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Have you ever thought that if you stopped something or slowed down on it that it was like giving up or failing? Do you wonder if there can be a balance of resting AND working hard toward your health goals?  Are you curious what the process of letting go of something in obedience to the Lord looks like when it comes to your health or life?  Today, I'm talking about it all in pure honesty of where the Lord has been working in my heart and life lately and the season that He is leading me into next on a personal level and what that has to do with you and this podcast. I pray you are blessed and encouraged by this episode as you journey forward living healthy and empowered by the grace of God and all for His glory!  In Joy, Lauren  P.S. My prayer is that this isn't goodbye, it's talk to you later!  In the meantime, listen back through old episodes on this podcast, practice and apply the things I've talked about that you haven't yet tried, AND check out a few of my best recommendations for keeping yourself encouraged an accountable as you continue forward living health and empowered for the glory of God!    Kaela McKaig  His Word My Walk Podcast Kaelaprays.com    Jessica Hottle Face Off With Your Feelings Podcast  Jessicahottle.com    Robin Rhine McDonald Vision Driven Health Podcast Visionsdrivenhealth.com

Do you find yourself working and stressing all week long, never finding time to take a break?    Are you wondering if something like weekly Sabbath is even possible for a busy mom like you?   Do you believe the Lord is calling to something more with Him but can't seem to find enough to seek Him and find out?    With all of the to-do's looming over your head, especially when you think about what you want to do to be living “healthy,” it can be really overwhelming to think about now setting aside more time for weekly rest too! I know first hand that it can be challenging, especially if you're anything like me and are driven by achievement, accomplishment and productivity. But the Lord has been teaching me so much about rest and I want to share it with you!    Today, I want to talk about what developing a weekly rhythm of rest might look like for you and how it can impact your ability to live the healthy and empowered life you are longing for.    Even if you have good rhythms of daily rest like sleeping and quiet times, the Bible has some things to teach about having weekly rhythms in place too for resting.    Grab your Bible and a notebook and let's get into it!    I pray you are blessed and encouraged by this episode as you journey forward living healthy and empowered by the grace of God and all for His glory!    In Joy, Lauren    P.S. If you found value in this episode (or any episode), will you take a moment to share it with a friend? My heart is that more women can be reached and encouraged by what God shares through me on this podcast and one of the best ways for that to happen is by YOU sharing it. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for tuning in each week and for taking the time to share it!    Ways to Connect with Me: I love to hear all the feedback from listeners, email me at lauren@lauren-joyce.com Want to know more about me and what I do? Visit my website at healthyandempoweredliving.com Need to connect with others on the journey and get support and encouragement where you're at? Join our FREE Joyful Health for Christian Moms FB Community: bit.ly/joyfulhealthforchristianmoms It would make my day to hear from you! Will you be so kind as to leave a quick review here.  

Are you tired of feeling tired day in and day out?    Do you wonder if there will ever come a time in your life where you don't feel stressed?    Are you curious if resting will truly create more peace than chaos in your days?    The truth is…REST is so much more than sleep.    When you are well rested, you live a calm and peaceful life.    When you are well rested you have energy to do the things you need to do and mental capacity to make the decisions that need to be made.    When you are well rested you can manage your emotions rather than let your emotions manage you.    Today I want to talk about daily rhythms of rest - more than just sleep - that you can implement so you can begin to live with less stress, more energy, and truly make your healthiest decisions consistently.    Grab your Bible and a notebook and let's get into it!    I pray you are blessed and encouraged by this episode as you journey forward living healthy and empowered by the grace of God and all for His glory!    In Joy, Lauren    P.S. If you found value in this episode (or any episode), will you take a moment to share it with a friend? My heart is that more women can be reached and encouraged by what God shares through me on this podcast and one of the best ways for that to happen is by YOU sharing it. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for tuning in each week and for taking the time to share it!  Ways to Connect with Me: I love to hear all the feedback from listeners, email me at lauren@lauren-joyce.com Want to know more about me and what I do? Visit my website at healthyandempoweredliving.com Need to connect with others on the journey and get support and encouragement where you're at? Join our FREE Joyful Health for Christian Moms FB Community: bit.ly/joyfulhealthforchristianmoms It would make my day to hear from you! Will you be so kind as to leave a quick review here.  

Do you find yourself stressed and on edge more often than you like? Are you tired of being tired all the time? Do you have a hard time prioritizing rest?    I know how frustrating it can be to have every intention of doing something and then just not be able to follow through. I understand the challenges of trying to live healthy when you have zero energy for anything.    Today, I want to encourage you that there is a better way, a Biblical way, to live healthy without the stress and exhaustion and you can start making changes that will impact your health today!    Grab your notebook and a Bible and let's dive in!    I pray you are blessed and encouraged by this episode as you journey forward living healthy and empowered by the grace of God and all for His glory!  In Joy, Lauren    P.S. If you found value in this episode (or any episode), will you take a moment to share it with a friend? My heart is that more women can be reached and encouraged by what God shares through me on this podcast and one of the best ways for that to happen is by YOU sharing it. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for tuning in each week and for taking the time to share it!    Ways to Connect with Me: I love to hear all the feedback from listeners, email me at lauren@lauren-joyce.com Want to know more about me and what I do? Visit my website at healthyandempoweredliving.com Need to connect with others on the journey and get support and encouragement where you're at? Join our FREE Joyful Health for Christian Moms FB Community: bit.ly/joyfulhealthforchristianmoms It would make my day to hear from you! Will you be so kind as to leave a quick review here.  

Have you tried more food restrictions than you'd like and found that they are not helping your digestion issues?    Are you tired of dealing with gut discomfort…you know bloating, constipation, all the things…  and not knowing what is causing it?    Do you find yourself wondering why regular doctors and traditional medicine aren't helping with any of it?    Well, let's talk about that today!    Because the truth is that you shouldn't have to live with gut discomfort and digestion issues any more or deal with traditional medicine and food restriction that isn't helping!    The last thing I want is for you to NOT be able to do the things that the Lord is calling you to do in this life because your health is holding you back.    What I get to share in today's episode is that it turns out there could be other underlying causes of your gut health issues AND solutions that are not related to your diet.    Tune into the second half of this interview with my guest Allison Jordan. Make sure to stick around until the end because she has a super special offer just for the listeners of this podcast.    Also, if you haven't listened to part 1 of this interview, pause this and go listen to that first, episode 78!    I pray you are blessed and encouraged by this conversation as you journey forward living healthy and empowered by the grace of God and all for His glory! Let's get into it!  In Joy, Lauren    P.S. If you found value in this episode (or any episode), will you take a moment to share it with a friend? My heart is that more women can be reached and encouraged by what God shares through me on this podcast and one of the best ways for that to happen is by YOU sharing it. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for tuning in each week and for taking the time to share it!  Connect with Allison Jordan:  Allison is a functional medicine health coach, certified craniosacral therapist, gut health nerd, and in addition to those fancy credentials, is also a marathon runner, author, wife, momma, and seeker of all things better health and better life.   She helps women end bloating and constipation through functional lab testing and rad science! As you'll hear her share, she ended up doing this when God led her through her own journey of illness that no doctor could fix. While she prayed repeatedly for God to heal her, instead, He led her to functional lab testing and understanding why traditional health advice isn't healing women or giving them the health they want.    She founded Better Belly Therapies to help both local and virtual clients who are searching for answers, but have hit a dead end in gut health solutions.    LISTEN |  The Better Belly Podcast FOLLOW | @betterbellytherapies VISIT | https://betterbellytherapies.com FREE GIFT | TOTAL Liver Detox Protocol HEAL | Better Belly Blueprint Use code EMPOWERED50 for $50 off when paying in full Ways to Connect with Me: I love to hear all the feedback from listeners, email me at lauren@lauren-joyce.com Want to know more about me and what I do? Visit my website at healthyandempoweredliving.com Need to connect with others on the journey and get support and encouragement where you're at? Join our FREE Joyful Health for Christian Moms FB Community: bit.ly/joyfulhealthforchristianmoms It would make my day to hear from you! Will you be so kind as to leave a quick review here.  

Have you ever wondered if God really cares about the details of your health and how you're feeling physically?    Do you question if God can really give you the answers and provide a way for you to live as your healthiest self in this life?    Well, I'll give you a hint. God cares and God knows and today's special guest is going to share all about her story. From having to leave ministry because of chronic illness, to God leading her on a long path of health and healing to how she helps women just like you today, you'll get all the details.    Today's guest is Allison Jordan. She is a functional medicine health coach, certified craniosacral therapist, gut health nerd, and in addition to those fancy credentials, is also a marathon runner, author, wife, momma, and seeker of all things better health and better life.   She helps women end bloating and constipation through functional lab testing and rad science! As you'll hear her share, she ended up doing this when God led her through her own journey of illness that no doctor could fix. While she prayed repeatedly for God to heal her, instead, He led her to functional lab testing and understanding why traditional health advice isn't healing women or giving them the health they want.    She founded Better Belly Therapies to help both local and virtual clients who are searching for answers, but have hit a dead end in gut health solutions.    I'm so excited to share this and I pray you are encouraged to keep seeking the Lord, listening for Him, and walking in each next step He guides you to even when it doesn't make sense. I know you will be blessed by this conversation so grab a notebook and your Bible and let's get into it!    Oh, also, this is only part 1 of the amazing conversation so be sure to tune in next week to hear all about the nitty gritty of what Allison does and hear about a special offer she has just for those who are listening to this podcast!    Again, I pray you are blessed and encouraged by this episode as you journey forward living healthy and empowered by the grace of God and all for His glory!    In Joy, Lauren    P.S. If you found value in this episode (or any episode), will you take a moment to share it with a friend? My heart is that more women can be reached and encouraged by what God shares through me on this podcast and one of the best ways for that to happen is by YOU sharing it. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for tuning in each week and for taking the time to share it!    Connect with Allison Jordan:  LISTEN |  The Better Belly Podcast FOLLOW | @betterbellytherapies VISIT | https://betterbellytherapies.com FREE GIFT | TOTAL Liver Detox Protocol   Ways to Connect with Me: I love to hear all the feedback from listeners, email me at lauren@lauren-joyce.com Want to know more about me and what I do? Visit my website at healthyandempoweredliving.com Need to connect with others on the journey and get support and encouragement where you're at? Join our FREE Joyful Health for Christian Moms FB Community: bit.ly/joyfulhealthforchristianmoms It would make my day to hear from you! Will you be so kind as to leave a quick review here.  

Have you been trying to live healthy or change your habits but seen no lasting results?    Are you sick of starting something new in your diet or exercise routine but not being able to stick with it for very long?    I know how you feel and you're not alone! I think much of diet culture tries to convince you to change everything or overhaul your life for a short time and then once you get the results you're looking for, you can go back to living the way you were…    But I know, and I'm sure you know too, that doesn't really help you create lasting healthy habits.    So, if you are in a place where you just don't feel like you know where you should start with getting healthy, with changing habits to help you live a healthier lifestyle, lose weight, get more energy, whatever it is “living healthy” means to you…    I want to get practical and share 3 places to start when it comes to creating habits that last and of course encouragement to keep seeking the Lord as you begin to take action in your health.    I know sometimes it can be so overwhelming, you can feel so tired and not motivated to do “what you know you need to do” and you might have the understanding and belief that you need to take better care of your body, your health, as a way to honor the Lord…    but I also get that it's a journey and sometimes you need somewhere to start to get your energy levels up, to have some quick wins for motivation, to get in the habit or practicing hearing from the Lord for His specific direction.    The healthy habits I want to share today are super simple, easy to commit to, and can have a big impact on your overall health as a place for you to start!    So, grab your notebook and Bible and let's dig in!    I pray you are blessed and encouraged by this episode as you journey forward living healthy and empowered by the grace of God and all for His glory!  In Joy, Lauren    P.S. If you found value in this episode (or any episode), will you take a moment to share it with a friend? My heart is that more women can be reached and encouraged by what God shares through me on this podcast and one of the best ways for that to happen is by YOU sharing it. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for tuning in each week and for taking the time to share it!    Related Episodes:  How to make changes to your eating without restricting foods or overhauling your life   Need Help Navigating the Holiday Food Overload? 3 Simple Healthy Eating Tips to Feel Your Best This Season   Struggling with overeating? 2 Mindset shifts to help you feel full the right way   Does Eating Healthy as a Busy Mom Feel Overwhelming? 2 Simple Food Habits You Can Begin Today   Want to Consistently Eat Healthy? 3 Things Holding You Back   BEST OF: When Mindfulness is the Only Healthy Eating Tip You Need (Replay of Ep. 24)   Want to Make Better Healthy Food Choices? 3 Things You Should Learn that Diets Don't Teach   Ways to Connect with Me: I love to hear all the feedback from listeners, email me at lauren@lauren-joyce.com Want to know more about me and what I do? Visit my website at healthyandempoweredliving.com Need to connect with others on the journey and get support and encouragement where you're at? Join our FREE Joyful Health for Christian Moms FB Community: bit.ly/joyfulhealthforchristianmoms It would make my day to hear from you! Will you be so kind as to leave a quick review here.  

