SURVIVING COVID-19
During this time of unprecedented health and financial risk, Dan Venezia offers a faith-based message of hope— not mere wishful thinking, but a confident expectation that God cares, is intimately involved in our everyday lives, and hears and answers prayers.
A fitness trainer with a successful New York City business comes face to face with death when the coronavirus attacks his strong, healthy body and challenges him—not only physically, but mentally and spiritually as well.
Dan Venezia thought he had the personal strength within himself to overcome anything that life might throw at him. But on Palm Sunday, 2020, he found himself in a New Jersey hospital struggling to breathe, fighting to hold onto hope and his faith in God.
A coach and motivational speaker himself, he needed others, and especially Another, to come beside him and help defeat an opponent much greater than any he had ever faced before.
About Dan
The youngest of four children raised by a single mom in Brooklyn, Dan Venezia’s proficiency at baseball led him to be drafted by the Minnesota Twins after college. Once his dream of making it to the big leagues ended, Dan applied his focused self- discipline to his fitness training and coaching business on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. He directs camps and clinics, and gives private lessons throughout the tri-state region, where he also serves as a life coach.
Dan’s faith in Christ has been strengthened by unique and powerful interventions that God has made in his work, his family life, and his interactions with those less fortunate. A popular and sought-after inspirational speaker, he has had the opportunity to share his story in his parish, his community, and on local, regional, national, and international radio and television programs—from ESPN to Canada’s number one talk radio show. Dan’s children’s book—Coach Dan on Sportsmanship—has sold over one thousand copies and encourages young people to experience the joy of sports without the pressure to win at all costs. He is also a member of the All-American Speakers Bureau.
Dan has a unique story to tell as a former professional baseball player, a successful fitness trainer and coach, a loving husband and father, and a passionate follower of Christ committed to share with others the power of faith, focus, and fitness.