This episodes begins with a collection of bible verses I gathered in response to the emotional rollercoaster I've witnessed so many riding this week. Sometimes, we just don't know what to say or how to respond to the world's events around us. I look to God's Word for assistance and offer these verses in hopes they may help whatever you are struggling with right now.

I also offer Five Healthy Holiday Habits that can assist you from falling into the less-than-festive funk that can sometimes accompany this time of year. It's a busy, crazy season where we can lose sight of our healthy habits when we need them most. So, I offer a few tips for hanging on to your healthy routine while still enjoying the best parts of the season.

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Faith and Fitness is a podcast that mixes topics of spirituality and Christianity with fitness inspiration, motivational stories, and random things that happen to pique my interest. While the initial 21 day program is meant to launch you on your journey to a healthier body and soul, it doesn't stop there. We will keep pushing ourselves to be better, discovering wisdom and truth, and bearing our struggles together along the way.

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Kristen S. Osborne is a fitness coach, writer, and attorney from Birmingham, Alabama. She is a dog mom and a police wife. Kristen offers fitness and nutrition coaching services through the world-renowned Beachbody programs and products. Visit www.fitfiercefight.com for more resources and to join one of her fitness challenges.

The mixture of Halloween, Dia De Los Muertos, and All Saints/All Souls Day has me thinking about seasons and God's purpose for endings and beginnings in our lives. This historian in me got curious, so this podcast will give you a bit of background on the Day of the Dead, Halloween, and the Catholic All Saints Day traditions.

What all of these cultural and religious traditions have in common is the celebration and recognition of death as merely a passage to the next season. It's not the end. God put eternity in our hearts so we would know that all things have a season.

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Faith and Fitness is a podcast that mixes topics of spirituality and Christianity with fitness inspiration, motivational stories, and random things that happen to pique my interest. While the initial 21 day program is meant to launch you on your journey to a healthier body and soul, it doesn't stop there. We will keep pushing ourselves to be better, discovering wisdom and truth, and bearing our struggles together along the way.

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Kristen S. Osborne is a fitness coach, writer, and attorney from Birmingham, Alabama. She is a dog mom and a police wife. Kristen offers fitness and nutrition coaching services through the world-renowned Beachbody programs and products. Visit www.fitfiercefight.com for more resources and to join one of her fitness challenges.

After dabbling in a new nutrition and fitness plan that is completely out of my comfort zone, I was reminded of a great quote from a fantastic book Wild & Free:

"The opposite of faith isn't doubt. It's control."

I'm a control freak and a devoted list-maker. When I step outside of my comfort zone, when God pushes me off my itemized checklist, I have to work to be receptive to His plans.

Things mentioned in the podcast:

- "Wild & Free" book: http://amzn.to/2dMNp37

- Day Designer planner: http://daydesigner.com

- NaNoWriMo: http://www.nanowrimo.org (Add me, kristensosborne, as a 'buddy')

- Core De Force fitness program: Coming out Nov. 1, and only available through a coach like me! So hop over to my website at http:///www.fitfiercefight.com and contact me ASAP to reserve yours and snag a spot in my challenge group starting Nov. 7.

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Faith and Fitness is a podcast that mixes topics of spirituality and Christianity with fitness inspiration, motivational stories, and random things that happen to pique my interest. While the initial 21 day program is meant to launch you on your journey to a healthier body and soul, it doesn't stop there. We will keep pushing ourselves to be better, discovering wisdom and truth, and bearing our struggles together along the way.

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Kristen S. Osborne is a fitness coach, writer, and attorney from Birmingham, Alabama. She is a dog mom and a police wife. Kristen offers fitness and nutrition coaching services through the world-renowned Beachbody programs and products. Visit www.fitfiercefight.com for more resources and to join one of her fitness challenges.

On my fourth wedding anniversary, I found myself thinking about commitment. Specifically, about the choices that we have to make every single day when we commit ourselves to something, whether it's a marriage, a hobby, health, or our faith.

Commitment is a repetitive choice that we make. It's a path of learning, of gaining knowledge, acquiring wisdom, developing insight, and listening to the Holy Spirit for discernment.

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Faith and Fitness is a podcast that mixes topics of spirituality and Christianity with fitness inspiration, motivational stories, and random things that happen to pique my interest. While the initial 21 day program is meant to launch you on your journey to a healthier body and soul, it doesn't stop there. We will keep pushing ourselves to be better, discovering wisdom and truth, and bearing our struggles together along the way.

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Kristen S. Osborne is a fitness coach, writer, and attorney from Birmingham, Alabama. She is a dog mom and a police wife. Kristen offers fitness and nutrition coaching services through the world-renowned Beachbody programs and products. Visit www.fitfiercefight.com for more resources and to join one of her fitness challenges.

Real food and clean eating are buzzwords in today's health and fitness industry. But is there a reason for eating real food to benefit our spiritual health?

Author Shauna Niequist says YES, in her devotional book 'Savor.' I give a short review of the book as well as share one of her thought-provoking ideas of how real food is as important for our spirit as our bodies.

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Faith and Fitness is a podcast that mixes topics of spirituality and Christianity with fitness inspiration, motivational stories, and random things that happen to pique my interest. While the initial 21 day program is meant to launch you on your journey to a healthier body and soul, it doesn't stop there. We will keep pushing ourselves to be better, discovering wisdom and truth, and bearing our struggles together along the way.

