Strong Families Strong Futures

A strong home doesn’t start with a motivational quote, it starts with what you do with your body, your table, and your money when nobody’s watching. We sit down with James Holland of Set Apart Farms and Angela Holland of Herbs of the Torah to talk about “muscle and money” as tools for family restoration, preparedness, and real freedom. The focus is not vanity strength, but strength with purpose: the kind that helps a husband lead with self-control, a wife feel safe, and kids learn what steady endurance looks like. 

We dig into why healing accelerates when the whole family trains and works together. When a veteran starts moving again, the shift shows up in sleep, anger, confidence, and presence, and the entire household feels it. From there we go straight to the dinner table, because eating together without screens can regulate the nervous system, reopen communication, and rebuild daily rhythm. Angela shares the lens of biblical wellness and holistic health through real food, herbs, and ingredient awareness, including why “clean beauty” and household products can affect hormones, mood, inflammation, and kids’ behavior. 

Then we tackle a topic many people avoid: financial stewardship. We talk purpose, budgeting, work ethic, and how dependency quietly makes families vulnerable to control. Along the way we hit identity, community, and simple habits that restore confidence, including starting the day with God before the phone. If you care about family unity, veteran healing, homesteading skills, and practical biblical living, this conversation will give you a clear next step. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, share this with a friend who needs hope, and leave a review with your biggest takeaway.

Transcript

Welcome And The Bigger Picture

SPEAKER_03 0:01

Welcome to the Living Inside Out Radio Show with John Peake.

SPEAKER_09 0:14

Welcome back to Living Inside Out Radio. I'm your host, John Peake, and I've got some special guests today. I've got James Holland again with Studypart Farms, and I've got his wife Angela Holland with the Herbs of the Torah. So our today our episode is titled Strong Families, Strong Bodies, and Strong Futures. So it's focused on my seven M's of muscle and money. So we really want to think about how this plays into the bigger picture. Our patriotic theme is perfect timing as we come into the 250th anniversary of the United States and our face-centered part of that, which our Constitution is, but it's also practical. It's still about family restoration, preparedness, health, and freedom. And it's really about the temple, the table, and the training ground. So in the muscle category, it's about physical strength, health, and a biblical stewardship for longevity, for continued focus and understanding and mental clarity, physical, you know, ability to run the marathon of living and raising our families and being husbands and wives and moms and dads. And so we really appreciate you coming back to Living Inside Out Reddit, where we believe transformation begins from the inside out, spirit, soul, and body. Today we're joined, you know, with powerful joining forces with Set Apart Farms or Herbs of the Torah and Living Inside Out, which I think brings, you know, the elements that God has been just putting together behind the scenes, and we didn't know anything about it. And the more James and I talk, and the more I've got to know as well as Angela, you know, the discussing our individual missions and calling and purpose, you know, the more clearly I see that it's very likely a divine appointment that brought us together through your uncle and my good friend Joe Clemens. And so I really appreciate what's happening here. And sometimes, you know, we walk through these doors and it's just unknown what's happening exactly. And you know, you have conversations that you reflect on, you go back to prayer, and it's just you know, don't get your hopes up too high, but don't dash those dreams and visions, man. Just keep your feet on the ground and allow God to continue to work through us. So thank you guys for being here with us today, James and Angela.

SPEAKER_08 2:24

Yeah, thank you. Thank you for once again for having us. We're excited.

SPEAKER_09 2:28

So the scripture today is Jeremiah 3010, I will restore health onto thee. And so John 1 2 says, Beloved, I wish above all things that you may have you may prosper and be in good health.

Strength Built For Family Purpose

SPEAKER_09 2:40

So today we're diving into the muscle category of the 7Ms, not vanity, you know, muscles, but strength for purpose, strength to protect, to serve, to endure, and strength to lead our families. So, James, one of the last teaching points from our previous episode was the idea that healing happens when the entire family heals together, not separately. And how does this physical health and discipline become part of restoring the family unit?

SPEAKER_07 3:05

So the physical health and discipline, they don't just restore the individual, right? They restore uh the entire ecosystem of the family. And here's what I mean by that. When a veteran starts moving his body again, lifting, training, working hard, um, something inside of him shifts, right? He starts sleeping better, uh, his anger decreases, uh, his confidence returns. Um, but here's the key. His wife and kids feel that shift too. And that's the important part, right? Yeah, the atmosphere of the home changes. You know, mom's not walking on eggshells anymore, and the kids aren't afraid of dad's moving swings. Uh, you know, suddenly he's present, uh, not just there physically, um, but you know, also emotionally uh available, you know. But then it goes even deeper when the family trains together, and that's what we really push for encouraged couples and move together, you know, whether that's hiking, working out, uh, doing hard labor side by side. When a husband and a wife sweat together, uh, they're building teamwork, right? They're burning off stress as a unit and uh and creating a connection outside of the conflict. That physical discipline becomes a shared language of, you know, we we're in this together, you know, and then the kids, you know, they're walking. Uh when they see dad using discipline over destruction, uh, you know, when they see mom and dad working as a team, uh they're learning what strength really looks like, you know, not explosiveness, but self-control, you know, not aggression, but endurance.

