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148. Unlock Your Creative Genius: Eric Bigger on Mastering Content Creation vs. Consumption
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In this episode of the Spiritual Fitness Podcast, Eric Bigger dives into a discussion of content creation versus consumption. He acknowledges the creative power within each of us and discusses the contemporary urge for digital consumption. Eric challenges listeners to evaluate their current lifestyle choices – are you creating enough, or merely consuming what the world offers?
Eric emphasizes the transformative power of creating content with intention and touches on the psychological and spiritual dimensions of creation, advising that what we consume will eventually shape what we create. His message is clear: by shifting focus from passive consumption to active creation, we can catalyze positive change in our lives and impact the world around us.
Also in this episode:
- Embrace the power and potential of creating content as opposed to being a passive consumer. Identify areas in your life where you can create meaningfully.
- Create with purpose and intention rather than out of fear or obligation.
- Be mindful of what you consume daily, as it directly influences what you create and your overall worldview.
- Integrate spiritual practices and awareness into the creation process to enhance both personal growth and creative output.
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Introduction to Spiritual Fitness Podcast
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Welcome to the Spiritual Fitness Podcast. I'm your host, Eric Bigger. And each week, we will explore powerful practices, inspiring stories, and expert insights to guide you on your path to holistic health.
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By blending spirituality and physical wellness, we support you in strengthening your body and soul. Whether you're a seasoned spiritual seeker or just beginning your journey, the Spiritual Fitness Podcast is here to help you unlock your inner potential and live your most vibrant, purposeful life.
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It's miracle season.
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Spiritual Fitness, Spiritual Fitness Podcast. We're back again with another episode. And I'm your host, Eric Bigger.
Theme: Creation vs. Consumption
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And today, we're going to have a great conversation around content, creation versus consumption, right? And how we consume so much in life when we stop us from creating.
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Societal Overconsumption
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Anyway, let's get into this episode. So what inspired this episode was was talking to my girlfriend about creation versus consumption.
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And in life, I believe we're over consumers, whereas spending money, acquiring things, eating food, least here in America. And social media has taken off these last, what, 10 years?
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We consume so much content. I know I do. I'm always on YouTube. I'm always on Instagram, looking up new ideas and things to think about. Now you got AI, chat GPT, open AI, people constantly on there. We're constantly consuming, right?
Intentional Creation and Inspiration
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But if you look at life, everything that's gotten you far in life took some form of action. You were creating something wherever you was creating an outcome for your body, physical fitness.
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You were shopping at the grocery store to change your diet. You know, you're trying to create a new vessel, a new body for your lifestyle and what you want. But the main thing, if you look at everything around you, it's all about creation and production.
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I'm right now talking to you on a podcast for the sole purpose of creating content to inspire, to impact, to motivate you and whoever's listening to create content because that's what it's about.
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Content is king. Create, create, create. Now, here's the thing. Sometimes we create with no intentions. We create out of lack. We create out of fear.
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So then what happens for most people when they're creating content, they're not getting the feedback they want or they're not getting the followers or the shares or the saves. They stop creating. Same way in a relationship.
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When you're giving so much love and you're not getting love back, you stop giving love because you're not getting something back. Instead of saying, I'm going to love and give no matter what. I'm not doing things for outcome or expectation. I'm doing it because of appreciation and I want to create my life. want to create my reality as we're doing right now.
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So think about the life you're living because the life you're living is the life you created. And now it's the life you will be creating. So think about that. Creation is everything.
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As a man and a woman, you know, you have sperm and egg. Boom. A baby is birth. Creation. So I think it's important to listen in today on and think about where in your life Are you not creating?
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Where in your life are you consuming a lot? It could be negativity, negative thinking, negative blog sites, drama, gossip. You're distracting yourself with more consumption. You're watching videos, you know, on YouTube, you're on TikTok.
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And granted, have fun at your own leisure. Do your thing. But what's going to get you ahead in life is going to move you forward. If you must create, create, create, wherever it's writing a book, you know, in a studio, recording a song, working your body out, cooking a meal.
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applying for a new job, asking for a promotion. We have to be in creator mode. Because if you look at from the, like I said, again, from the beginning of time to now, if you look at social media, everybody's creating and the people that are winning in life are constantly
Influential Figures and Creation
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creating.
