Siobhan "Coach BONS" Patterson

Hey, I’m Siobhan, NASM Certified Personal Trainer, Nutrition Coach, and HCI Certified Health Coach with a passion for helping women  take their power back,  and fitness just happens to be my tool. 

My fitness journey began after I had my second son. I had a C-section, and my body didn’t bounce back the way it did the first time. At the time, I was in college and used my electives to take a nutrition course and a general health and fitness course that gave me access to the gym. It was essentially a free gym period, and that semester is where I built a foundational understanding of what weight loss actually requires.

Years later, after graduating from Bible college (after dropping out of nursing school for it!), I spent years facing closed doors when it came to securing a pastor position as a single mom. Eventually, I gave up on that dream and spent the next 2 years grieving in depression, and shame. I was mourning both a calling and a church community I had walked away from at that time as well. That depression led to drinking more than I should have, gaining weight, and ultimately giving up on myself as a whole.

Even though I knew what to do, I wasn’t doing it. How could I? I had nothing left in the tank. My youngest son had recently been diagnosed with ADHD and was being held back in public school, so I began homeschooling him while working two jobs!

I knew I needed a win, something to jumpstart my energy and motivation to do more than come home, finish a bottle, and have daily pity parties.

I started exercising in my living room. I even became a Beachbody coach, but quickly realized that the results people were seeing came down to calorie deficit and portion control, not the business model of selling a $100 bag of shakeology. And eventually I  realized I had done all I could do at home, so I tried the gym… more than once.

The first two trainers weren’t the right fit for me, and each time I quit the gym for a whole year, just long enough to be sure they no longer worked there. Then one day, I walked in, and the coach who checked me in noticed I had a large number of unused, expired sessions that she offered to reinstate.

I told her , “Nah  chill, trainers are wild.”

She wasn’t hearing any of that.

She believed in me when I didn’t believe in myself, and I needed that. I really needed that. 

She changed my life.

Through fitness, I realized I wasn’t a failure for not becoming a minister. My ministry had simply changed. It wasn’t in the church and deep down, I always knew that.

I began taking courses in personal training and health coaching, pivoted from being a lifelong waitress and volunteer minister, and stepped into a career where I was still serving , just not for tips.

 I was able to combine my biology studies and pre-nursing knowledge with my “do life with people” ministry mindset, alongside my personal training and health coaching education, to offer a truly holistic experience for women.

After all, it wasn’t her workouts that kept me going, it was her see me a a person and everything I was going through at that time. She was patient with me, let me go home and cry when I needed to, and pushed me when that’s what the day called for.

Fitness showed me how strong I am, not only physically, but mentally, emotionally, spiritually, all of it!

I’m a trainer today because a coach met me where I was at when I was burned out, distrustful, and done with coaches. 

That experience is why I approach my clients the way I do.

There are many reasons I do this work, but this is the foundation of why I’m passionate about fitness, coaching, and helping women rebuild trust with their bodies and themselves.