If you've ridden the diet roller coaster before…    If you're ready to stop living in the shame of all the “should's” this world's version of health teaches…    If you know that growing in a relationship with the Lord is how to truly live healthy but don't know where to start…    Tune in to this super encouraging, wisdom filled conversation because in today's episode, I'm so excited to share with you an interview I did with Robin Rhine McDonald from the Vision Driven Health podcast where we dive more into why seeking the Lord first even in your health journey is important but also into some practical strategies to begin walking this out with the Lord in your daily life.    Robin is a Faith-Based Holistic Health Coach, proud mom and wife with a passion for supporting and empowering Jesus-loving women to gain true health while losing weight through her sustainable, grace-based process. She loves to help women ditch chronic dieting and disease for holistic health and wellness. She mixes her seminary background with her study of integrative nutrition to help women develop the energy and vitality to live out their unique God-given calling.    I pray you are blessed and encouraged by this conversation as you journey forward living healthy and empowered by the grace of God and all for His glory!  In Joy, Lauren    P.S. If you found value in this episode (or any episode), will you take a moment to share it with a friend? My heart is that more women can be reached and encouraged by what God shares through me on this podcast and one of the best ways for that to happen is by YOU sharing it. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for tuning in each week and for taking the time to share it!    Last Episode with Robin: 49. Trying to Lose Weight? The #1 Mindset Shift to Lead You to Sustainable Healthy Living   Make sure you connect with Robin on the Vision Driven Health podcast

Do you ever feel like you're just going through the motions? Maybe you've gotten caught up in just checking things off your to-do list, not really sure why you're doing them or if they're actually helping you.   Have you ever found yourself tightly holding onto something you were convinced you needed to be doing only to find it causing you extra challenges in one way or another? Maybe that's misplaced priorities, living up to an expectation you weren't called to live up to or something like that.    Well, today I'm sharing about my experience of when the Lord led me away from a season of intentionally exercising and into a season of deep growth and surrender to Him and His ways.    As it turns out, over-exercising was a deeper rooted struggle than I realized and God was ready to help me work through it.    This story is just one example of how seeking the Lord first in my health has produced results in my life that I didn't even know I needed! He is so good and gracious and I pray as you listen that you can sense it for yourself.    So whether or not exercising has been at the front of your mind as part of your health journey to be working on, this episode is for you! There are so many nuggets of encouragement about how to hear from the Lord and where He might be leading in your health journey next and I even share a bit of teaching about what it looks like to live an active lifestyle like I did during this most recent season I walked through, versus always pursuing intentional exercise as I had previously.    I pray that you are encouraged about how you too can seek the Lord in the midst of the struggles (or successes) of your health journey and how listening to Him and letting Him lead you is the most enjoyable and fulfilling way to live healthy and empowered.    In Joy, Lauren    P.S. If you found value in this episode (or any episode), will you take a moment to share it with a friend? My heart is that more women can be reached and encouraged by what God shares through me on this podcast and one of the best ways for that to happen is by YOU sharing it. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for tuning in each week and for taking the time to share it!    Ways to Connect with Me: I love to hear all the feedback from listeners, email me at lauren@lauren-joyce.com Want to know more about me and what I do? Visit my website at healthyandempoweredliving.com Need to connect with others on the journey and get support and encouragement where you're at? Join our FREE Joyful Health for Christian Moms FB Community: bit.ly/joyfulhealthforchristianmoms It would make my day to hear from you! Will you be so kind as to leave a quick review here.  

Have you ever seen another car driving near you start to drift off into another lane or even your lane? What was the first thing you thought (or maybe said out loud) about them?    “Stop being distracted and drive, pay attention to what you're doing!” Something along those lines right…    Have you ever been talking to your kids about something very important when you start to see their gaze shift to something else and their hands begin to fidget?    What do you say to them next? “Can you please FOCUS on what I'm saying to you right now?!”    Well, I feel like this has happened to me a lot in my life, especially about living healthy, trying to change lifestyle habits, or practicing listening to what God is saying… I just feel distracted.    Can you relate? I tend to feel like I can't focus for long enough and I feel like there are too many other things happening around me or inside my brain to give something, even God, my full attention.    Maybe you've felt this way too and realize what a hindrance it can be to creating the lasting lifestyle changes you want or truly going deeper in your relationship with God.    Listen in on today's episode where I'm going to speak truth about some roots of distraction in our lives and how we can begin to change the way we think about living healthy and empowered!    Grab your Bible and Notebook because we'll be diving into some scripture today and you don't want to miss anything that the Lord has to share with you!    I pray you are encouraged and challenged as you pursue living a healthy and empowered life for His glory!    In Joy, Lauren    P.S. If you found value in this episode (or any episode), will you take a moment to share it with a friend? My heart is that more women can be reached and encouraged by what God shares through me on this podcast and one of the best ways for that to happen is by YOU sharing it. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for tuning in each week and for taking the time to share it!    Ways to Connect with Me: I love to hear all the feedback from listeners, email me at lauren@lauren-joyce.com Want to know more about me and what I do? Visit my website at healthyandempoweredliving.com Need to connect with others on the journey and get support and encouragement where you're at? Join our FREE Joyful Health for Christian Moms FB Community: bit.ly/joyfulhealthforchristianmoms It would make my day to hear from you! Will you be so kind as to leave a quick review here.  

This episode will be a little different than usual, but as Proverbs 3:5-6 says: “Trust in the Lord with all your heart, lean not on your own understanding, in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will direct your paths.”   So today that's what I'm doing. I want to share with you how my living healthy and empowered has opened up the doors for me to see and experience more of God and allowed Him to lead me more and more into the life and purpose He has planned for me. And though it is difficult at times and confusing, it is the best place to be.    I pray you are encouraged to reflect back on your story and then pray for direction forward in the way the Lord wants to lead you as you pursue living a healthy and empowered life for His glory!    In Joy, Lauren P.S. If you enjoyed this episode (or any episode), will you take a moment to share it with a friend? My heart is that more women can be reached and encouraged by what God shares through me on this podcast and one of the best ways for that to happen is by YOU sharing it. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for tuning in each week and for taking the time to share it! 

Do you feel like your emotions are getting in the way of being able to consistently live healthy?    Maybe you just keep going to food when you're overwhelmed and stressed. Maybe you find yourself dependent on exercise to work off the calories you've eaten. Maybe you just don't feel emotionally stable and want things to change but you don't know where to start.    Maybe you're wondering if God even cares about your emotions or maybe you're wondering if God can really handle all of the deep down dark stuff in your heart.    I'm here to encourage you today that relating to God on an emotional level is a gift He's given us. The safest place for our emotions is with God. But sometimes that still feels scary and I want to talk about it today.    I want to share with you what I've learned about how to relate to God on an emotional level, why it's important to your health and 3 steps to get you started.   I'd been praying about what to share with you after so many episodes of guest interviews and God came through! This is what He put on my heart to share and I hope will be just what you need to hear today.     My prayer is that you are blessed and encouraged as you continue forward in living healthy and empowered for the glory of God!   In Joy, Lauren    P.S. If you enjoyed this episode (or any episode), will you take a moment to share it with a friend? My heart is that more women can be reached and encouraged by what God shares through me on this podcast and one of the best ways for that to happen is by YOU sharing it. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for tuning in each week and for taking the time to share it!    Books I mentioned that I highly recommend:  Get Out of Your Head by Jennie Allen Emotionally Healthy Spirituality by Pete Scazzero  Ways to Connect with Me: I love to hear all the feedback from listeners, email me at lauren@lauren-joyce.com Want to know more about me and what I do? Visit my website at healthyandempoweredliving.com Need to connect with others on the journey and support and encouragement where you're at? Join our FREE Joyful Health for Christian Moms FB Community: bit.ly/joyfulhealthforchristianmoms It would make my day to hear from you! Will you be so kind as to leave a quick review here.  

Are you sick of the dieting cycle you've been stuck in? Do you wonder if you'll ever experience true freedom in your health?    Are you ready to see God do a miracle so you can live confidently as the woman He created you to be? Do you want to be fully empowered to live out the purpose God has for you?    My guest today, Mimi Kroger, brings the heat in the best way possible! She drops incredible Bible Truth left and right to give you a clear picture of what is possible for you in your health when you allow the Holy Spirit to lead your life.    We talk about why focusing more on Jesus than your dieting and exercising can be your best tool for living healthy. She shares her testimony of how digging deep into her soul and past is what allowed Jesus heal heart wounds at the root level and set her free.     Mimi is a powerful Health & Weight Loss Coach with a heart for helping others heal through Biblical principles. After healing from an eating disorder, body image issues, lupus, and other life traumas with God's help, Mimi started Healthy Happy & Heavenly to guide her clients to health and wholeness rooted in a relationship with the Holy Spirit.   Her mission is to bring others into the same freedom she's received through faith-based coaching, nutritional guidance, and discovering the root causes of ill-health. As a bestselling author, speaker, nationally certified personal trainer, nutrition guide, and behavior change specialist, Mimi empowers her clients to become the healthiest versions of themselves - mind, body, and spirit.    Grab your notebook, Bible and pen because there are so many little nuggets and scriptures shared in this conversation that you'll want to remember!    My prayer is that you are blessed and encouraged as you continue forward in living healthy and empowered for the glory of God!   In Joy, Lauren  P.S. Check out more about and connect with Mimi Kroger at www.healthyhappyandheavenly.com   Ways to Connect with Me: I love to hear all the feedback from listeners, email me at lauren@lauren-joyce.com Want to know more about me and what I do? Visit my website at healthyandempoweredliving.com Need to connect with others on the journey and support and encouragement where you're at? Join our FREE Joyful Health for Christian Moms FB Community: bit.ly/joyfulhealthforchristianmoms It would make my day to hear from you! Will you be so kind as to leave a quick review here.  

Do you find yourself feeling tired all the time?    Are you wishing you had more energy to keep up with your kids and life?    Are you sick of trying all of the “diety” things like throwing spaghetti at the wall hoping something finally sticks?   It can be so overwhelming to think about trying to live healthier when you are just exhausted and there is so much information out there! So what do you do about it?   On today's episode, I have special guest Michelle McCoy on for an uplifting and helpful conversation discussing some of these questions and more!    Michelle is a Board-Certified Holistic & Functional Health Coach, Certified Facial Analysis Practitioner and Host of the Treasured Wellness Christian Podcast.    She supports women who have been struggling with ongoing Fatigue and Pain to reclaim their health with anti-inflammatory lifestyle changes and natural solutions using a Godly approach. Michelle has a deep passion for helping women get to the root cause of dis-ease, before it turns into disease, without the frustration and overwhelm.    During this conversation she shares all about looking at your health in the big picture so you can begin to see how your lifestyle and food habits are affecting more than what you might think. Lastly, she gives you 5 tangible tips for improving your energy levels starting today!    I love how practical she got with these tips and I hope you do too because the reality is that living with less stress and more energy is one of the foundations to being able to consistently live healthy and empowered!   My prayer is that you are blessed and encouraged as you continue forward in living healthy and empowered for the glory of God!   In Joy, Lauren  P.S. Check out more about and connect with Michelle McCoy at treasuredwellness.com And don't forget to download her FREE Foggy & Fatigued Blueprint: https://www.subscribepage.com/foggyandfatigue   Also, did you know my course, the EMPOWERED HEALTH FRAMEWORK, is always open for enrollment?  Designed with the busy Christian mom in mind, the goal is to help you get more energy in less time through nutrition, movement, and spiritual growth. It's time to consistently make your healthiest choices so you can get to a weight you love, live with more energy & less stress, and focus your time and thoughts where you truly want! Learn how to eat healthier without dieting, find exercise you actually enjoy, grow spiritually so you can find true confidence and lasting motivation, and do all of this in a way that's natural and sustainable! Living your healthiest life is going to be simple & fun and give you more energy to create the mom life you love! Grab your spot today in the Empowered Health Framework online course! healthyandempoweredliving.com/course   Ways to Connect with Me: I love to hear all the feedback from listeners, email me at lauren@lauren-joyce.com Want to know more about me and what I do? Visit my website at healthyandempoweredliving.com Need to connect with others on the journey and support and encouragement where you're at? Join our FREE Joyful Health for Christian Moms FB Community: bit.ly/joyfulhealthforchristianmoms It would make my day to hear from you! Will you be so kind as to leave a quick review here.  

Have you felt the overwhelm of living healthy as a busy mom? Do you struggle to find the time and energy to take care of yourself?    Are you longing to create a culture of healthy choices in your home, with your children, but just don't know where to start?   Do you want to better understand the impact that you, momma, living healthy has on your entire family?   You are going to love this inspiring, authentic and encouraging conversation I had with Suzanne Manning on today's episode! Suzanne and her husband Don have a non-profit ministry called Crazy Cool Family, they have 30+ years of relationship experience with God, in marriage, and building family, and they are seeing RADICAL breakthroughs in families all across the world when their methods are applied.    Suzanne speaks from the heart and doesn't sugar coat the struggles of building healthy relationships. She knows firsthand how challenging marriage, parenting and life in general can be. She has a gift to speak authentically and truthfully about her experiences while also bringing hope and light to any situation!    That being said, I invited Suzanne to chat with me about her perspective and experience in healthy living as a mom and how living healthy can affect everything about your family and parenting.   She shared some very practical advice about how to prioritize yourself and your health, despite the many challenges of motherhood.    We talked about everything from setting boundaries as a healthy habit, to learning what it means to partner with God in your health choices.    You'll find encouragement and practicality sprinkled throughout this conversation so grab a notebook and pen and let's get into it!    My prayer is that you are blessed and encouraged as you continue forward in living healthy and empowered for the glory of God!   In Joy, Lauren  P.S. Check out more about Suzanne Manning at crazycoolfamily.com   Also, did you know my course, the EMPOWERED HEALTH FRAMEWORK, is always open for enrollment?  Designed with the busy Christian mom in mind, the goal is to help you get more energy in less time through nutrition, movement, and spiritual growth. It's time to consistently make your healthiest choices so you can get to a weight you love, live with more energy & less stress, and focus your time and thoughts where you truly want! Learn how to eat healthier without dieting, find exercise you actually enjoy, grow spiritually so you can find true confidence and lasting motivation, and do all of this in a way that's natural and sustainable! Living your healthiest life is going to be simple & fun and give you more energy to create the mom life you love! Grab your spot today in the Empowered Health Framework online course! healthyandempoweredliving.com/course   Ways to Connect with Me: I love to hear all the feedback from listeners, email me at lauren@lauren-joyce.com Want to know more about me and what I do? Visit my website at healthyandempoweredliving.com Need to connect with others on the journey and support and encouragement where you're at? Join our FREE Joyful Health for Christian Moms FB Community: bit.ly/joyfulhealthforchristianmoms It would make my day to hear from you! Will you be so kind as to leave a quick review here. 

