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About the course
Advent is a season of waiting, but it doesn't have to be a season of standing still. FIRELiGHT is four week health course built for this sacred season, grounded in a Trinitarian model of health that honors the whole person: mind, body, spirit, and relationships. Each letter of FIRELiGHT names a piece of that wholeness — Faith and Introspection ground you spiritually; Rest & Recovery and Eating & Exercise restore and nourish your body; Love & Laughter and Gratitude & Giving deepen your relationships; and Hope & Happiness, oriented toward your telos, your ultimate purpose, draw the whole journey together. Like the candles of the Advent wreath, each lesson lights one more piece of the path, until the course culminates in the fullness of integration: a life ordered toward the true light we await. Whether you're hoping to build healthier habits, deepen your prayer life, or simply find more peace in a season that can feel rushed, FIRELiGHT offers a steady, hope-filled way to prepare — body and soul.
A whole-person model of health.
Learn a Trinitarian framework that integrates spiritual, physical, psychological, and relational well-being, rather than treating health as one-dimensional.
Practical habits for body and soul.
Walk away with concrete tools for rest, movement, gratitude, and connection that you can carry beyond Advent into everyday life.
A clearer sense of purpose.
Root your daily choices in telos, your deeper "why," so that health becomes not just a goal but a way of preparing your whole self, your Temple, for the coming of Christ.
Meet your instructor
Michele Suhie, PhD, NBC-HWC, DipACLM Michele is the Director of Health Education at MyCatholicDoctor Academy and a National Board-Certified Health & Wellness Coach and Certified Lifestyle Medicine Professional. She developed The Trinitarian Model of Health that serves as the framework for the FIRELiGHT Advent program. After her experience with stage 1 breast cancer in 2023, she recognized that physical, mental, spiritual, and social health are interconnected and can be connected to God by both faith and reason. In this program she shares practices that can help you nurture all four domains of health, finding balance in hope and expectancy, amid this busy time before Christmas.
Curriculum
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Lighting the way
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A Trinitarian Health Model: The FIRELIGHT Framework
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2
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Integrating faith with health
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Introspection & Awareness
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Sleep Hygiene Resources
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Handout: Getting Quality Sleep in a Sufficient Amount
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Handout: Managing Stress
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Nutrition for the Soul & Mindful Eating
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Resources on Mindful Eating
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Joy of Movement
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Handout: Engaging in Regular Movement and Physical Activity
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Acts of Kindness & Giving
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The Science of Gratitude
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Handout: Maintaining a social support network
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Continuing to manage stress during the holidays
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Handout: A Family Approach
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The purpose of your health in the Trinitarian framework
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FIRELiGHT Integration
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Growing beyond Advent
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An invitation to continue your journey...
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Let This Advent Be Different.
Enroll in FIRELiGHT and light the way toward a healthier, more hope-filled season — body, mind, and spirit, in communion with others.