Faith-Filled Food Freedom | Disordered Eating, Body Image, Weight Loss Obsession, Anxiety, Nutrition

Unresolved emotional pain can manifest in physical symptoms and lead to a cycle of negative emotions and behaviors, hindering progress towards food freedom. This episode equips listeners with tools to identify and address unresolved emotional pain that may be impacting their relationship with food. In today’s episode, registered dietitian Brittany Braswell chats with Pastors Travis & Tina Hall...

Feeling lost on how to support a friend or loved one struggling with an eating disorder? This episode equips you with practical tools for offering compassionate and effective support, without feeling like you need to become their therapist. We're joined by Jessica Shafer, MS, LMFT, a family therapist specialized in eating disorder treatment, who shares powerful communication strategies, health...

Integrity is essential if you want to achieve and maintain recovery from a disordered relationship with food, your body, or even exercise. If you’ve ever struggled to maintain integrity by sticking to your commitments, the buck stops here.  By the end of this episode, you’ll have some effective tools and strategy that will help you become the kind of person who keeps their word… even for yourself!...

Do you ever feel like learning to make peace with and trust your body is too much effort, and you can’t do it all yourself?  Working towards building a better relationship with your body can be daunting when you feel like you have to take it on alone. Luckily, you don’t have to! In this episode, you’ll learn how much easier it is to trust your body when you let go of the control you think you have...

Just knowing why and how to trust your body doesn’t solve everything when it comes to body trust.  There’s a second component that’s 100% necessary but can seem tedious and frustrating at times.  The easy thing to do when things get hard is to give up, and that’s the reason so many women never come to experience full body trust. But, we’re working to solve that problem in episode 75 so you can lea...

One of the biggest obstacles to letting go of dieting is learning to trust your body’s natural cues. For many women, the idea of letting go of a diet plan is scary because it means stepping away from a source of control and direction over what or when they eat. But in this episode, we’re addressing why it’s SO much better to trust your body when it comes to eating, and you’ll learn the key compone...

Negative body image often leads to hyper-focus on one's appearance, perpetuated by the belief that body positivity is the solution. However, body trust, not body positivity, is the key to cultivating a positive body image. This episode delves into how to understand what body trust is and shift your focus away from your body so that you can confidently nourish and care for your body, while impr...

What do you do when you know you’re not going to make it to the hospital in time to give birth to your baby?  That’s the decision my husband and I had to make very quickly when I went into labor during rush hour on a Wednesday morning just outside Birmingham, AL. Hear our full story in episodes 71 AND 72 where I’m joined by husband, Chris, as we take some time to let you in on our personal lives a...

What do you do when you know you’re not going to make it to the hospital in time to give birth to your baby?  That’s the decision my husband and I had to make very quickly when I went into labor during rush hour on a Wednesday morning just outside Birmingham, AL. Hear our full story in episodes 71 AND 72 where I’m joined by husband, Chris, as we take some time to let you in on our personal lives a...

Navigating eating disorder recovery is really difficult, especially with the influences of those still struggling around you cause confusion and uncertainty on your food freedom journey. Family stuck in diet culture can add a challenge to your recovery, but that doesn’t make it impossible. So in this episode, you’ll learn the key concepts of understanding how to make progress in your relationship...

It seems like the main concept that is becoming more and more prevalent among food and diet trends is “clean eating,” but is that an idea worth following or not? Clean eating sounds good in theory, but it isn’t always the most practical or cost-effective approach. By the end of episode 69, you’ll know the truth about eating processed foods and how to overcome the anxiety of eating pre-packaged foo...

As our bodies change, so do lots of other aspects of our relationship with food and the clues that keep us in tune with our bodies, which can feel really tricky to navigate! In today’s episode, I’m back for part 2 of my conversation with certified eating disorder dietitian, Kate Griege, where we talk about navigating hunger, changing bodies, and how we honor our health (and cravings!) during pregn...