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They're constantly in front of you. You constantly see them. Tony Robbins, the guru of mine that I looked up to most of my life. He's 63, 64, maybe 65 years old. And this man is still creating content.
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He's been a coaching business for 35 plus years. He's still creating content. I look at all these actors this and all these movies are constantly trying to grow so they can be in front of you, us, we cameras to create content to change and create more life.
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Look at LeBron James. He's been in the NBA 22 years. He's constantly creating content and creating his life. He's in commercials, alcohol, Nike, Pepsi, Pepsi.
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movies. He's a creative. He's creating. So it's important for you to create your life through the content you're creating, whether it's via social media, in your household, in your day-to-day when you're by yourself. Think about the thoughts you create when no one's um around, when no one's listening, when no one's looking.
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What are you consuming the most? I think that's another thing we need to realize. What we consume will be
Mindful Consumption and Creation
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what we create. I'm to say that again. What you consume will eventually be what you create.
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So if I'm constantly consuming negative news, politics, fear-based, fear marketing type of information and energy, eventually I'm going to create that unconsciously. I'm going to create what I'm consuming because consumption leads to creation.
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So you have to change what you're consuming to create a better life or a better outcome. I had a conversation. The conversation sparked an intention. This intention gave me inspiration to shoot this episode.
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You see how that works? So the number one thing um want you to focus on today, write this down or just take a mental note. Where in your life do you feel the most confident that you can create something?
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Where in your life do you feel the most confident that you can create something that you know can and will change your life? but For example, I know if I'm constantly creating content on this podcast, on YouTube, for social media, for listeners and people I don't know, eventually I'm going impact someone, see someone and change a life.
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Two years ago, ah had a friend. who was living in Hawaii at the time, was from Australia, who saw a piece of my content when my podcast was Bigger Talks and reached out and DM'd me to get on their podcast from that conversation because that conversation was based off the content they saw.
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On my podcast pages, only have 300 followers and we had a podcast episode. That conversation from that led to my cacao ceremony in Joshua Tree to my plant medicine journey in Peru.
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All because I was visible, because I made it in my mind to create content. Now, I know there's a lot of us. that are afraid be seen.
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And the reason we're afraid to be seen is because we're afraid that we're going to be judged for what we put out. But here's the thing. No one can judge you if they don't see you. And no one can be inspired who can engage with your content or even pay you for business if they don't see you.
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Look at anybody you follow on social media that you look up to that's very successful, that you admire, that you appreciate. You look forward to their content. So through their content, they're creating and giving you life.
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So again, where in your life do we you feel the most confident where you can create and change your life? It could be working at a nursing home, cooking for your family, working out every day, writing a new book, walking, something that's going to create momentum, create energy, create a new way of being for the highest good of yourself and your soul.
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Here on Spiritual Fitness, It's more than just movement of your body. It's movement of your
Spiritual Well-being and Creation
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spirit. It's your intuition. It's your relationship with God, your relationship with the creator, your connection to the universe and the life and the community you have around you.
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But the more we in creative mode and we feel confident and we feel vibrant, we help others change their life. Because we're doing things from our highest good.
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This conversation was an inspiration. So the energy that's going to come through my vessel to your ears, to your mind is going to inspire you in some way. I want to read something to you that I think is very valuable for people of all walks of life.
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And it's so good. What's called the business magnet. So somebody had shared the post. So pretty sure most people know who Mr. Beast is. Mr. Beast is like the richest guy, influencer, YouTuber in the world.
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i mean, he gets a billion views on his content. So it says Mr. the Beast uploaded 455 videos before going viral. He damn near released 500 pieces of content before he went viral.
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Think about that. Don't look at Mr. Beast right now. He's powerful. It's always giving money away as games. Powerful soul. Then you have Picasso. Picasso created 20,000 artworks before the world recognized his genius.
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twenty man was creating content and that content changed his life. I remember being on ah the Bachelorette. That was content that ABC was pushing out my spirit and who I was inspired and motivated people, right?
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That got me visibility. That changed my life because I was part of content that was helping and impacting people mentally, emotionally, spiritually, however they felt my energy. Content. McDonald's is not the healthiest brand in the world and they're constantly pushing out content.