SPEAKER_08 4:26

And they're gonna grow up with that and they're gonna be able to implement it when they become mom and dad one day.

SPEAKER_07 4:31

Absolutely. You know, physical discipline becomes the backbone of family restoration because it teaches everyone, right? Well we don't just it teaches them we don't quit when it's hard, right? We show up, we push through it, we do it together. Um, and that's not just building muscle, that's building a legacy.

SPEAKER_09 4:46

Yeah, that's good stuff. It's powerful because we've gotten so far into this modern culture mindset that it almost separates people from reality. You know, I mean, we're not very close to our food sources, you know. Kids are dick disconnected from nature, they're so connected to you know the internet and information age that we live in. But, you know, we oftentimes as as men and women want to kind of back to and disconnect from our responsibilities, you know, we're disconnected at meals. So, Angela,

Creation Based Healing And Herbs

SPEAKER_09 5:15

your message through Herbs of the Torah seems to reconnect people back to the creation itself. Yeah, exactly.

SPEAKER_08 5:21

Exactly. And ultimately through that, too, our creator is also our great physician. And you know, for me, um, my journey started a little bit before I came to our great physician. I was able to see and live through the testimony of what happened to my daughter. So you know, quick background my daughter at four months, um, unfortunately was vaccine injured by parent infections and cephalitis. And it was an immediate reaction that I was able to document and see right away. And you know, hour by hour I was calling the doctor, and about the eighth call, I was told to report it to their and take her to the hospital or the ER if it continued and to stop calling them. And so that really, you know, was my first interaction with learning differently about what went into our bodies. And we ended up leaving the state we were in at the time, which was California, because they were passing a bill, which was SC277 that was directly mandating you know vaccination to school. With what we went through and what I was learning, I really wanted to just flee. I wouldn't didn't want to be a part of that state in any way. And we went to Oregon and I was able to start working working with a naturopathic. And I learned a lot. Um, and in my overall journey, I learned obviously that the missing ingredient for generational healing, the fullness of healing will never be attained without God. Um but on the short term, you know, I learned that when God gave us plants and herbs and food, it wasn't just about nutrition, it was about stewardship and purpose and family and generational healing, taking back our health through his good ways. And the great thing about his good ways is that they're inclusive to everybody, even before you get to the truth and the heart and the fullness of who he is and who his son is. Um, and like I said, I I wasn't quite there yet, but I was seeing the truth of how his ways, these natural ways, were able to do things that hadn't been able to be done for my daughter before, and even how I was able to extend that to to James and the information and education that he would need when it came time for his body. And early the Torah is about reclaiming that, teaching it, giving it freely as it was freely given to me. And you know, honestly, when a family starts eating real food and moving their bodies and working together with their hands, all the things we've been speaking about, the emotional and spiritual breakthroughs they follow naturally because God designed us to thrive in rhythm with his creation and really not to be apart from it.

SPEAKER_09 7:55

Exactly. Yeah, that's so good. You know, when you talk about um this transformation of healing and and recovery, a lot of times it's like, oh, very sterile. You know, it's in this environment where we're sitting down in a room and talking about these things. But, you know, with this kind of approach, not that that's bad, you still need that, you need to talk about those things, but working through the family dynamic with um veterans and and you know, even civilians, but certainly with veterans, they're coming across, you know, but from this perspective of physical injury, emotional, mental trauma, and then the separation of the family, uh, you know, working together, eating well, being participating in the food process, you know, they're it's really combining a lot of opportunities to recover in the communication side. How we say for example, you're working together, and you know, sometimes, especially when it's physical labor, say they're planting a garden and it's hot and you're sweaty and you're dirty, and you'll say things or do things with impatience, and then you get to, you know, say you're sorry, you get the opportunity to go, you know, I could handle that better. Let me rephrase that. Or you can do it right on the spot where you're having corrective behavior, um, coming alongside families, you know, where you can have teachers doing things that are substantial. And it's one of any of the seven M's, you know, but biblical living, healthy food, movement, martial arts, you know, family unity, the spiritual identity are all like interactive uh activities, then I think that's where some of the best healing comes from that you can do for families. It's modeling that behavior. And I would even be willing to bet, you know, even you two, as the coaches, if you will, that you're if you're working together, you have moments where you're like, oh, I should have thought before I said that. You know, how did that come out? And you're like, you know, that makes it real, doesn't it? It's much stronger position to come from where you're like, especially if the kids get to see this interaction. This is real organic interaction where you're modeling both best behavior and sometimes not so good behavior, and then you get to recover from it.

