Kriss is an independent certified Optavia coach. This page is dedicated to helping people find things that will help them to live a healthier and more quality life. We are holistic creations; body, mind and spirit. When we are unhealthy in one area, we become unhealthy in other areas. Hopefully the information given here will encourage readers in ways they can become more healthy. Often we start looking after experiencing some of the symptoms of ill health. Up until now I have brought emotional healing to others for many years as a licensed counselor, but over my life there has always been this draw to see people healed physically as well, although I didn't know how to accomplish that. Over the years, I've lost many family members to severe illnesses and believed there should have been a way to help them, but there seemed like no way was possible at the time. When I was about 7 years old, the Lord told me I would be a psychiatrist, a healer. I didn't believe it, or even know what it was, but I knew if it involved being in school more than 12 years, I didn't want anything to do with it. For me, school was a place of bullying and hurt feelings, and I wanted none of that. But as I became an adult, I have consistently, in one way or another, been drawn back to those areas that have allowed me to bring healing to others emotionally; changing the lies we have believed into truth that sets us free. I learned about belief systems (judgements and vows in scriptural terms) and how that works in putting obstacles in our way that we aren't even aware of. Being a prayer counselor at an international ministry allowed me to learn how to recognize these beliefs and apply spiritual truth to them so they would lose their power over my body, mind and spirit. We ministered to people all over the world and saw how changing belief systems changed their lives...and it happened over and over again. Then I became a professional counselor, working with these principles in the mental health world, working with trauma victims. However, I never lost my desire to also see physical healing. I never quite understood why I became a Naturopathic Doctor (ND), but I did, and I have used that knowledge to help my counseling clients and to recommend good supplements to the ones who needed them. Through these things, I learned there is power in our words, in what we put our faith in and what we expect to happen in the future, whether positive or negative. The expectation in my family was that women would become overweight after having children....and guess what...we did, and we put on lots of weight. Growing up, I watched my mom try every diet program there was with no consistent success, and I have gone down the same path. Until.... I decided to revisit the Optavia program again. I had been on it before in 2015, but now I am looking at it with new eyes. I finally understand that Optavia is not just a diet program. For me now, it compartmentalizes all the things that my life is about. Physical health, emotional health, spiritual growth and more are all a part of what Optavia is for me. I started the program again on 3/1/24 and as of 6/1/24 I have lost 28 lbs. and am still on the journey. I was on the verge of becoming diabetic and now my A1C is 5.7. My family has suffered from high cholesterol and my father passed away from the effects of it. Mine is now under control. Why do we need to learn what this program has to offer? Because what it teaches is true, because it works when all the information is used consistently and because quality of life is a precious thing and we want to have it for as long as we can. Optavia has brought together all the separate pieces that have been a part of my life and put them into the big picture of helping others heal in the important areas of their lives too. The Lord once showed me many years ago, that in my own healing, I was crossing a bridge and when I got to the other side, I saw myself turn around and motion for everyone on the other side to follow me across because I had found out how to get to the other side. That's the invitation I extend to you today. Come walk with me across the bridge and together we'll get to the other side
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