Phoenix Rising
Where challenge becomes renewal, and community becomes strength
Born from fire. Guided by true grit.
Phoenix Rising is where you transform challenges around fitness, nutrition, and mindset into renewal - and rise stronger within a community that fuels your fire.
We’re breaking the mold in the fitness industry by simplifying what it takes to get strong, lean, and energized through a holistic lifestyle approach.
Inside the group program that is Phoenix Rising, you step into a space where…
Strength comes from the gym as much as it does from your own self-trust
Nutrition stops being endless restrictions and noisy cravings to become effortless balance
Mindset stops being about motivation hacks and becomes genuine self-leadership
Change stops living in your head and starts showing up in how you move, nourish, and lead yourself.
…all while having support from a community on their own unique, individual journeys
This is a holistic experience that bridges strength, psychology, and lifestyle. Built for those ready to lead themselves with the same intention they bring to everything else. Because when our bodies are energized, the rise to becoming our best is inevitable.
Meet the woman behind
True Grit’s
-Phoenix Rising-
Kalish’s story is the epitome of true grit and an entire lifelong transformation that took her from a childhood of autoimmune diseases and cancer to skydiver, Mayor, and founder of True Grit Fitness.
She’s a certified Personal Trainer, Nutrition, and Health Mindset Coach
“I don’t believe that the road to health and fitness should feel like a second job. I want to break through the noise of this confusing and often misleading industry, not with short-lived hype, crazy workouts, and fad diets, but with grounded, sustainable plans that become deeply ingrained with your “why” - the reason rooted in who you are and what you desire in life.”
-Kalish
What is Phoenix Rising?
Phoenix Rising is a group experience that isn’t simply a workout and nutrition plan with a group challenge thrown in from time to time.
We now live in a time where anyone can create a full plan through AI or countless free pdfs. What’s missing is that the best plans are meaningless if you can’t figure out why travel plans derail your progress for 5 months after you return. Or why you keep trashing the meal plan every Sunday that friends invite you over.
At moments most coaches will either pat you on the back and say, “You’ll get it next time.”
Or worse, “You just need to want it bad enough.”
This group is led by a coach trained in mindset and behavioral change therapy that don’t give surface level feedback or lazy retorts.
Introducing Phoenix Rising
-In this uniquely designed group program you’ll learn the M.O.V.E. Method-
Motivate: Uncover your deep-rooted why. You’ll go deeper than surface-level goals to find the emotional anchor that fuels true consistency.
Optimize: Design habits and strategies that work with your life—not against it. You’ll optimize you.
Visual: See the future version of yourself that feels possible, not performative. You’ll learn to shift the all-or-nothing patterns and use visualization tools that help rewire how you see yourself—even before the physical changes show up.
Embody: Live as the version of you who follows through, even when you're still in progress. This is where discipline is born—not from willpower, but from aligned motivation and habits that hold. You don’t just wish for change. You become it.
This method isn’t a step by step, it’s a system that works together at any given time.
What will the experience be like?
We’re breaking the mold in the fitness industry by simplifying what it takes to get strong, lean, and energized through a holistic lifestyle approach.
Live monthly group coaching call
Trackable fitness plans
Instant access to videos, downloadables, resources
Weekly Check-ins
All located within our app
This is for those who….
Have tried “everything” and found that didn’t work. You’re looking for something that finally doesn’t feel like a second job.
Don’t want to settle for what’s “normal” health for “your age” and instead wants exceptional
Wants to be fit year round, rather than chasing it January 1st or one month before a summer vacation trip
Are done with surviving and want to thrive
It's here!
And we have a short application for you to fill out to ensure we're a good fit for one another.
There is no commitment here, just a conversation to learn more about you.
This application is your first look at how we do things a little differently. Keep going if you're interested in health that's rooted in real strategy, deep mindset support, and functional strength.
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