SPEAKER_08 10:01

Well, and that spiritual muscle has muscle memory also. So you get to grow that spiritual muscle.

SPEAKER_09 10:07

It does, man. You know, I think it's a lot of attraction. It's very attractive to see your parents say, you know what, I'm sorry, I could have handled that better. I can so remember that when a uh a male role model, a stepfather, you know, did that for me. You know, he'd do something and and come back and apologize, said I could have handled that differently, you know. And and so did my father, but not as to the same degree, you know. My biological father was born in 1933, man, when uh as the saying when ships were you know wooden and men were steel, you know, so this is like a hardened mindset, you know, growing up through the depression.

Why Shared Meals Rewire A Home

SPEAKER_09 10:42

But so this is a question really for both of you. So, what happens psychologically when families start eating together again, and how does that farming reconnect veterans that struggling with purpose?

SPEAKER_07 10:56

So uh eating together as a family does something that's kind of you know it's ancient and powerful, right? It re-establishes order and rhythm, and you know, for a lot of veterans uh especially, no time's often then a little chaotic, right? Eating alone or eating fast or eating numb, no conversation, no presence. Um, you know, just fuel in isolation. And when a family commits to sitting down together, you know, no phones, no TV, just faces and food, several things start to happen. For one, the nervous system starts to regulate. And um signal taking the brain, you know, you're not in survival mode anymore with your feed, right? Communication starts to reopen. Some of the best breakthroughs that we've seen happen have happened in around a year, and you're not necessarily an account for that. And so when you're breathing, right, you know, um all comes out, right? Kids start talking, wives feel heard, uh, husbands start leaving conversations instead of avoiding them. And rebuild structure and leadership other than just you know, presenting um light and training, you know, asking your kids about their days and modeling what it's going on and being.

SPEAKER_08 12:07

Yeah, it's you know, psychologically it's massive and it's so powerful. It's a time of day that everyone knows to come together, at least you know, here in our home, we worship music, everybody can tribute. It's a huge connection time for the family today. It's something you know that we have fun with and we all look forward to. And it's daily time together as a family, it does something ancient and powerful. It re-establishes order, rhythm, and connection, and it allows us to be the tribe that we were meant to be. And from a holistic health perspective, eating together, it changes what and how you eat. And I mean that by when families prepare meals together, right? We're chopping vegetables, we're using and talking about herbs, we're cooking real food, you know, we're we're not just we're not just eating our bodies, right? We're investing in each other, we're educating one another, we're teaching our children where food comes from and how to use it the right way. And they see mom and dad working as a team in the kitchen, they get to be a part of that, and then they'll start rejecting the fact that food culture, the process of change, and they really won't even like it. And you know, the chemical overload that's gonna keep everyone inflamed and anxious and sick, and real food it supports real healing, right? So when you replace meat oils and sugar and additives with whole foods and clean proteins and better options and physical herbs, the body is just gonna start responding. You're gonna see inflammation drop, you're gonna see hormones balance, sleep is gonna improve, your mood's gonna stabilize. But you know, beyond the physical benefits, the shared meals restore dignity in the family unit. And you know, we see that as you know, you're not grabbing food on the run or eating in separate rooms. You're honoring the provision that God gave you, and you're stewarding your health as a family. You're saying and and your kids are seeing this matters, we matter, our bodies matter, our family unit matters, and that psychologically and spiritually is healing in itself.

SPEAKER_09 14:05

Yes, it is. That's quality time. You know, before the meal even begins, you're laying that foundation. I think for one thing, knowing how to operate in the kitchen with tools and and brings a lot of confidence in a young person that they some people don't know even how to cook the most basic things macaroni and cheese from a box, you know, you know, scrambled eggs. A lot of kids just don't grow up doing that. It's all super fast, quick, pre-prepped, you know, throw it in the microwave and go. And it's such a detriment to the development of the confidence of handling tasks, where it's washing clothes, doing dishes, prepping food, you know, the working outside, you know, interacting with machinery. That's that's been not all, but it's so much of it's been lost to such a big degree.

SPEAKER_08 14:52

And I think it's gonna make you dependent on a person that doesn't really care about you.

