First Place for Health is looking pretty good at forty! This summer, FP4H (the insiders shorthand) will be celebrating 40
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Crisis strikes and changes life in a nanosecond. It can rob us of routine, ruin our ability to sleep well,
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In 2008 I attended my first First Place event. Not wanting to attend alone, I invited my sister Cyndi. We
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Oops! Why did I just eat that unnecessary snack? Because I’m bored, social distancing, and no one saw me anyway,
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I don’t remember what I did, but I do remember I bent down to lift something heavy. In my head,
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When I attended my first freedom retreat, I began in earnest to inspect the situations and actions of my past.
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“I am overwhelmed” is the most frequent statement I hear from new members and leaders. I remember how comforting it
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I spent my 30s and 40s obese and nearly beyond hope. My obesity was a symptom of a deeper issue.
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It’s not that I’m a food snob. That’s not the reason I walk the aisles of my local grocery store
Read more →Wess Stafford, the former CEO and President of Compassion International, said, “The opposite of poverty is not wealth. The opposite
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