We are immersed in a culture that puts so much pressure and worth on what your body looks like, so it can be a really difficult journey to find peace and navigate times when your body is changing. There is a huge unrealistic expectation for women to look a certain way, and especially to ‘bounce back” after times of body change, but in this episode, you’ll learn specific ways you can keep a positiv...

The idea of weight-related conversations with healthcare professionals can be daunting, especially if you’ve struggled with disordered eating in the past or are currently in the process of finding food freedom. Believing that weight loss is the primary solution for improving your health is a HUGE mistake that many people make, so in this episode you’re going to hear a fresh perspective on improvin...

Tons of health issues can go overlooked by westernized American medical care, but functional medicine can give you insight into deeper issues that may even play into why you may be struggling with disordered eating. If you’ve been feeling like crud, and you’re tired of doctors telling you that all your labs look ‘normal’, then this episode is for you, because we’re talking all about how functional...

Grief is a hard thing to experience. And grieving the loss of a past version of yourself or your body size is a normal part of the healing process for most people.  That’s why it’s so important to understand that grieving is okay and as Christians, it’s possible to grieve well. There’s a common misconception that Christians shouldn’t grieve, however this can lead to shame when it inevitably does o...

Most people know that sleep is important, but if you knew HOW important, you probably wouldn’t choose to sacrifice that time or compromise your sleep as often as you do. Sleep is a big part of our body’s recovery and regulation, and a major player in the energy and flow of daily tasks. By the end of this episode, you’ll be able to determine if you’re getting good sleep and have a list of action st...

It’s time to stop allowing bad body image moments or days to keep you from caring for your mental, physical, and spiritual needs! It can be hard to take your mind off of yourself when you’re having a hard body image day, but by the end of this episode, you’ll have three key tools you can use to refocus your thoughts and continue to take care of your body, mind, and soul... even on your hardest bod...

For a lot of us, we can be our own biggest critic. But what happens when that critic starts holding you back from growth? Or even worse, causing you to backtrack and feel like the progress you’ve made has flown out the window? Sound familiar? If so, you’ve likely dealt with some form of self-sabotage. That’s why today, we’re tackling this difficult topic and looking at ways you may already be sabo...

Most women (especially Christian women) are making a HUGE mistake that can cost them years of wasted time and effort when it comes to achieving their health and wellness goals – including their mental health and relationship with food. But you don’t have to fall into the same trap. That’s why I want to hand you the missing piece of the puzzle that most people are leaving out so that you can defy t...

Ready for 2024 to be your BEST YEAR YET?! What if by the end of this year, you were experiencing a whole new level of freedom in your relationship with food and your body? In today’s episode, you’re gonna hear the replay from our FREE 2024 goal setting and game planning workshop.  We have 2 more live workshops left later this week, so if you want the workbook and resources discussed in the replay,...

With the new year comes lots of resolution and goal-setting, but so many of those goals never come to pass because there’s no plan in place for HOW you’re going to achieve them. By the end of this episode you’ll understand why goal setting isn’t enough, and I’ll share some practical tips on how to make a game plan for your goals. I’m talking all about the process of goal setting and game planning,...

There are lots of voices in the world telling you what “true freedom”, but it can be difficult to know who or what to listen to. The world tells us that the best way to find freedom is doing what you want to do when you want to do it, being “true to yourself”; however real freedom comes when we learn to surrender to God. In today’s episode, we’ll talk about finding freedom from the concepts of Rad...

Nutrition is a huge part of reaching performance goals for athletes, but is it possible to eat in a way to reach those goals without hurting your relationship with food? For many athletes, counting macros or tracking their nutrition is a huge way to reach performance or physique goals, but it’s not the only way. Today, you’ll learn to balance a healthy relationship with food and fueling to perform...

Christmas time comes with lots of exciting opportunities to celebrate with friends and family, but can be overwhelming to step into if you don’t feel fully confident around food. Does the idea of holiday foods, gatherings, and baking make you more nervous than excited? Well, tune in to this episode to hear the best tips on how to combat the fear or guilt you may feel around food this holiday seaso...