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Melanie Briony Portrait

Fitness, Nutrition
& Nervous System Regulation

Helping Women 30+ Grow Stronger, Fitter & More Confident

Strong • Sexy • Confident

Helping women 30+ go from feeling stressed, overwhelmed and unhappy in their bodies
to feeling stronger and more confident—without burning themselves out.

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Online Coaching & In-Person Personal Training

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Sound Familiar?

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  • You tell yourself week after week that you need to put yourself first, but you can't seem to make it happen on your own.
     

  • You feel like you're constantly being told what you should be doing, but you're more overwhelmed and confused than ever.
     

  • You've lost your mojo when it comes to your health and fitness goals and it's getting you down.
     

  • You see old photos of yourself and just want to feel like your good old self again.
     

  • You're fed up with all the pushing and giving up. It's exhausting.

 A Different Approach to Fitness,
Nutrition & Wellbeing

You aren't here because you want more rules to follow or another coach who tells you what to do without considering everything you're already holding in life.
 

The Strong Like A Woman approach brings an understanding of nervous system regulation and recovery into the way we work together. Your stress levels, energy, sleep and ability to recover all affect how you feel, how much energy and motivation you have to exercise, and how easily you can make changes that last.
 

Whether you want personalised training to build strength and fitness or in-depth coaching that brings together fitness, nutrition and nervous system regulation, there's a way to work together that suits you.

Both approaches help you understand yourself better, work with your body rather than constantly push against it, and make lasting changes without burning yourself out.

Ways to Work Together

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Strong Like A Woman

Online Coaching

Personalised online coaching for women who are tired of trying harder, falling off and starting over. Bring fitness, nutrition and nervous system regulation together to build strength, confidence and lasting change without burning yourself out.

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Stronger You!

Personal Training

1:1 personal training for women in Newcastle, NSW, combining personalised strength training with nervous system regulation tools to help you build strength, improve your fitness and achieve lasting results.

Why choose
Strong Like A Woman?

You're not broken. You don't need more willpower. You need an approach that considers the whole picture.
 

With over 15 years of experience in fitness, nutrition and lifestyle coaching, I understand that lasting change involves more than exercise and food.
 

A different approach to health & fitness.

  • Understand yourself — Recognise how stress, your nervous system and life's demands influence your habits, energy and choices.

  • Work with your body — Bring fitness, nutrition and nervous system regulation together to support your health and fitness goals.

  • Make changes that last — Find strategies that work with your individual needs, circumstances and life.

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Meet Melanie

I'm a fitness, nutrition and nervous system regulation coach with over 15 years of experience helping women build strength, improve their health and feel more confident. My own experience led me to explore breathwork and how our nervous system influences the way we feel, function and respond to life's demands, fundamentally changing how I understand health, fitness and lasting change.

What Clients Say

Melanie is the consummate professional. Her knowledge of nutrition, the human body, and exercise is extensive, but what sets her apart is her ability to listen, understand my goals, barriers and limitations, and help me find a way forward that feels gentle, achievable and sustainable.I feel stronger, healthier, more confident, and more in control of my body than I have in years. ~ Zoe Marr

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Melanie Briony acknowledges the Awabakal People as the traditional custodians of the land on which she lives and works,
and honours the Ancestors who have long cared for this Country. She offers her work on these lands and waters with respect
for Elders past and present.

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© 2026 by Melanie Briony - Strong Like A Woman
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