The Grin Gal’s Guide to Wellbeing

Being Well in Body, Soul & Spirit

Being well begins from the inside out

This book is not just about Kathy’s weight-loss and wellness journey. It’s a guide for your pursuit of wellbeing. It doesn’t provide a program for temporary behavior modification but a process for permanent God-led change.

On Kathy’s quest for improved health, she discovered wellbeing is a balance of body, soul, and spirit. Her coaching style recognizes struggles, victories, aha! moments, and goals. She offers honesty, humor, and occasionally—homework!

The first section has chapters with the following features:

  • Heartstrings (Stories)
  • Heavenly Insights (Bible Study)
  • Help Me! (Tools for Equipping)
  • Homework (Making it Real)
  • Health Check (Evaluation for Body/Soul/Spirit)
  • Hurrahs and Happy Dances (Celebration of Victories)
  • Hope Quest (Prayers)

The second section of the book includes practical resources. Join Kathy as a WellBeing Warrior. Activate personal stewardship by creating your own care plan using the tools of this guide. You won’t always see a cure, but you can have a better quality of life. Buy on Amazon. 

 

The Grin Gal’s Planner for Wellbeing

A 90-Day Habit Tracker for Being Well in Body, Soul & Spirit

This hardback 90-day habit tracker can be used in conjunction with The Grin Gal’s Guide to Wellbeing book or separately. Customize the pages to fit what you need for your wellbeing journey. It is designed to help you grow in your personal stewardship. You’ll find motivational quotes to fuel your wellbeing choices.

Pages offer guidance to include intentions that pursue wellness and wholeness of your body, soul, and spirit. This isn’t just about weight loss or physical accomplishments. The inner being needs to be nourished and exercised too. Use the space as a planner or a journal—whatever works best to help propel you toward your goals.

The daily pages have sections for food and fitness. You might want to use these as a planner to figure out your meals and exercises ahead of time. Or, if you prefer, use it as a habit tracker to document after the fact.

If you are creative, decorate the pages with colorful markers, doodles, tape, stickers, etc. If you are more of a bare-bones minimalist, use simple bullets to organize your space. Whatever works for you, put it to work for you!

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Included in the planner

 Daily

  • Habit trackers for water, food, and exercise
  • Mood for the day
  • Prayer focus
  • Bible verse focus
  • End of day check-up

 Weekly

  • End of week look back
  • Weight
  • Victories
  • Aha! moments
  • Next week look forward
  • Self-care/soul-care
  • Goals and plans

 Monthly

  • Measurements
  • Non-scale victories
  • Goals
  • I want to try (new ideas)

Quarterly

  • Unpack
  • Plan

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A Wellbeing Group with You in Mind!

Do you wish you could find a convenient affordable faith-based group to support you through your wellbeing needs? Jump in to Kathy’s Wellbeing Warriors group—it might be just what the doctor ordered!

Wellbeing Group Benefits

  • Private Facebook Group for check-ins, ideas, support, prayer, and more.
  • Weekly video and online interaction to match that week’s chapter from the book.
  • Once-a-month Zoom session. Can catch the replay if you can’t make it.
  • Autographed copy of The Grin Gal’s Guide to Wellbeing: Being Well in Body, Soul & Spirit.
  • Hardback copy of The Grin Gal’s Planner for Wellbeing: A 90-Day Habit Tracker for Being Well in Body, Soul & Spirit.
  • Access to monthly group Zoom sessions (Live or archived.)
  • Frequent challenges for added motivation and accountability.
  • Social media images to share.

Member Benefits

  • Six months in the group.
  • Participation in private Facebook group.
  • One-time 30-minute private life-coaching with Kathy by phone or Zoom.
  • Autographed copy of The Grin Gal’s Guide to Wellbeing: Being Well in Body, Soul & Spirit.
  • Hardback copy of The Grin Gal’s Planner for Wellbeing: A 90-Day Habit Tracker for Being Well in Body, Soul & Spirit.
  • Personal Zoom cooking sessions with Kathy.