Do you believe that your relationship with God is important? How about the most important thing in your life?    Do you find yourself feeling torn at times about whether to even care about your physical health because you're wondering if God cares anyways?    Are you struggling to grow your relationship with God in the midst of trying to learn to take care of yourself and your health?    I was challenged by a mentor of mine recently with why I don't just share more about exactly how to grow your relationship with God if that's what I'm passionate about, which it is if you haven't picked up on that yet. You see, in all that I share and teach about on this podcast, I long for it to lead you to a deeper relationship with God, a better ability to hear from Him and live out the purpose and calling that He has placed on your life. Because what I've come to know and believe is that as you learn how to prioritize your rest, when you learn how to fuel your body with the right food so you have energy, and when you learn how to see yourself and your body in a positive way, you do see God more clearly for who He truly is and in that you get to see yourself for who He created you to be and what He created you to do.   So today, I want to share practically about how to simply grow your relationship with God, how to set aside intentional time to spend with Him, how to live in a spiritual growth mindset where seeking the Lord with your whole self becomes a way of life for you.    My prayer is that you are blessed and encouraged as you continue forward in living healthy and empowered for the glory of God!   In Joy, Lauren    P.S. Check out my friend Kaela and her Bible Journaling Bootcamp today at https://kaelaprays.com/bible-journaling-bootcamp/   Also, did you know my course, the EMPOWERED HEALTH FRAMEWORK, is always open for enrollment?  Designed with the busy Christian mom in mind, the goal is to help you get more energy in less time through nutrition, movement, and spiritual growth. It's time to consistently make your healthiest choices so you can get to a weight you love, live with more energy & less stress, and focus your time and thoughts where you truly want! Learn how to eat healthier without dieting, find exercise you actually enjoy, grow spiritually so you can find true confidence and lasting motivation, and do all of this in a way that's natural and sustainable! Living your healthiest life is going to be simple & fun and give you more energy to create the mom life you love! Grab your spot today in the Empowered Health Framework online course! healthyandempoweredliving.com/course   Ways to Connect with Me: I love to hear all the feedback from listeners, email me at lauren@lauren-joyce.com Want to know more about me and what I do? Visit my website at healthyandempoweredliving.com Need to connect with others on the journey and support and encouragement where you're at? Join our FREE Joyful Health for Christian Moms FB Community: bit.ly/joyfulhealthforchristianmoms It would make my day to hear from you! Will you be so kind as to leave a quick review here.  

Are you tired of feeling like you don't have enough time to do the things you know you need to do to live healthy?    Do you find yourself frustrated by starting a new healthy habit only for it to fall away after just a few months or even weeks?    Did you know that a few mindset shifts might make all the difference in how much time you have to make the lasting healthy changes you're looking to make in your life?    Get ready to be challenged and encouraged in how you THINK about living healthy so you can finally have the time to consistently make the healthy choices you want to make!    My prayer is that you are blessed and encouraged as you continue forward in living healthy and empowered for the glory of God! And when you're ready for more, go back and check out Episode #5: 3 Reasons Consistency is Hard and What to Do About It.   In Joy, Lauren    P.S. Did you know my course, the EMPOWERED HEALTH FRAMEWORK, is always open for enrollment?  Designed with the busy Christian mom in mind, the goal is to help you get more energy in less time through nutrition, movement, and spiritual growth. It's time to consistently make your healthiest choices so you can get to a weight you love, live with more energy & less stress, and focus your time and thoughts where you truly want! Learn how to eat healthier without dieting, find exercise you actually enjoy, grow spiritually so you can find true confidence and lasting motivation, and do all of this in a way that's natural and sustainable! Living your healthiest life is going to be simple & fun and give you more energy to create the mom life you love! Grab your spot today in the Empowered Health Framework online course! healthyandempoweredliving.com/course Ways to Connect with Me: I love to hear all the feedback from listeners, email me at lauren@lauren-joyce.com Want to know more about me and what I do? Visit my website at healthyandempoweredliving.com Need to connect with others on the journey and support and encouragement where you're at? Join our FREE Joyful Health for Christian Moms FB Community: bit.ly/joyfulhealthforchristianmoms It would make my day to hear from you! Will you be so kind as to leave a quick review here.  

My special guest, Sheri Thompson, the HOPE coach, joined me in a conversation to talk about how inner healing and emotional healing play a part in overcoming some struggles of living healthy. She shares her personal testimony of coming to the Lord, walking through her own healing, and how that is still playing a part in her own health journey.    She bridges the gap in our understanding of how revisiting some past hurts and traumas can truly help us live our healthiest selves, make our healthiest decisions and do all of it for the glory of God!    I recorded this with Sheri a few weeks back and even as I was relistening to it just before recording this intro I am blown away by all the goodness and truth shared in this conversation.    We talked about things like:  what full surrender of something in your health can actually look like and how it can impact your life and relationship with God how your past T.R.U.T.H is often what is making your current decisions.  And how what you choose not to heal and surrender to God will always circle back around either in you or in the generations following you.    Sheri challenged us with the reality that most of us don't do the work that is required to actually heal from our past and stop letting it dictate how we live in the present and left us with the encouragement to actually take the time, do the work, let God heal us so we can live as the healthiest version of ourselves the way He created us to live.    I know you will be blessed by this conversation and I pray the Lord uses it for His glory as you continue forward living healthy and empowered!  (If you want to listen to more on this topic, check out #37: "Want to set goals for long term results in your health? A biblical vision for a healthy lifestyle") In Joy, Lauren  More about Sheri:    Sheri Thompson is founder and CEO of The Healing Station which is a businesstry (business+ministry) that helps women and men to recognize how their voice has been muted and impacted by their T.R.U.T.H moments (trauma.rape.unloved.tragedy.hurt). She has created a SAFE environment to help them heal from their past without judgment and provides the setting to catapult them to their purpose. In addition to being an entrepreneur, Sheri is a licensed life coach, dynamic speaker, and minister. She is a GirlMom and GlamMom who currently resides with her family in Maryland.    Connect with here online - https://thehealingstation415.com/ P.S. Did you know my course, the EMPOWERED HEALTH FRAMEWORK, is always open for enrollment?  Designed with the busy Christian mom in mind, the goal is to help you get more energy in less time through nutrition, movement, and spiritual growth. It's time to consistently make your healthiest choices so you can get to a weight you love, live with more energy & less stress, and focus your time and thoughts where you truly want! Learn how to eat healthier without dieting, find exercise you actually enjoy, grow spiritually so you can find true confidence and lasting motivation, and do all of this in a way that's natural and sustainable! Living your healthiest life is going to be simple & fun and give you more energy to create the mom life you love! Grab your spot today in the Empowered Health Framework online course! healthyandempoweredliving.com/course   Ways to Connect with Me: I love to hear all the feedback from listeners, email me at lauren@lauren-joyce.com Want to know more about me and what I do? Visit my website at healthyandempoweredliving.com Need to connect with others on the journey and support and encouragement where you're at? Join our FREE Joyful Health for Christian Moms FB Community: bit.ly/joyfulhealthforchristianmoms It would make my day to hear from you! Will you be so kind as to leave a quick review here.  

Listen momma, I know you want to make better healthy food choices. I know you maybe sorta kinda know what you should be doing to eat healthier. But it's all just so confusing sometimes.    There's all these diets and eating plans out there that often give conflicting information. And let me guess, you've tried one or two (or more) of them and they haven't helped you make lasting changes to your health or weight? Yep, I've been there and many other women have been too!    BUT I want to share some good news today! There's actually a much simpler way to start making healthier food choices consistently and it doesn't have to require finding the perfect new fad diet plan or researching for hours on end.    Actually, you can learn to make healthier food choices simply by learning these three things (and they're not what diets or culture are going to teach you!)    Grab your notebook and a pen, and let's get into it!    My prayer is that you are blessed and encouraged as you continue forward in living healthy and empowered for the glory of God!   In Joy, Lauren  Are you ready to listen to more? Check out these 3 episodes... #11: How to make changes to your eating without restricting foods or overhauling your life #18: How you can go from obsessing over your health to naturally making your best choices #24: When Mindfulness is the Only Healthy Eating Tip You Need P.S. Did you know my course, the EMPOWERED HEALTH FRAMEWORK, is always open for enrollment?  Designed with the busy Christian mom in mind, the goal is to help you get more energy in less time through nutrition, movement, and spiritual growth. It's time to consistently make your healthiest choices so you can get to a weight you love, live with more energy & less stress, and focus your time and thoughts where you truly want! Learn how to eat healthier without dieting, find exercise you actually enjoy, grow spiritually so you can find true confidence and lasting motivation, and do all of this in a way that's natural and sustainable! Living your healthiest life is going to be simple & fun and give you more energy to create the mom life you love! Grab your spot today in the Empowered Health Framework online course! healthyandempoweredliving.com/course

Do you know what you should be doing to live healthier but struggle to do those things (or do them consistently)?    Are you sick of trying harder and harder to make better choices but failing over and over again?    Curious if there's a better way?    I have good news and bad news for you. The good news is that there's totally a better way! The bad news is that better doesn't necessarily mean easier.    Join me as I dig into some very familiar scriptures in Proverbs 3 and discuss what it means to get out of the cycle of repeating bad habits and let the Lord lead you on a path of healing and health by looking to Him through it all.    Grab your notebook and Bible and let's get into it!    My prayer is that you are blessed and encouraged as you continue forward in living healthy and empowered for the glory of God!   In Joy, Lauren    P.S. Did you know my course, the EMPOWERED HEALTH FRAMEWORK, is always open for enrollment?  Designed with the busy Christian mom in mind, the goal is to help you get more energy in less time through nutrition, movement, and spiritual growth. It's time to consistently make your healthiest choices so you can get to a weight you love, live with more energy & less stress, and focus your time and thoughts where you truly want! Learn how to eat healthier without dieting, find exercise you actually enjoy, grow spiritually so you can find true confidence and lasting motivation, and do all of this in a way that's natural and sustainable! Living your healthiest life is going to be simple & fun and give you more energy to create the mom life you love! Grab your spot today in the Empowered Health Framework online course! healthyandempoweredliving.com/course Ways to Connect with Me: I love to hear all the feedback from listeners, email me at lauren@lauren-joyce.com Want to know more about me and what I do? Visit my website at healthyandempoweredliving.com Need to connect with others on the journey and support and encouragement where you're at? Join our FREE Joyful Health for Christian Moms FB Community: bit.ly/joyfulhealthforchristianmoms It would make my day to hear from you! Will you be so kind as to leave a quick review here.  

Have you ever felt overwhelmed by the idea of adding “self-care” into your already busy mom life?    Do you wonder what it would look like to take care of yourself the way God calls you to?    Are you ready to ditch the world's expectations of what your health should look like and walk fully into all that God is calling you to as a wife, mom, and follower of Jesus?    I know you're going to love this conversation I had with Brandy Coffin all about what it means to truly nourish yourself, take care of yourself, and walk with the Lord through it all!    She shares from her personal testimony and experience, encourages from her heart and will leave you with practical takeaways so you can begin implementing a Biblical version of self-care into your own life today!    Brandy is a wife, follower of Jesus, homeschool mom and time management coach.   She is the host of a top 2.5% globally ranked podcast, The Nourished Mom, where she talks about homeschool mom life and balancing 'all the things'.   Brandy is passionate about helping other homeschool moms create a balanced, peaceful and efficient homeschool through personalized time management systems, biblical priorities and routine strategies.   AND the cool thing is that what Brandy shares today is not just for homeschool moms, it's for anyone!    Grab your notebook and Bible and let's get into it!    My prayer is that you are blessed and encouraged as you continue forward in living healthy and empowered for the glory of God!   In Joy, Lauren    P.S. Did you know my course, the EMPOWERED HEALTH FRAMEWORK, is always open for enrollment?  Designed with the busy Christian mom in mind, the goal is to help you get more energy in less time through nutrition, movement, and spiritual growth. It's time to consistently make your healthiest choices so you can get to a weight you love, live with more energy & less stress, and focus your time and thoughts where you truly want! Learn how to eat healthier without dieting, find exercise you actually enjoy, grow spiritually so you can find true confidence and lasting motivation, and do all of this in a way that's natural and sustainable! Living your healthiest life is going to be simple & fun and give you more energy to create the mom life you love! Grab your spot today in the Empowered Health Framework online course! healthyandempoweredliving.com/course   Connect with Brandy:  PODCAST -The Nourished Mom EMAIL - Brandy@TheNourishedMom.com WEBSITE -  Http://www.TheNourishedMom.com COMMUNITY - Christian Homeschool Moms - Time Management & Routines Coaching   Ways to Connect with Me: I love to hear all the feedback from listeners, email me at lauren@lauren-joyce.com Want to know more about me and what I do? Visit my website at healthyandempoweredliving.com Need to connect with others on the journey and support and encouragement where you're at? Join our FREE Joyful Health for Christian Moms FB Community: bit.ly/joyfulhealthforchristianmoms It would make my day to hear from you! Will you be so kind as to leave a quick review here.  