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Kristen S. Osborne is a fitness coach, writer, and attorney from Birmingham, Alabama. She is a dog mom and a police wife. Kristen offers fitness and nutrition coaching services through the world-renowned Beachbody programs and products. Visit www.fitfiercefight.com for more resources and to join one of her fitness challenges.

What happens when your calling seems to fall apart? Moses was clearly called to speak for the Hebrew people, but his efforts only seemed to make things worse for them at first. He could have given up, refused to follow God's calling for his life, declared it too hard. But he didn't. He trusted God's process. It had to get worse for the Hebrew people before it got better.

This can and will happen to us. This world is not perfect. It is full of struggle, strife, and other imperfect humans. Sometimes, for a situation to reach the end that God intends, it must get 'worse' first. If we have prayed about it, know that the path is correct, we can't quit! God's process is divine and intentional. Only He can see the big picture and know how it all fits together. Our struggle is part of the process. Trust the process.

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Faith and Fitness is a podcast that mixes topics of spirituality and Christianity with fitness inspiration, motivational stories, and random things that happen to pique my interest. While the initial 21 day program is meant to launch you on your journey to a healthier body and soul, it doesn't stop there. We will keep pushing ourselves to be better, discovering wisdom and truth, and bearing our struggles together along the way.

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Kristen S. Osborne is a fitness coach, writer, and attorney from Birmingham, Alabama. She is a dog mom and a police wife. Kristen offers fitness and nutrition coaching services through the world-renowned Beachbody programs and products. Visit www.fitfiercefight.com for more resources and to join one of her fitness challenges.

Have you ever shut down an idea, turned away from an opportunity, or declined to speak up or volunteer for something because you thought you weren't qualified?

God has a funny habit of using the most unlikely people to accomplish the most incredible things. In my recent Bible readings, I've been struck by how unqualified and inadequate Moses actually was to be a political and spiritual leader of an entire nation of people. Moses tried to tell God several times that he wasn't the right person for the job, but God knew otherwise.

What does the story of Moses tell us about our own struggle with 'imposter syndrome?' What does God want us to do when we find ourselves feeling called to a situation or position that we do not feel personally qualified to take on? Listen in the episode 23 for my thoughts...

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Faith and Fitness is a podcast that mixes topics of spirituality and Christianity with fitness inspiration, motivational stories, and random things that happen to pique my interest. While the initial 21 day program is meant to launch you on your journey to a healthier body and soul, it doesn't stop there. We will keep pushing ourselves to be better, discovering wisdom and truth, and bearing our struggles together along the way.

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Kristen S. Osborne is a fitness coach, writer, and attorney from Birmingham, Alabama. She is a dog mom and a police wife. Kristen offers fitness and nutrition coaching services through the world-renowned Beachbody programs and products. Visit www.fitfiercefight.com for more resources and to join one of her fitness challenges.

The "21 Day Faith and Fitness Devotional" podcast is RELAUNCHING as "Faith and Fitness with Kristen S. Osborne." The 21 day program designed to accompany a 21 day fitness challenge is still available in the archives. But the fun will continue!

Faith and Fitness is a podcast that mixes topics of spirituality and Christianity with fitness inspiration, motivational stories, and random things that happen to pique my interest. While the initial 21 day program is meant to launch you on your journey to a healthier body and soul, it doesn't stop there. We will keep pushing ourselves to be better, discovering wisdom and truth, and bearing our struggles together along the way.

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Kristen S. Osborne is a fitness coach, writer, and attorney from Birmingham, Alabama. She is a dog mom and a police wife. Kristen offers fitness and nutrition coaching services through the world-renowned Beachbody programs and products. Visit www.fitfiercefight.com for more resources and to join one of her fitness challenges.

21 Day Faith and Fitness Devotional

Day 21

This is the twenty-first and final day of a series of 21 total devotionals designed to inspire and motivate you with God's word during a 21 day fitness and nutrition challenge.

I sincerely hope you enjoyed these devotionals and found them useful and inspiring. Please leave a review for me on iTunes to let me know what you thought.

The devotionals come from the book Be Transformed: A 21 Day Faith and Fitness Devotional written by Kristen S. Osborne. You can find the book on Amazon or at FitFierceFight.com.

Kristen S. Osborne is a fitness coach, writer, and attorney from Birmingham, Alabama. She is a dog mom and a police wife. Kristen offers fitness and nutrition coaching services through the world-renowned Beachbody programs and products. Visit www.fitfiercefight.com for more.

21 Day Faith and Fitness Devotional

Day 20

This is the twentieth day of a series of 21 total devotionals designed to inspire and motivate you with God's word during a 21 day fitness and nutrition challenge.

The devotionals come from the book Be Transformed: A 21 Day Faith and Fitness Devotional written by Kristen S. Osborne. You can find the book on Amazon or at FitFierceFight.com.

Kristen S. Osborne is a fitness coach, writer, and attorney from Birmingham, Alabama. She is a dog mom and a police wife. Kristen offers fitness and nutrition coaching services through the world-renowned Beachbody programs and products. Visit www.fitfiercefight.com for more.