Stories about faith, fitness, and the healing of broken hearts, minds, and bodies

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Exercise Motivation Prayer

Lord, I don't feel like doing this today, but by my authority in Jesus, I cast away my emotions of (say whatever emotions hold you...

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Asserting Authority

Preacher, the dog-cat, will do anything for a treat. At least, I thought he would. Preach is a wild man at heart. He would take full...

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Stuffed Between Pumpkins

She came to work out. Instead, she spent the hour telling me about what her daughter was going through at school. I know how to guide a...

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Post-Injury Exercise Prayer

I know what it feels like to step in front of a plyometric box, recall a misstep, and feel my shin throb. To resist performing the same...

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Out of Rags

In the middle of my to-do list, I dumped 30 ounces of water, dousing the shirt I planned to wear the rest of the day. It was a minor...

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Twenty-to-One Friendship Formula

When my husband, Charlie, and I began growing our fitness and nutrition business, our mentors taught us the ten-to-one formula, meaning,...

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"Wait Until You're My Age"

She pushed with power, sprung off the floor, and landed with control. I wanted to do the same insanely cool exercises. And I knew I...

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It's My Fault

I pursed my lips when I heard clink-clinking in the dryer. "Did you leave a jump drive in your pocket again?” I snapped at my husband,...

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Tami McCandlish