Have you ever noticed that the way your morning starts often dictates how the rest of your day will go?    For example, if you're already running late because you overslept, you will probably feel like you spend the day unsuccessfully playing catch up.   Or if you wake up feeling overwhelmed, stressed and on edge, that often translates into being short and impatient with your kids or husband as the day goes on.. Which tends to lead to guilt for how you're treating them when they clearly don't deserve it.    This is why the way in which you start your day is incredibly important and I believe can make all the difference in how your day continues.    But more than that, how you begin your day, the things you prioritize, can set you up for success in your ability to live healthier or make healthier choices throughout the day too!    That being said, listen in as I share 3 super practical things you can do to set yourself up for success each and every morning!    My prayer is that you are blessed and encouraged as you continue forward in living healthy and empowered for the glory of God!   In Joy, Lauren    P.S. Did you know my course, the EMPOWERED HEALTH FRAMEWORK, is always open for enrollment?  Designed with the busy Christian mom in mind, the goal is to help you get more energy in less time through nutrition, movement, and spiritual growth. It's time to consistently make your healthiest choices so you can get to a weight you love, live with more energy & less stress, and focus your time and thoughts where you truly want! Learn how to eat healthier without dieting, find exercise you actually enjoy, grow spiritually so you can find true confidence and lasting motivation, and do all of this in a way that's natural and sustainable! Living your healthiest life is going to be simple & fun and give you more energy to create the mom life you love! Grab your spot today in the Empowered Health Framework online course! healthyandempoweredliving.com/course   Building the Habit of Bible Reading Resources:  The Daily Grace Co. for Bible Studies, Reading Plans, etc. The Bible Recap Bible Journaling Bootcamp with Kaela  reset: 20 ways to a consistent prayer life by Bob Sorge Ways to Connect with Me: I love to hear all the feedback from listeners, email me at lauren@lauren-joyce.com Want to know more about me and what I do? Visit my website at healthyandempoweredliving.com Need to connect with others on the journey and support and encouragement where you're at? Join our FREE Joyful Health for Christian Moms FB Community: bit.ly/joyfulhealthforchristianmoms It would make my day to hear from you! Will you be so kind as to leave a quick review here.  

Are you ready to stop the cycle of trying and failing at diets and workout programs?    Are you ready to make changes in your life and health for good?    Have you always struggled with consistently making your best health choices?   Let's talk about it! Because what I learned in my journey so far is that living healthy God's way is actually pretty simple IF you have the right mindset and perspective about it.    Listen in on today's episode where I'm sharing 3 steps to live healthy God's way and how to really adopt a Biblical perspective on your weight loss goals.    My prayer is that you are blessed and encouraged with what God wants to do in you and through you as you continue forward in living healthy and empowered for the glory of God!   In Joy, Lauren    P.S. Did you know my course, the EMPOWERED HEALTH FRAMEWORK, is always open for enrollment?  Designed with the busy Christian mom in mind, the goal is to help you get more energy in less time through nutrition, movement, and spiritual growth. It's time to consistently make your healthiest choices so you can get to a weight you love, live with more energy & less stress, and focus your time and thoughts where you truly want! Learn how to eat healthier without dieting, find exercise you actually enjoy, grow spiritually so you can find true confidence and lasting motivation, and do all of this in a way that's natural and sustainable! Living your healthiest life is going to be simple & fun and give you more energy to create the mom life you love! Grab your spot today in the Empowered Health Framework online course! healthyandempoweredliving.com/course   Ways to Connect with Me: I love to hear all the feedback from listeners, email me at lauren@lauren-joyce.com Want to know more about me and what I do? Visit my website at healthyandempoweredliving.com Need to connect with others on the journey and support and encouragement where you're at? Join our FREE Joyful Health for Christian Moms FB Community: bit.ly/joyfulhealthforchristianmoms It would make my day to hear from you! Will you be so kind as to leave a quick review here.

Want to know the secret to consistently making your healthiest choices? Ready to stop dieting and just feel freedom around food? If you're ready to stop feeling like your emotions are influencing your decisions too much?    Then this episode is for you! I can't wait to share about this topic of mindfulness because it is near and dear to my heart and a huge part of my journey to living as my healthiest self in true confidence.    So, if you find yourself going going going all the time, stressed to the max at moments, or triggered for who knows what reason….    Or if you tend to go for the sweet or salty snacks, or those addictive drinks like coke or pepsi because you can't help yourself or that's your go to in the afternoons…    There's a chance you're not in the habit of living mindfully yet… and I say that in the most loving and understanding way possible! Because trust me, I've been there!    I know what it's like to suddenly yell at your kids for no reason, feel guilty about it, but then move on before you've actually figured out why you did it in the first place. Then you watch the cycle repeat itself way sooner than you'd want.    I know what it's like to go straight to the tub of ice cream or bag of chips at the end of a long day and hope that whatever caused your stress and exhaustion that day will just magically disappear the next day because in the moment that food is helping you feel better about life.    What I learned though, is that if you don't take the time to sit in those feelings, to dig deeper to a core issue, then the actions you want to stop happening will never really stop happening. You'll keep yelling when you don't want to, you'll keep eating all the foods you don't want to when you don't want to be eating them. You'll feel like your emotions and these “bad” choices are controlling you rather than the other way around.    And this is where mindfulness comes in.    Because I think so often what happens is that you are stuck in this cycle you don't want to be in but don't see a way out in those moments because… stress, kids fighting, dirty dishes, laundry that needs folded, bathrooms that need cleaned and all the things right? It's so much easier to just react in that moment and do what you've always done instead of taking a minute to slow down and choose a response that's likely different from your instinct.    While mindfulness can be an amazing tool for many things in your life, today I'm going to give the basics on what mindfulness is, why it matters to you, and then talk about how you can use it when you feel like your food choices are not the greatest, or not what you want them to be at least.   My prayer is that you are blessed and encouraged with what God wants to do in you and through you as you continue forward in living healthy and empowered for the glory of God!   In Joy, Lauren    P.S. Did you know my course, the EMPOWERED HEALTH FRAMEWORK, is always open for enrollment?  Designed with the busy Christian mom in mind, the goal is to help you get more energy in less time through nutrition, movement, and spiritual growth. It's time to consistently make your healthiest choices so you can get to a weight you love, live with more energy & less stress, and focus your time and thoughts where you truly want! Learn how to eat healthier without dieting, find exercise you actually enjoy, grow spiritually so you can find true confidence and lasting motivation, and do all of this in a way that's natural and sustainable! Living your healthiest life is going to be simple & fun and give you more energy to create the mom life you love! Grab your spot today in the Empowered Health Framework online course! healthyandempoweredliving.com/course   Ways to Connect with Me: I love to hear all the feedback from listeners, email me at lauren@lauren-joyce.com Want to know more about me and what I do? Visit my website at healthyandempoweredliving.com Need to connect with others on the journey and support and encouragement where you're at? Join our FREE Joyful Health for Christian Moms FB Community: bit.ly/joyfulhealthforchristianmoms It would make my day to hear from you! Will you be so kind as to leave a quick review here.

Do you ever wonder why you can't seem to stick to your exercise plan? Do you feel like you just don't really have the time or energy to get enough exercise each day?    You probably know how important getting exercise is for you physically and you may even understand the mental benefits of it too…but that hasn't made it any easier to get moving has it?    I want to talk today about 3 ways you can add more movement to your day-to-day even if you have always struggled to consistently follow an exercise routine or workout plan.    BUT before I share those, I want to talk for a minute about WHY you might be struggling to follow an exercise plan…    Because the hard truth is that you're likely believing something about exercise that isn't totally true or doesn't have to be true for you in the season you're in.   So tune in today as I unpack these simple strategies to help you find exercise you enjoy, a routine you enjoy, and how you can stay motivated by keeping God at the center of it!    My prayer is that you are blessed and encouraged with what God wants to do in you and through you as you continue forward in living healthy and empowered for the glory of God!   In Joy, Lauren    P.S. Did you know my course, the EMPOWERED HEALTH FRAMEWORK, is always open for enrollment?  Designed with the busy Christian mom in mind, the goal is to help you get more energy in less time through nutrition, movement, and spiritual growth. It's time to consistently make your healthiest choices so you can get to a weight you love, live with more energy & less stress, and focus your time and thoughts where you truly want! Learn how to eat healthier without dieting, find exercise you actually enjoy, grow spiritually so you can find true confidence and lasting motivation, and do all of this in a way that's natural and sustainable! Living your healthiest life is going to be simple & fun and give you more energy to create the mom life you love! Grab your spot today in the Empowered Health Framework online course! healthyandempoweredliving.com/course   Ways to Connect with Me: I love to hear all the feedback from listeners, email me at lauren@lauren-joyce.com Want to know more about me and what I do? Visit my website at healthyandempoweredliving.com Need to connect with others on the journey and support and encouragement where you're at? Join our FREE Joyful Health for Christian Moms FB Community: bit.ly/joyfulhealthforchristianmoms It would make my day to hear from you! Will you be so kind as to leave a quick review here.

As a mom, do you take care of yourself FIRST or at all? Do you find guilt taking over whenever you do anything for yourself?   Maybe out of habit you find yourself thinking that your family needs all the things and THEN you'll think about taking care of yourself!   BUT the truth is, you weren't meant to eat only scraps from your kids plate, run around town as a ball of stress trying to get your kids to every activity, or let anything come before your relationship with the Lord.    Yep, I said it.    Your health, your family and friends, and the Lord NEED you to take care of yourself.    And when you think about it, a healthy family really does have to start with you, momma! Don't worry though, it's not as hard as you might be thinking.   Today, I'm sharing a few reasons WHY taking care of yourself has to be your top priority and the top 3 things I recommend starting with.    My prayer is that you are blessed and encouraged with what God wants to do in you and through you as you continue forward in living healthy and empowered for the glory of God!   In Joy, Lauren    P.S. Did you know my course, the EMPOWERED HEALTH FRAMEWORK, is always open for enrollment?  Designed with the busy Christian mom in mind, the goal is to help you get more energy in less time through nutrition, movement, and spiritual growth. It's time to consistently make your healthiest choices so you can get to a weight you love, live with more energy & less stress, and focus your time and thoughts where you truly want! Learn how to eat healthier without dieting, find exercise you actually enjoy, grow spiritually so you can find true confidence and lasting motivation, and do all of this in a way that's natural and sustainable! Living your healthiest life is going to be simple & fun and give you more energy to create the mom life you love! Grab your spot today in the Empowered Health Framework online course! healthyandempoweredliving.com/course   Ways to Connect with Me: I love to hear all the feedback from listeners, email me at lauren@lauren-joyce.com Want to know more about me and what I do? Visit my website at healthyandempoweredliving.com Need to connect with others on the journey and support and encouragement where you're at? Join our FREE Joyful Health for Christian Moms FB Community: bit.ly/joyfulhealthforchristianmoms It would make my day to hear from you! Will you be so kind as to leave a quick review here.

Join me for a Special One Year Anniversary Episode!   I can't believe it's been a year already. 365 days, 57 episodes. I have enjoyed every single minute of this journey, I've been able to learn so much and cannot wait to continue.    I'm curious if you've ever spent time reflecting back on your health journey and how things have gone for you over the past however long. Does it make you feel frustrated? Thankful for all you've gone through? Ashamed of where you've been?    Or some combination of all of those. Either way, today I want to talk about how looking back can keep you moving forward, especially in your health. It may be challenging to think about, to put yourself back in those places. It was for me even as I was preparing the notes for this episode. BUT it was so worth it.    Grab a notebook because I'll be sharing some not so proud moments I've had even in the last year of my health journey and asking you questions along the way as I give you pointers for how best to navigate through those seasons or any season to come.    My prayer is that you are blessed and encouraged with what God wants to do in you and through you as you continue forward in living healthy and empowered for the glory of God!   In Joy, Lauren P.S. Did you know my course, the EMPOWERED HEALTH FRAMEWORK, is always open for enrollment?  Designed with the busy Christian mom in mind, the goal is to help you get more energy in less time through nutrition, movement, and spiritual growth. It's time to consistently make your healthiest choices so you can get to a weight you love, live with more energy & less stress, and focus your time and thoughts where you truly want! Learn how to eat healthier without dieting, find exercise you actually enjoy, grow spiritually so you can find true confidence and lasting motivation, and do all of this in a way that's natural and sustainable! Living your healthiest life is going to be simple & fun and give you more energy to create the mom life you love! Grab your spot today in the Empowered Health Framework, a go at your own pace online course! healthyandempoweredliving.com/course   Ways to Connect with Me: I love to hear all the feedback from listeners, email me at lauren@lauren-joyce.com Want to know more about me and what I do? Visit my website at healthyandempoweredliving.com Need to connect with others on the journey and support and encouragement where you're at? Join our FREE Joyful Health for Christian Moms FB Community: bit.ly/joyfulhealthforchristianmoms It would make my day to hear from you! Will you be so kind as to leave a quick review here.

A Healthy family has to start with you, mom. AND it can be a whole lot easier for you to stay healthy when there's unity in your family.    Special guest Katie Keene, brings a beautiful perspective to what a unified family looks like, why it's important, and how that impacts your overall health.    I talk all the time about how there is a lot fighting against you in being able to live healthy BUT there is also so much fighting against your family living in unity too!    Listen in as we chat about learning what you can do today to foster stronger bonds within your home.    Katie is the host of the top 1% globally rated podcast Her Home and Heart, and host to a thriving community of beautiful families on the journey to peace at home and generational family success. Her mission is simple: to ensure that no family ever breaks apart or destroys their relationships, because they simply didn't know how simple it is to create a SOLID peaceful and joyful family foundation.    She is most passionate about helping families create strong bonds and deep roots, so parents don't wake up one day to regret and broken relationships, but rather find themselves living the life they dreamed of creating.   My prayer is that you are blessed and encouraged by this conversation as you continue forward in living healthy and empowered by the strength of God and all for His glory!!    In Joy, Lauren  P.S. Did you know that enrollment to my course, the EMPOWERED HEALTH FRAMEWORK is always open?  It's designed with the busy Christian mom in mind, to help you get more energy in less time through nutrition, movement, and spiritual growth. It's time to consistently make your healthiest choices so you can get to a weight you love, live with more energy & less stress, and focus your time and thoughts where you truly want! Learn how to eat healthier without dieting, find exercise you actually enjoy, grow spiritually so you can find true confidence and lasting motivation, and do all of this in a way that's natural and sustainable! Living your healthiest life is going to be simple & fun and give you more energy to create the mom life you love! Grab your spot today in the Empowered Health Framework, a go at your own pace online course! healthyandempoweredliving.com/course   Connect with Katie Keene Podcast: https://bit.ly/3qOEm4v FB profile: https://www.facebook.com/katiekeene01/ Facebook community: Creating Peace with Holistic Living for Homeschooling Christian... Health and Energy Boost for Moms: https://bit.ly/m/HerHomeandHeart   Other Ways to Connect with Me: I love to hear all the feedback from listeners, email me at lauren@lauren-joyce.com Want to know more about me and what I do? Visit my website at healthyandempoweredliving.com Need to connect with others on the journey and support and encouragement where you're at? Join our FREE Joyful Health for Christian Moms FB Community: bit.ly/joyfulhealthforchristianmoms It would make my day to hear from you! Will you be so kind as to leave a quick review here.

