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I’ve always believed in God, prayed, and would have told anyone I was a Christian. But looking back, there’s always been a gap between the faith I claimed and how I was actually living.

I’ve always said I loved Jesus, but when following Him has required me to pick up my own cross, I have usually chosen myself and my way instead.

I wanted God involved when I needed Him without actually surrendering my life to Him. I was asking for His help while still believing I knew what was best for me.

I wanted to live life on my own terms and accomplish the goals I had set for myself. I felt like God had put those dreams in my heart for a reason. I still do. But I thought doing whatever I wanted was freedom. Even if it was pulling me further from the person I knew God was calling me to be.

This is what’s dangerous about visible success. It gave me something I could point to and say, “I’m doing good.” But underneath it, I could still feel the conviction that parts of my life didn’t reflect what I said I believed.

Then the success went away. Injuries started to pile up and opportunities became harder to come by. The thing I had subconsciously relied on for confidence and my identity began slipping away.

When football could no longer validate me, I had to confront where my identity was actually rooted.

My instinct was always to work harder, fix it myself, and regain control. But multiple years of setbacks kept showing me how little control I actually had and how much I needed God.

I had to come to terms with understanding that believing in Jesus and following Him were not the same thing. If I said He was Lord of my life, then my choices needed to reflect that.

The Bible has stopped feeling like something I’m supposed to read and has become something I genuinely wanted to understand. The more time I spent in God’s word, the more it was challenging the way I was living. My heart began to soften and I understood the areas of my life that I needed to surrender.

For the majority of my life, achievement had been one of the main ways for me to prove my worth to myself.

In Christ, I’m learning that my worth is already secure, which frees me to pursue excellence without nee by @beau_jangles12

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2 months ago

Figuring out what to do with your life can be hard, especially when you’ve only ever had one dream and one plan for yourself.

At least that was my experience when football ended for me.

Over the past year, I’ve taken a step back from social media to reflect on who I am outside of a sport and who God is calling me to become in this next season of my life.

Now that I’m back, I’d like to be more intentional about why I’m here and how I use my platform.

I’ve learned the hard way that when you build your identity on your accomplishments or anything other than God, nothing ever feels like enough.

There is always another expectation to meet or another result you feel like you need in order to prove your worth.

That is why I’ve started The Identity Advantage.

I truly believe that when your identity is rooted in Christ first, you gain the freedom to pursue excellence without being defined by the outcome.

You can still pursue ambitious goals while knowing that, in Christ, you are already enough.

One of the ways I’ll be living this out is by training for an Ironman as a Type 1 diabetic.

I’m excited to share the highs and lows of both my glucose and the journey, along with the challenges of training and the lessons I’m learning about faith, identity, purpose, and performance.

My hope is to encourage others not to settle for a Plan B simply because Plan A didn’t work out.

Sometimes you have to create a new Plan A and pursue it wholeheartedly.

But this time, do it without allowing the outcome to define who you are.

That is The Identity Advantage. by @beau_jangles12

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3 months ago

There’s no playbook for what to do when your athletic career comes to an end. I always told myself I was more than my sport, but when it was actually over, I struggled to believe it. Looking back, these are the things I wish I understood going into that transition.

You don’t have to fake being okay with the chapter ending. Whether you walked away on your own terms or not, give yourself space to admit that it’s hard. Making peace with an ending is the first step in moving toward a new beginning.

You lost a role. Not yourself. Roles are always meant to be temporary, and just like the seasons, they change. Losing your sport doesn’t mean you lost a piece of who you are. You simply lost the main arena where you were used to expressing yourself.

Is it the competition? The camaraderie? The structure? The progress? The recognition?

Get specific. Understanding what the sport gave you makes it much easier to intentionally rebuild in your next season.

Your sport might have ended, but your discipline, resilience, leadership, and competitiveness didn’t. Identify the qualities you were most proud of to express as an athlete because those parts of you can be carried into whatever comes next.

Don’t rush to replace one identity with another. Get clear on what keeps you grounded before chasing the next role, title, or achievement. For me, that meant rooting my identity in Jesus Christ, something that doesn’t disappear when a season ends.

Go all in. You need something worth committing to a wholeheartedly, the same way you committed to your sport. Don’t settle for a Plan B just because your old Plan A came to an end. Find the next Plan A, then pursue it with everything you have without letting the outcome determine who you are.

You don’t need to have everything figured out immediately. The next chapter is going to take faith.

Faith means showing up, doing your best, and trusting God with where the road will lead. Live consistently with what you believe and who you are becoming.

That’s The Identity Advantage.

Live Aligned. 🫶🏼 by @beau_jangles12

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2 months ago

I’m no stranger to bumps in the road. Life has constantly reminded me that no matter how carefully you make your plans, things don’t always go the way you expect.

From being diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes at 12 years old to going through five surgeries throughout my athletic career, I’ve been confused, frustrated, disappointed, depressed, and lost at different points along the way.

