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"Discover the joy of empowering and loving your worthy body No pain, no gain. Carbs are the enemy. Walking isn't real exercise. ""I have to work off dessert."" What do all of these statements have in common? They are all believed to be hard and fast health rules. They are also false. When it comes to our health and fitness, we attempt to follow a lot of rules that pit us against our own bodies. Why? Because it's what we constantly see and hear on TV, on Pinterest, from our culture, and even from other women in our lives. Amy Connell wants to change all that. Instead, she wants you to live a life of balance, freedom, and grace by breaking the ""rules"" and reframing the way you think about your health. In Your Worthy Body, she empowers you to: base your goals on God's calling rather than your insecurities, someone else's expectations, or what's trendy at the moment balance healthy eating with enjoying the full range of delicious and nutritious foods God has given us develop a personalized fitness plan that takes into account your current ability level, future objectives, and stage of life and much more! Filled with engaging anecdotes from her personal experience as a wife, mom, friend, and certified personal trainer and nutrition coach, this book also includes dozens of chapter-end resources like workouts, recipes, and journal prompts so you can put Amy's insight into practice-starting today!"

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"Rev. Donna Owusu-Ansah, author of Loves...Regardless: Forty Devotions Inspired by Womanist Creative Thought and Theology: With the authenticity, humor, wisdom, and love of a good friend, Amy Connell invites readers to a right relationship with our bodies-a relationship grounded in our inherent worthiness as God's good creation. I am grateful for Amy's courage and willingness to pen this countercultural and necessary text for women of all ages and ethnic backgrounds who have struggled with body image (raises both of my cocoa brown hands) as we live into the balanced, free, and grace-filled lives promised by Jesus Christ. Heather Creekmore, podcast host and author of Compared to Who? and The Burden of Better: Women, even Christian women, have been bound up in a fabricated set of rules about fitness and diet for way too long. It's a kind of chains most have accepted as a joy-less life sentence. Amy Connell shines the truth and light in scripture so that women can be set free to embrace a life that is not just healthy but joy-filled! Dr. Michelle Bengtson, board certified clinical neuropsychologist, podcast host, and award-winning author of Breaking Anxiety's Grip: How to Reclaim the Peace God Promises: The overwhelming reason people present in my office is that they don't truly understand their identity in Christ and just how very loved and accepted they are, just as they are. They go on diets, wear the latest fashion, cook Pinterest worthy meals and yet still feel inadequate. Your Worthy Body takes a deep dive into what God has to say about us and our bodies and dispels many of the myths we've mistakenly believed in our search for adequacy and sufficiency. Amy Connell helps us identify the lies that have taken us captive, and counters them not with the world's wisdom but with God's truth as we seek to learn more about how God perceives us. Dr. Richard Harris, MD, PharmD, MBA, host of Strive for Great Health Podcast: Your body is most certainly worthy...a short statement that is as profound as it is compact. Wellness is a journey, and often we set off on that journey without three essential components; balance, grace, and freedom. Dogmatic following of established ""rules"" have left so many far from their goals and dreams. Amy is a rule-breaker who has found tranquility at the intersection of spiritual, physical, and mental health. Your Worthy Body is an incredible composition through Amy's rule-breaking wellness journey that will leave you full of grace, hope, faith, and health. Pete McCall, Fitness Educator, Author of Ageless Intensity and Smarter Workouts, host of All About Fitness Podcast: In her book, Your Worthy Body, author Amy Connell does a brilliant job of shattering the fallacy of exercising for appearance and provides an insightful, practical and scientifically valid guide for the real purpose of exercise: to achieve optimal health in the body provided by your Creator. This book will help you to create a rewarding relationship with exercise and teach you how to use it to enhance your quality of life. Brittany Braswell, MS RDN, LD: Amy artfully meshes sound nutritional science, human physiology, and a whole lot of grace, into this book. Your Worthy Body will give you the tools (and permission!) to break the rules that diet culture has set out before us and help you cultivate a more accurate view of holistic wellness in order to take health promoting actions that serve you and your body well."

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