Too much of health & fitness is focused on the physical rather than the spiritual well-being of a person. When it comes down to wellness, it's truly about mind, body, & soul. If you are not at peace in your life, it's hard to be content with any other aspect, especially how you look physically or feel emotionally. I realized that without faith, my foundation would not be strong enough to continue my wellness journey, let alone help others find their own story again.
I have always been a spiritual person, guided by my faith in God and can feel that there is something bigger than just here & now. I think that over the years, I started assuming that I was the sole controller of my life, rather than listening to God's plan. It's easy to want to control everything in life. We think we have the power to make everything go according to plan in our workplace, home, raising children, & relationships. But then life happens & what we thought was under our control was really out of our hands. It was in God's.
When I began my health & fitness journey, I never knew how my soul would become as rejuvenated as my physical being. I began to start praying again for guidance in my own health & fitness journey as well as those around me. In my online groups, people began sharing their own obstacles, fears, doubts, & walls they that had built up over the years. These groups are not about attaining a certain size or weight, they are about sharing and overcoming. Stories have been shared of eating disorders, loss of loved ones, divorce, ailing health, & breaking down walls of self-doubt and criticism. It is about being able to move forward in life and becoming more present in each day.
With faith comes compassion, patience, and love. Why is it that we are so eager to give that to others first but to ourselves last? When I lost my grandpa and then my father, I found faith & support in my fitness family. When I have struggled with relationships, I have found faith knowing that I am surrounded by people who lift me higher and have been put in my life for a reason. And when I suffered a recent injury, I know God has a plan for me to go along a new path of healing.
Whatever it is that comes your way, just have FAITH that you are on the right path and are being shaped into the person God has destined you to be. And find peace in that.
I have always been a spiritual person, guided by my faith in God and can feel that there is something bigger than just here & now. I think that over the years, I started assuming that I was the sole controller of my life, rather than listening to God's plan. It's easy to want to control everything in life. We think we have the power to make everything go according to plan in our workplace, home, raising children, & relationships. But then life happens & what we thought was under our control was really out of our hands. It was in God's.
When I began my health & fitness journey, I never knew how my soul would become as rejuvenated as my physical being. I began to start praying again for guidance in my own health & fitness journey as well as those around me. In my online groups, people began sharing their own obstacles, fears, doubts, & walls they that had built up over the years. These groups are not about attaining a certain size or weight, they are about sharing and overcoming. Stories have been shared of eating disorders, loss of loved ones, divorce, ailing health, & breaking down walls of self-doubt and criticism. It is about being able to move forward in life and becoming more present in each day.
With faith comes compassion, patience, and love. Why is it that we are so eager to give that to others first but to ourselves last? When I lost my grandpa and then my father, I found faith & support in my fitness family. When I have struggled with relationships, I have found faith knowing that I am surrounded by people who lift me higher and have been put in my life for a reason. And when I suffered a recent injury, I know God has a plan for me to go along a new path of healing.
Whatever it is that comes your way, just have FAITH that you are on the right path and are being shaped into the person God has destined you to be. And find peace in that.
Xo, Nat
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