SPEAKER_09 14:57

That is so true. It's a fake system. It's it's a system that promotes health and wellness and family unity. Well, listen, we're gonna go to a commercial and we'll be right back. Um,

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Dinner Table Structure That Sticks

SPEAKER_09 18:19

Welcome back to Living Inside Out Radio. And we've with uh James Holland and his wife Angela, set apart farms from James, and Angela started, and then Angela also has uh Herbs of the Torah, which is you know about health and wellness and all that that starts to bring together, just like all the 7Ms, it all builds in relationship and confidence and independence and stewardship. And so we were talking in our last segment about you know meals and meal planning. And so I was reminded that my defend fit, my Living Inside Out, I'm sorry, my Living Inside Out dinner placemats provide a structure and you go through the all seven M's, and you can go through one or two or three, and it just has uh for you to flow through conversations and reminders and encouraging you to talk about important things that make a difference and opportunities for your kids to talk and for you to share stories that you know, maybe some things you experienced that weren't good and were as good, you know, absolutely good, and same thing for your kids where they can talk about, you know, how did I honor God today? What is one thing I wish I would have done that I didn't do, and so all these great tips, man, that um has a structure for you. So with if it's on the dinner place, Matt, and Angela had a good idea, the back of it is wood grain and it's aesthetically pleasing for the table, then you can flip it over during your meal and actually follow uh the Living Inside Out mentoring platform with the 7M's. So a lot of times we don't fail because we don't have the knowledge or the intellect or even the desire, but we fail because we don't have a plan to follow. And so we were talking between the break there about having a plan even in the kitchen. You know, I've got the dinner placement for at the dinner table, but what about a plan in the kitchen to help the kids learn and build confidence around food prep? Angela, how scary was that the first time you you know your daughter had a knife in her hand that she's gonna be cutting something?

SPEAKER_08 20:17

Oh, you know, it it does, and it's also letting go of the fact that they don't need you so much. So I think it's for a mom, there's a lot of emotions that go on. It's not only safety, but it's like, you know, they don't need me as much. They're they're their own little people. So yeah, there's a lot of big feelings that go with that. But when you get a look of accomplishment uh and joy in their face and in their own independence and autonomy and being able to learn these skills that, you know, a lot of us might not have learned until our thirties and forties. Uh we're doing something different in our family and we're giving them tools and skills that are so vital for their health. Um, and you can start as small as you need to, um, for both, you know, child and parents.

SPEAKER_09 21:01

You know, that's good. I think you just open up a whole new radio show when you talked about a parent's uh male or female, moms or dads, you know, not wanting to let go because that's their job, and you know, you don't want to admit your children are growing up and don't need you as much. Hey, that's a heavy with psychology there. I think the psycho psychological impact of um holding your kids back is, man, a root of selfishness, man. We really have to be careful with that. But like I said, I think we could do a whole show around that.

SPEAKER_08 21:30

Oh, absolutely.

SPEAKER_09 21:31

All

Money Stewardship And Modern Bondage

SPEAKER_09 21:32

right, so we're switching over to um one of the most misunderstood subjects in church, and that is money. Not greed, not materialism, but stewardship. Because financial bondage creates vulnerability, and vulnerable people become controllable people. We don't want to be controlled by the culture, the industries around us, we want to have freedom. So, James, one of the strongest themes from Set of Heart Farms is real build rebuilding some responsibility. And so how connected are purpose and financial independence.

SPEAKER_07 22:02

Oh they're they're connected. Uh you can have one without the other really. So a man with a purpose will uh without a purpose, a man without a purpose will drift financially hate, right? And spending money to kind of numb and uh numb the emptiness and and you know kind of stay trapped and cycled and dead and empty he's not really building anything. He's just surviving and paycheck. And um you know there's a lot of impulse control issues that are there along with that. Um but when a man rediscovers his God given purpose when he knows he's called to lead his family and protect them and build a legacy and you know everything starts to change. Right? Money stops being something that connected to him and becomes a tool for uh a tool that he can steward makes a terrible absolutely right yeah and for veterans especially right this is critical because many come home feeling like um their skills are worthless and and they they prefer you know low paying work or or entirely and they save their sense of responsibility and and become dependent. Um you know on whether that's the BA or depend on on the disability checks or their wife's income. But when you reconnect that man to his purpose and and him that he's a provider, a protector, a builder uh he starts thinking differently you know even you know about money especially he stops spending um on distractions and starts investing in his family's future. Uh you know he learns a budget to get out of debt and and skills to create value and and when a family gets financially healthy they become spiritually uh dangerous to dismantle. And uh you know because they're no longer d desperate or controllable or or distracted you know they're they're to obey God and serve others.