Ideal for

  • Weight-loss
  • Reconditioning
  • Diabetes and Pre-Diabetes
  • Self-Care/Soul-Care
  • Spiritual Growth

Wellbeing Warriors Group Info Sheet (Click HERE)

Group Registration Form (Click HERE)

Endorsements

Kathy’s new book, The Grin Gal’s Guide to Wellbeing: Being Well in Body, Soul & Spirit, is a great resource for any woman looking to improve physical and spiritual fitness. What makes the practical support she offers so powerful is that she dedicates sections to prayer and Bible study in every single chapter. Truly, a faith and fitness lifestyle is incomplete without these. Instead of presenting wellbeing as an ideal lifestyle to attain, she drives a better perspective—that God calls all of us to a life of stewardship. Get the book for yourself and a friend, not because you want to do fitness better, but because you want to be the light of Christ for yourself and others.

– Brad Bloom, publisher, Faith & Fitness Magazine, www.faithandfitness.net 

As someone who has been maintaining a 100+ pound weight loss for many years and today runs the Faithful Finish Lines online weight-loss program, allow me to encourage you to read this book. Kathy writes with heart, clarity, and compassion about the struggles we face as we attempt to follow God’s directions in taking care of our physical, mental, and emotional health. What I love about Kathy’s perspective is that she weaves God’s voice and the wisdom of scriptural truth into every section of the book. Plus, she brings her delightful sense of humor into the mix so that you’ll walk away feeling encouraged and refreshed. I will be recommending a copy to women who work with me.

– Sara Borgstede, owner, Faithful Finish Lines (Christian weight-loss programs for women), author of Fear Less: 30 Devotions for Courageous Faith, www.theholymess.com

The Grin Gal’s Guide to Wellbeing goes beyond typical weight-loss programs. It identifies where you’re stuck or struggling and helps you trust God to care for your soul and cultivate wellness in your physical, emotional, and spiritual life. Kathy Carlton Willis has extended our work in our book, Journey of the Soul, to promote your soul care and overall health. With each page, you’ll find inspiring stories and Scripture meditations, practical exercises, and laughs to lift your spirit!

– Drs. Bill and Kristi Gaultiere, psychologist (Bill) and therapist (Kristi), church ministry, founders of Soul Shepherding and authors of Journey of the Soul: A Practical Guide to Emotional and Spiritual Growth

Take a tip from a do-as-I-say, not-as-I-do surgeon. Embrace the principles of The Grin Gal’s Guide to Wellbeing. Kathy Carlton Willis explores healthy lifestyle changes from a holistic, Christian worldview. The Grin Gal’s heartwarming stories, practical homework, and heavenly insights will inspire you to grin on the inside. Everyone struggling with wise health choices needs to digest Kathy’s practical insights in their journey to wellness and wholeness.

– Charles W. Page MD, FACS. Dr. Chuck is a speaker, author, surgeon, TV show host, “bush-hogger,” and father of five fabulous children. charleswpage.com

The Grin Gal’s Guide to Wellbeing is well laid out with thought-provoking chapters. If you were to ask me to write a book from owning a CrossFit gym for eleven years, then this would be the book I would write. Incredible! I love how it addresses the motive of having a wellbeing focus for God’s glory. This guide reflects my heart and soul. It handles fitness correctly and helps produce biblical wellness that’s actually sustainable for life. Kathy Carlton Willis truly nurtures the body, soul, and spirit. I’m not only inspired to keep moving but to look deeper at my “whys.” The book ends with resource chapters relevant for putting into practice what Kathy effectively empowers you to do!

– Trey and Stephanie Curtis, co-owners of Be Challenged Community Gym (formerly Cross Fit), hosts for church fitness small group; (Trey) bachelors in church ministries and MA in counseling, LPC/MFT, certified personal trainer from National Academy of Sports Medicine.

As a certified Wellcoach® and life purpose coach, I know to take care of our bodies we must focus on improving the health of our minds, souls, and spirits, as well. Kathy’s book speaks to me in fresh and new ways to connect with my inner being.  It motivates readers to set goals that nurture and rejuvenate every aspect of wellbeing. One of the ideas that stood out to me was her recommendation to go on a worry fast. Her emphasis on walking away from legalism to find wholeness also resonated with me. The Grin Gal’s Guide to Wellbeing is a must for every woman who desires to be healthy and fit inside and out as a way to bring honor to God.

