Strength, Stillness and The Trainer I Have Become

Someone said the other day that life was meant for surviving.

I don’t believe God created us just to survive.

I believe life was meant for living.

Life was meant for healing, for growth, for purpose, and for peace.

It holds the same weight even if it's right in the middle of chaos.

I’ve learned that you don’t find that kind of life in the rush.

You find it in the stillness.

Survival is one of those things that just keeps us moving but, stillness teaches us how to breathe.

Survival gets you through the day but, stillness reminds us why we are here.

In the stillness, God doesn’t just help me make it through.

He restores me so I can live fully, love deeply, and show up with intention.

Faith In Action Fitness and Nutrition Services has experienced its best year yet not only because we worked harder than ever but, because we learned how to be still.

Before I am a trainer, I am a mother.

Motherhood changes every part of how I show up in this world.

The stillness looks different for me now.

It is not long uninterrupted quiet time or, a perfectly planned morning routine.

It’s the small pockets of peace that I have to make time to carve into each day.

It is those little windows between school drop-off and my first client.

It's also in those moments when the kids are finally asleep and, even the rare mornings when the house is perfectly still.

Those are the moments where I can breathe, think, pray, and gather myself before the world needs me again.

Those quiet moments are the moments where I am reminded on why I do what I do.

As a wife, I have to pour in support, understanding, partnership, prayer, and commitment.

As a mom, I have to pour even more patience, love, safety, presence, and grace.

As a trainer, I have to pour into others encouragement, discipline, belief, and structure.

Truth is you can’t give what you don’t have.

In the stillness, I’m reminded that my purpose is bigger than fitness.

It's ministry, service, obedience...

I go to the stillness to refill.

I go to the stillness to breathe.

I go to the stillness to hear God’s voice and allow Him to restore the parts of me that sometimes feel stretched thin.

When you’re raising kids and running a business that depends on your energy, your clarity, and your heart...you learn quickly that strength must be pretty intentional.

That is the version of me I bring to every session.

I am the mom who understands life’s chaos.

I am the trainer who knows how to build strength.

And, I am the woman who tries to find peace in the quiet places so that she can pour into others with purpose.

Peace in the stillness is where my motherhood, my strength, and my calling come together so that I can show up fully for the people God has trusted me to serve.