SPEAKER_09 23:46

Right. Yeah you know it's so shaky ground if if you have this dependency on a false mission with a lack of purpose you know it destroys your confidence. And you know men especially need a productive mission something that has value and meaning to them and you know the families need the skills so working with their hands restores dignity you know having a homestead homesteading that builds resilience. You know I think it's um returned many of us have a a desire especially through COVID like returning to more of an independence and so the whole lot of people were moving out of the cities moving into some of the more rural areas. I know the Texas Hill country was blowing up because of that getting out of the big cities. So you know we want to build a culture where people you know can consume but don't create that that's what we've done in the culture people consume but don't create and finances replace labor and entertainment replaces purpose. So scripture teaches us though that if anyone will not work neither shall they eat in 2 Thessalonians 310. So money should serve the family not destroy the family. I know there's a lot of affluence you know in the areas where I have the school in the Clear Lake Bay area and my my um my son-in-law has family in the Kingwood and Woodlands area and there's a lot of affluence there and you know in between there's just all these different pockets of real serious affluence and oftentimes I see there's you know this lack of purpose because they have such affluence they can do whatever they want to do and there's a big disconnect between how they think about the important things and the consequences of those opinions.

Clean Beauty And Whole Body Health

SPEAKER_09 25:26

So let's talk about how your herbs of the Torah and more about that Angela so we're discussing like clean beauty and family economics. It's a real fascinating area to me because I have grandchildren and my oldest grandchild she's putting products on that are causing her to have hives and you know it's affecting her big time you know just the ability to go outside and and put the you know the work around. But you know it sounds fairly simple but it actually touches on the herbs of the Torah that you've been digging in to help your own daughter recover. It touches on not just your health but your hormones and the children's long-term wellness. So I know many products contain very questionable ingredients. You can use the compound chemicals you can't even print out sometimes and but these are becoming more ingredient aware you know simpler living can actually save money in the long term. So talk a little bit about what you've learned along the way there if you would Angela.

SPEAKER_08 26:25

Yeah absolutely and um it even ties in back into what we were just speaking with um financial independence because you know one of the things I've done on herbs is a Torah in addition to you know I'll talk shortly about what you just asked but is I've built a community to where to purchase these types of things and a lot of them are moms, you know, that have used their education and their skills to find a way to support their family through these types of products that are good for them, good for their children and they learned um about that through you know personal trials and testimonies. You know so going directly back to your question, a holistic living means understanding that everything is connected body, mind, soul and family and so you can't separate your physical health from your spiritual health and you can't heal your marriage or any of your issues that are going on within your system while poisoning your body and you can't raise healthy kids in a chaotic toxic environment. And so when we talk about clean eating and natural remedies and biblical wellness through herbs of the Torah it's not just about avoiding chemicals which we need to it's about stewarding the whole person and the whole family. And we do need to read those labels and we need to go even further and read the the inserts we need to read what is on our cleaning products what medications if you're needing to take medications right now what are you putting in your body what are the adverse reactions and effects versus the benefits while it may take away pain is it damaging your liver or your kidneys and so we really just need to become our own health detectives you know for example a a mom dealing with anxiety she might think it's just stress but often it's hormonal imbalance that is going to be exacerbated from things like processed foods, lack of sleep even possibly mold in the house environmental inflammation in the body constant exposure to hormone disruptors in household products like you were mentioning with um younger girls all of the products that they need to use to use or they're told to use in their culture makeup and nail polish and hair products and lotions and personal hygiene we really need to examine what is being used. You know finding out certain products for hygiene are bleached or there's hormone disruptors and makeup and deodorants right so when we're looking at these things for the women and the children and the young girls or anyone in our home in order to fix the route we're gonna have to go internal. Even skin has to do with the diet what is going on in the diet what's going on with gut health you know we can use natural herbs and probiotics and essential oils and then we often see just through whole food diets and addressing some of these things the anxiety and inflammation decrease naturally and again you know that applies to everyone especially kids behavior issues focus problems hyperactivity these aren't just bad kids often they're going to be symptoms of blood sugar crashes food dyes um vaccination injuries uh injury you may or may not be aware of overstimulation too much tech time you know the culture it's really like you were talking earlier it's a mind body and soul approach to wellness and so when families switch to whole foods and natural rhythm and and biblical living parents are usually shocked at how much their kids can calm down and thrive with some simple tweaks and adjustments as opposed to needing to really dive in and think this is a a problem to need a whole new plan of living. We just need to look at at their daily intake of things and so really you know holistic living is biblical living. God didn't separate the body from the soul and neither should we heated us as whole be beings and when we honor that design through how we eat and move and rest and and connect life and culture around us we experience the wellness and the healing that he intended um you know it's it's not to do these things but it has to be intentional. I like to say it's it's but it's not easy. And as it transforms family you're gonna really need that inside out transformation.

