“I learned a lot of stuff religiously as a young kid but it never really hit me until recently. I think our religion completely aligns with leading a healthy lifestyle. There’s one saying by the prophet that says we don’t eat until we get hungry, and then when we do eat, we don’t gorge ourselves. […]

“For the first half of my life I was really lucky because I could eat whatever I wanted and never gained a pound, which makes for a really bad second half of your life because you get used to that. I ended up at 263 pounds. One day my husband said “you know honey, I’ve […]

“We recently went to Israel. We went in September and got back in December. Our goal was to love on the people. We had no agenda other than just to show them so much love. We brought our 3 small children. There’s a lot of beauty in Israel. The things you don’t hear about in […]

“I have a pacemaker. I’ve had 4 open heart surgeries. Right when I was born I had one. It was monitored until I was 15. Then, I had a massive heart attack at age 15. I collapsed. I didn’t know what was going on. I knew I had things wrong with me but I never […]

“I kind of figured out a couple of things. I always have a reason. I figured out why I’m not of the mindset to get up right away in the morning and take care of myself. I think it’s because since I’ve been a young girl I’ve always taken care of others. From the time […]

“I was 17. It was September 4th. That’s the day I almost died and my life changed forever. It’s been 12 years since the accident. I was driving home. I went around a corner (which I found out later was called Devils Elbow and was fixed after my accident). It was a sharp corner and I was […]

“I’m planning to do the Half Tough Mudder in Chicago this May. I’ve been trying to get back into shape for that. I did 3 full ones in the past. I would like to do another full. There is a full Mudder in August and I would really like to do that but we will […]

“I don’t enjoy sports. I’m so bad at them. I played sports when I was younger but I was bad at them so I quit. Everyone was blessed with the sport gene in my family, except me. Everyone in my family was awesome at tennis. I was horrible. I don’t think I really cared either. […]

“I tore my Achilles twice. I was shooting a music video and we were long boarding all day. I wanted one more take and right then and there it ruptured. The doctor said I could go on a boot or have surgery. So I went through with it. When that happened I hit a low […]

“I have type 1 diabetes. Basically, my pancreas is dead. It doesn’t work. I found out when I was 14. It left me angry for a lot of years. But then when I started college, I wanted to stop feeling bitter and wanted to try to embrace it.  So I’ve been doing that and it’s […]