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

Untangling the mess of what it looks like to honor God vs. exercise control over your body is a huge aspect of developing a healthy and holy, scripture-reflecting relationship with food and body image. Sometimes we take steps toward a ‘healthy lifestyle’ without first checking our motivations for doing those things. Today, we’ll discuss the difference between making those choices for yourself or f...

Struggling to recover from disordered eating can feel really tough, but partnering it with spiritual recovery brings a whole new level of healing and growth that can’t be accomplished without factoring in faith. If you’re someone who finds it difficult to recognize certain needs you have in recovery, accept yourself and your body, or find the ways God is working with you toward freedom, tune in be...

Social media can be a great resource for growth and inspiration, yet can easily become dangerous when it turns into a tool for comparison. But how exactly do you go about consuming media in a beneficial way as a Christian woman? That’s what my guest, Katie Bulmer, is here to chat with us about.  Katie is an online mentor to college girls, speaker, and host of the Truth for Your Twenties podcast, a...

Eating disorder recovery is a difficult thing to navigate, especially when you feel stuck, on your own, or don’t know where to start. There are tons of recovery hang-ups that can easily hold you back from fully experiencing food freedom.  That’s why today, we’ll discuss what some of those are and how to move past them so that you can save yourself a ton of time and frustration. In today’s episode,...

Knowing how to recognize when your feelings are triggering you to eat is essential to understanding why you may be using food in an attempt to meet a need, and why you’re still riding the emotional eating struggle bus. Do you sometimes feel like you eat just to eat, but you're not sure exactly why?  You're not hungry. You might even be past fullness, but for some reason, eating seems to be doing s...

For many, exercise is only used as an attempt to beat the body in order to achieve a certain image, but when you learn to lean into joyful movement, it can turn it into so much more. If you feel like you have to ‘fix’ or change your body through exercise in order to feel content, then this episode is for you! Today, you’ll learn how to recognize the lies that may be causing you to tie your worth t...

Food rules may provide an illusion of control and predictability but are often really the thing holding you back from food freedom. Sometimes feeling trapped on your journey to freedom comes from holding on too tightly to the control that you believe you have. True freedom from your burdens is found in submitting your shortcomings and surrendering control to the Lord and His ways. Listen in as I s...

There are so many broken ideas of beauty in our society. That’s why it’s so important as a Christian woman that you understand God’s way of defining it in order to better navigate your way through the trends of today’s beauty standards. Fitting into the title of “beautiful” in our world seems to be an endless race of hurdles to jump, which are mostly centered on ideations of perfection that are im...

Becoming a normal eater begins with recognizing and discerning the messages your body is sending you about your hunger. If you are someone who wants to be an intuitive eater but can’t seem to understand how to practically listen to your body to truly become a normal eater, tune in, because in episode 21 you’ll hear all about how to become more in touch with the signals and patterns your body is se...

Learning to recognize and trust signs of hunger within your body often feels like one of the biggest challenges on the journey to food freedom. Do you wish you could simply eat when you feel hungry, but maybe don’t know what hunger even feels like? Join me today as we explore the nuances of hunger and intuitive eating, how to trust your body’s hunger cues, and how to understand what it personally...

If you’ve been losing hope that food freedom is possible for you, you’re not alone.  Isabel and Skyler used to feel the exact same way. Today, they’re boldly sharing their stories of hope with you, including the good, the bad, and the ugly of their journey to finding food and body freedom in Christ. Both Isabel and Skyler went from THIS… 👉🏻 “I would sit and sob for hours because I didn’t know ho...

Having the kind of relationship with food and your body that oozes JOY makes life a whole different ball game than having one full of anxiety and fear. There are 3 essential elements that help you become what I call a joy-filled eater, and if you’ve ever sought out traditional treatment for disordered eating or negative body image, it’s very likely that you weren’t given at least 1 critical piece...

Time does NOT heal all wounds.  In order to effectively deal with trauma that’s been negatively impacting your relationship with food and your body, you’ve got to be willing to do the hard work and process through that trauma. When you commit to working with a trauma-informed team who can support you through some of those really tough areas of your relationships with food and body, you’re SO much...

