“You need grit, determination, and a good stress management plan.”
Peta Green of Strong Healthy Women is a Fitness and Lifestyle coach, passionate about helping women find their community and live active, healthy, and confident lives. She helps women over 55 who are navigating post-menopause master their strength and fitness through her 5-week life-inspired program that’s designed around their real-world needs.
Peta’s journey began when she hit her 40s and felt like she’d hit a brick wall. “Suddenly I’m needing afternoon naps, dealing with health dramas, and menopause knocked me for six. Instead of accepting this as ‘just getting older,’ I dove into research and became my own guinea pig.” Seeing how lifestyle changes transformed her health, she knew she had to share what she’d learned with other women. That was her lightbulb moment, and Strong Healthy Women was born.
Strong Healthy Women isn’t just about exercise, it’s about community. Peta shared, “Women come to Strong Healthy Women to be active and healthy and discover their community and stay for lifelong friendships.” She’s passionate about helping women feel seen, heard, and supported. “They feel alone, invisible, and unheard and are so caught up in the busy’ness of life, raising family, caring for aging parents, managing a career and life’s everyday activities, with little or no time left for themselves. Thinking ‘Am I the only one?’ and discovering they’re not.”
Peta believes that a healthy, strong, and connected life is built on three key foundations—move, eat, and live. Through her Strong Healthy Women wellness programs, she helps women integrate these principles into their daily lives.
Peta loves the freedom running her business gives her. “The freedom to call the shots! When you work for others, it’s their way or the highway. But running my own show means I can pivot when needed.” With grandkids to raise and life constantly throwing curveballs, she values the flexibility that comes with being her own boss.
Peta believes in keeping things simple and focusing on what truly matters. She shared great advice for those starting in business to “get your head around the numbers—no burying your head in the sand,” invest in a great team, and remember that “your team aren’t mind readers or robots—give them space to grow and shine in their own way.”
Peta has been a HerBusiness member since 2018 and has been involved in several programs, including the Marketing Success Mastermind and Mentoring. She has also attended the REACH Retreat in Hawaii twice. The HerBusiness Network has given Peta the support and community she needs to grow. “We all need a tribe! When I’m stuck or struggling, I know there’s always someone who gets it. When I’m celebrating wins, big or small, these women are there cheering me on. Running a business can be lonely, but having this community changes everything.”
Learn more about Peta and Strong Healthy Women.