Have you ever felt like there was something in regards to your health that just had a hold on you? Like no matter how hard you tried to let it go, you just couldn't?    Do you wonder if you'll ever be able to actually do the thing you want to do and stop doing the thing you don't want to do?    For example, I have a history of sneaking into the pantry while my kids are playing and eating all of their chocolate from various holidays throughout the year. I can't seem to help myself. When it's there, it's like it's calling my name.    I've also been known to watch TV for hours on end, obsessing over when the newest episodes are coming out so that I can somehow escape my own reality in exchange for the one portrayed so unrealistically on that screen.    Doing those things was not even ever the worst part for me. It was worse when I knew I didn't want to be doing it, when I tried so hard to stop but gave in and gave up. I found myself falling into a cycle of shame and guilt, knowing I should be able to do better and not being able to.    But, even after experiencing it over and over I still didn't know what to do. I didn't know how to break the cycle.    And God. Today I'm sharing some personal testimony and walking through what it looks like to invite God into the moments of struggle, the moments of doing what you know you don't want to do and feeling that shame. Then I'm going to share a process you can use to discover and break free from the things you feel are holding back in your health or keeping you stuck in this cycle of shame.    This is definitely a truth in love episode on a topic that is near and dear to my heart and a theme of my health story.    I hope and pray that the Lord speaks through me to encourage your heart and draw you closer to Him as you listen!    In Joy, Lauren  P.S. Did you know my course, the EMPOWERED HEALTH FRAMEWORK, is always open for enrollment?  Designed with the busy Christian mom in mind, the goal is to help you get more energy in less time through nutrition, movement, and spiritual growth. It's time to consistently make your healthiest choices so you can get to a weight you love, live with more energy & less stress, and focus your time and thoughts where you truly want! Learn how to eat healthier without dieting, find exercise you actually enjoy, grow spiritually so you can find true confidence and lasting motivation, and do all of this in a way that's natural and sustainable! Living your healthiest life is going to be simple & fun and give you more energy to create the mom life you love! Grab your spot today in the Empowered Health Framework, a go at your own pace online course! healthyandempoweredliving.com/course   And if you're looking for a quick start up to your health journey, check out my 10 DAY FAST BREAKTHROUGH…. 10 days of accountability to fast from the thing you choose to fast from.  10 days to learn that God can give you the strength to overcome the stronghold and walk forward in your health with Him.  10 days of health coaching wisdom to learn from.  10 days of friends, family, peers going through the same thing you're going through.  10 days to breakthrough, to jumpstart the change you know you need and want to make in your health and life right now.    This is for you if you feel like there is something in your life that you just can't seem to get away from, you feel like it holds some kind of control over you. Maybe you've tried the whole getting healthy thing so many times in the past but THIS ONE THING is always the stumbling block, the thing that puts you back in the cycle of giving up on the diet or program, feeling guilty and ashamed about failing, before finally getting the energy to try again. That cycle of on track off track, of super focused on health to super distracted by life and just not caring enough to commit right now.    The challenge runs from May 1st to May 10th. Once you sign up, you'll get an email invite into the FB group which is where all of the fun (I mean accountability) will take place. You'll join everyone else who signs up in sharing what you're fasting from and posting daily about how it's going for you. I'll have some training inside the group that will help you and support you through this process and at the end of the 10 days, we'll celebrate all of the amazing breakthroughs! Oh and the best part is, it's only $10! 10 bucks for 10 days of intense accountability and life changing breakthrough. You can do this, but you don't have to do it alone!    Sign up at healthyandempoweredliving.com/fastbreakthrough    Can't wait to support you! I'll see you there!    Ways to Connect with Me: I love to hear all the feedback from listeners, email me at lauren@lauren-joyce.com Want to know more about me and what I do? Visit my website at healthyandempoweredliving.com Need to connect with others on the journey and support and encouragement where you're at? Join our FREE Joyful Health for Christian Moms FB Community: bit.ly/joyfulhealthforchristianmoms It would make my day to hear from you! Will you be so kind as to leave a quick review here.

Do you want to stop worrying about things in the future? Are you ready to let go of the control you're holding on to? Do you desire to live with less anxiety?    See, worry and anxiety can show up in many different ways. It might look like controlling things like your food and exercise because you don't feel like you can control anything else.    It might look like going to different foods, drinks, substances, to cope with the emotions that you just don't really know how to cope with otherwise.    But the truth is, your stress, worry and anxiety are revealing something to you.The question becomes: Are you listening to it or are you doing everything you can to ignore it and not deal with it?   It turns out that some of the same things that help you learn to make consistent and confident healthy choices in your life also lead you to a life free from worry about anxiety! Some of these things include slowing down and living more mindfully, learning to be aware of your thoughts and comparing them to the Truth of the Word of God, and walking with the Lord on your journey so you can learn to live more surrendered to Him and less consumed with how well you can do things in your own strength.   I'm so excited to dig into the topic more with my friend Erika Diaz-Castro! We talk all about how to recognize anxiety and what to do about it. She shares some incredible holy spirit inspired truth and encouragement with us and I pray you will be blessed, I know I was!    Erika is a Christ follower, wife and mama. She's a life coach for anxious, overwhelmed Christian women and helps you get more done with less overwhelm. Between time management coaching and teaching on the Bible, Erika has so much to offer us busy moms. I can't wait for you to hear this conversation all about how to recognize anxiety in yourself and how to live with less of it.    My prayer is that you are blessed and encouraged with what God wants to do in you and through you as you continue forward in living healthy and empowered for the glory of God by the power of the Holy Spirit!    In Joy, Lauren    Connect with Erika:  Website: https://herrenewedstrength.com  Podcast: https://herrenewedstrength.com/podcast  Community: https://herrenewedstrength.com/community  Free Master Class: https://herrenewedstrength.com/freeworkshop   P.S. Did you know that enrollment to my course, the EMPOWERED HEALTH FRAMEWORK is always open?  It's designed with the busy Christian mom in mind, to help you get more energy in less time through nutrition, movement, and spiritual growth. It's time to consistently make your healthiest choices so you can get to a weight you love, live with more energy & less stress, and focus your time and thoughts where you truly want! Learn how to eat healthier without dieting, find exercise you actually enjoy, grow spiritually so you can find true confidence and lasting motivation, and do all of this in a way that's natural and sustainable! Living your healthiest life is going to be simple & fun and give you more energy to create the mom life you love! Grab your spot today in the Empowered Health Framework, a go at your own pace online course! healthyandempoweredliving.com/course   Other Ways to Connect with Me: I love to hear all the feedback from listeners, email me at lauren@lauren-joyce.com Want to know more about me and what I do? Visit my website at healthyandempoweredliving.com Need to connect with others on the journey and support and encouragement where you're at? Join our FREE Joyful Health for Christian Moms FB Community: bit.ly/joyfulhealthforchristianmoms It would make my day to hear from you! Will you be so kind as to leave a quick review here.  

Have you ever tried  to eat better or exercise more without any support or help and failed?    Do you ever feel alone in pursuing a dream or goal and then lose motivation somewhere along the way?   Maybe you find yourself saying things like “I just need some accountability to stay on track with eating healthy or getting to the gym.”    Or maybe you have the accountability and still wonder why you can't seem to consistently do the thing you say you were going to do.   Accountability can be a HUGE part of  staying consistent in building healthy habits  in sticking to the plan even when it's hard and in developing a confidence in yourself and your decision making around your health    But finding the right kind of accountability that actually helps you can be tough sometimes!    I want to talk today about what accountability in your health journey can look like, things to look for when searching for accountability AND some ideas of WHO that accountability can (or should) be for you when it comes to your healthy lifestyle.    My prayer is that you are blessed and encouraged with what God wants to do in you and through you as you continue forward in living healthy and empowered for the glory of God by the power of the Holy Spirit!    In Joy, Lauren    P.S. Have you heard about my course, the EMPOWERED HEALTH FRAMEWORK?  Designed with the busy Christian mom in mind, to help you get more energy in less time through nutrition, movement, and spiritual growth. It's time to consistently make your healthiest choices so you can get to a weight you love, live with more energy & less stress, and focus your time and thoughts where you truly want! Learn how to eat healthier without dieting, find exercise you actually enjoy, grow spiritually so you can find true confidence and lasting motivation, and do all of this in a way that's natural and sustainable! Living your healthiest life is going to be simple & fun and give you more energy to create the mom life you love! Grab your spot today in the Empowered Health Framework, a go at your own pace online course! healthyandempoweredliving.com/course And if you're looking for a quick start up to your health journey, check out my 10 DAY FAST BREAKTHROUGH…. 10 days of accountability to fast from the thing you choose to fast from.  10 days to learn that God can give you the strength to overcome the stronghold and walk forward in your health with Him.  10 days of health coaching wisdom to learn from.  10 days of friends, family, peers going through the same thing you're going through.  10 days to breakthrough, to jumpstart the change you know you need and want to make in your health and life right now.  This is for you if you feel like there is something in your life that you just can't seem to get away from, you feel like it holds some kind of control over you. Maybe you've tried the whole getting healthy thing so many times in the past but THIS ONE THING is always the stumbling block, the thing that puts you back in the cycle of giving up on the diet or program, feeling guilty and ashamed about failing, before finally getting the energy to try again. That cycle of on track off track, of super focused on health to super distracted by life and just not caring enough to commit right now.    The challenge runs from May 1st to May 10th. Once you sign up, you'll get an email invite into the FB group which is where all of the fun (I mean accountability) will take place. You'll join everyone else who signs up in sharing what you're fasting from and posting daily about how it's going for you. I'll have some training inside the group that will help you and support you through this process and at the end of the 10 days, we'll celebrate all of the amazing breakthroughs! Oh and the best part is, it's only $10! 10 bucks for 10 days of intense accountability and life changing breakthrough. You can do this, but you don't have to do it alone! Sign up at healthyandempoweredliving.com/fastbreakthrough     Can't wait to support you! I'll see you there!    Ways to Connect with Me: I love to hear all the feedback from listeners, email me at lauren@lauren-joyce.com Want to know more about me and what I do? Visit my website at healthyandempoweredliving.com Need to connect with others on the journey and support and encouragement where you're at? Join our FREE Joyful Health for Christian Moms FB Community: bit.ly/joyfulhealthforchristianmoms It would make my day to hear from you! Will you be so kind as to leave a quick review here.

Do you struggle with exercise after babies?  Are you wondering how you can possibly find the time to workout around your kids schedules?  There are actually a lot of mental hurdles to overcome when it comes to exercising, especially postpartum.  BUT there are also so many benefits to regular movement and exercise including mental clarity and emotional stability.  Join me in this conversation with Mandi Kelso where we talk all about the mindsets that moms struggle with most when it comes to exercise as well as practical takeaways for how to get started or keep motivated to incorporate regular movement into your routines.    Mandi Kelso works as a health coach and postpartum exercise specialist, where she's passionate about helping moms find the confidence in the way they look and feel after having kids and she works with moms on finding their happiest, healthiest, strongest selves in all areas She is also mama to 2 amazing boys delivered via c-section, and one angel brother keeping watch. She has a history of pelvic floor dysfunction such as pain in pregnancy, diastasis recti, pelvic organ prolapse, painful intimacy, bladder leaking, back/hip pain. She has 17 years of clinical experience with physical therapy, with the last 8 focusing on women's health and pelvic floor dysfunction.  Mandi is the owner of Aspire Women's Health, concierge physical therapy offering in home and virtual care and creator of M.A.M.A. Strong, a virtual 16-week program that helps moms feel confident in their body after babies, improve pelvic floor strength and mobility, and have energy and patience with their families.   Connect with Mandi:  Instagram: mandi_kelso Email: mandi@aspirewomenshealth.com Free Guide to Pelvic Floor 101 My prayer is that you are blessed and encouraged through this conversation as you continue forward in living healthy and empowered by the power of God and for His glory!  In Joy, Lauren    P.S.  HAVE YOU ENTERED THE GIVEAWAY YET?!?! It's only happening in April 2023, so join in now!  To celebrate ONE YEAR of the Healthy and Empowered Living Podcast, I'll be giving away a gift card to ONE lucky winner!!! You have the WHOLE MONTH of APRIL to enter as many times as you want! It's super easy to enter, all you have to do is share an episode with a friend (whichever episode you want!) and tell us about it in the FB group! Screenshot your share or tell us which episode you shared and who you shared it with. You'll get entered into the drawing however many times you share with different people so share away, post about it and up your chances at winning! Can't wait to give you free money, I mean celebrate with you! I'll go LIVE in the FB group at the end of the month to draw our winner! Find out more here!   Ways to Connect with Me: I love to hear all the feedback from listeners, email me at lauren@lauren-joyce.com Want to know more about me and what I do? Visit my website at healthyandempoweredliving.com Need to connect with others on the journey and support and encouragement where you're at? Join our FREE Joyful Health for Christian Moms FB Community: bit.ly/joyfulhealthforchristianmoms Also, did you know that enrollment into my course, the EMPOWERED HEALTH FRAMEWORK is always open?  This online course is designed with the busy Christian mom in mind, to help you get more energy in less time through nutrition, movement, and spiritual growth. It's time to consistently make your healthiest choices so you can get to a weight you love, live with more energy & less stress, and focus your time and thoughts where you truly want! Learn how to eat healthier without dieting, find exercise you actually enjoy, grow spiritually so you can find true confidence and lasting motivation, and do all of this in a way that's natural and sustainable! Living your healthiest life is going to be simple & fun and give you more energy to create the mom life you love! Grab your spot today in the Empowered Health Framework, a go at your own pace online course! healthyandempoweredliving.com/course

