Welcome! I’m so glad you’re here! My passions are growing in faith, personal safety and self defense, health/fitness, nature, writing, and relationships. I’m not a bible scholar or a teacher, but I am a Jesus follower who also has a passion for sharing things I’ve learned in my walk with the Lord. I guess you could call this a Christian lifestyle blog, since I try to incorporate all areas of life and share about living with God at the center of everything we do.

I’ve been married since 2006 to that cutie in the photo with me and we are the proud dog parents of Remi, a pit bull mix.

I’m a certified holistic nutritionist, personal trainer, and life coach who has transitioned into sharing my knowledge and experience through blogging rather than one-on-one coaching. That’s where my health/wellness content interest comes from.

My husband and I own a small plumbing business in Johnson City, TN. I also work from home part time as a Digital Marketing Manager. When it comes to working from home, I have done it in several different capacities over the last 10+ years. These things are where my work life and business related content interests come from.

I’ve always been interested in personal protection, but I mostly kept it to myself. Over the years, I’ve found myself moving from just interested in self defense, to passionate about educating women about personal safety. So I became a personal safety educator and self defense tool dealer, so to speak. So I’ve added educating, empowering, and equipping women to defend themselves to my blog and other areas of my life.

When it comes to faith, relationships, marriage, and personal growth content, that all comes from a mixture of life experience, love for people, and being a coach at heart. I love encouraging people to learn and grow in these things. I’m no expert, not by any stretch of the imagination. But in all of my content there’s a bit of experience, a lot of research, and a lot of love.

My mission at The Grace & Moxie Life is to create a community of women who just want everyday life content, through the lens of our faith. Every area of our lives – relationships, finances, work life, and personal life – should be looked at through that lens if we’re following Jesus.  I believe that everything good flows out of our relationship with God and into every area of our lives.

Moxie: noun
force of character, determination, or nerve. A person full of energy, courage, or determination, vigor, pep, boldness, nerve. The ability to face difficulty with spirit and courage.

Living with the moxie that comes from the spirit of God living within is.
For God did not give us a spirit of timidity or cowardice or fear, but [He has given us a spirit] of power and of love and of sound judgment and personal discipline [abilities that result in a calm, well-balanced mind and self-control]. 1 Timothy 1:7 AMP

Grace: noun
(in Christian belief) the free and unmerited favor of God, as manifested in the salvation of sinners and the bestowal of blessings.

Living in the cover of his mercy and grace and extending that same [free and unmerited] grace to others. Be merciful (responsive, compassionate, tender) just as your [heavenly] Father is merciful. Luke 6:36 AMP

Thank you again for visiting! My prayer is that God will use me through this Christian lifestyle blog and my life and that my words will carefully glorify Him and encourage you. Remember all you need to get through, to recover, to sustain, and to live an abundant life is already in you through the Lord your God! You were built with moxie, you have been given grace! Go out there and share it with the world!

♥ Heather

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