Testimonials

I am so pleased to know Carmen Tocheniuk both on a professional level and as a friend.

She is loyal, professional and very knowledgeable in what she does. I am grateful to have her as a fitness coach.

Thank you Carmen for all your time you put into my workout plans and for kicking my “butt” when we workout. I LOVE IT!

She is a true inspiration and role model to me and to others. THANK YOU for being you

When I met Carmen Tocheniuk I was a very unhealthy person, over weight not eating nor doing any exercising of any sort… I reached out to Carmen and asked for help… She was right there beside me pushing me forward, on having a healthy lifestyle… Carmen has helped me with so much, with dieting, coaching and just living a healthy life! I am so happy to have you in my life! Thank you for all you do for me!!! You are amazing!!

“Having dnaPower analyze my DNA was an eye opening experience. I really appreciated the way they broke down and explained how my body responds to various foods and types of exercise. They did an excellent job of providing me with the tools that I need to get the most out of my workouts, diet, and to feel the best I possibly can.

Carmen was incredibly knowledgeable and personable as she explained my results, and answered any questions that I had. I cannot recommend dnaPower enough as they have truly changed my life.”

I met Carmen Tocheniuk recently, while working out. I offered her some advice on a particular apparatus she had been working. She laughed and graciously accepted my ham-fisted offering, never for one minute letting on that her encyclopedic volume of knowledge was vastly superior to that of my own.

Subsequent to our initial meeting, I have had the great good fortune to get to know Carmen a little better in her capacity as a member of the Alberta Body Building Association, as a business woman and as a fitness coach and nutritionist. Carmen is extraordinarily focused and extremely good at whatever endeavor she elects to pursue. As a body builder she is truly world class. As a business woman her drive to succeed is equal to or greater than her drive as a body builder. As a coach and nutritionist, her knowledge and the manner in which she imparts it is both motivating and empowering. As a person, Carmen is, in a word, “magic”. Carmen is one of those rare personalities that makes you want to excel not simply by what she says but more importantly by what she does.

With respect to the products that Carmen produces and/or endorses (although I have not tried all of them) they are of the same standard and quality that defines Carmen as a person. Simply put, she would not make or get behind a product that she did not truly believe in and which she did not believe would be 100% beneficial for a friend or client.

In summary, I can say with confidence that Carmen is one of those rare people whose attributes are defined not by the gifts she receives from others but by the gift she gives to all around her. With that in mind, it is with great pleasure that I recommend Karmalife and wish Carmen the absolute best of luck (not that she’ll need it … she’s pretty adept at making her own).

90 days ago I was a Total train wreck. completely dependent on alcohol cocaine and sleeping pills. I couldn’t make it through the first two hours of my day, without vomiting, shaking, feeling mass anxiety or experiencing fits of rage.
My happyiest time of the day was 10 am when the liquor store would open. The shakes and anxiety would relax and I’d be able to get through the day. My days were unproductive and full of unnessecary drama, I would try to numb my pain and shame with drugs and booze, and when it would get to painful to deal with I would just pop a couple pills and sleep. I was hurting my family and friends, totally failing my beautiful children, and had lost all control. By may of this year I was at my rock bottom with constant thoughts of suicide and praying to God every night that I wouldn’t wake up. Mid June, my family and friends intervened. God was answering my prayers.
I was in such a bad state my family had to take matters into their own hands and make a plan for me. I agreed to go to a rehabilitation facility in Vancouver for 90 days. I remember sitting at my brothers kitchen table doing the intake on the phone completely wasted. On June 16 my brother picked me up to start our 13 Hour Dr. to Vancouver. I had to plead with him to allow me to drink. I was so stressed out and scared I couldn’t possibly get through 13 hours sober. I had no idea what to expect, but I was scared shitless I didn’t have the best feeling. I was praying to God for help and guidance.

I have to backtrack to 2022 when I was introduced to Carmen at karma life by a Good mutual friend, he told me all about her and her and her amazing DNA business, her lifestyle, and her passion for health and fitness and recovery. I hadn’t always lived an addict lifestyle, for most of my 20s. I stayed pretty on track with health and fitness and it was always a passion of mine I just struggled, staying on track. I had my DNA tested and when the results came back I listened, had a brief few days of feeling motivated, signed up for coaching and a meal and vitamin plan and made a plan to try to get back on track. It didn’t last long and I fell back onto my downhill decline to the bottom. I still had some sober times and I would try to mix in a work out here and there with Carmen. I think I thought I was doing way better than I was.
Every time I saw Carmen she would say Jenn I just wish you would come and stay with me. It will change your life. In February of this year I had called Carmen to inquire about checking myself in for two weeks I knew at that point I was really struggling. After she told me the cost of one week, I went back-and-forth with the idea and decided I would try to get sober myself. It didn’t work. And now here I was clutching a bottle of fireball driving to rehab wishing I would’ve taken the opportunity when I had it. $6000 seems like a way better number than the 30k I was about to spend at this facility.
I was dropped off on Monday, June 17 and I endured the worst four days of my life facing phobias I wasn’t prepared to face, having panic attack after panic attack, no phone, no friends, hearing others heart wrenching depressing stories, sitting in meetings I couldn’t hear and watching everyone cry and walk around depressed. I was disgusted with where I was and couldnt believe that I was there. What did I agree to? I ran away and begging a random stranger to use her phone,
I wanted to call my brother to get me out of there and go see Carmen. He was less than impressed when he heard for me told me to tough it out and hung up on me. I was angry and losing my mind. On Thursday, June 20 I checked myself out. I dragged my huge suitcase and three bags around Burnaby power calling Carmen trying to get myself booked in with her for 30 days.
Carmen rearranged her whole schedule and agreed to check me in on June 22. There’s not many people that would do this for someone.
Finally I felt some relief, I knew this would work. I was excited to get my life back. My family, however, was unimpressed, skeptical, and fed up. They had no clue how staying with a professional bodybuilder could help me. They didn’t understand, I didn’t really even understand, but I had huge faith in Carmen and felt deep down this was the path I needed to take.

Luckily I had had my DNA tested and Carmen already had my results from 2022 so using that as a guide, Carmen designed a personalized rehabilitation plan for me. It consisted of a strict time meal plan, a vitamin and supplement regimen and a workout routine. all of these things combined started working together to heal me physically , Carmen’s tough and loving mentorship and counseling services started working to heal me mentally… within three days of simply eating healthy on time working out, being in nature, reading, writing, sitting in the sauna and listening and observing to Carmen and her lifestyle, I felt a drastic shift in me. my cravings for alcohol stopped. I was happy to be alive and excited for my future. I made it through my 30 days with zero cravings for alcohol or cocaine. I checked out on July 22 with big plans and a totally new lease on life. finally the chapter I had been hoping for, for the past two years was finally starting.

Therapy shouldn’t feel like a prison. Addicts live in an internal prison every day for years before they finally make the decision to get help. Therapy should be calm, therapy should be tranquil, Therapy should heal without feeling shame. the real life experiences and lessons I conquered while with Carmen were life changing. I have been sober for 110 days, dealt with many hard struggles and many ups and downs since being on my own, but I have a very strong foundation and nothing will stop me. Carmen and I still talk every single day, everything I started at Carmen’s I am still doing. The proof is in the pudding that this lifestyle…. The body building lifestyle, is the road map to a successful happy healthy life. Carmen really wants to see me succeed. She’s my biggest supporter and I owe her my life. I wake up excited every single day and take every lemon life throws and turn it to lemonade. Every situation in my life sucked 110 days ago and now I’m in a new one…. A sober situation.