By Caroline Ward
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In this episode, we’re joined by Dr. Elizabeth Johnson, a dedicated internal medicine physician who’s passionate about helping people live their healthiest and most fulfilling lives. As a native of Oconee County, Dr. Johnson has been proudly serving her community as part of the Athens Area Internal Medicine team since 2007.
Dr. Johnson earned her medical degree from the Medical College of Georgia in 2004 and completed her residency at Emory University Hospital. She specializes in disease prevention, with a focus on providing personalized, proactive care for her patients.
Outside of her practice, Dr. Johnson enjoys spending time with her high school sweetheart-turned-husband and their two children, ages 17 and 14. She loves cheering on her kids at their basketball and baseball games, staying active through exercise, and cherishing time with her nearby family.
Key Takeaways – Simple Habits for a Healthier Life:
- Plan Ahead: Schedule your meals in advance to stay on track with your diet.
- Take Baby Steps: Small, consistent changes can lead to big improvements.
- Embrace the Mediterranean Diet: Add more olive oil, whole grains, salads, and avocado to your meals.
- Supplement Wisely: Consider adding magnesium and Vitamin D to your routine.
“For I know the plans I have for you,’ declares the Lord, ‘plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” – Jeremiah 29:11
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Web: internalmedicineathensga.com
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Train with me and my team at TransFit!
We offer personal training, group training, yoga, HIIT, bible study, corporate events, nutrition consulting, and zoom training as well. Please email me at [email protected] for more information! So, if you’re ready to take it to the next level, reach out to me, and let’s get the conversation started.
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Tara is a licensed counselor with a master's in professional counseling. She specializes in family systems and structural family therapy, integrating attachment theories to help clients understand how early family dynamics shape their relationships. Tara provides trauma-informed care, using internal family systems to support emotional regulation and personal growth. She is passionate about helping clients build coping strategies and transform their lives. Married for 28 years, Tara and her husband have three children. She enjoys working out, walking, reading, traveling, and spending time with loved ones.
In this episode, listeners will find encouragement and practical insights to support their mental health journey. Tara shares valuable tools for emotional regulation, coping strategies, and understanding the impact of family dynamics on relationships. She empowers listeners to navigate challenges with greater resilience and self-awareness, offering hope for personal transformation and healing from the inside out.
3 Action Steps to Deepen Your Relationship with God and Improve Wellbeing:
Practical Tips for Combating Anxiety:
Psalm 37:7:
“Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him.”
Proverbs 13:12:
"Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life."
2 Corinthians 12:9-10:
“But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.”
Book recommendations:
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Web: taralowrycounseling.com
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IG: carolineharrisward
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Web: www.transfitathens.com
Train with me and my team at TransFit!
We offer personal training, group training, yoga, HIIT, bible study, corporate events, nutrition consulting, and zoom training as well. Please email me at [email protected] for more information! So, if you’re ready to take it to the next level, reach out to me, and let’s get the conversation started.
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Brittany Sjogren, founder of Loverly Grey, launched her brand eight years ago with a mission to empower women to feel their best while spreading kindness. Through her platform, she shares her passion for style, offers tips on the latest sales, and inspires her audience to embrace confidence. Brittany is also the host of her podcast Life with Loverly, where she continues to share her journey.
Married to her supportive husband and mother to two beautiful girls, Brittany lives by the motto, "Confidence comes when you step into who you are truly meant to be." Her uplifting spirit and passion for life bring joy and encouragement to her followers. In this episode, she shares how living fully and authentically helps her inspire others to find their true identity in Christ and grow in confidence.
Tune in to hear Brittany's insights on faith, fashion, and spreading kindness, and leave feeling empowered to embrace who God has created you to be.
Encouragement from Scripture:
Staple Closet Items:
Fall fashion trends:
4 key takeaways:
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IG: @loverlygrey
Web: loverlygrey.com
Let’s connect!
IG: @carolineharrisward
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.transfitathens.com
Train with me and my team at TransFit!
We offer personal training, group training, yoga, HIIT, bible study, corporate events, nutrition consulting, and zoom training as well. Please email me at [email protected] for more information! So, if you’re ready to take it to the next level, reach out to me, and let’s get the conversation started.
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Brookes Vaughan is a Board-Certified Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner and the founder of The Women’s Health Company, a boutique hormone and wellness clinic offering both in-person and virtual services for women. Based in Watkinsville, Georgia, just outside of Athens, the clinic provides comprehensive care tailored to women's health needs.