Do you ever find that you tell yourself you'll have just one piece of candy because your non-diet approach to weight loss says don't deprive yourself? But you know deep inside that candy isn't actually helping you lose the weight you're trying to lose. Do you want to stop feeling guilty or ashamed when it comes to how healthy you're living? But inside you know you shouldn't have skipped that morning workout or eaten that entire bag of chips in one sitting.  Do you feel like you just don't have time or energy for the healthy choices you know you need to make? But somehow your schedule allows for your kids to do all the extra curriculars and have all the playdates.  I hear you! Honestly, I still feel like that sometimes… but I want to share a realization I had recently that might help you just like it has helped me!  One simple word can make all the difference in whether the changes you are trying to make in your health last your lifetime or fade away as fast as your motivation has in the past.  That word is “no.” Saying no can be super hard so I want to talk about what I think are the most important “no's” to start with when it comes to creating lasting changes in your health.  My prayer is that you are blessed and encouraged with what God wants to do in you and through you as you continue forward in living healthy and empowered for the glory of God by the power of the Holy Spirit!    In Joy, Lauren    P.S. Have you heard about my course, the EMPOWERED HEALTH FRAMEWORK?  Designed with the busy Christian mom in mind, to help you get more energy in less time through nutrition, movement, and spiritual growth. It's time to consistently make your healthiest choices so you can get to a weight you love, live with more energy & less stress, and focus your time and thoughts where you truly want! Learn how to eat healthier without dieting, find exercise you actually enjoy, grow spiritually so you can find true confidence and lasting motivation, and do all of this in a way that's natural and sustainable! Living your healthiest life is going to be simple & fun and give you more energy to create the mom life you love! Grab your spot today in the Empowered Health Framework, a go at your own pace online course! healthyandempoweredliving.com/course   Ways to Connect with Me: I love to hear all the feedback from listeners, email me at lauren@lauren-joyce.com Want to know more about me and what I do? Visit my website at healthyandempoweredliving.com Need to connect with others on the journey and support and encouragement where you're at? Join our FREE Joyful Health for Christian Moms FB Community: bit.ly/joyfulhealthforchristianmoms It would make my day to hear from you! Will you be so kind as to leave a quick review here.

Are you feeling tired, exhausted or like you're running on empty?    Are you doing all the things with no end in sight?    Are you wondering how you're possibly supposed to live healthy in this season of life?    Tune in because today I'm sharing a quick encouragement that I feel like the Lord laid on my heart about how slowing down and filling on His strength is really the key to help you persevere and stay consistent in your health even when you feel too busy!    My prayer is that you are blessed and encouraged with what God wants to do in you and through you as you continue forward in living healthy and empowered for the glory of God by the power of the Holy Spirit!  (And if you'd like to hear more, I invite you to listen to Episode 6: A Biblical Understanding of Why Self-Care is Essential.) If this is really resonating with you, I encourage you to grab a FREE guide I created called “5 Ways Christian Moms Can Live Healthy Even When They Feel Too Busy” if you haven't already! It's filled with practical ways you can start (or restart) your healthy lifestyle on a solid foundation. Download it here for free: lauren-joyce.com/resources    In Joy, Lauren    P.S. Have you heard about my course, the EMPOWERED HEALTH FRAMEWORK?  Designed with the busy Christian mom in mind, to help you get more energy in less time through nutrition, movement, and spiritual growth. It's time to consistently make your healthiest choices so you can get to a weight you love, live with more energy & less stress, and focus your time and thoughts where you truly want! Learn how to eat healthier without dieting, find exercise you actually enjoy, grow spiritually so you can find true confidence and lasting motivation, and do all of this in a way that's natural and sustainable! Living your healthiest life is going to be simple & fun and give you more energy to create the mom life you love! Grab your spot today in the Empowered Health Framework, a go at your own pace online course! healthyandempoweredliving.com/course   Ways to Connect with Me: I love to hear all the feedback from listeners, email me at lauren@lauren-joyce.com Want to know more about me and what I do? Visit my website at healthyandempoweredliving.com Need to connect with others on the journey and support and encouragement where you're at? Join our FREE Joyful Health for Christian Moms FB Community: bit.ly/joyfulhealthforchristianmoms It would make my day to hear from you! Will you be so kind as to leave a quick review here.

Are you trying to lose weight or live healthy but find yourself on and off diet and workout plans because nothing seems to stick?   Have you been wondering why it's so hard to be disciplined and consistent in your new healthy habits?   Maybe you know what you should be doing to get healthy but just can't seem to actually do the things!     Well, what if I told you that your health journey can also be a healing journey, spiritually, not just physically.    The truth is Creator God made you to reflect Himself and His love in a way that no one else can so when you partner with Him to live healthy the way He created you to be healthy and not how the world portrays health….  Everything just works You get to experience more of His love AND He gets the glory He deserves through it all.      Today, I'm talking with Faith-Based Holistic Health Coach, Robin Rhine McDonald where she shares with us the #1 mindset shift that can help you finally live healthy in a sustainable way so you can make the lasting changes you've been trying to make.    We go in depth about the connection between your spiritual health and your physical health, discuss why it's so important and how it will change the way you see your health.    As a graduate of Seminary, Robin takes us back to Bible times and culture and shares about how they understood the connection between spirit, mind, and body but how we often don't have that kind of understanding in today's world. She also shares about the significance of Jesus's ministry being very much characterized by His physical healing miracles.   I cannot wait for you to hear this incredible conversation!    My prayer is that you are blessed and encouraged with what God wants to do in you and through you as you continue forward in living healthy and empowered by the grace of God for the glory of God!    And if you're ready to listen to more about a Christian perspective on weight loss, I invite you to check out episodes 24, 40, and 41!   In Joy, Lauren    P.S. Have you heard about my course, the EMPOWERED HEALTH FRAMEWORK?  Designed with the busy Christian mom in mind, to help you get more energy in less time through nutrition, movement, and spiritual growth. It's time to consistently make your healthiest choices so you can get to a weight you love, live with more energy & less stress, and focus your time and thoughts where you truly want! Learn how to eat healthier without dieting, find exercise you actually enjoy, grow spiritually so you can find true confidence and lasting motivation, and do all of this in a way that's natural and sustainable! Living your healthiest life is going to be simple & fun and give you more energy to create the mom life you love! Grab your spot today in the Empowered Health Framework, a go at your own pace online course! healthyandempoweredliving.com/course Connect with Robin:  Robin Rhine McDonald is a Faith-Based Holistic Health Coach, proud mom and wife with a passion for supporting and empowering Jesus-loving women to gain true health while losing weight through her sustainable, grace-based process. She loves to help women ditch chronic dieting and disease for holistic health and wellness. She mixes her seminary background with her study of integrative nutrition to help women develop the energy and vitality to live out their unique God-given calling.    How to Prioritize Your Health Masterclass: madewellhealth.com/prioritize The 5-Day Sugar Fast Devotional: madewellhealth.com/sugarfast Work with Robin: madewellhealth.com/programinfo   Find her on Instagram or Facebook:  https://www.instagram.com/robin_rhinemcd/ https://www.facebook.com/RobinAnnaRhineMcD/ Ways to Connect with Me: Have you grabbed your FREE guide yet? It's called 5 Ways Christian Moms Can Live Healthy and it's filled with practical ways you can start (or restart) your healthy lifestyle on a solid foundation. Download it here for free: lauren-joyce.com/resources  I love to hear all the feedback from listeners, email me at lauren@lauren-joyce.com Want to know more about me and what I do? Visit my website at healthyandempoweredliving.com Need to connect with others on the journey and support and encouragement where you're at? Join our FREE Joyful Health for Christian Moms FB Community: bit.ly/joyfulhealthforchristianmoms It would make my day to hear from you! Will you be so kind as to leave a quick review here.

Are you wondering exactly what you need to do to consistently eat healthier?    Do you struggle to change your food habits in a sustainable way?    Are you fed up with not being able to follow your diet plan again?   Today, I'm sharing my top nutrition tips and the best part is, they have nothing to do with what's on the menu this week!    While making changes to your eating may not be easy, it is possible! Food freedom can totally be a part of your future when you let go of these 3 things so you can confidently make your best eating choices.    Grab a notebook, pen, and your Bible and let's dive into what is really holding you back from eating healthy consistently!    My prayer is that you are blessed and encouraged with what God wants to do in you and through you as you continue forward in living healthy and empowered for the glory of God by the power of the Holy Spirit!    In Joy, Lauren    P.S. Have you heard about my brand new course, the EMPOWERED HEALTH FRAMEWORK?  Designed with the busy Christian mom in mind, to help you get more energy in less time through nutrition, movement, and spiritual growth. It's time to consistently make your healthiest choices so you can get to a weight you love, live with more energy & less stress, and focus your time and thoughts where you truly want! Learn how to eat healthier without dieting, find exercise you actually enjoy, grow spiritually so you can find true confidence and lasting motivation, and do all of this in a way that's natural and sustainable! Living your healthiest life is going to be simple & fun and give you more energy to create the mom life you love! Grab your spot today in the brand new Empowered Health Framework, a go at your own pace online course! healthyandempoweredliving.com/course   Ways to Connect with Me: Have you grabbed your FREE guide yet? It's called 5 Ways Christian Moms Can Live Healthy and it's filled with practical ways you can start (or restart) your healthy lifestyle on a solid foundation. Download it here for free: lauren-joyce.com/resources  I love to hear all the feedback from listeners, email me at lauren@lauren-joyce.com Want to know more about me and what I do? Visit my website at healthyandempoweredliving.com Need to connect with others on the journey and support and encouragement where you're at? Join our FREE Joyful Health for Christian Moms FB Community: bit.ly/joyfulhealthforchristianmoms It would make my day to hear from you! Will you be so kind as to leave a quick review here.

Sleep is foundational to living healthy, do you believe that?    Are you struggling to get good sleep? Are you tired of feeling tired?    Are you ready to start making your rest a priority so you can live as your healthiest self and show up your best for your family?    Let's get your sleep in order. See, God designed our bodies to need sleep and gave us instruction of a rhythm of rest to live by. But He never said it was going to be easy.    Today, I'm sharing all about why sleep is so important, a way for you to evaluate whether you're sleep habits are good or not, and 2 surprising things that might be hindering your sleep you may not have been aware of!    My prayer is that you are blessed and encouraged with what God wants to do in you and through you as you continue forward in living healthy and empowered for the glory of God by the power of the Holy Spirit!    In Joy, Lauren    P.S. Have you heard about my brand new course, the EMPOWERED HEALTH FRAMEWORK?  Designed with the busy Christian mom in mind, to help you get more energy in less time through nutrition, movement, and spiritual growth. It's time to consistently make your healthiest choices so you can get to a weight you love, live with more energy & less stress, and focus your time and thoughts where you truly want! Learn how to eat healthier without dieting, find exercise you actually enjoy, grow spiritually so you can find true confidence and lasting motivation, and do all of this in a way that's natural and sustainable! Living your healthiest life is going to be simple & fun and give you more energy to create the mom life you love! Grab your spot today in the brand new Empowered Health Framework, a go at your own pace online course! healthyandempoweredliving.com/course   Ways to Connect with Me: Have you grabbed your FREE guide yet? It's called 5 Ways Christian Moms Can Live Healthy and it's filled with practical ways you can start (or restart) your healthy lifestyle on a solid foundation. Download it here for free: lauren-joyce.com/resources  I love to hear all the feedback from listeners, email me at lauren@lauren-joyce.com Want to know more about me and what I do? Visit my website at healthyandempoweredliving.com Need to connect with others on the journey and support and encouragement where you're at? Join our FREE Joyful Health for Christian Moms FB Community: bit.ly/joyfulhealthforchristianmoms It would make my day to hear from you! Will you be so kind as to leave a quick review here.

Have you ever struggled to follow through with your plan to exercise?    Maybe you've found yourself starting off strong but then giving up when it gets hard or boring?    Or you were looking for quick results but found it taking too much time to get where you wanted to go?    I know what you're feeling! It can be so tough to know what you should be doing but just not be able to consistently do it!    It can really challenge your patience when you think you should see changes but nothing seems to be any different.    I'm bringing back a REPLAY today that God has really laid on my heart heavy over the past few weeks. In this episode, I share four lessons you can learn from Joshua and the walls of Jericho when it comes to staying consistent in your exercise and your overall health journey.   My prayer is that you are blessed and encouraged with what God wants to do in you and through you as you continue forward in living healthy and empowered for the glory of God by the power of the Holy Spirit!    In Joy, Lauren    P.S. Have you heard about my brand new course, the EMPOWERED HEALTH FRAMEWORK?  Designed with the busy Christian mom in mind, to help you get more energy in less time through nutrition, movement, and spiritual growth. It's time to consistently make your healthiest choices so you can get to a weight you love, live with more energy & less stress, and focus your time and thoughts where you truly want! Learn how to eat healthier without dieting, find exercise you actually enjoy, grow spiritually so you can find true confidence and lasting motivation, and do all of this in a way that's natural and sustainable! Living your healthiest life is going to be simple & fun and give you more energy to create the mom life you love! Grab your spot today in the brand new Empowered Health Framework, a go at your own pace online course! healthyandempoweredliving.com/course   Ways to Connect with Me: Have you grabbed your FREE guide yet? It's called 5 Ways Christian Moms Can Live Healthy and it's filled with practical ways you can start (or restart) your healthy lifestyle on a solid foundation. Download it here for free: lauren-joyce.com/resources  I love to hear all the feedback from listeners, email me at lauren@lauren-joyce.com Want to know more about me and what I do? Visit my website at healthyandempoweredliving.com Need to connect with others on the journey and support and encouragement where you're at? Join our FREE Joyful Health for Christian Moms FB Community: bit.ly/joyfulhealthforchristianmoms It would make my day to hear from you! Will you be so kind as to leave a quick review here.

