On Bravery, Business, and Being Enough

Every nutrition coach hits a crossroads: keep growing the big, busy team… or scale back to a business that brings peace, profit, and freedom. Here’s how I made my choice.

Seven years cancer-free taught me this: the bravest nutrition coaches don’t always build bigger. It might mean scaling back, starting fresh, or redefining success entirely.

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By Jennifer Broxterman, RD

Kind Nerd Note: Bravery doesn’t always look like big leaps. Sometimes it’s a quiet decision made in your kitchen at 6am with a cup of tea, to stop forcing what you've outgrown, and start building what feels right.

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On Bravery, and Business

Someone called me brave last week. ❤️🐻🌈⁣

It was a former nutrition client reaching out about my PRO$PER Nutrition Certification, ready to chase her dream of becoming a nutrition coach. She said she was inspired by how I’d built my dream business.

And truthfully? This past year has taken guts.

I decided to scale back from “big team, big overhead” to something that felt right-sized. So far in 2025, I’ve:

• sold our house

• sold my business location

• moved fully online

• let go of my team

• ignored social media to protect my peace

• and settled into my dream home, tucked in the forest with a sparkling river always in view

Seven years cancer-free, I’m reminded that building a life you love means having hard conversations, with others, and with yourself.

At the start of this year, I asked: What drains my energy?
The answer: managing people and fixing fires that weren’t mine to put out.

So I simplified. Raised my rates. Went solo again.
Now, I make more, stress less, and love my work more than ever.

Because more isn’t always better.
Sometimes peace comes from subtracting.

Here’s to living ferociously, authentically, and in alignment with what matters most.

And to every coach out there: you’re allowed to pivot, shrink, grow, or rebuild your business into whatever fits your life best.

This is your permission slip to change direction, bravely.

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Pop Quiz Answers

Here are the answers to last week’s pop quiz to see how you stack up with your nutrition knowledge:

Pop Quiz:
How many grams of fiber should you aim for each day (minimum targets)?

• Women (ages 19–50): _____ g
  • Men (ages 19–50): _____ g
  • Women (ages 51+): _____ g
  • Men (ages 51+): _____ g

See the answers on Instagram → @prosper_nc

Stay kind + nerdy,   

❤️🐻🌈

Jen Broxterman
Registered Dietitian
Prosper Nutrition Coaching

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Jennifer Broxterman, MSc, RD

REGISTERED DIETITIAN & SPORTS NUTRITIONIST
• Award-winning Foods & Nutrition University Professor
• Successful entrepreneur of owner of NutritionRx
• 16 year CrossFit affiliate owner with my husband
• Founder of Prosper Nutrition Coaching & lead nutrition coach