KATIE HARDIE
BS, MBA, CSCS, NSCA,

After graduating from the University of Iowa, I moved to Denver and joined “Corporate America.” During my office stint, I witnessed and engaged in the self-destructive behaviors like sitting long hours, eating oversized restaurant food portions and undersized processed microwave meals, taking little time for physical activity, and storing a personal arsenal of medicine, which took place at the expense of health, balance, and happiness. I decided that I had zero interest in climbing that corporate ladder, so I attained personal training, strength and conditioning, and wellness coaching certifications before enrolling at the University of Denver in their MBA and Master’s in Sport & Performance Psychology programs. Combining elements from all of those backgrounds, I established Hardie Peak Performance to help clients understand their current health position and create customized plans to help them reach their health and performance goals.

I continued my lifelong learning quest and completed Cook Street School of Culinary Arts Professional Program so that I could understand from a chef perspective the importance of how food is sourced, the chemistry behind the techniques that make it look and taste good, and how to marry those culinary concepts to effective nutrition so that we can optimally grow, prevent injuries and disease, heal from injuries or trauma, and perform to achieve our goals. Most recently, I graduated from The Nutrition Therapist Master program at the Nutrition Therapy Institute in Denver so that I can help connect the dots for clients, children, and myself between meal choices and that relationship to our health, happiness, and performance. Based upon clients’ needs and my continual education, I continue to evolve the business to help bring high-quality food and instruction directly to people in the form of personal chef and nutrition educational services to offer the gifts of time, nourishment. and personal growth. I regularly incorporate these concepts with our family and hope to share these insights with others who have interest in effective strategies and knowledge.