Brookes’ passion for women’s health—physically, emotionally, and spiritually—has driven her career, focusing on helping women understand the root causes of their health concerns, heal their hormones, and live healthy, whole, and holy lives. In Episode 1 of Season 2, you'll learn practical tips to develop healthy habits and mindfulness practices. Brookes’ wisdom and insight will inspire women at any stage of life.
How do we balance hormones?
Romans 12:12:
“Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer”
5 key takeaways :
The Women’s Health Company website: https://thewomenshealthcompany.com/services/
Let’s connect!
IG: carolineharrisward
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.transfitathens.com
Train with me and my team at TransFit!
We offer personal training, group training, yoga, HIIT, bible study, corporate events, nutrition consulting, and zoom training as well. Please email me at [email protected] for more information! So, if you’re ready to take it to the next level, reach out to me, and let’s get the conversation started.
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Laura Hope Whitaker is an enthusiastic, thoughtful and energetic leader and CEO of ESP. As CEO, Laura uses her faith along with her leadership and management strengths to manage staff, oversee multiple year-round programs and raise funds to run Extra Special People.
Episode 7 encourages you to tap into your God-given gifts and discover your purpose through serving others. Laura emphasizes the importance of waiting on God and listening for His guidance in shaping the direction of our lives. She assures us that God will lead and guide us step by step. Laura offers this valuable reminder when seeking our gifts and talents: "Know yourself, lead yourself; know others, lead others." Additionally, Caroline and Laura discuss the significance of Sabbath and soul rest. Prioritizing rest and renewal is crucial for living a transformed life and fulfilling God's calling.
Episode 7 takeaways:
The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry by John Mark Comer: https://www.amazon.com/Ruthless-Elimination-Hurry-Emotionally-Spiritually/dp/0525653090
Romans 12:12:
“Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.”
2 Corinthians 12:9:
“But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me.”
Contact Laura:
Let’s connect!
IG: carolineharrisward
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.transfitathens.com
Train with me and my team at TransFit!
We offer personal training, group training, yoga, HIIT, bible study, corporate events, nutrition consulting, and zoom training as well. Please email me at [email protected] for more information! So, if you’re ready to take it to the next level, reach out to me, and let’s get the conversation started.
Ready to conquer your fitness and health goals - the time is now!
Dr. Cynthia Shepherd is board certified in medical oncology, hematology, and internal medicine. Women are affected by various types of cancer, including breast, colorectal, lung, ovarian, cervical, and skin cancers. Dr. Shepherd informs us that skin cancer is the #1 cancer found in women, followed by breast cancer as #2. Caroline and Cynthia discuss lifestyle choices and preventive measures that can be taken to pursue health and reduce the risk of cancer. She emphasizes that healthy habits can offer significant benefits comparable to chemotherapy and other medical interventions. A healthy lifestyle will also reduce the risk of other illnesses like heart disease, diabetes, fatty liver, etc. Episode 6 will encourage you to live transformed by providing valuable insight, empowering strategies, and motivating stories that inspire proactive steps towards a healthy lifestyle.
Cynthia’s prescription for cancer prevention:
Cynthia’s encouragement for Living Transformed:
Psalm 90:14:
“Satisfy us in the morning with your unfailing love, that we may sing for joy and be glad all our days.”
Proverbs 3:5:
“Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding”
Let’s connect!
IG: carolineharrisward
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.transfitathens.com
Train with me and my team at TransFit!
We offer personal training, group training, yoga, HIIT, bible study, corporate events, nutrition consulting, and zoom training as well. Please email me at [email protected] for more information! So, if you’re ready to take it to the next level, reach out to me, and let’s get the conversation started.
Ready to conquer your fitness and health goals - the time is now!
In episode 5, OBGYN, Dr. Mercer, encourages us with practical application tips for taking care of our health as women. Caroline and Cindy dive into the importance of embracing the journey and staying present in each moment of our lives. By trusting the path that God has laid out for us, we can let go of comparisons with others and focus on our unique journey. It's a reminder to develop a deep, unwavering faith in God, recognizing that every step of our path has purpose and meaning. By surrendering to this truth, we can find peace and fulfillment in our individual journeys, knowing that God's plan for each of us is beautifully distinct and purposeful.
Cindy’s prescription for preventing weight gain:
Cindy’s tips for optimizing our health:
Cindy’s reminders for spiritual and mental health:
Psalm 40: 1-3, 11:
“I waited patiently for the LORD; he turned to me and heard my cry. He lifted me out of the pit, out of the mud and mire; he set my feet on a rock and gave me a firm place to stand. He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God…Do not withhold your mercy from me, LORD; may your love and faithfulness always protect me.”
