Inner Peace, Better Health
Inner Peace, Better Health

Can Faith Powered Peace Really Heal Stress And Your Body Health? with Michelle Spadafora

23 November 2025 29:43 šŸŽ™ļø Avik Chakraborty

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On this episode of Inner Peace, Better Health, host Shreya sits down with Michelle Spadafora, founder of Faithful Workouts, to unpack a hard truth. your body will not heal if your mind is living in chronic stress. Michelle breaks down how long term stress quietly wrecks digestion, immunity and energy, why behavior change fails when it is built on shame and self hatred, and how faith centered peace can literally rewire your brain and nervous system.
If you are stuck in comparison, hustle and self criticism, this conversation shows a very practical path to move from guilt to grace, from white knuckling habits to loving your body enough to care for it. A straight talking guide for anyone who wants stress less living and stronger health without bypassing the hard stuff.

About the Guest:

Michelle Spadafora is the founder of Faithful Workouts, a Christian fitness and wellness platform that has helped countless people integrate movement, nutrition and faith for over 40 years. Through free online workouts, meal plans, mindset programs and TV content, she teaches how peace, truth and God centered identity create deeper, more sustainable health than any quick fix plan.

Key Takeaways:

  • Chronic low level stress keeps your body in a constant fight or flight state, diverting energy away from digestion and immunity, which over time can fuel gut issues, auto immune problems and fatigue.

  • Most people try to fix their health with behavior change on the surface, but long term transformation only happens when you go to the root beliefs and replace old lies like "I am an idiot" or "I hate my body" with truth based identity.

  • Your brain builds neural pathways around repeated thoughts. learning to pause, notice the thought, ask if it is lie or truth and then consciously choose a new thought is how you begin to rewire your response to stress.

  • Faith can act as an anchor in seasons of grief, loss and crisis. knowing you are already loved, seen and not alone shifts you from doing things for love to living from love, which drops anxiety in your system.

  • Guilt about a specific action can sometimes nudge positive change, but shame that labels you as bad destroys confidence and peace. small, realistic wins and self compassion create far better health outcomes than perfectionism.

  • Processing trauma often needs support. therapy, coaching, prayer and gentle movement can all help you re file old experiences so they no longer define you or trigger the same intense stress response.

  • Movement does not have to be extreme to be healing. five minutes of dancing to music you love can start to shift your chemistry and open the door to kinder self talk and better choices.

  • Peace is not passive. it is a daily decision to value your inner state, build rhythms that connect you with God and choose habits that support your nervous system so your body can finally heal.

Connect with Michelle Spadafora:

Listeners can connect with Michelle and explore her free faith based health resources here.

  • Website: https://www.faithfulworkouts.com. free workouts, meal plans, emotional eating support, sugar freedom programs and faith based teachings

  • TV and streaming. Faithful Workouts and cooking show The Fresh Table available via faith based TV on DirecTV and Roku through NRB >

  • YouTube and socials. search Faithful Workouts on YouTube and major social platforms for daily content, encouragement and practical tools

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