FORMED: How to heal your past and see the design of your future

In this raw and vulnerable memoir-esque self-help book, fitness expert and healing advocate, Kelsey Mercer ushers in her 40th year by sharing 40 personal stories centered around the trials, tribulations, and traumas of everyday life. With stories about inner child wounds, generational bondage, stress, and varying societal pressures, every woman will see themselves throughout her narration. This transformative workbook is rooted in 2 Corinthians 5:17, "Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come." Through her personal anecdotes, Kelsey empowers readers to change the way they view their past and live a fully formed life in God's purpose today. Kelsey believes "Trauma is an imprint, not a blueprint." She teaches readers how to shift their thinking from a "FOR ME" to a "FORM ME" perspective. It is a redeemed love story filled with practical tools that will radically transform the reader's past, help them discover healing, and create a clearer vision for the future. Kelsey's expertly developed method walks readers through the 5 R's: Reflect, Reclaim, Reframe, Retell, and Respond. In just 40 days, readers will literally and figuratively receive intentional movement towards healing and hope based on God's promises and provision for restoration―and redemption―of all things. 40 stories. 40 days. 1 journey of transformation.Version 2:When Kelsey turned 40, she wanted more out of life. What she discovered was perhaps the more was less about doing and more about feeling and knowing God's purpose; free and untethered to pressure and performance. Kelsey's vision is for all women in their next stages of life to anticipate a brighter future―one without anguish, despair, and loss of hope, but of clarity, courage and confidence to live boldly without regret. In this book, author Kelsey Mercer joins the reader to consider the design of your first 40 years FOR YOU to FORM you for the next 40 years of your future self journey. Kelsey guides you through the framework of discovering emotional, physical and spiritual healing through HEALth that transforms how you move, think and live with purposeful and practical methods for an intentionally meaningful life.As a fitness expert with over 25 years in the field, Kelsey has encountered trauma beyond the physical. Through this lens she grew passionate about caring for the body―inside and out. Inspired by clientele and personal experiences, Kelsey built a successful health and wellness business around a mantra methodology that transforms us at the roots. Connection, intention, and a destination mindset are the catalysts for the pathway of sustainable growth and measurable results. How do we measure healing? Perhaps through the undeniable quality of our lives, this day, this breath and this moment.Kelsey recognizes how trauma, generational curses, and bondage impact our DNA, affecting the lives we lead today, and the lives of our offspring. These roadblocks continue to affect us if they are not understood, processed, and healed. However, she believes though "trauma is an imprint, not a blueprint" We are all responsible for how the story ends―regardless of how it starts. All hope is not lost, for "Anyone who belongs to Christ has become a NEW person. The old life is gone and a new life has begun" (2 Cor 5:17). Through her personal anecdotes, Kelsey empowers readers to change the way they view their past and live for God's purpose today, This Day. In this book, Kelsey shares 40 personal stories of inner child wounds, stress, struggle, and never ending societal pressures of perfection and performance to invite and inspire the reader to heal their own traumas and rewrite their story with a "FOR-ME" to a "FORM ME" Design perspective. Read more