Introducing Barbara Edelston Peterson

Hello, and thank you for visiting this site. Barbara Edelston Peterson is an award-winning athlete, an author, a designer and a mother, exceeding expectations for what motherhood should look like by being successful in multiple areas of her life. She is the founder of the Power of Exercise and xsm coaching—multi-faceted approaches to fitness and personal growth. Her belief in well-being embraces more than just the physical body, particularly evident in her humanitarian work as the founder of OCCUPY HEART, and in her sports psychology program, Nine to Podium. Winning in life is important to Barbara, but always in the spirit of giving more than you take, and learning while teaching life lessons along the way. Her life credo sums it up perfectly:

• Seek wisdom from Nature.
• Live in truth.
• Give more than you take.
• Love deeply.
• Say thank you.
• Begin again.
  

• Graduating in 1984 with a Masters Degree in Clinical Psychology, Barbara utilizes her degree to help people the world over find their inner strength and serenity, with a focus on the benefits of exercising. She practices sports psychology, acts as a motivational speaker, and is the author of multiple books relating to health and well-being.
• With a first place title in the XTERRA World Championships for 2011 while in her fifties, Barbara continually proves that being fit and happy is achievable and accessible for anyone. She lives in Berkeley, California, with her husband and two school-aged daughters. She has written more on this topic in her blog entry called “Personal Best.”