. Because of all those tough times, I am the women who can raise children that I did not give birth to, as did he, build my businesses, and share my opinion with a powerful voice as did he. I am my dad's daughter, and no one else was up for the job better than he.
 I am so proud of my dad as I am proud of myself. 

If you are holding internal pain or anger and would like to free yourself from your past, I know the ideal feisty, compassionate life coach who has the skills to help. 

Her name is Ray Mahony’s daughter. 

Raylee Rice