– Crystal Breaux, BS in kinesiology/corporate fitness, certified christian life purpose and Wellcoach®, V.P. of Created Woman, former weight management and fitness instructor

I’m a huge fan of The Grin Gal’s Guide to Wellbeing. It’s a perfect mix of inspiration and practical information to help motivate and support readers on their wellness journey. As a wellness professional and a Christian, I love Kathy’s focus on the Word of God as foundational to making real progress in our lifestyle goals. A healthy life is one that encompasses our mind, body, and spirit, and the author does a fantastic job of balancing all three. She offers a holistic approach to wellness that is unique in the health and fitness industry and so refreshing!  I especially enjoyed her emphasis on “soul-care” over “self-care,” a commonly misunderstood element of wellbeing. If you’ve ever struggled with guilt for making yourself a priority, then this book will help you overcome that mindset and move forward with freedom and joy. I highly recommend this book to anyone ready to make positive changes in their mind, body, and spirit!

­– Karen Ferguson, content creator, health coach, and the author of Breath of Life: Living God’s Promise of Peace in the 7 Dimensions of Wellness, www.karenferg.com

I’m a practical person, so I gravitate to stories that not only inspire me but also grab my hand and show me an attainable path. That’s exactly the tone of Kathy Carlton Willis’s new book The Grin Gal’s Guide to Wellbeing. Her immediate connection as a fellow struggler on the whole lifetime search for balanced health put me at ease and helped open my mind and heart to the specific suggestions she made with each entry. This is a book to not just read but to work through and experience—which is how any transformation occurs. I found the chapter prompts especially helpful: Heartstrings (stories), Help Me! (tools), Heavenly Insight (Bible), Homework (dig in), Health Check (evaluation), Hurrahs and Happy Dances (celebration), and Hope Quest (prayer). If you’re ready to do the work, let the Grin Gal take your hand.

– Lucinda Secrest McDowell, award-winning author of Soul Strong and Life-Giving Choices, www.LucindaSecrestMcDowell.com

As a board-certified life coach, specializing in trauma-informed modalities, I know firsthand how women are seeking emotional health and wellbeing. In her new book, The Grin Gal’s Guide to Wellbeing, Kathy Carlton Willis speaks from her own story of healing in hopes of guiding and leading readers in their stories of healing. With authenticity, truth, and a whole lot of love,

Kathy helps each of us smile broadly in an unrestrained manner!

– Janell M. Rardon, MA, author, founder, The Heartlift Practice, www.janellrardon.com, Trauma-informed Therapist, Certified Aroma Freedom Practitioner (AFT)

The Grin Gal’s Guide to Wellbeing has tips, hacks, advice, and examples for everyone—no matter where you are on your wellbeing journey. Whether you’re searching for physical or mental health development, this book touches all the corners of well-rounded health. One of the sections that resonates with me personally is “Those Dreaded Plateaus.” Reading this chapter made me feel as if someone related to me—an accountability partner helping me through unsure times. With my background in healthcare and as a former certified personal trainer, I highly recommend this book for overall balance in body, soul, and spirit.

– Sarah Wisor Martinez, neurosurgery senior clinical research coordinator, MA in public health, former personal fitness trainer and water aerobics instructor

I highly recommend The Grin Gal’s Guide to Wellbeing for those seeking practical and spiritual steps in personal growth and wellbeing. Kathy takes self-care to a new level that digs deep to the root issues of our souls. This book made me feel seen by the author, that she related to my life. Kathy’s biblical approach to wellness has inspired me and left me wanting more!

– Carli Graves, barre instructor, dance teacher, 18 years of dance experience and 3 years of ministry experience

As a psychotherapist, I found The Grin Gal’s Guide to Wellbeing to be a practical resource. I appreciate Kathy’s approach of combining sensible strategies for health with biblical truths to create an overall plan for wellbeing. My clients will benefit from the tools and motivational insights Kathy provides based on her own experiences of working through roadblocks to live a healthier life.

– Cassandra DeWall, licensed professional counselor at Praise Church, helping clients achieve a healthier mental outlook, specializing in anxiety disorders and transitional life stages/events