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There were billions of dollars, maybe more. Here's another one. Walt Disney turned 300 rejections into the most magical brand on earth. He got rejected 300 times because he was willing to put his brand, his idea, his thought, his creation in people's face in front of them.
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He got rejected. Those rejections. turns into Walt Disney, Walt Disney World, right? Gary Vee, shouts out to Gary Vee. I love Gary Vee. His new book is incredible.
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Gary Vee posted a thousand wine videos before anyone noticed him. thousand videos. The list goes on and on. But the moral to the story is I want you to create.
Encouragement to Create and Be Visible
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I want you to get in creation mode.
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In this new earth that we're living in now, it's going to very important for you to notice what's going on around you and new things will be created. So have an innovative mind.
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Think about what could you add to your world that can help the world. What is it that you love doing? No matter what, some of you are photographers and yeah, you might not be getting work right now.
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People not, not buying into your photography. Go shoot photos for 10 different influencers for free. If you're a personal trainer and you're getting started, train fill your family members for free. Get your reps in.
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Repetition is the mother of skill, right? Reps and sets will get you where you need to be. Create and demonstrate. And the reason I want you to know this is because all it takes is one word, one quote, one video, one workout.
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This last few weeks, my knee's been bothering me. So guess what I did? I went on social media, Instagram, and I typed in knee strengthening exercises.
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And so many videos came up. Content, right? I was able to strengthen my knees because of content. Someone created content to help me strengthen my knees. People create.
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We're creating right now. And you're literally creating from your pure consciousness of what you think and what you believe on a day to day basis. What do you feel confident about that you can do that you can create to change your life? That's number one. Number two is.
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Where in your life do you feel you're not creating and why? And creating can come in a form of conversation. Maybe you're avoiding conversation with your spouse.
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Maybe you're avoiding conversation with your coworker or your boss. Conversations is part of creation. Don't you know that? So where in your life are you avoiding a situation that can change your situation?
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You know, it could be signing a new lease to a new apartment, leaving your hometown to go chase a dream. Don't plant medicine for the first time. Hiring coach, getting astrology reading. It could be anything.
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But where in your life right now are you avoiding something or you're not creating something that's stopping your life? So we got number one, what do you feel the most confident that you can create right now to change your life?
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Number two, where in your life are you not creating and you know it's stopping you? What part of life is that? Some of you might need to get a divorce. some of you might need to leave the job. Some of you might need to change your mind about what you committed to.
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It's like action is movement, but non-action is the opposite of movement. It's still a form of action. So creating helps.
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Not creating doesn't help. So the biggest takeaway that I want you to take away from this is that where in your life that you know you're great at creating and where your life are you not stepping up where you should be creating to alter and have a different experience.
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I want to read a quote to you that I saw on someone's page and it was so powerful Because when a woman thinks about a man in this context, in this form, but this is content. I saw this on someone's post.
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And this quote is by Myers and Angelo. It goes, a woman's heart should be so hidden in God that a man has to seek him just to find her.
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Say that again. A woman's heart should be so hidden in God that a man has to seek him just to find her. That is a great quote because what I took from that is content, right? It gave me a new ideology.
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If a man is in your life as a woman, it's not that he has to be super spiritual or so godly that you're not going to date him or you're not going to take it to the next level.
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The only way he can date you, the only way he can come into your life is if he has God in his life. Because most times I would say when people get in relationships and they fall in love, the relationships are great, but they don't make the relationship about God greater than the relationship they're in.
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And so over time, their relationship suffers because they're making the relationship God instead of making God in their relationship with God, their power. So I say all that to say, it's important people to know what we're creating is coming from what we're consuming.
Positive Influences for Creation
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So what should you consume to have a better creation? You should consume the right books, the right podcast, the right mentors, the right leaders. You should consume foods that's going to give you vitality and change your life and change your mind for the greater good.
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You should consume conversations that's going to demonstrate appreciation for the fulfillment of your purpose and where you're going in life. You should consume healers, trainers, coaches, friends, family that support your growth for creation.
