The Pitfalls of Diets and What to Do Instead

The Pitfalls of Diets and What to Do Instead

 A Remake of Dieting is “Die” with a “T” at the End” From 2014 on www.totallyfit4life.net. When I talk with my Healthy Lifestyles group members about what they want to accomplish with their weight loss plans, I usually hear about the diets they’ve tried and failed. One question I ask is this, “If a diet is supposed to help you reach your goals, then why […]

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Quenching Flames

Quenching Flames

While visiting my daughter in Colorado, the reality struck us that the Rocky Mountain wildfires were blazing, spewing smoke and ash into the air for hundreds of miles. This severe situation was no longer a photo from headline news. It smelled like a wood fire, as if roasting marshmallows at a campfire, but this was no family wiener roast awaiting tasty s’ mores. It was […]

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Let the Adventure Begin!

Let the Adventure Begin!

Photo by Quinn Neitfeld from Unsplash. Awesome mountain peaks passed beneath us at 11,000 feet above sea level, a glorious sight to behold from our yellow Lancair single-engine plane. The scene took my breath away. Was it just the scenery? A tightness gripped me as if someone reached into my chest and squeezed my heart—hard—for a few minutes. “Hon. My chest hurts. I’m having trouble […]

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What Really Matters? Sharing Your Faith in Troubled Times

What Really Matters? Sharing Your Faith in Troubled Times

Photo by bongkarn thanyakij from Pexels 2020 is a year most people want to forget, and understandably so. This year will go down in history as one filled with what many called plagues of biblical proportions: a deadly virus wiped out over 663,000  people worldwide (New York Times), two massive waves of locust swarms spread across Africa through Israel, murder hornets supposedly monstrous with deadly stings entered the […]

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Summer Exercise Tips for People with Chronic Pain and Fatigue

Summer Exercise Tips for People with Chronic Pain and Fatigue

Frustrated with the Summer months? Find out how to take care of your body and improve your health this summer.

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Healthy Christian Self-Care: Taking Care of Yourself without Being Selfish

Healthy Christian Self-Care: Taking Care of Yourself without Being Selfish

Our best example is how Jesus conducted His ministry. We would do well to follow His example.

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Incredible Grief, Abundant Hope

Incredible Grief, Abundant Hope

From the ashes of our sorrow, hope springs forth like a delectable berry just waiting for us to take hold of it..

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Abiding in Christ: Looking through the Eyes of Love

Abiding in Christ: Looking through the Eyes of Love

by Charlaine Martin Read: 1 John 4:7-18 Focus Verse: Psalm 85:10 NIV  Love and faithfulness meet together;   righteousness and peace kiss each other. #COMMITYOURHEART to your spouse. Note: This post also appears at www.betotallyfitforlife.com as “Looking Through the Eyes of Love”. My husband and I love emojis with hearts. Our texts to each other include them every day. One of my favorites to send him is the […]

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Abide in Christ: Give Him Your Heart

Abide in Christ: Give Him Your Heart

Passages: 1 John 2 (also, see John 15), Matthew 11:25-28 Focus Verse: 1 John 2:5-6 ESV  “but whoever keeps his word, in him truly the love of God is perfected. By this we may know that we are in him: 6 whoever says he abides in him ought to walk in the same way in which he walked.” The month of February is Heart Month. If you followed me last year, I […]

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Get Your Rain Boots and Umbrella! It’s THAT Kind of Day

Get Your Rain Boots and Umbrella! It’s THAT Kind of Day

Adventures with Chronic Illness Image by Charlaine W. Martin 2019. All rights reserved. I have to say that not all of the adventures I’ve had with God are ones I would have chosen. Today is one of those days. Actually, this week has been THAT kind of a week, if you know what I mean. It’s a rainy, chilly summer day and I’m lazing in […]

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