Showing posts with label hope. Show all posts
Showing posts with label hope. Show all posts

Monday, December 1, 2025

This app has Elevated my Life and Faith! Hallow from Heaven

Ok, ok, so this is a healthy, nutrition website! Well, let me refer you back to my post on Spirituality and Health. Sooooo, along with my previous post about Power of Now: Life Can Be a Ray of Sunshine, here is a post about a lovely prayer app:

HALLOW is a prayer app with an annual fee (I paid $79). Many friends have recommended it, but due to my frugality/cheapness, I always resisted. I thought I could get all the information in other places for free. I've had it for several months now and every minute has been wonderful. It makes praying and learning about my faith so simple and accessible. It's the BEST 19 cents per day I have ever spent! Thank you, Tasha!

PLUS, this post has bumped up to publication NOW because the app is offering a 90-day-free trial! So you have nothing to lose! Just start with www.hallow.com and it'll ask you some questions to get you set up.

This link might work!

Back to it! I believe there actually are resources that aren't easily available elsewhere. I feel as if I have only just scratched the surface. One specific treasure I've enjoyed was learning from/about Saint Therese of Lisieux. In the app, you can listen to her beautifully, precious autobiography, entitled Story of a Soul. While listening, you can choose to read along with the words on your phone.

Saint Therese: This young person was dedicated to serving God with unreserved love and confidence in His mercy. Her spiritual path called the "Little Way" emphasizes performing small acts with great love! She helps readers find joy and holiness in the ordinary, share true charity to others, focus on the present moment, find joy in service, embrace our unique spiritual gifts, and trust in God even through hardships.

I'll only mention the title of two other amazing audiobooks I have listened to on HALLOW:

Interior Freedom by Jacques Philippe (this is actually SO good...some parts I have listened to practically on repeat!!)

Something Other than God: How I Passionately Sought Happiness and Accidently Found It by Jennifer Fulwiler (this is a life story that truly starts with NO faith, even strong resistance to faith, and transforms to a beautiful journey to God)

Know that HALLLOW app is so much more than audiobooks. It is a community. It provides habit. It provides inspiration and education. It is SO much more than I imagined it to be.


Find God's Peace, Transform Your Prayer Life, Build a Daily Habit, and More

BONUS:

Teens Encounter Christ (TEC) is a weekend retreat with the primary goal of facilitating an encounter with Christ for those who are searching for deeper meaning, purpose, and hope in life, and who desire an authentic relationship with God within a community of believers.

You can apply to "Make a Retreat" here:

A Catholic Experience in Christian Living

I've gone on this retreat and worked it many times (NEVER as a teenager; the first time I was almost 40 and now I am closer to 50!), and each time I participate there are life-changing blessings abounding, new friends made, and refreshing feelings of love and peace, like no other!

Funny, this is also $80. Another amazing value for three amazing days of focusing on your faith!

COMMENTS:

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Tuesday, July 29, 2025

God is SO Good!

This is long overdue and unlike any other post you'll find on fresh-you.com. Wellness of mind and body is enhanced by spirituality. I can't imagine life without my faith. Amazingly, there is research showing that it is beneficial to your health! As you'll see at the bottom of this post, I've actually written many related posts, including topics such as forgiveness, love, and gratitude. This is post is a bit scattered, but hopefully something here will inspire growth in your heart!

Please enjoy this Peace Prayer, also known as the Prayer of St Francis:

Lord, make me an instrument of your peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light; where there is sadness, joy. O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console; to be understood as to understand; to be loved as to love. For it is in giving that we receive; it is in pardoning that we are pardoned; and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life. AMEN

There are many wonderful resources and angles connecting spirituality, wellness, and overall efforts to be a good person. These things make us healthier and help us cope with life and manage stress. Trying to include as much possible has delayed this post from publication. Instead, it's just a happy mishmash for you to enjoy!

Of course there is something from nutritionfacts.org!

Helping, Generosity, Sharing, and Giving Boost Wellness

How Generosity May Help You Be Happier and Live Longer (video)



Live happily for a long time with the Blue Zones!

“People who pay attention to their spiritual side have lower rates of cardiovascular disease, depression, stress, and suicide, and their immune systems seem to work better … To a certain extent, adherence to a religion allows them to relinquish the stresses of everyday life to a higher power,” says Dan Buettner, Blue Zones founder and National Geographic Fellow.

The Halo Effect of Sacred Spaces - Blue Zones (article)



Dean Ornish is a physician and researcher who could basically be called the father of how our lifestyle changes our DNA, often focused heavily on diet. His talk here has a different twist focusing on the importance of interconnectedness:

Dr. Dean Ornish on the importance of interconnectedness | CNN



Kindland is a program with a mission to encourage empathy, kindness, respect, and compassion. It began in Cleveland, Ohio, and has become a nationwide effort! Challenge yourself or your kids right now by joining today! There is a special program going on until August 22, 2025.

Summer of Kindness | valuesinaction

10 Ways to be a Good Citizen in Kindland and Spread Kindness

Kindness Activities to Check Off for the Summer of Kindness Challenge



This summer, I stopped at a community fair booth that said "Pray with us!" because I love to pray. They offered free books and the one that caught my eye said "Habits from America's Longest Living People"! One of the five Blue Zones is from the Unites States: the Seventh Day Adventists. Blue Zones have many people living past 100 years (centenarians).

Habits that Heal: Habits from America’s Longest Living People: unknown author: 9780996338004: Amazon.com: Books


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Hallow from Heaven