The Inner Strength Coach Raylee Rice

This is my Story

Hello Friend,

Have you ever experienced a moment when your entire world came to a screeching halt? If so, know that you’re not alone.

At 19, I found myself fighting for my life just three days after the birth of my son. It all started when my blood began clotting at a dangerously alarming rate, while my blood tests told a different story—one that showed my blood was too thin to clot at all. The doctors were baffled and feared for my life, unable to explain why this was happening. It was a terrifying experience that left me grappling with uncertainty and fear, questioning everything about my health and my future.

After spending seven weeks in the hospital, I learned to walk again and embarked on a profound journey of self-discovery. My first stop? Therapy. I had to unpack how I manifested a medical condition that seemed to defy the odds. Next, I joined a gym and shed 40 kilos in just 12 months. I embraced the mantra, “Your body is a physical manifestation of your thoughts.”

Through the guidance of a Holistic Life Coach, I realised that my unresolved traumas had turned into issues within my tissues, contributing to my body’s blood clotting. I often said, “You boil my blood” when referring to my relationship with my estranged father. I carried the heavy belief that I was unworthy of love and protection. But everything changed when my father came to the hospital, laid across my chest, and told me he loved me as the doctors inserted needles into my arms. In that moment, I felt his love for the first time, and it became a catalyst for healing. My body miraculously ruptured a surface vein, allowing vital blood to flow to my organs, saving my life.

Before that day, I tried to buffer my childhood trauma with eating disorders, smoking weed, and sabotaging every relationship I had. I even turned to obsessive training, controlled eating, and toxic relationships. While I thought I’d found my calling in the fitness industry, by the time I was 25, I knew I needed drastic help to transform my life.

That’s when I began to invest seriously in every form of therapy available to me, and each step brought me closer to the person I am today. I’m proud to say I’m a woman who has risen from the depths of despair, believing I wasn’t worthy of life or love, to someone who now possesses the tools and strategies to reinvent not only my life but the lives of others.

Today, I’m married to an incredible human, and together we navigate the beautiful chaos of our blended family with six amazing children. Over the past 25 years, I’ve had the privilege of helping hundreds of families transform their lives through education on healthy lifestyles, personal training, yoga, meditation, mindset, life coaching, hypnotherapy, relationship coaching, and the creation of healthy daily rituals.

Through my journey of owning A Ray of Fitness Studio and Inner Strength Coaching, I’ve built a community focused on facilitating change in the lives of others while raising children. I’ve developed step-by-step tools through Healthy Mind & Body Coaching to help successful individuals learn to juggle business, relationships, and health.

The best lesson I’ve learned on this journey is that happiness is truly an inside job.

Here’s to your journey of transformation!

Yours in health & happiness,