Episode 42 Fitness, Mental Health and building a platform for those who need it with coach Ola (befit4akhirah)

Coach Ola is a ACE certified personal trainer and fitness specialist. Ola shares with how she went through hard times and got through mental health problems while trying to fit in to the community starting when she moved from Syria to the US. She explains how she overcame those issues and shares valuable tips on self help, exercise and talks to us about her  fitness program that helps bring purpose to life. She also touches on her Ramadan Challenge.

Coach Ola is graduated from George Mason University with B.S in Biology and Health Promotion minor. She is a host of her podcast show Purposeful Fitness with Coach Ola. She started BeFit4Akhirah as an initiative in 2014 and officially launched her first ever program in 2018 with Ramadan Prep package. She is passionate about bridging the gap between faith and fitness from an Islamic perspective, and she is looking to bring more awareness on how we can be fit for akhirah through fitness and living a healthy lifestyle with a purpose! Her favorite hobbies and workouts are swimming and being outdoors. She has coached soccer to the youth in the past, and she hopes she can continue in helping youth and teenagers stay strong in faith through sports and fitness. 

In this Episode

• Ola’s difficult time fitting in when she moved to the US from Syria and how she changed her mind set.
• Ola shares her Mental Health journey and how caused downhill in her life and how she Found strength and the importance of sharing and talking about mental health issues
• Ola’s way of dealing with depression and anxiety with healthy eating and working out
• Finding what you enjoy doing and work through to make you feel better Simple things that can keep us active and working out
• Ola’s platform BeFit4Akhira to help Muslim and non Muslim people to see a purpose through fitness and training
• Ola’s podcast Ola: Purposeful Fitness With Coach Ola
• The 4 week Ramadan Challenge
• Ola Shares her Ramadan Exercise and Eating habits

Contact Ola

Podcast - https://purposefulfitness.podbean.com/

Website - https://www.befit4akhirah.com/

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/BeFit4Akhirah/

Twitter - https://twitter.com/befit4akhirah

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/befit4akhirah/

Full Episode Show notes Transcription here https://bit.ly/2UctmQA