Seek Your Sunrise: Integrating Faith, Fitness & Emotional Healing
Nov 25, 2025
In this inspiring and heartfelt episode of Faithfully Healed, Latisha Sternod sits down with her dear friend Jen Clark, personal trainer, wellness coach, and former high school counselor—to talk about the journey from emotional healing to physical wellness. What begins as a conversation about faith-based coaching unfolds into a powerful testimony of choosing wholeness, embracing divine identity, and integrating mind, body, and soul.
Jen shares how her passion for health, rooted in Jane Fonda workouts and high school coaching, evolved into a Christ-centered mission to support women through life’s transitions. Together, Latisha and Jen explore how their respective books and ministries mirror each other’s call to healing—one that is both grounded in Scripture and practically lived out in the body.
In this episode, we talk about:
- Jen’s transition from school counselor to faith-based fitness coach
- How faith and fitness work together to empower emotional healing
- The power of choice, and how to seek truth in your spiritual walk
- Jen’s heart for helping women overcome body shame and self-doubt
- Latisha’s book The Wonderful Counselor and healing from religious trauma
- How Catholic spirituality and somatic practices can be united
- Why both Jen and Latisha believe their books “marry well” together
- Creating inclusive, loving faith spaces for both women and men
Anchor Quote:
“You have power and control over your own physiology. You can change it. You can grow it. You can form it.” – Jen Clark
Reflection:
What if your healing doesn’t begin in your mind—but in your muscles? What if loving your body is one of the holiest things you can do? As Jen and Latisha show us, Christ-centered wholeness is possible when faith meets fitness—and shame is met with love.
Resources & Mentions:
Books:
- A New Day, A New Start: Seek Your Sunshine by Jen Clark
- The Wonderful Counselor: A Catholic Woman’s Path to Emotional Healing by Latisha Sternod
Scripture Reference:
Matthew 7:7 – “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find.”
Connect with Us:
Let’s continue this journey of faith and healing together:
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