Meet Kelley!

Kelley Tyan is a prayerful woman, proud wife, and mother of her two children.

Voted by GoodPods as one of the Top 50 Podcasts for Christian Woman, Addicted To The Climb with Kelley Tyan. Kelley is a keynote speaker, 2X Bestselling author of Addicted To The Climb and The ONE Prayer. She is a breast cancer survivor, 4X National bikini champion, as well as having survived a massive bought with depression. All of her life successes can be pointed to her devoted life of faith and prayer.

Through her personal stories of living authentically, and the places she’s journeyed in faith, Kelley has shown how a life rooted in prayer can transform even the darkest struggles. She has seen God‘s hand in her life, guiding her through battles with breast, cancer, depression, grief, deep fears over her family’s health.

Now, her mission is clear: to PRAY LEAD and EMPOWER you to experience the same profound transformation and strength for yourself and your family.

Kelley is building a vibrant community of people like you—those seeking a more meaningful, empowered life and the support of others on the same journey. Her story of triumph over tragedy will inspire you, but her mission goes beyond inspiration.

Kelley is dedicated to equipping you with the tools you need to step into this life yourself. Her journey wasn’t easy—it came with challenges, setbacks, and resilience. Through it all, Kelley remained faithful, anchored in prayer, and now she’s here to guide you along your path.Kelley has been featured on ABC, IHeart Media, published in Oxygen, Link2Us, Aspiring Magazine, Thrive Today, Cornerstone TV Network, Life Today with James Robison, Campus Crusade Radio and Morning Jolt among many others.

What I’ve Learned…

Have you ever felt you were at the top of the world one minute, then all of a sudden you were sinking into a deep dark hole? I have, and I know you have too. However, I have learned that in order to find peace, true happiness, and fulfillment, it requires perseverance, resilience, discipline, and a strong faith in God. Here is some my story…..

Through my searching, and love of fitness, I decided to open my own business, naming it Kelley’s Bootcamp for Women. As excited as I was to open the doors, two months before launch date, I got the call from the doctor, “you have cancer.”

Here I was, about to lead women in health and fitness, and then there I was, with breast cancer. How could this happen to me? Why me? Right then, I was faced with a life changing decision: to keep climbing and open the doors, or to allow the negativity and the spiral of emotions to take me down.

I TURNED TO MY FAITH.

The wave of emotions and the cancer itself, was trying to beat me down, but I decided not to let it. I had women to lead and they were counting on me to show up, and that is exactly what I did.

My class started with 12 women, then grew monthly from there. My mission was to transform thousands of women in my community in mind and body. In order to reach the amount of people I wanted to, I had to go out and find them and show them that if I can wake up early (4:30 am), and go through my treatment, nothing should stop them. I wanted to be an example and prove that strength comes from having faith and not giving in to the lies that were creeping up inside my head.

As my business grew, proper nutrition and self care became super important to me so I took a year to get certified to be an Integrated Nutrition Health Coach and started coaching women one on one as well as in groups through the many courses I created.

At 38 years old. I decided to enter a fitness competition...

which I knew nothing about, nor did I know anyone that ever did one. I trained hard, with discipline and tenacity. I won that first show and competed in three more shows nationally. I won all four titles and to this day, it is still surreal. Competing taught me more about hard work, commitment, discipline, goal setting, and that giving up was not an option. I believe that once you commit to something, you must finish the journey no matter what roadblocks try to get in the way, because they always try to.

Business was booming after that with photo shoots, magazine articles, radio interviews, and speaking, until the next phone call came in. My healthy and fit dad was diagnosed with a rare blood cancer and would need a stem cell transplant and be in isolation for 1 year. My mother, who had rheumatoid arthritis since I was born, was in no shape to care for him. I would need to step in and that is what I did, giving as much time and help as possible.

Three weeks into my dad’s recovery, my life came to a full STOP. My precious mother passed suddenly from an aneurism. I felt pain like I have never felt before. It gripped me to my core, but as the days and weeks passed by, I had to pull myself out of the deep dark hole I dug. I had a business to run and a family to serve. My decision was to start climbing back upward because I was all the way at the bottom. IT WAS HARD.

I know you have also gone through some difficult times, the toughest trials, failures, and setbacks. These things do not define you, nor can they make you feel defeated, unless you let them.

Losing my mother was one of the absolute most devastating thing to happen to me, but also gave me a new strength to lead and help others to get back up and face their most terrifying fears.

My passion to empower and help other women is born from everything I have been through. Through my books, courses, coaching, and podcast, my goal is to reach as many women as I can, with a strong message that faith can move mountains, and God will make a way, when there seems to be no way.

It all starts with a small belief, a true support team, and the willingness to take one action step forward each day. There is only ONE thing you can count on in this life: there will always be another challenge to face.

God created you on purpose, for a purpose. Taking a step forward might seem scary at first, but doing it together is how you will succeed.