NBSV 229: Coaches' Corner with Kaylin Foisy: Chronic illness, coaching, and cupcakes
- Karina Inkster
- 2 hours ago
- 2 min read
Kaylin Foisy has been part of the K.I. team for five years — podcast production, social media, and now stepping into a bigger coaching role. In this Coaches' Corner chat, we get into Coach Kaylin’s 20-year vegan journey (which started with ethics at age twelve, long before she'd heard the word "vegan"), what it's actually like coaching clients online versus in person, and how a chronic illness diagnosis three years ago forced her to rethink training entirely, including why she'd rather "level out" than "level up."
We also cover raising vegan kids, the senior fitness class she teaches, and the vegan bakery she founded that's fooled more than a few farmers market skeptics.
Important topics we discussed:
>> A chronic illness diagnosis three years ago (causing post-exertional malaise) forced her to rebuild her training from scratch and made her a more attuned coach
>> Catering 140-person dessert spreads for a local music festival's closing cabaret, three years running
>> Coach Kaylin's reframe: instead of climbing higher, "turn mountains into paths" — make life more manageable rather than constantly striving upward
Connect with Kaylin:
>> Kaylin's vegan bakery on Instagram
Support the show on Patreon:
>> Keep the No-B.S. Vegan sponsorship- and ad-free, and get bonus content on Patreon!
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