SPEAKER_09 30:32

Yeah such good stuff it's really rich to talk about these kind of things because you know you're really being a good steward in areas that take a lot more thought and a lot more planning. It follows the along with the financial principles because if you're not healthy you can't work well you can't think with clarity you can't build skills you know so you need to build skills not just income and whether it's growing your own food or learning how to protect yourself or repair things cook you know leadership to reduce dependency you really need to to learn grow internally mentally emotionally physically and spiritually so grow something learn something fix something you know invest in your health now because poor health becomes very expensive later. I can remember my parents both of them having these pill boxes you know for every day of the week you know it has a letter for every every Monday Wednesday oh my gosh man I'm like dad what is why you have to take all these right and it's like yeah it's not just taking all of them but it's you know it also 30 years ago it's $500 a month just for the prescriptions that they're taking I'm like man this is one thing they do not want to do. And so I I chose to be on the thing. It is it really is a trap isn't it? So you know poor health not only becomes expensive financially but it becomes expensive on how it affects your relationships with other people. Just like you're talking about getting kids into the right foods because they can think clearly they're not hyperactive they're not having sugar crashes and they're biorhythms and ours too as a parent's man it's super important for us to smooth out those biorhythms so we're we're not sitting up and down and just starving between meals and you know getting a quick fix and it doesn't really satisfy now you're you're overeating all the bad foods and undereating it with all the good foods and you're certainly not going to become self-reliant with this kind of mindset. And that's really what we're looking at.

Break And Sponsor Messages

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We're wanting to become closer to what some of our earlier cultures in America were much more self-reliant independent smart thinkers uh they had less confusion around them in some ways as well because we have such an information age so listen let's let's go to a commercial break and we're gonna be right back and we'll talk more about returning to the ancient past with faith legacy and rebuilding the future so don't go away we will be right back with Angela and James and we're living inside our radio life doesn't wait for perfect timing and danger doesn't announce itself that's why at DefendFit Self Defense and Fitness we train you with real techniques for real situations.

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Old Paths Identity And Brotherhood

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We've been covering all kinds of things about health and wellness and muscle and money and and all the ways that affect us our families and our future you know the way we think our mindset and so this next session is about returning to the ancient past about faith legacy and rebuilding the future and so Jeremiah 616 says stand in the ways and see and ask for the old past. Where is the good way? And then walk in that way. So that's really what today's show is about is returning to truth to family to discipline to solid stewardship and faith and responsibility you know God's design and so James when veteran veterans arrive broken or Angela you know when you saw your daughter suffering and and you had so much disconnect going on between medical industry and food industry and pharmaceutical and you know the VA and and ours and you know our counselors and churches and you know what changes first? What is the first thing to to change when you start reaching out to those that are broken whether it's in church or with the veterans?

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Well there has to be so something that needs to change that has to change is is they realize um there's something they have to realize and and that they they need change right and that that change comes um you know through them but from God. Right? So it's not myself or Angela changing them. But but they all need to understand that they need that change and nobody can force healing on someone who doesn't want it. You know we've we've learned the hard way um a veteran has to reach that breaking point where uh you know they finally say like I I can't keep living like that. I need help I need God. And that's the moment that everything starts to shift, right? When pride breaks and um when the when finally comes off and and when man can get honest about where he really is in life and um you know what changes first is is probably uh the identity. Right? We immediately challenge those labels.

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You know you're you're not PTSD um you're not broken beyond repair you're you're not A D H D, right? You're not a you're not letters you are a whole wonderful person made in the image of God.

SPEAKER_07 37:22

Exactly yeah we replace those lies with scripture right 2 Corinthians 5 um you know you're a new creation Ephesians 2 10 you know you're you're God's creator for good works. And once they stop identifying with their trauma and start identifying with Christ the healing process has has rolled behind it. And I would say probably the second thing that we usually see changes is the isolation. Um you know veterans are used to carrying everything alone um they you know we we we we break that down immediately you know right put them back in the community accountability mentorship brotherhood and then they start realizing that they're not um that they're not the only one fighting this battle and and that uh connection alone brings hope.

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Right and with my daughter's injury um community was for me to become part of uh you know unfortunately there's a very large vaccine injured community and that's uh originally what I started um Herbs of the Torah for was about 15 of us mothers um you know just to get the word out there that there is hope and there is healing and that we are stronger together and our identity doesn't have to be broken or damaged or discarded.