Do you struggle with emotional or stress eating? Have you wondered if that is the source of the bad eating habits you can't kick?   Maybe this idea is new to you or maybe you've tried everything under the sun to just STOP!    Today, I'm diving deep into the topic of emotional eating and living healthy God's way with special guest Jessica Hottle. We talk a lot about how understanding that your body, mind, emotions, and spirit all work together when it comes to living healthy really is the key to help you overcome emotional eating AND live as your overall healthiest self!     At the end of our conversation, after having built up to it, I asked her whether she thinks emotional eating is something you can overcome completely and put in the past or if it will always be a part of the journey! The answer may surprise you and I'm so excited for you to tune in to this super encouraging and challenging conversation!   So whether you feel you have a good handle on your emotional health or this is a weak spot for you, I know you'll find something good to apply to your life starting today!  May this bless you as you continue living healthy and empowered for the glory of God by the power of the Holy Spirit!  In Joy, Lauren  P.S. Have you heard about my brand new course, the EMPOWERED HEALTH FRAMEWORK?  Designed with the busy Christian mom in mind, to help you get more energy in less time through nutrition, movement, and spiritual growth. It's time to consistently make your healthiest choices so you can get to a weight you love, live with more energy & less stress, and focus your time and thoughts where you truly want! Learn how to eat healthier without dieting, find exercise you actually enjoy, grow spiritually so you can find true confidence and lasting motivation, and do all of this in a way that's natural and sustainable! Living your healthiest life is going to be simple & fun and give you more energy to create the mom life you love! Grab your spot today in the brand new Empowered Health Framework, a go at your own pace online course! healthyandempoweredliving.com/course BONUS: Sign up before February 28th, 2023 and save $100 using promo code EARLYBIRD23 Connect with Jessica Jessica Hottle is a faith-based fitness coach, podcast host, best-selling author, and speaker with a heart for teaching Christian women how to honor their feelings and heal from their hurt from a Biblical perspective. She is the author of 4 books with her new book being Face Off with Your Feelings: Break Up with the Lies From Your Past and Embrace the Truth for Your Future. Jessica is the host of From Head to Heart, a show where she teaches women how to trust God, heal emotionally, and Grow their relationship with Him. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jessicahottle Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jessicahottle22 Website: https://www.jessicahottle.com From Head to Heart Podcast Links: https://www.jessicahottle.com/podcastlinks  Find Freedom from Emotional Eating, 5-Day Diet Detox: https://www.jessicahottle.com/find-freedom Check out Jessica's Book: Face Off With Your Feelings Ways to Connect with Me: Have you grabbed your FREE guide yet? It's called 5 Ways Christian Moms Can Live Healthy and it's filled with practical ways you can start (or restart) your healthy lifestyle on a solid foundation. Download it here for free: lauren-joyce.com/resources  I love to hear all the feedback from listeners, email me at lauren@lauren-joyce.com Want to know more about me and what I do? Visit my website at healthyandempoweredliving.com Need to connect with others on the journey and support and encouragement where you're at? Join our FREE Joyful Health for Christian Moms FB Community: bit.ly/joyfulhealthforchristianmoms It would make my day to hear from you! Will you be so kind as to leave a quick review here.

I know you've felt it.. The cycle of guilt or shame that follows another failed attempt at “getting healthy” or “losing weight.” I've been there too!    You try so hard to do all the right things but one little slip up completely derails you and sends you into an emotional hole you never wanted to have to dig yourself out of.    I want to give you hope today. I want to encourage you to try again, but differently this time. Because while you may know exactly what it's like to feel powerless to shame or guilt… you aren't powerless. You may be wondering if there's really a way out of the cycle… there is!    I'm not going to tell you it will be easy but I am going to tell you that YOU are worth the hard work and you don't have to do it alone.    I'm here for you, the FB community is here for you BUT more importantly than all of that, God is there for you!    So grab your notebook and coffee because we're getting into some mindset tools that can set you FREE when it comes to how you choose to live healthy!    May this bless you as you continue living healthy and empowered for the glory of God by the power of the Holy Spirit!  In Joy, Lauren    P.S. Have you heard about my brand new course, the EMPOWERED HEALTH FRAMEWORK?  Designed with the busy Christian mom in mind, to help you get more energy in less time through nutrition, movement, and spiritual growth. It's time to consistently make your healthiest choices so you can get to a weight you love, live with more energy & less stress, and focus your time and thoughts where you truly want! Learn how to eat healthier without dieting, find exercise you actually enjoy, grow spiritually so you can find true confidence and lasting motivation, and do all of this in a way that's natural and sustainable! Living your healthiest life is going to be simple & fun and give you more energy to create the mom life you love! Grab your spot today in the brand new Empowered Health Framework, a go at your own pace online course! healthyandempoweredliving.com/course BONUS: Sign up before February 28th, 2023 and save $100 using promo code EARLYBIRD23   Ways to Connect with Me: Have you grabbed your FREE guide yet? It's called 5 Ways Christian Moms Can Live Healthy and it's filled with practical ways you can start (or restart) your healthy lifestyle on a solid foundation. Download it here for free: lauren-joyce.com/resources  I love to hear all the feedback from listeners, email me at lauren@lauren-joyce.com Want to know more about me and what I do? Visit my website at healthyandempoweredliving.com Need to connect with others on the journey and support and encouragement where you're at? Join our FREE Joyful Health for Christian Moms FB Community: bit.ly/joyfulhealthforchristianmoms It would make my day to hear from you! Will you be so kind as to leave a quick review here.

Have you ever looked in the mirror and couldn't help but think things like this?  I look so ugly. I would feel so much better if I lost a few pounds. I wish I had more muscle and less flab.     Do you feel like you're stuck in a never ending cycle of negative thinking and body image that just keeps you feeling down on yourself?    Are you wondering if there's even a way out of all the shame and guilt you've buried yourself under?    There is, don't worry! Today, I'm sharing 4 steps you can follow starting today to help you change your thinking and in turn change your health and life.    Because how you THINK about yourself and your health matters, in fact it's foundational which is why I'm going to be talking about it today in PART 1 and next week in PART 2.    May this bless you as you continue living healthy and empowered for the glory of God by the power of the Holy Spirit!  In Joy, Lauren    P.S. Have you heard about my brand new course, the EMPOWERED HEALTH FRAMEWORK?  Designed with the busy Christian mom in mind, to help you get more energy in less time through nutrition, movement, and spiritual growth. It's time to consistently make your healthiest choices so you can get to a weight you love, live with more energy & less stress, and focus your time and thoughts where you truly want! Learn how to eat healthier without dieting, find exercise you actually enjoy, grow spiritually so you can find true confidence and lasting motivation, and do all of this in a way that's natural and sustainable! Living your healthiest life is going to be simple & fun and give you more energy to create the mom life you love! Grab your spot today in the brand new Empowered Health Framework, a go at your own pace online course! healthyandempoweredliving.com/course BONUS: Sign up before February 28th, 2023 and save $100 using promo code EARLYBIRD23   Ways to Connect with Me: Have you grabbed your FREE guide yet? It's called 5 Ways Christian Moms Can Live Healthy and it's filled with practical ways you can start (or restart) your healthy lifestyle on a solid foundation. Download it here for free: lauren-joyce.com/resources  I love to hear all the feedback from listeners, email me at lauren@lauren-joyce.com Want to know more about me and what I do? Visit my website at healthyandempoweredliving.com Need to connect with others on the journey and support and encouragement where you're at? Join our FREE Joyful Health for Christian Moms FB Community: bit.ly/joyfulhealthforchristianmoms It would make my day to hear from you! Will you be so kind as to leave a quick review here.

I have a special guest for you today, Elyse, who I brought on to talk about something that I believe can be very crucial to our ability to live healthy BUT that there is still a lot of confusion around, for myself included. And that is low-tox living or learning to minimize the toxic load on our bodies. Now she shares more details about what that means but if you're getting ready to turn this off because you think this doesn't apply to you or it'll be way to overwhelming, let me share this one thing first:   One of the things that she shared that encouraged me as I was thinking about all that she shared was this: It's not about being perfect or shaming anyone for what they're doing but it is about knowing better so you can do better. It's about awareness and then taking one step at a time to change one thing at a time.    So remember as you're listening that you have to simply start where you are with what you CAN do and grow from there.    Ask yourself what your health priority is right now: is it gut health, your hormone balance and cycle health, is it weight loss, is it mental health, is it sleep or rest… then start there by maybe investigating what toxins are involved in those areas.    Elyse shares her belief that this is just one more way that you can put your health first as a mom in a way that sets your kids up for success in their health as well.    That being said, this may not be where you are at all right now, you may have zero capacity to think about this and that's fine. BUT I wanted to share still for the moms that are listening, where they've tried all the other things but have some chronic issues where reducing toxins may be just the solution that they need.    My prayer is that by listening to this you are able to begin to understand that our bodies are giving us warning signs that something is wrong but because we've learned to ignore them for so long we often don't investigate the actual cause and look for a solution. Your solution may be to begin a low tox journey, it may to go to your doctor or see a therapist, it may be to begin working with a coach like myself to help you overcome to the mindset and spiritual blocks that you've had to making the healthy choices you know you need to be making when it comes to your diet or exercising. Like Elyse shares, it's about awareness and learning to listen to our bodies and asking why they may be telling us what they're telling us.  May this bless you as you continue living healthy and empowered for the glory of God by the power of the Holy Spirit!  In Joy, Lauren  P.S. Have you heard about my brand new course, the EMPOWERED HEALTH FRAMEWORK?  Designed with the busy Christian mom in mind, to help you get more energy in less time through nutrition, movement, and spiritual growth. It's time to consistently make your healthiest choices so you can get to a weight you love, live with more energy & less stress, and focus your time and thoughts where you truly want! Learn how to eat healthier without dieting, find exercise you actually enjoy, grow spiritually so you can find true confidence and lasting motivation, and do all of this in a way that's natural and sustainable! Living your healthiest life is going to be simple & fun and give you more energy to create the mom life you love! Grab your spot today in the brand new Empowered Health Framework, a go at your own pace online course! healthyandempoweredliving.com/course BONUS: Sign up before February 28th, 2023 and save $100 using promo code EARLYBIRD23   Connect with Elyse:   Elyse is first and foremost a follower of Jesus, married to her best friend, mumma to 3 littles, Christian motherhood coach and chai latte enthusiast. Elyse helps Christian mums to step into their God led calling of homemaking and raising their children whilst partnering with the Word. She is passionate about helping overwhelmed mums trade stress for peace and create flow in their home. Elyse also shares her journey of moving to a slow, simple way of living and why all mothers should embrace a more natural lifestyle. Elyse is the host of a top 2% podcast, The Wholesome Mumma Show. She believes it is possible to spend quality time with your children,  without the mum guilt of letting the home or the to do list go.  Be sure to check out her… Podcast: Wholesome Mumma Website: wholesomemumma.com Or send her a an email: hello@wholesomemumma.com Ways to Connect with Me: Have you grabbed your FREE guide yet? It's called 5 Ways Christian Moms Can Live Healthy and it's filled with practical ways you can start (or restart) your healthy lifestyle on a solid foundation. Download it here for free: lauren-joyce.com/resources  I love to hear all the feedback from listeners, email me at lauren@lauren-joyce.com Want to know more about me and what I do? Visit my website at healthyandempoweredliving.com Need to connect with others on the journey and support and encouragement where you're at? Join our FREE Joyful Health for Christian Moms FB Community: bit.ly/joyfulhealthforchristianmoms It would make my day to hear from you! Will you be so kind as to leave a quick review here.

As a busy mom, do you struggle to think about changing your eating habits?    Maybe it's more tempting to go on another diet because they tell you exactly what foods to eat and when…maybe you know dieting won't work for you but you have no idea where to start with making changes…     I get it, changing habits around food is hard! It takes time, it takes effort, it takes energy…all of which are in short supply as a mom right?    But I want to tell you today that YOU CAN DO THIS! You can begin changing your eating habits, losing weight, breaking free from emotional eating, all the things…and it doesn't have to be complicated.    I want to share 2 simple healthy eating tips that will give you a firm foundation to change your eating habits for good without the feeling of overwhelm, guilt or shame that often comes with dieting. May this bless you as you continue living healthy and empowered for the glory of God by the power of the Holy Spirit!  In Joy, Lauren  P.S. Have you heard about my brand new course, the EMPOWERED HEALTH FRAMEWORK?  Designed with the busy Christian mom in mind, to help you get more energy in less time through nutrition, movement, and spiritual growth. It's time to consistently make your healthiest choices so you can get to a weight you love, live with more energy & less stress, and focus your time and thoughts where you truly want! Learn how to eat healthier without dieting, find exercise you actually enjoy, grow spiritually so you can find true confidence and lasting motivation, and do all of this in a way that's natural and sustainable! Living your healthiest life is going to be simple & fun and give you more energy to create the mom life you love! Grab your spot today in the brand new Empowered Health Framework, a go at your own pace online course! healthyandempoweredliving.com/course BONUS: Sign up before February 28th, 2023 and save $100 using promo code EARLYBIRD23   Ways to Connect with Me: Have you grabbed your FREE guide yet? It's called 5 Ways Christian Moms Can Live Healthy and it's filled with practical ways you can start (or restart) your healthy lifestyle on a solid foundation. Download it here for free: lauren-joyce.com/resources  I love to hear all the feedback from listeners, email me at lauren@lauren-joyce.com Want to know more about me and what I do? Visit my website at healthyandempoweredliving.com Need to connect with others on the journey and support and encouragement where you're at? Join our FREE Joyful Health for Christian Moms FB Community: bit.ly/joyfulhealthforchristianmoms It would make my day to hear from you! Will you be so kind as to leave a quick review here.

