Meet Charnise Michelle of Empowered Queens

Today we’d like to introduce you to Charnise Michelle.

Hi Charnise, can you start by introducing yourself? We’d love to learn more about how you got to where you are today. 
My name is Charnise Michelle. I am a Certified Personal Trainer. I specialize in beginner fitness for women. I’ve been in the fitness field for a little over 5 years. It started as a personal goal to lose weight and is now a brand empowering women of all sizes. When I started working out, I was a new mother of twins and overweight, weighing in at 235 pounds. I first went vegetarian and cut off all meat to cleanse my body from dead weight and then I took time away from social media in 2018 to start my personal healing journey from a draining breakup, which led me to become more spiritually close to God, and that’s when I took to spiritual/ urban gospel music to influence my workout, which led and inspired me to work out. I am now at 175 with hard work and dedication to my savior and fitness. 

Alright, so let’s dig a little deeper into the story – has it been an easy path overall, and if not, what were the challenges you’ve had to overcome?
It definitely hasn’t been a smooth road at all. Life got in my way multiple times. I struggle with depression, heartbreak, and the overwhelming duties of being a mother, but my Lord and Savior kept me focused on my fitness journey. Praying before I worked out; only listening to urban/hip-hop gospel kept me motivated until I decided to start my fitness business in 2019. Once I started Empowered Queens my life became harder, but with struggles comes growth. I didn’t know how to start a business, but I did it anyway. I had to learn the hard way by starting a business from the bottom up with no structure and no business foundation, but I started my brand anyway. I did it scared, but I did it, and God bless me with a successful business Empowering and building up all women because I let God lead me. 

Thanks for sharing that. So, maybe next, you can tell us a bit more about your business.
Here at Empowered Queens, we believe that the power in fitness comes from mental strength more than physical strength, and we dedicate ourselves to empowering all women to achieve victory over their fitness goals. We strive to train our clients using the practical steps of: 

Putting God first 

Focusing on your body holistically while speaking affirmations 

Building self-worth from the inside out 

Which will empower your physical strength 

With these proven practical steps, we will uplift our clients to build the temple they always deserved from inside and out. 

Pricing: 

Faith & Fitness 21-day beginner challenge $33 monthly Virtual Personal Training $33 a session 

We all have a different way of looking at and defining success. How do you define success?
My definition of success is simple and includes 3 steps. First step in success is learning your purpose/drive in life; once you learn your God’s given purpose is the first step to success. Second step is living in your purpose leading by example of God’s grace and mercies. Knowing you may have fall short, but no one is perfect, and that as long as you stay aligned with God, you are leading by example. Lastly, spreading your blessing and purpose with others. God blesses us to bless others, so using your purpose to uplift the next person is success for me. 

Pricing:

• Pricing: Faith & Fitness 21-day beginner challenge $33 monthlyVirtual Personal Training $33 a session

Contact Info:

• Website: www.eqempoweredqueens.com
• Instagram: Charnise_empoweredqueen
• Facebook: Charnise M Wells

Image Credits
Stephen Midgett
Jay Steele