The Kori Leigh Show Kori Hagel | Entrepreneur | Sobriety & Recovery

In this episode of The Kori Leigh Show, I am bringing on my first guest Jodi Evans who has an incredible redemption story of rock bottom to how God has worked in her life. Jodi is a personal trainer that helps moms use faith to fuel their fitness journey. We talk about the life-altering accidents that left her in a wheelchair, leaning on pain management, and battle with addiction. 
 
She shares the role of faith in her recovery and how she found purpose through art, crafts, and projects that led her to becoming a personal trainer. Jodi candidly shares her struggles with the legal system, addiction, and pain management, and how a choice between jail and rehab became a turning point. Her story brought me to tears, because of her resilience and transformation, culminating in her work as a fitness coach and author of a devotional cookbook, to now sharing her testimony to inspire others. 
 
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@korileigh | @korileigh.co 
 
Episode Outline: 
Run Over by a Truck (00:02:33)
Finding Purpose and Sobriety (00:06:11) 
Trauma and Recovery (00:08:06)
Turning Point and Recovery (00:16:25) 
Rock Bottom and Recovery (00:23:28) 
The Power of Hope (00:25:34) 
Finding Faith in Recovery (00:27:32) 
The Impact of Sharing Hope (00:29:14) 
Faithfully Fit Devotional Cookbook (00:35:26)
 
Referenced Resources: 
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www.faithfulfitness.shop 

"Over the years of practicing life this way, I have been amazed to see that God does in fact know better for me what I need and what my purpose is than I could ever know." - Kori Leigh 
 
In this episode of The Kori Leigh Show, I talk about how I found God through prayer and came to realize that God's will often reveals itself in the simple, everyday tasks we all do. I look back on how I used to focus on self-centered prayers and how I've transformed to praying for God's will and dedicating myself to serving others.
 
I want this episode to encourage you all to live a purpose-driven life, to let go of the need to understand every complexity of life, and to trust in God's plan for us.

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@korileigh | @korileigh.co 
 
Episode Outline: 
Changing Perspective on Prayer (00:02:26) 
Struggles with Prayer and Seeking God's Will (00:03:37)
Learning to Pray for God's Will (00:10:37) 
Understanding God's Will in Daily Tasks (00:14:04) 
Transformation Through Prayer and Action (00:19:07) 
Relinquishing Personal Desires (00:25:14) 
God's Will in Everyday Tasks (00:26:14)

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"When we do our work to heal and to surrender to God's will, God then uses our past to help somebody else."
 
In this episode of The Kori Leigh Show, I am starting off sharing my story of the tough parts of growing personally, going through recovery, and how sometimes it's those really dark times that bring us the most important messages about ourselves. I don't hold back when it comes to my struggles with trust and getting close to people, all because of some rough stuff that happened in my childhood. Those experiences really molded how I see God. I'm a big believer in the idea that we should all have the freedom to explore and redefine what faith means to us. I want to get across that your faith isn't something static, but God is; it's this deeply personal journey that keeps changing and growing, just like we do.
 
Overall, I wanted to share that God came to me in my darkest moment, not because I prayed for help, actually I wanted nothing to do with God, but because there was a moment where He could access me, and He did. He will meet you where you are at too. 
 
Connect with Me on Instagram 
@korileigh | @korileigh.co 
 
Episode Outline: 
God Uses Our Mess as Our Message (00:02:05) 
Personal Journey and Instagram Account Explosion (00:07:08) 
Struggles with Submission and Trust (00:15:57) 
Rock Bottom and Moment of Clarity (00:27:44) 
Embarking on Sobriety and Faith (00:31:26) 
Finding Hope and Transformation (00:36:01) 
Returning to Original Roots and Faith Journey (00:41:27) 

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Welcome to The Kori Leigh Show! I am your host Kori, a recovering alcoholic and business owner, which I will I discuss hitting rock bottom in 2016, that led me to find God and begin healing. I share my experiences to provide hope and strength to others facing similar struggles, emphasizing the power of community in recovery. My story is one of surrendering to a higher power, finding serenity, and connecting with others through shared experiences of darkness and hope.
 
I am now on a perpetual journey of learning to heal, soften and deepen my faith. I have found incredible strength and hope in being surrounded by other addicts in recovery, who share a common solution and are dedicated to living a life of serenity, service and sobriety. And I believe that sharing stories of experience, strength and hope have the power to open our hearts, transcend our doubts, and offer us the right amount of light, no matter how dark it's gotten for us to make it through.
 
God meets us in our mess and saves us because our mess is our service to the world. I know what it feels like to be lost. I know plaguing anxiety, dark depression, and an obsession to escape that has caused me to do unthinkable things to myself. I know hopelessness, I know faithlessness, I know paralyzing loneliness. But I also know recovery. I know hope. I know what it's like to hit bottom, to surrender my will to a power greater than myself, and to commit to living life according to spiritual principles that at first I did not trust, but that I have come now to totally transform my entire existence.
I am so glad you found this podcast, please follow, share, and leave a rating & review! As we say in recovery, find the similarities and not the differences - together we heal.