06/01/2022
I found it peculiar that my plan to tell my story aligned with .
Through therapy, I began to notice how depression & anxiety have been in my life for a long time, but I didn't realize how often I experienced them until only about 5 years ago.
Rewind further back to Highschool, my passion for living a healthy lifestyle began with running 5-7 miles a day - it was my way of clearing my head. Soon after, I started lifting weights without any clue of what I was doing, but it sure felt good to lift some heavy things.
When I discovered that I wanted my career to be in fitness in 2019, I started pursuing my degree in health science and my certification for personal training.
During my study and certification process, I was very stressed as anyone would be. I was also really anxious and depressed at times. I always put myself last when it came to my health and continued to not make myself a priority. Moreover, I felt 'stuck' (quite literally) in bed or not taking action to live a healthy lifestyle. I also overwhelmed myself by trying to figure out how to start my routine again. As a result, time continued to slip away from me. It really sucked.
God of course has brought so much healing to my life that I am grateful for. But I also realize how much fitness became so much more to me than simply trying to improve my physique.
It became a new way of life, my outlet, and one of the top ways I show myself love by taking care of myself physically & mentally.
Being active is one of the things that has helped me through really hard times (and it continues to be). I honestly don't know where I would be without fitness in my life.
If you felt you could relate to this, please shoot me a message. I would love to talk about how you can start taking back control of your life.
Goodnight everyone ❤️
