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Pain Is a Teacher: Faith, Fitness, and the Courage to Keep Going
In this deeply personal conversation on Intimate Conversations with Men, Coach Alex VanHouten joins Elena for an honest discussion about pain, faith, fatherhood, masculinity, suffering, and the body as a gift to steward.
Alex shares how living with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome—a painful genetic disorder affecting collagen, joints, connective tissue, and digestion—shaped his path as an exercise scientist and faith-based health coach.
Rather than seeing pain only as an enemy, Alex explains how pain can become a teacher, a signal, and even a doorway into courage, endurance, and purpose.Together, Alex…
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