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That's good. So the the research that we are doing have done is it's almost like you're stumbling in the dark doesn't it feel like that at first and then now the light comes on spiritually and then so you're absolutely and when you turn it over to God it's like those you know those those steps placed in front of you and you know oh okay I take the step in this direction. Oh and then that leads to something else and that leads to something else right absolutely with the community too I think that's a big deal you know the 15 moms and you know veterans reaching out to veterans that's the biblical you know principle of Proverbs 2717 if iron sharpens iron iron as one person sharpens another so we are better together for sure it gives us much better purpose our community gets stronger our work and ethic is a chance to to bloom our faith grows and responsibility increases. So

What Mothers Need To Heal

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Angela what are women and mothers searching for right now?

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Well you know from my journey and experience um we're looking for support and to be taken seriously um there were very very long that I was just you know that mother who must have heard someone speak on you know some celebrity speak on the topic of vaccines and I I didn't know what was taking place in front of me and I don't have my doctorate or I'm not a surgeon so who am I to be talking about any of these things. And so we need to be taken seriously to have our voices and our experiences count for something. There's so many times when they say you know listen to a woman um but then there's always that one exception where we're not listened to and so community education and forum things that they can do in their own time in their own case for you know in my opinion too long women especially military spouses and mothers in struggling families we've been dismissed you know we're we're told what we saw wasn't real or that our husbands' issues aren't our concern or you know that we just need to be patient while our husbands get help and meanwhile we see our loved ones drowning we're managing kids alone we're absorbing um our spouse's anger we're carrying the emotional weight of the entire household so what women are searching for is someone who feeds them and you know we know that that's Jesus but we we also this this person in our community who acknowledges that we're wounded too and that we need healing too and that our voice matters in the restoration process. Women also want practical tools that they can actually use not just theory or clinical advice but real education that they can access and apply in their own homes um in their own timelines. A lot of that we're trying to get them through herbs of the Torah and set apart farms as well. But they're bigger than that you know that that's that's focused on a lot of the teaching um for women because they are the stewards to their family's health naturally they're making the purpose of the decisions and they're making the appointments and they need to know how to look for those types of things and the right questions to ask they need to know how to use biblical plans and prepare healing remedies. You know most of the things that we encounter in the home we can deal with them in the home and and so can others who want to. But we're searching for community other women who understand what it's like to love a broken man to fight for a struggling marriage to raise children in chaos that might have uh conditions that require um a lot of extras that don't other people don't understand while trying to hold everything together and so we need a safe space to be honest and to learn and to grow without judgment. You know most of all I believe um you know not exclusive to women but you know we're searching for hope right the belief that their family can actually be restored that their marriage isn't beyond repair and that God still has and always has had a purpose for them. That's what we're creating um a community where women are equipped empowered and supported to lead their families back to God's design alongside their husbands.

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And men need so many of those exact same things you know there's an old story about uh spiritual warfare that talks about the demons having a convention to to get better at their demonic forces and they have all these tools laid out on individual tables and um James and I talked about this before and you know you have distraction you have lust you have pride but there's this one table standing off by itself with this large demon and the and the demon asked another what is over there? What's that table? And said oh that's a very special table. That's hopelessness. You bring hopelessness to families and now you have destruction you have suicide you have addiction you have you know anger and rage and so wow you know listen before government there was family before institutions there was families. And when families collapse everything collapses. As a family goes so does the nation goes when the moral fabric degrades degrades so does our Constitution it's so important. You know fathers and mothers matter meals matter fake matters you know discipline matters. I think the community is such a specific area that we need to strengthen and we're not so uh isolated using the internet as a crutch or an escape tool. So

Habits That Restore Masculine Confidence

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James most important habit for men. You can start your day off with God.

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Right before your phone. Ten minutes in in the word and prayer. Uh that single habit sets your identity before the world uh tries to tear it down. Everything else flows from there.

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Yeah, I sent you my Holy Spirit prayer the other day with that list of s you're surrendering all these areas.

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Yeah, yeah. Yeah.

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We were talking about, wow, what a list, huh? I said, you know, every time I read that list, every morning, and sometimes middle of the day, I'm like, oh man, that's an area I didn't think about. Uh I said it this morning, but I didn't do it. What's the biggest lie culture tells young men, James?

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Strength is toxic, right? And leadership is oppressive. That's the biggest one right now. The truth is, you know, your family needs you strong. Uh your wife needs you to lead. Your kids need a father who's present and disciplined. The world wants weak, passive men because weak men are controllable, and God calls you to be a warrior, a protector, a builder.

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Man, it just sickens me to see this this toxic perspective around masculinity, that it's a bad thing, it's a terrible thing, and they want to, you know, they want to not just water down, they want to completely emasculate men and culture. It's terrible. So what restores confidence fastest, do you think?

