Contact Your Senator Today! This Legislation Gives You Fitness Dollars

Fitness + Wellness

Dec 18

For many years, I’ve wondered how a country could that generates, by far, the most sales globally in fitness gear, devices, and equipment can at the same time leave so many without access to informed exercise. How could we, the greatest country in the world, not incentivize our citizens with a “gift” to get fit?Why wouldn’t insurance companies want patients to exercise more? Exercise is the panacea and a known gateway to health. Exercise is good for the brain, the skin, the heart, the lungs, muscles, and may even prevent diseases like Alzheimer’s and dementia. And, we all know, exercise is the key to weight maintenance.Well, the wondering is over. There is a more than a movement, there is legislation. It's called the PHIT Act, and it's already passed the House and is slated to be on the Senate docket very soon.The PHIT Act would allow Americans to place up to $2,000 in pre-tax accounts like Health Savings Accounts (HSA) and Flexible Savings Accounts (FSA) to pay for qualified fitness expenses including memberships, classes, and personal training appointments and for reimbursement of physical activity expenses, lowering the cost of living an active lifestyle for adults and children alike.To make sure this very important legislation passes, contact your Senator. For Virginians, contact Senators Tim Kaine and Senator Mark Warner to let them know you want this bill passed because you want to be rewarded for all of your hard work!You can read read more about the PHIT Act here.

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Adrien Cotton

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ADRIEN COTTON believes the greatest gift you can give to yourself is the gift of wellness.

After serving in high-leverage professional roles, including being one of the youngest Communications Directors in the US House of Representatives, Adrien pivoted her career focus to helping clients capture their strength in all areas of life. An accomplished speaker, entrepreneur, corporate wellness educator, menopause expert, and wellness coach, Adrien has proven success in designing and implementing innovative wellness programs.

With a Master’s in Public Policy from Georgetown University, Adrien sharpened her professional skills by working with individuals from all walks of life. This unique background allows her to tailor her services for each and every client, with optimization and long-lasting success as the goal. Her effectiveness is rooted in a solid foundation of growth-oriented principles, a proven history of helping clients transform their lives, and a deep level of relatability gained from her personal wellness journey.

Since founding her wellness enterprise, Adrien leverages her fitness and wellness background to guide people from a state of giving up to a place of proactive self-care. Her work extends beyond nutrition and exercise, emphasizing lifestyle and high-impact areas of focus visually represented in her Wellness Wheel. Incorporating strategies in stress resilience, sleep, calendar management, mindfulness, and menopause, she’s helped transform hundreds of lives.

Adrien is living her mission to support clients in shifting their mindsets and helping them leverage small habits that yield lasting results.