Olivia James

Olivia James: The Genomic Data Analyst Who Transformed Pain into Power

Once broken, now unbreakable.

My story is not pretty. It's raw, real, and messy, much like life. At 22, I hit rock bottom. After a bad ended relationship, an additional 30lbs overweight, and full of doubt and dread. I would cry myself to sleep, eating junk food to drown out the pain. My lab coat felt like a prison—genomic data analyst by day, emotional wreck by night.

Then I woke up one day and looked in the mirror and I did not recognize the person staring back. Who was this girl? The girl who used to love running 5Ks for fun. The girl who geeked out on DNA and devoured literature about the goodness and badness of our existence. The girl who loved life. She was gone.

That was the day I said to myself: enough.

I chose to trade my tears for dumbbells, trade my processed food for protein shakes, trade my self-pity for self-love. It wasn't easy. There were days I could barely lift a dumbbell without collapsing out of sheer exhaustion, crying. But I did it anyway. Over time, my weight (emotional and physical) began to slowly disappear. I learned about the power of genomic fitness—using the DNA data I have to fine-tune my workouts, nutrition, and mental health.

Now? Stronger than ever, inside and out. My mission is to help YOU become the best version of yourself, through science and sweat. Because if I can rise from the ashes, so can you.

PS: I'm still a nerd at heart and you'll find me nerding out about my microbiome in between deadlift sets.