About Me

My name is Noah and I’m 31 years old living in beautiful Phoenix, Arizona.  My passions include traveling to new places, staying physically healthy, being outside as much as possible, and constantly finding ways to better myself and those in my network. 

I’m originally from northwest Ohio, and for my undergraduate, I went to school at the University of Kentucky- GO CATS! I graduated in December 2013 with my Bachelor of Science in Nursing and since then, I’ve been working as a registered nurse in the critical care setting. 

My Inspiration and story

The idea for a Body By Bernard came about after I suffered a very debilitating brain injury this past May 2019 while on vacation in Mexico.  I went from being a nurse to being a patient, my whole world flipped upside down. One moment I’ve got my life all figured out, and then BAM-gone, with not a single sense of direction as to what to do next.

Due to the brain injury, I initially lost the ability to move the entire left side of my body, I lost the ability to walk, I lost my confidence, I just felt lost in life. 

This was my rock bottom, and I was overwhelmed with fear and frustration unlike any time in my life.  Mentally, I was a rollercoaster of emotions and mood swings. Between the depression and anxiety, I was not my normal self and it made me feel hopeless.  Physically I was extremely body conscious while not being able to exercise as I used to and it continued to taunt me as I recovered and slowly regained my strength. My sense of self, sexual sense, confidence, and ego, was crushed and is still in the process of rebuilding, much like the rest of myself.  I had become mentally, physically, and sexually unknown and exhausted. Unsure if I would ever be myself again.

So I thought…”Now what? What am I supposed to do with my life?” 

I knew nursing would definitely be on pause, if not canceled until I recover more, but I still wanted to find a way to help people. So I looked at what I went through during this time and how I could use it as a learning experience to help other people: mental instability, unwanted physical changes, and zero sex drive. Talk about a trifecta for a millennial’s nightmare!

Now, after months of recovery and researching what to do next, I’m ready and able to start helping people again. Whether it’s overcoming confidence issues, figuring out how to squat more in the gym, or how to impress your lover in the bedroom, I want to help people figure it out.

I’m studying to be a CPT-CNC and will be launching tons of new training videos once certified. Along with those, I’ll continue writing sexual-based articles and interviews with expert information and programs for developing healthy lifestyles.

I’m taking these terrible moments and turning them into my motivation and foundation for this blog, business and the new direction in life. This allows me to share my passion and experiences with others to help them work to become healthy and happy in their own life.

I am incredibly grateful to be alive and to have had such amazing support from family and friends while recovering.

I’m ecstatic for my new venture in life and all there is to experience and share along the way. Life may not be perfect, but everything happens for a reason.