Ellen Smalley is the owner and certified Master Health and Wellness Coach at Creekside. She graduated with a Bachelors degree in Health Promotion and minored in Nutrition at The University of Alabama. She also earned a Masters degree in Exercise Physiology from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. In Birmingham, she interned as a cardiac rehabilitation exercise physiologist, a position she also held at FirstHealth hospital system in Pinehurst, North Carolina. Ellen and her husband have three neurodivergent teenagers. It has been a struggle for Ellen to figure out an exercise and wellness plan for herself, while taking care of everyone else. This has created her passion for helping others realize that they deserve to feel their best, not only for their families, but most importantly, for themselves. When not attending sport competitions, Ellen enjoys running and walking outside and experimenting with new, healthy recipes.