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Brandy Gainor
Aug 28, 20193 min read
Life is Pain: You Get to Choose!
This quote has been very powerful in helping me make some good choices because I know the pain of regret. There is no way to avoid the...
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Brandy Gainor
Aug 13, 20194 min read
Love Your Expat Grandkids Well-- Seek and Find Book For Your Home
My in-laws are very good and creative at loving their expat grandchildren (and their other 6 grandchildren that live in the US) well. ...
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Brandy Gainor
Aug 6, 20192 min read
High-Intensity Workout
This is a variation of my favorite High-Intensity Workout. I like to do something like this once a week. This video includes a Warm-up,...
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Brandy Gainor
Jul 31, 20194 min read
A School Subject to Teach in Your Home
Are your kids going back to school next month? My kids start back to school in 2 weeks! And, as we start back to school every year, for...
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Brandy Gainor
Jul 23, 20193 min read
Urgency of Temporary Assignments
Knowing you only have a little time left, we usually get more intentional with how we spend our time, days, activities. We naturally...
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Brandy Gainor
Jul 16, 20195 min read
Dependency--Crucible of Faith
One of the greatest gifts living in India has given me is to learn a way of life of dependency. We all should be living and depending on...
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Brandy Gainor
Jul 1, 20193 min read
A big obedient leap of faith!
For more than a year and a half, I have felt the Lord nudging me to get back online and share life with others--lessons, resources, and...
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Brandy Gainor
Jun 25, 20193 min read
Vision is Vital
Have you ever had a goal or a desire to do something, yet you quickly were discouraged? Have you ever tried to be more disciplined to do...
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Brandy Gainor
Jun 17, 20193 min read
Why do you workout and pursue fitness?
There are tons of valuable, worthy reasons to workout-- take care of our overall general health cardio fitness--take care of our heart...
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Brandy Gainor
Jun 11, 20193 min read
I will miss the Perspective Poverty Provides!
Our family is leaving India, the place we have called home for almost 10 years. We have struggled continually with seeing poverty,...
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Brandy Gainor
Jun 4, 20191 min read
3 Circuit Strength Workout
This is my favorite strength workout and my go to when I want to do strength with hand weights. This workout video includes a warm-up, 3...
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Brandy Gainor
May 28, 20191 min read
My Website Links
I want to let you know of a few gems and links. Across the top of the menu bar, there are 3 little icons I'd like to explain. Amazon My...
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Brandy Gainor
May 21, 20192 min read
Smart Phones, Social Media, & Technology, Oh My!
Every family somehow comes to a conclusion about technology, social media, and devices in their home. Gray and I have decided to be...
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Brandy Gainor
May 14, 20192 min read
Post Workout Smoothies
My Favorite PWO Smoothies Strawberry Banana 40g bananas 15g spinach 60g strawberries 150mL coconut milk 30g vanilla protein powder 10g...
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Brandy Gainor
May 6, 20192 min read
Do Not Shrink Back!
Hebrews 10:35-38 "Therefore, do not throw away your confidence, which has a great reward. For you have need of endurance, so that when...
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Brandy Gainor
Apr 23, 20192 min read
Do You Binge Pray?
We all know what binge eating is--when you eat and eat and eat so much it is called a binge. Typically, when people binge eat, they...
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Brandy Gainor
Apr 9, 20194 min read
Wellness for Expats
I am especially passionate about helping expat women figure out how to be healthy and well as they live in a place that is not home, not...
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Brandy Gainor
Mar 26, 20191 min read
Overnight Quinoa
Overnight Quinoa 2 cups quinoa (500g) 2 cups milk of your preference (500mL) 1/4 cup Honey (60mL) 2 tsp Cinnamon (10mg) 2 tsp Molasses...
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Brandy Gainor
Mar 12, 20193 min read
Loving OTHERS
I love fitness, working out, running, actually anything that means moving my body. Until 2018, I have been such a loner in this. But,...
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Brandy Gainor
Feb 25, 20193 min read
Convictions
Jeremiah 9:23-24, "Thus says the Lord, "Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, let not the mighty man boast in his might, let not the...
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Brandy Gainor
Feb 12, 20193 min read
Just One Page
I have a few books I am reading during the mornings, but this post is about reading before I go to sleep. Gray and I found ourselves too...
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Brandy Gainor
Jan 28, 20193 min read
Run Less, Run Faster
I love to run, and one of my favorite reasons to run is to be outside in nature, running freely for the joy and freedom of it. But, I...
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Brandy Gainor
Jan 15, 20193 min read
Revelation Wellness® -- It's NOT about the fitness
Sometimes I have a hard time explaining Revelation Wellness, especially trying to summarize it in a quick answer to a question. I think...
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Brandy Gainor
Jan 5, 20192 min read
Staying Free in 2019
Here are the verses I am declaring in 2019. I have this framed above my kitchen sink where I will see it pretty much every single day. I...
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