I’ve experienced mountain highs and valley lows, and I think it’s important to seek God in both, but when I look back on my own life, success has often made it easier for me to believe I had things figured out on my own.

Setbacks have been different. They’ve forced me to confront where I’m rooted, reminded me how much I need God, and given me opportunities to know Him more deeply every time.

“The heart of man plans his way, but the Lord establishes his steps.” — Proverbs 16:9

When things are going well, it’s easy to become complacent. You start trusting your own ability, your plans, your discipline, or the results you’re getting. What I’ve learned is that my need for God doesn’t decrease when life is going well. Success can make that dependence harder to see if I’m not intentional about seeking Him, but setbacks have a way of reminding me pretty quickly that I was never in control to begin with.

“Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you.” — James 4:8

“A sword doesn’t get forged by asking the hammer to stop.”

A lot of the setbacks and challenges we face aren’t things we would ever choose for ourselves, but Scripture is clear that God can use trials to produce endurance, character, maturity, and a deeper dependence on Him.

Some of the seasons I would have rather avoided ended up shaping my faith in ways comfort never could have.

“Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness.” — James 1:2-3

It’s easy to say your identity is rooted in Christ when everything else in your life is going well. Setbacks have shown me how quickly disappointment can expose where I’m actually getting my worth and confidence from.

“Am I the same person whether I win or lose?”

This one question has been a by @beau_jangles12

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I use this phrase all the time, but over the last couple of years, it’s meant a lot more to me than simply “make good choices.” Living aligned is about knowing who you are becoming, getting honest about how you’re actually living, and bringing those two things closer together.

We can easily say that faith, discipline, integrity, health, or relationships matter to us, but our habits and choices often reveal what we’re actually prioritizing.

I’ll be the first to admit that I fall short constantly. I’ll never be perfect. But living aligned isn’t about shaming yourself when you mess up. It’s about noticing where you’ve drifted, receiving God’s grace, and choosing to move back toward what you believe.

What are you rooted in? Are you simply drifting through life, or are you intentionally striving to become someone you can be proud of? For me, this starts with Christ. Before asking what I want to accomplish, I’m asking what it looks like to live as the person God is calling me to be.

You can’t realign what you’re unwilling to be honest about. If I say faith, health, discipline, relationships, etc. matter, do my choices support those things?

Alignment isn’t about checking enough boxes to prove you’re disciplined or faithful. Your actions should flow from your identity without becoming another performance you use to prove your worth.

There is no finish line, and you won’t get it right every day. But living in alignment with who God is calling you to be brings a fulfillment and meaning that circumstances can’t give you or take away.

If you made it this far, I genuinely pray that you find fulfillment in who you are, not just in what you do. Whether you’re crushing it in life or it feels like life is crushing you, there are two words that can always give you a place to start:

Live Aligned. by @beau_jangles12

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Live in alignment with what you’re rooted in and watch how you begin to build an identity beyond performance.

#LiveAligned 🫶🏼 by @beau_jangles12

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We’re back. God’s got my back. by @beau_jangles12

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11 days ago

Not many people talk about the quiet parts of taking care of yourself.

Going to bed on time. Taking a walk to clear your head. Sitting still long enough to pray.

CARE is built around that idea: health is whole.

Physical, mental, social, and spiritual.

And the best part is doing it with a community. CARE for All is about bringing the people you care about with you.

Download CARE, invite 3 friends, and get your first year free.
Comment “more” and I’ll send you the link! by @beau_jangles12

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18 days ago

Not enough people talk about what it feels like when the sport you built so much of your life around is suddenly over.

I think we should change that. by @beau_jangles12

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a month ago

Don’t make the same mistake I did and confuse movement with direction.

I used to think success and recognition meant I was headed somewhere meaningful.

But you can be stacking goals and still be chasing the wrong things.

When you surrender your plans to Christ, that doesn’t mean giving up on your dreams or goals. It means not asking those things to give you your worth or identity.

So know what you’re chasing & Live Aligned. 🫶🏼 by @beau_jangles12

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Whether it’s a sport, your career, or anything else, what are the things in your life that you might be relying on too much to give you your identity?

Being in casts is only temporary, but it gives me a lot of time to think about the things I enjoy the most and the things that make me feel the most like myself.

And if we’re not careful, I think it’s really easy to let those things become too much of who we think we are.

The reality is, any of those things can change or be taken away.

But when your identity is rooted in God and in who He says you are, your circumstances can change without changing who you are.

Chase excellence and enjoy the activities that bring you joy. Just don’t let them become your identity.

Live Aligned. 🫶🏼 by @beau_jangles12

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I’ve been guilty of using hard work as a distraction.

For a long time, I thought staying busy, pushing myself, and always having something to chase were automatically good things.

But putting the work in doesn’t tell you who you are.

God does.

Your identity was never meant to come from how productive you are, how disciplined you look, or what you accomplish. It’s found in Christ.

“Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men,” — Colossians 3:23

Work hard to honor God with what He’s given you, not to prove your worth to yourself or anyone else.

Why do you work hard? by @beau_jangles12

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