Does your life feel like a mess? Do you ever find it hard to really experience joy? Have you been struggling with depression and anxiety and don’t know what to do? Do you feel that you are far from God? I hear you, sister!

In this episode, I share my testimony: how I went from a very turbulent childhood to getting into bodybuilding, fitness coaching, being diagnosed with cancer, and starting an online business. I walked through periods of depression between those times, and God’s grace saved me.

Why you’ve got to check out today’s episode:

• Find out how God can use cancer to change your heart and your life as a whole.

• Learn how to trump all the crap the world feeds you about what you should do and who you should be.

• Discover what steps to take to live a life with purpose.

“Know your purpose, so you can align your priorities, decisions, and actions with it.”

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Check out these episode highlights:

01.57 – On Christmas Eve 2012, I was saved and came to Christ in a very unlikely place.

3.02 – How I got into bodybuilding but eventually developed body dysmorphia and, eventually, depression.

04.37 – When I was diagnosed with cancer.

06.24 – I grew in faith and came to fully trust God’s promises.

10.43 – After years of living with cancer, it spread throughout my body and led to chemo just weeks after having a baby.

12.01 – God gave me a vision for this business; a business that is also my mission.

14.17 – 5 powerful, tangible ways to overcome anxiety and depression.

Key Takeaways:

• When you understand how and why you were called, you can leap forward into action.

• Don’t get too wrapped up in the New Age stuff. It’s disguised as spirituality, but those are not from God.

• There is richness in and healing through the Word of God.

Resource:

• Join our sisters in Christ – who also struggle with anxiety – in our Bible Study group! Created so I could walk alongside you and help you shift your focus from the temporal to the eternal.

• Build on the unshakeable truth of your identity, purpose and calling in Christ in this free course, Firm Foundations.

Connect with me!

• Instagram: @mrsdiazcastro

• Facebook: @emdiazcastro

• Website: Her Renewed Strength

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