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So it's not saying don't consume. I want you to cons consume the right things, but I don't want you to get so wrapped up in a consumption bubble that you're not creating anything. And last but not least, number three, I want you to think about when you're creating, how do you create?
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So I'll give you an example. Last night, I knew I had a throwback Thursday post I wanted to put out and it came to my spirit, just like this content I'm creating right now and I'm on this podcast.
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So when it comes to me, i would say 80 percent of the times when I'm creating content is coming to my spirit to create it. So it's discernment or it's channel content.
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So that actually helps me in my creation. Who, what, when, how, why? So I knew these last few days I got to create content. creation over consumption.
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How do I create more than can consume? But what I know is what I consume helps me create. So number three is think about how do you create? I just gave you one way you can create. What are you consuming?
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I create through channeling, being intuitive, having discernment about what's coming to me based on what I'm considering, what I'm listening to, the conversations I'm having, the energies I'm around.
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And my creation of this video, of this podcast, of this conversation was because of a conversation I had. Right. So these little things can help you create content.
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And if you're in a service business and you're not getting clients to go out and give what you give for free and do it a few times. And I guarantee you, you will attract more clients into your business.
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And if you want business, we got to see you. If I don't see you, how do I want to pay you? Everybody that's in my life as a client is because they saw me or I saw them.
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Point blank period. If you don't see me, how can you work with me? There's times when I get a lot of coaches that want to help coaches grow their business and make all this money. And I tell them, I said, you don't even know me.
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You just know what I show you. But here's the thing. Some of these people that reach out, they don't have that much visibility. So they know everything I'm posting, everything I'm sharing, everything I'm thinking.
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I have no visibility and no content other than a few photos, maybe. And some followers and say, oh, I offer coaching. And I don't know what they do. So people get into creating content moving forward. The 2025, make it your priority to create at least five pieces of content every month, at least five. What is five? It's not a lot.
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At least five. That's going to be inspirational content. That's going to help your business. It could be a photo of family. going give you Feel good energy, health and well-being, anything that's going to make you feel good. Create content.
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Create creation over consumption. What are you creating over what are you consuming and what are you consuming or stopping you from creating? Also, fear thoughts of fearful information can stop you from creating life.
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Can stop you from when they say it's a recession can stop you from spending your money because the world of mass media is creating content, throwing it in your eyes about what you should not do. Like right now, they said it's going to be a blackout. It's going to blackout.
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It's like no matter what it's going to be, I'm not going to allow someone to throw information in front of me and me believe it right away. Because I can and not because I didn't think about it.
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People also be aware what you're consuming again, because that information and energy can affect your creation in life. So do your thing, love yourself, create some content, at least five pieces of content this month.
Call to Action: Engage with Content
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Share this episode, download the podcast, get on my email list. If you want a Miracle Mindset Guide, DM me Miracle on Instagram at Eric Bigger. And if you want to set up my intentions, call and work with me one-on-one while I take you through the phase of your highest self by giving you information, making you aware of blind spots, allowing your shadow frequency to come to the light so you can trust and be more whole within yourself.
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book a discovery call, get on an intentions call unless work, if that's what the universe is meant for us to do. But thank you for listening. Share this episode. Subscribe.
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Create content. And right now I'm writing a book. And let me tell you something. want to be really vulnerable. I'm at the tail end of it. And I found myself self-sabotaging because I'm getting close.
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It's like when I was in Peru and I was near the mountaintop, I almost stopped because I got afraid. So I'm not saying that creating content is always going to be easy. It is going to come with some fears and challenges.
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However, you can do it. You will do it. And I'm to continue to write this book. Spiritual Fitness Podcast. I'm your host, Eric Bigger. Share, subscribe, like. I love you guys. Love yourself unconditionally.
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Make sure you go to bed in peace and make sure you wake up with enthusiasm. Put and keep God first. Take care of your body and your well-being and keep your spirit fit.
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I'm out. Peace.
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Thank you for joining us on the Spiritual Fitness Podcast. We hope today's episode has inspired you and provided valuable insights for your holistic health journey. By blood to spirituality and physical wellness, you can strengthen your body, mind, and soul.
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If you enjoyed today's episode, please subscribe, rate, and leave a review. Until next time, stay strong, stay inspired, and remember, it's miracle season.