What’s the difference between a ‘thorn in the flesh’ (or ‘a thorn in the side’) and a stronghold?  Knowing what scripture says about each of these phrases can make a major difference in the way you speak about your struggles with food and your body. When you speak Truth from the Word over your life, you open yourself up to greater levels of freedom and peace.   That’s why today, we’re exploring 3...

Battling negative body image and disordered eating gets a whole lot simpler when you fully embrace who you truly are in Christ. If negative thoughts about your worth or value as a person flood your mind every time you look in the mirror, make a simple mistake at work, or receive some form of criticism, then this episode is for you.  Because when you learn how to go from having a head knowledge of...

After spending 7 days in our county courthouse, I realized that a lot of the lessons I learned during my time as a juror apply to the journey you may be taking right now to gain a sense of food freedom – And I’m gonna share 7 of those lessons with you today. Most people make the mistake of not learning from others’ experiences and spending way too much time stuck in cycles that could have been avo...

Seasons of waiting don’t have to be seasons of waste.  When we lean into the Lord during those times where it feels like we can’t move forward or have no idea what to do next, and we choose to seek to hear from Him, that’s when we open ourselves up to the most growth. Christie Dondero Bettwy is the Executive Director of Rock Recovery and has been in recovery from disordered eating for many years. ...

Having a go-to move is one of the simplest, most effective, and yet also one of the most underutilized strategies to have when it comes to battling disordered eating thoughts and behaviors. That’s why by the end of today’s episode, you’re going to have my step-by-step go-to move creation strategy that can help you know exactly what you’re gonna do the next time you experience an urge to engage in...

Why is it that when someone reminds you that “You’re fearfully and wonderfully made”, it rarely seems to help for more than 15 seconds? Well we’re answering that question for you in today’s episode. I’m joined by author and Christian body image coach, Heather Creekmore, to help you understand why this scripture from Psalm 139:14 doesn’t seem to pack as much of a punch as most of us hope when it co...

I’m about to say the thing that no one has probably ever told you about stress… Stop trying to get rid of it.  Instead, start looking at it as your new BFF. If, like me, you feel like stress latches onto you like your shadow, then I want to help you shift the way you’re experiencing it so that it doesn’t feel like it’s constantly dragging you down or leaving you on edge. That’s why in episode 10 o...

“How do you challenge food fears in the kitchen without disregarding your need for adequate nutrition?” Great question. I would love to tell you! Challenging your fears around what you allow yourself to eat can feel really scary at times.  If certain foods feel safe and others tend to make you feel anxious, then today’s episode is absolutely for you! I’m bringing in chef and culinary nutritionist,...

How much time in a given week do you spend counting calories or recording what you eat in a calorie tracking app?  Would you rather be doing something more enjoyable and life-giving during that time instead?  My guess is, most of us would.  And yet, if you feel an obligation to know all the numbers, calorie tracking can feel like an obligation you’ll never be free to let go. But God. In His infini...

Even when you don’t feel like your body is good, it is. If, like so many others, you have a hard time recognizing that your body is good, as is, then today is just for you. I’m sharing the mic with my friend and fellow podcaster, Jennifer Taylor Wagner, to talk about the hard things that could be keeping you stuck feeling like your body just isn’t good enough. In today’s episode, we’re diving into...

There’s something nearly all of us love about being on a diet, and you may not have even realized it yet, but it’s this – Dieting often means not having to make your own decisions when it comes to food. Making decisions about what to eat, how much, when, where, and all the nuanced details in between can feel completely exhausting and overwhelming. And when decision fatigue kicks in, we get worried...

It’s no secret that body image is a major struggle for a lot of women and a hot topic when it comes to developing a healthy relationship with food (and yourself). But if you’ve been approaching body image from a general, non-specific standpoint, you’ve likely had your fair share of feeling stuck, with little hope of improving your body image long term. That’s why today’s episode, you’ll learn how...