About MonMade Strong
My Story. Our Mission.
Hi I'm Monica!
With a foundation in Biochemistry, Environmental Science, and Science Education, I believe that understanding how your body works is the first step toward creating sustainable health and lasting results. Here’s my story.
I found myself trapped in a cycle many women know well: making progress when life was perfectly structured, then struggling when work, travel, stress, or major life changes disrupted my routine.
My journey wasn’t a straight line. I repeatedly learned that sustainable health and fitness couldn’t depend on perfect circumstances. I became increasingly aware of the chronic health conditions affecting so many of the other people I loved.
Then…my WHY changed.
✔ I stopped focusing on weight loss alone and started focusing on aging well.
✔ I wanted strength that would carry me through every stage of life.
✔ I wanted energy, resilience, mobility, and health not just for today, but for decades to come.
I want you to know a few things:
- The goal isn’t perfection, it’s consistency. It’s building routines that help you take care of yourself so you can show up with energy, confidence, and strength for the people who matter most.
- My Clients get results, and more importantly, they learned how to continue the habit to further their healthy lifestyle.
- As of 2025, I became a mom! Let’s go, moms!
Monica Au-Yeung
Your lifestyle coach
I'm Monica, though most people call me Mon!
For years, I thought health meant being skinny.
Like many women, I spent years chasing quick fixes: fad diets, cleanses, endless cardio, and constantly starting over every Monday. I exercised to “earn” my food and never truly understood what it meant to be healthy.
Everything changed in my mid-twenties when a diet cleanse damaged my gut health and triggered psoriasis. Determined to find answers, I leaned into my science background and began researching nutrition and the body’s ability to heal. Around the same time, I started strength training consistently.
For the first time, I wasn’t focused on becoming smaller, I was focused on becoming stronger.
As I fueled my body with nourishing foods and prioritized strength, my health improved, my body changed, and I discovered something powerful: health isn’t about deprivation. It’s about building a body that supports the life you want to live.
But my journey wasn’t a straight line. Like many women, I found myself succeeding when life was perfectly structured and struggling when work, travel, stress, or family obligations disrupted my routine.
Then, in 2021, my perspective shifted forever.
While caring for my grandfather during his time in hospice, I watched a man I had always known as strong and independent gradually lose those abilities. At the same time, I became increasingly aware of the chronic health conditions affecting so many of the people I loved.
My Focus changed from losing weight to aging well.
I wanted strength, energy, mobility, and resilience, not just for today, but for decades to come.
As I spent more time with family, I realized something else: I didn’t want a life where I had to choose between my health and the people I loved. Instead of viewing vacations, celebrations, and dinners out as obstacles, I learned how to build habits and systems that allowed health and life to coexist.
That realization became the foundation of how I coach today.
Now, as a coach and mother, I understand that strength is about so much more than appearance. While physical results are rewarding, what matters most is having the energy to keep up with my son, show up for my family, and fully participate in the life I’m building.
That’s why I created
Mon Made Strong.
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