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A Heart For: Health

A Heart For: Health - Functional, Integrative Nutrition and Wellness I first “met” Lindsey in 2015 when I signed up for an online accountability group that a college friend had invited me to. Said friend was co-hosting it with Lindsey. That group was a catalyst for me in terms of health and wellness. I was, at that time, the heaviest I had ever been and did not know more than a handful of recipes, what foods aided my fight against inflammation or joint pain, or have any confidence in my kitchen. My joints ached and so exercise was not just the typical sort of uphill climb getting back into shape. It was really painful. I hadn’t experienced that before. I felt stuck. I had never heard someone tie their nutritional choices and physical exercise back into mental health differences like Lindsey did. This all took place in late December 2015 and early January of 2016 while I was still living in Japan. After a few months, I fell off of the bandwagon but continued keeping up wi
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A Heart For: Fostering

Good evening, friends! Tonight's post captures my first interview - the one that changed all of those iPhone notes, scribbles in my calendar, and conversations with friends into a real life blog! Today we kick off the real purpose of A Heart For:    -to raise awareness about populations that need advocacy and support  - to encourage you as you continue on your journey -to connect you with people and supports specific to a calling you have   Without further adieu, meet my uber passionate coworker, Sarah. A HEART FOR : FOSTERING and ADOPTION Meet my coworker, Sarah! She is a twenty-something that has fostered 10+ children in the last year. She started fostering as a single 24 year-old woman on one salary. What caught my eye about Sarah was that she clearly had a passion and calling for this population. She wants all children to know love and safety, especially children whose own homes have been deemed unsafe.  We ended up talking for over an hour and I go
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Introduction - A Heart For

Hello! My name is Katie Walker. I'm a twenty-something not far from being a thirty-something. That little fact, in the last year, has stirred up quite a bit of emotion in me. It's stirred up fear, excitement, disappointment, curiosity, etc. If I'm honest, though, the negative emotions have outweighed the positive ones. If I get real with myself, the disappointment and fear are rooted in comparison - I haven't yet achieved what they have, you have, she has. It can take awhile to quiet those thoughts and focus on the more productive thoughts. I keep reminding myself that your purpose isn't my purpose. Your journey isn't my journey. We weren't made exactly the same and we each are parts of a body; thank God we are not all the same limb or organ. That would be very unproductive and very boring. We are different because we are part of a team. When you stop and think about all the layers - it's utterly fantastic and makes me giddy! Think of all of the
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