When we think about losing weight and getting healthier, we search for special formulas and equations to get the weight off. However, I've learned forgiveness is the real key to making real and lasting progress. I hope this episode inspires you to be kind to yourself along this journey!

Every year on Father's Day, I'm reminded of the lessons I learned from my Dad's life and his untimely passing. I recorded this a few years ago, but the heart of the message will ring true forever. I love you, Daddy. Thanks for cheering me on from Heaven.

Tasha Turnbull's weight gain in college sent her into a depression, but she took action and changed her life forever. Now, she's a rockstar personal trainer who pushes others to put their health first. In this episode of the Decide to Live Podcast, Turnbull breaks down how she lost 90 pounds, and the key to keeping it off for good.

We've heard that saying, "Don't look back. You're not going in that direction." It rings especially true in this health and fitness journey. What are you holding on to that's keeping you in an unhealthy cycle? Learning to let the past go could be the key to your future.

I used to binge on that golden fried goodness, but God stepped in and helped me realize I didn't have to bury my feelings in a bucket of chicken.

An internal struggle in the buffet line taught me a big lesson.

Can you spare 4% of your day to change your entire life?

Ever been close to reaching a goal and started getting in your own way because you didn't think you deserved happiness? Let's talk.

Will you allow your past to pull you back, or push you forward? This episode of the Decide to Live Podcast reveals the life lessons a 275-pound tire taught me. Be inspired and decide to live!

Apparently, it isn’t enough that the incredibly talented entertainer performed ON THE ROOF of a football stadium. Or that she flew through the air. What mattered most, to some, was her bare belly that, to some, didn’t meet some made-up standard of what a bare belly should look like.

Seriously, are we really so fixated on “perfection” that we pick and prod at another person’s body and call them fat? Or ugly? Or anything else that doesn’t encourage and lift them up?

Yes, we are, because we do it to ourselves all the time.

I am no exception.