Jeremiah 29:11:
“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.
Psalm 46:10:
“He says, ‘Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.’”
Cindy would love for you to reach out with any questions you have on women’s healthcare: [email protected]
Let’s connect!
IG: carolineharrisward
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.transfitathens.com
Train with me and my team at TransFit!
We offer personal training, group training, yoga, HIIT, bible study, corporate events, nutrition consulting, and zoom training as well. Please email me at [email protected] for more information! So, if you’re ready to take it to the next level, reach out to me, and let’s get the conversation started.
Ready to conquer your fitness and health goals - the time is now!
How deep connections and relationships increase longevity.
Episode 4 will encourage you in building relationships and community. Caroline speaks on the correlation between deep friendships and longevity. All over the world, “blue zones” are where individuals are living 100+ years. Research shows this is linked to prioritizing a strong, safe community and developing intentional deep relationships.
Carla speaks to the importance of maintaining a balanced, healthy spiritual and social life. She says that our spiritual life is in the center, holding everything together. All other areas of life are branches of that: relational, physical, mental, emotional, social, etc. Think of a bicycle wheel. The hub, or center axis, is our relationship with God and spiritual wellbeing. Everything else are the spokes stemming from that. Carla and Caroline delve into practical ways to foster and maintain lifelong relationships.
Proverbs 17:17 reads, “A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for a time of adversity.”
1 Peter 4:8 reads, “Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.”
2 Corinthians 5:14-15 reads, “For the love of Christ controls us, because we have concluded this: that one has died for all, therefore all have died; and he died for all, that those who live might no longer live for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised.”
Carla leaves us with this simple, but life changing truth: “Know Him”. To know Him is to love Him.
Let’s connect!
IG: carolineharrisward
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.transfitathens.com
Train with me and my team at TransFit!
We offer personal training, group training, yoga, HIIT, bible study, corporate events, nutrition consulting, and zoom training as well. Please email me at [email protected] for more information! So, if you’re ready to take it to the next level, reach out to me, and let’s get the conversation started.
Ready to conquer your fitness and health goals - the time is now!
Episode 3 will encourage you with practical ways to transform your physical health. My good friend and TransFit Personal Trainer & Running Coach, Lisa Patton, provides us with ways to take your whole body health to the next level. This episode is embedded with fundamental truths and Scripture which reminds us that being healthy looks different for everyone. She reminds us the importance of play, and enjoying the things we did when we were young. She challenges us with the takeaway to “never stop playing.” You will be encouraged in the importance of choosing joy and seeing your body as a temple of the Holy Spirit.
It’s Romans 12:1 that reads “Offer your bodies as a living, sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God. This is your true and proper worship.” This truth really explains our WHY. Why do you want to be healthy? Everyday we are to use our bodies to love and serve - this is how we love God.
3 things to remember to take their physical health to the next level:
3 ways to lose fat and gain muscle mass:
3 things to remember when you want to start running but don't know where to start:
Philippians 4:12-13 – “I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. I can do all this through him who gives me strength.”
3 books recommended by Lisa:
Let’s connect!
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Email: [email protected]
Web: www.transfitathens.com
Train with me and my team at TransFit!
We offer personal training, group training, yoga, HIIT, bible study, corporate events, nutrition consulting, and zoom training as well. Please email me at [email protected] for more information! So, if you’re ready to take it to the next level, reach out to me, and let’s get the conversation started.
Ready to conquer your fitness and health goals - the time is now!
Episode 2 will encourage women of all ages and give you practical tools to find joy in Christ and take captive toxic thoughts about comparison and negative body image. My daughter, Kaitlyn Ward, gives honest insight into what has impacted her most in her walk with the Lord. You will be inspired in your faith and with your family after hearing this message.
Ephesians 3:20 says, "Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen."
This passage highlights the limitless power and capability of God. It reassures us that God is not bound by our limitations or expectations. He can do far more than we can even comprehend. God's plans for us exceed our own desires or prayers. Sometimes we limit ourselves by asking for only what we think is possible or reasonable, but God can surpass even our wildest dreams.
I pray this episode edifies you in your personal walk with God and serves as a reminder of everything He can do through you.
Let’s connect!
IG: carolineharrisward
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.transfitathens.com
Train with me and my team at TransFit!
We offer personal training, group training, yoga, HIIT, bible study, corporate events, nutrition consulting, and zoom training as well. Please email me at [email protected] for more information! So, if you’re ready to take it to the next level, reach out to me, and let’s get the conversation started.
Ready to conquer your fitness and health goals - the time is now!
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