Are you ready to stop the cycle of trying and failing at diets and workout programs?    Are you ready to make changes in your life and health for good?    Have you always struggled with consistently making your best health choices?   Let's talk about it! Because what I learned in my journey so far is that living healthy God's way is actually pretty simple IF you have the right mindset and perspective about it.    Listen in on today's episode where I'm sharing 3 steps to live healthy God's way and how to really adopt a Biblical perspective on your weight loss goals.    May this bless you as you continue living healthy and empowered for the glory of God by the power of the Holy Spirit!  In Joy, Lauren  P.S. It's time to consistently make your healthiest choices so you can get to a weight you love, live with more energy & less stress, and focus your time and thoughts where you truly want! Learn how to eat healthier without dieting, find exercise you actually enjoy, grow spiritually so you can find true confidence and lasting motivation, and do all of this in a way that's natural and sustainable! Living your healthiest life is going to be simple & fun and give you more energy to create the mom life you love! Get on the waitlist for my brand new Empowered Health Framework, a go at your own pace online course! healthyandempoweredliving.com/waitlist    Ways to Connect with Me: Have you grabbed your FREE guide yet? It's called 5 Ways Christian Moms Can Live Healthy and it's filled with practical ways you can start (or restart) your healthy lifestyle on a solid foundation. Download it here for free: lauren-joyce.com/resources  I love to hear all the feedback from listeners, email me at lauren@lauren-joyce.com Want to know more about me and what I do? Visit my website at healthyandempoweredliving.com Need to connect with others on the journey and support and encouragement where you're at? Join our FREE Joyful Health for Christian Moms FB Community: bit.ly/joyfulhealthforchristianmoms It would make my day to hear from you! Will you be so kind as to leave a quick review here.

Whether you're wondering where to begin (or begin again) in your weight loss journey…   Or you're in the middle of it and feeling like motivation is beginning to fade…    I pray this testimony will bless you.    We cover everything from the lies the enemy might be telling you about your health and the truth God speaks instead, to what to do when the struggle of health being a lifelong and sometimes hard journey slows you down.    Monica has been a spiritual voice in my ear, being used by the Lord to encourage me and challenge me for over a year now! I met Monica through a coaching program we were both participating in and I cannot express how blessed I have been to have her speak into my life and I cannot wait for you to hear the testimony of health she has to share!    For those who listen regularly, I know this episode is way longer than usual BUT there was too much goodness discussed to take anything out so I decided to share it all!    Get ready to hear some powerful things…   May this bless you as you continue living healthy and empowered for the glory of God by the power of the Holy Spirit!  In Joy, Lauren  P.S. Get on the waitlist for my brand new Empowered Health Framework, go at your own pace online course! healthyandempoweredliving.com/waitlist    More about Monica Speight: Website: https://www.monicaspeight.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MonicaBSp8 Email: monica@sp8strategies.com   Ways to Connect with Me: Have you grabbed your FREE guide yet? It's called 5 Ways Christian Moms Can Live Healthy and it's filled with practical ways you can start (or restart) your healthy lifestyle on a solid foundation. Download it here for free: lauren-joyce.com/resources  I love to hear all the feedback from listeners, email me at lauren@lauren-joyce.com Want to know more about me and what I do? Visit my website at healthyandempoweredliving.com Need to connect with others on the journey and support and encouragement where you're at? Join our FREE Joyful Health for Christian Moms FB Community: bit.ly/joyfulhealthforchristianmoms It would make my day to hear from you! Will you be so kind as to leave a quick review here.

Do you struggle to find exercise you enjoy? Are you having a hard time sticking to an exercise plan that works for you? Do you feel overwhelmed by where to begin?  That's okay! Getting in shape (or back in shape) is on a lot of people's to-do list but it can be a lot to think about. I want to try and break it down simply today and give you some ideas of where you can start today, even if you've tried and failed countless times before.  As you probably know, exercise is a big part of taking care of your physical health, and really your mental health too. I discovered over the holiday break while my kids were home just how much I actually need my exercise time whether at the gym or outside running or biking. I wasn't able to get away much from my children which was a blessing BUT my introverted side needed my me time and I think I had been taking it for granted.  All that to say, having exercise as a regular part of your routine is so beneficial, probably more than you can imagine! I want to share today about three basic types of exercise and why they are beneficial as well as some mindset shifts, ways to find accountability and my #1 rule of thumb for sticking to your routine! This episode is jam-packed with information and encouragement and I can't wait to share, so let's get into it!  May this bless you as you continue living healthy and empowered for the glory of God by the power of the Holy Spirit!  In Joy, Lauren  P.S. Don't forget to grab your spot on the waiting list for my brand new Empowered Health Framework, a go at your own pace online course designed to help you finally find the time to get to a weight you love and consistently prioritize your health in a way that is simple so you can have more energy to create the mom life you love!  Visit healthyandempoweredliving.com/waitlist for more info!    Ways to Connect with Me: Have you grabbed your FREE guide yet? It's called 5 Ways Christian Moms Can Live Healthy and it's filled with practical ways you can start (or restart) your healthy lifestyle on a solid foundation. Download it here for free: lauren-joyce.com/resources  I love to hear all the feedback from listeners, email me at lauren@lauren-joyce.com Want to know more about me and what I do? Visit my website at healthyandempoweredliving.com Need to connect with others on the journey and support and encouragement where you're at? Join our FREE Joyful Health for Christian Moms FB Community: bit.ly/joyfulhealthforchristianmoms It would make my day to hear from you! Will you be so kind as to leave a quick review here.

Have you set your health goals for the year already? How are you feeling about them?  Are you ready to commit and do what you have to do to follow through with your New Year's Resolutions this year?  Do you wish I was not talking about goals and visions for the year?  Because the reality is that EVERYONE else is already in your ear whispering about what you should or shouldn't do and reminding you of the disheartening statistics and I'm sure you're sick of it.  BUT I want to share something hopeful for you in the midst of you thinking about the goal setting and vision casting failures of the past. I want to share a better way to think about all of it. I want to see you succeed in the things you want for your life and your health.  May this bless you as you continue living healthy and empowered for the glory of God by the power of the Holy Spirit!  In Joy, Lauren    Ways to Connect with Me: Have you grabbed your FREE guide yet? It's called 5 Ways Christian Moms Can Live Healthy and it's filled with practical ways you can start (or restart) your healthy lifestyle on a solid foundation. Download it here for free: lauren-joyce.com/resources  I love to hear all the feedback from listeners, email me at lauren@lauren-joyce.com Want to know more about me and what I do? Visit my website at healthyandempoweredliving.com Need to connect with others on the journey and support and encouragement where you're at? Join our FREE Joyful Health for Christian Moms FB Community: bit.ly/joyfulhealthforchristianmoms It would make my day to hear from you! Will you be so kind as to leave a quick review here.

Hey momma, I know this time of year can be really stressful and busy with the holidays and all the things so I wanted to share with you my number one tool for eliminating stress and experiencing more joy! I know you'll love this and find some awesome nuggets to help you be more present, find more joy, and live more mindfully with your family in this crazy season!  Let me ask you this before I start though… Do you struggle with always being on the go or feeling like you always have to do something?  Are you stressed to the max and wondering how to actually give your brain a break in a healthy way?  Have you tried so hard to break the cycle of stress and overwhelm in your life but just can't seem to get very far? Do you find yourself craving mindless activities like binge watching your favorite show or scrolling post after post on social media anytime you have a spare moment? Maybe you're really wanting to learn to be more present and live in each moment…maybe you're wondering what the big deal is about living in mindfulness and whether it can actually help you feel less stressed and have more energy. If you answered yes to any or all of those questions, then this is the episode for you. I'm so excited to share with you a conversation I had with my former client Sadie all about her experience moving from using mindless activities as a form of control to enjoying mindfulness in everything from sitting in silence to time with her children. After going through my program, really doing the work within herself and in partnership with the Lord, she confidently says “I feel freedom in my health and joy in my heart!” I know that you'll hear and experience the truth of that as she shares all that she knows and has learned about the importance of mindfulness in her health, life, and relationship with the Lord! My prayer is that as you listen in on this conversation, you are encouraged to partner with the Lord yourself and see what areas in your life He might be calling you to live more mindfully, especially in this holiday season! May this bless you as you continue living healthy and empowered for the glory of God by the power of the Holy Spirit!  In Joy, Lauren    Ways to Connect with Me: Have you grabbed your FREE guide yet? It's called 5 Ways Christian Moms Can Live Healthy and it's filled with practical ways you can start (or restart) your healthy lifestyle on a solid foundation. Download it here for free: lauren-joyce.com/resources  I love to hear all the feedback from listeners, email me at lauren@lauren-joyce.com Want to know more about me and what I do? Visit my website at healthyandempoweredliving.com Need to connect with others on the journey and support and encouragement where you're at? Join our FREE Joyful Health for Christian Moms FB Community: bit.ly/joyfulhealthforchristianmoms It would make my day to hear from you! Will you be so kind as to leave a quick review here.

Have you ever found yourself constantly feeling the need to eat all the food on your plate even if you feel full?    Do you struggle with eating so much you just feel miserable?    Are you wondering if you'll ever be able to stop yourself and actually feel in control around food?    Today I'm talking all about the struggle of overeating! I'll be sharing mindset shifts, practical tips for creating the habits you need to eat intuitively AND what you might need to do if you've tried all the things and still find yourself overeating out of stress or emotion!    Warning, all of what I share today will require you to slow down and pay attention to what's really going on inside of YOU! Get ready because you'll have to dig deep and do some hard heart work… BUT don't worry, God's got you! :) I pray this blesses you as you continue living healthy and empowered for the glory of God by the power of the Holy Spirit!  In Joy, Lauren    Ways to Connect with Me: Have you grabbed your FREE guide yet? It's called 5 Ways Christian Moms Can Live Healthy and it's filled with practical ways you can start (or restart) your healthy lifestyle on a solid foundation. Download it here for free: lauren-joyce.com/resources  I love to hear all the feedback from listeners, email me at lauren@lauren-joyce.com Want to know more about me and what I do? Visit my website at healthyandempoweredliving.com Need to connect with others on the journey and support and encouragement where you're at? Join our FREE Joyful Health for Christian Moms FB Community: bit.ly/joyfulhealthforchristianmoms It would make my day to hear from you! Will you be so kind as to leave a quick review here.

Are you feeling like things aren't going as you expected they should in your health right now?  Do you wonder how you can possibly overcome the huge mindset hurdles that can come with starting or restarting on your health journey again?  You've heard me say it before, but mindset matters! Especially to have lasting success in your health journey.  I can't wait to share this conversation I had with my friend and fellow coach, Kayla. She shares all about her health journey through the lens of the part her mindset played in it! It's incredible how changing a simple thought and celebrating small victories can be the catalyst for living in greater purpose.  Oh and in case you're wondering, while Kayla is an entrepreneur and coach herself, she is also a busy mom so prioritizing her health throughout the years has been challenging to say the least. BUT get ready, because she spills all her secrets of how she is able to stay healthy through any season life throws her way!  I pray this blesses you as you continue living healthy and empowered!  In Joy, Lauren    Contact Kayla Kayla Eggenberger is a Christian Life Coach and founder of Fruition Mindset. For over a decade she's been helping her clients ditch doubt, take action and achieve their goals. She specializes in helping brilliant Christian entrepreneurs go from stuck, frustrated, and overwhelmed to feeling brave, strong, and free as they experience the joy that comes from making powerful decisions and living their unique purpose. Podcast: Fruition Mindset  Website: www.fruitionmindset.com FB Community: Mindset Support for Christian Entrepreneurs   Email: kayla@coachingwithkayla.com Ways to Connect with Me: Have you grabbed your FREE guide yet? It's called 5 Ways Christian Moms Can Live Healthy and it's filled with practical ways you can start (or restart) your healthy lifestyle on a solid foundation. Download it here for free: lauren-joyce.com/resources  I love to hear all the feedback from listeners, email me at lauren@lauren-joyce.com Want to know more about me and what I do? Visit my website at healthyandempoweredliving.com Need to connect with others on the journey and support and encouragement where you're at? Join our FREE Joyful Health for Christian Moms FB Community: bit.ly/joyfulhealthforchristianmoms It would make my day to hear from you! Will you be so kind as to leave a quick review here.  

Do you ever wonder why you can't seem to stick to your exercise plan? Do you feel like you just don't really have the time or energy to get enough exercise each day?    You probably know how important getting exercise is for you physically and you may even understand the mental benefits of it too…but that hasn't made it any easier to get moving has it?    I want to talk today about 3 ways you can add more movement to your day-to-day even if you have always struggled to consistently follow an exercise routine or workout plan.    BUT before I share those, I want to talk for a minute about WHY you might be struggling to follow an exercise plan…    Because the hard truth is that you're likely believing something about exercise that isn't totally true or doesn't have to be true for you in the season you're in.   So tune in today as I unpack these simple strategies to help you find exercise you enjoy, a routine you enjoy, and how you can stay motivated by keeping God at the center of it!    I pray this blesses you as you continue living healthy and empowered!    In Joy, Lauren      Ways to Connect with Me: Have you grabbed your FREE guide yet? It's called 5 Ways Christian Moms Can Live Healthy and it's filled with practical ways you can start (or restart) your healthy lifestyle on a solid foundation. Download it here for free: lauren-joyce.com/resources    I love to hear all the feedback from listeners, email me at lauren@lauren-joyce.com   Want to know more about me and what I do? Visit my website at healthyandempoweredliving.com   Need to connect with others on the journey and support and encouragement where you're at? Join our FREE Joyful Health for Christian Moms FB Community: bit.ly/joyfulhealthforchristianmoms   It would make my day to hear from you! Will you be so kind as to leave a quick review here.