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Uh, doing hard things consistently. Right? So physical training, hard work, keeping your word, um, leading your family through difficulty. Uh every time you show up when you don't feel like it, you're you're providing uh or you know, your your yourself that that you're and and confidence isn't really given. It's earned through discipline and faithful action.

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That is so true. Oftentimes it's not doing some things that you were doing that were bad for you. And so g gaining confidence through putting things away. You know, I s I was to Matthew McConaughey last night and he gave an interview of you know, he would go to prayer and um feel compelled to go to prayer but by the circumstances of his life. And he said, you know, I got to a point where I was like, you know, yeah, I'm praying, I'm asking for forgiveness, but I am a repeat offender. And I just got to the point, he said, that I just had to quit repeating these same, you know, this behavior was repeating over and over, even though I'd asked for forgiveness for it. You know, I got to a point where I just had to stop. I had to come clean with myself and in prayer and and uh the people that love me, you know. I'm falling short, you know. So man, when you start living like you know you should live, a lot of confidence is comes with that. And it starts spiritually and then you know, the self-discipline, the mental emotional aspect of it where you're uh demonstrating the fruits of the spirit, you know, you're doing the hard things of loving. No, it's hard to love sometimes. Some people are some sometimes we are the ones that are hard to love, even loving ourselves, but certainly allowing you know, not taking things so personal that it causes anger and rage and and undermines love and joy and peace, you know, having true patience, you know, stopping that don't say exactly everything you have on your mind, wait until you can control yourself.

Simple Clean Living Steps Today

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So Angela, um easiest clean living steps families can start today.

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Yeah, that's a great question. Um education, and the first thing I'm gonna suggest is connect with me on Arms of the Torah because I've done a lot of the work already that can help you start. So really connecting with a good resource that you can trust, right? So that you know when one product runs out, what type of product to switch to, or what type of naturopathic or holistic doctor that you should be listening to, and you know, getting your research from.

SPEAKER_09 47:35

Awesome. So what about favorite biblical wellness principles?

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Yeah, include the great physician and everything you're doing. Um, this will look like prayer, fasting, reading his word, applying his instructions, whether that's what you eat, the things you put in or on your body, the things you listen to or watch, working to fill your home with his peace and principles. God was gathering himself a family. And so making sure that your family is gathered to God is really where all of this wellness is gonna um come to fruition for you.

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Last question answer what does freedom mean to you?

SPEAKER_08 48:16

Freedom from fear is a huge factor uh with a lot of the things that I mean wrong with health and wellness, and even with what I live, when you are able to advocate for yourself, a lot of that fear goes away. When you know the great physician, you no longer work from a place of fear and doubt, but you're empowered to advocate for yourself and your family and rightly divide the things of this world by his word. You're less likely to put toxic things in your body, you're more likely to guard your temple knowing what a treasure it is to him and how much you are loved and needed by him.

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So good. Thank you so much, both of you. Just such

Rebuild Intentionally Final Prayer

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a treasure to share this information and thank you both for sharing so much of your personal time and and so and your experiences. No, thanks for having us again. So maybe today's episode stirred something inside you. Maybe you're tired of the chaos, confusion, dependency, weakness, division. Well, maybe it is time to rebuild spiritually, physically, financially, as a family, not perfectly, but intentionally. So listen, connect with Set Apart Farms on Facebook, on Herbs of the Tour of Facebook as well. Connect with Living Inside Out Radio on Spotify and Apple. And remember, you cannot build a strong nation from weak families. Connect with me at DefendFit. Come in and train in Webster, Texas, and learn something, protect your family. Get your fitness where it ought to be. Learn and understand firearms. Live from the inside out. So thank you for joining us today at Living Inside Out Radio, and thank you for joining us with James and Angela and them sharing. We'll be back next week with more great stuff and likely more things along the same lines with James and Angela's input as well. We're looking forward to sharing from the heart, sharing from our experience, and sharing the love of Jesus. Let's close out with prayer. Father, we thank you for letting us share. We thank you for even the struggles we've been through, Lord. You've set us up for such a time as this to give, to receive, to build each other up as iron sharpens iron, Lord. Help us to keep it simple, but not too simple. Keep it simple, smart, Father. We thank you for your discernment and wisdom. We thank you for your healing. We thank you for your grace and mercy, giving us what we don't deserve and not giving us what we do deserve. Such a paradox, Lord. We thank you and give you all the glory in Jesus' name. Amen. Thank you, guys. Amen. Oh, thank you very much. God bless you, listeners. See us next week.

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