Vision Driven Health - Weight Loss for Christian Women, Biblical Health, Conquer Cravings, Kingdom Mindset, Increase Energy Naturally

Hey Friend,   Have you lost weight only to gain it back again? Are you sick of feeling powerless to the temptations of food? Has shame perpetuated a cycle of binging and regret?   Today's guest has a powerful story of how she broke free from her food addiction and lost 100 pounds. But honestly, the reason why I wanted to have today's guest on is 1 - she truly leaned on Jesus to achieve this and 2...

Hey Friend, Have you ever wondered if recent challenges you've faced or things that happened in the past would be categorized as trauma? Are you unsure of how to identify trauma or how it impacts you? Maybe you're pretty sure trauma is an accurate description of what you've experienced, but you're also unsure and unsettled about how to move past it.   Today's guest has a powerful testimony and a G...

Hey Friend, This episode is for my comadres. The ladies who are like me. We take it all on, we try to make it happen. We say yes and despite the cost, it gets done. We are on the go most of the time. We have those moments of impatience or extra stress, but by and large we are almost always juggling numerous responsibilities at once and we get stuff done.   And if you're like me, you might be in a...

Hey Friend, If you are a mom and you just haven't felt yourself since having kids. If you find yourself EXHAUSTED, irritable, and hanging by a thread. Or if it's been a bit since you raised young kids, but years later you feel like you never got back to a place of feeling well, today's guest has some amazing insight to share.   I do want to give a trigger warning for today's conversation regarding...

Hey Friend, If you are someone who longs to experience freedom and breakthrough in your health. Who knows there has to be some sort of way to crack the code on your body. You love God, you know He's good, and you want to get wisdom and insight on what in the world His approach and design is for health, today's guest HAS GOT YOU!!   Chelsea Blackbird, known as the Christian Nutritionist on social m...

Hey Friend, This is the most tangential topic I've tackled on the podcast regarding health. However, it's one that does have a direct impact on our physical well being through a variety of ways, as you'll soon hear. Today's guest is known as the Christian sexpert and we dig deep into what healthy biblical sex Is and is NOT.   And depending on your background, you may be surprised to hear what we d...

Hey friend,   Today's episode is very helpful and insightful. My guest today named what I think so many of us either have or do struggle with in how we view our bodies. I definitely share a big about my background with body image challenges as well as where I'm at with things right now.    If you're someone who finds yourself thinking about what you'll eat constantly throughout the day, who goes t...

Hey Friend, I have a really fun conversation for you today. For some it will sound like home, very familiar on what a conversational relationship with the Lord looks like. For others, you might hear today's guest and think, "Wow, how does she have that kind of relationship with God? In either case, if you're someone who has struggled with the challenge of partnering with God in your health... If y...

Hey Friend, If you're someone who's found yourself on the yo-yo dieting train, who feels powerless to sweets and cravings, who has actually created healthy habits and experienced progress only to fall back into old patterns, this episode is for you!   Today, my guest Julie Kleinhans shares her experience with losing 90lbs and maintaining that weight loss for 17 years using a 12 step process and ho...

Hey Friend, In today's conversation you'll get a peak behind the curtain on my life. I resonated SO much with the story and work of today's guest that I couldn't help but share how I struggle with a lot of the things she helps mom's overcome.   If you're like me, you might be in a season of chaos with your kids, trying to juggle it all and keep your head above water. It can feel like you've lost y...

Hey Friend, Have you found yourself in the constant cycle of battling negative thoughts, anxiety, and depression? Do you feel like you've tried everything and that hope has slipped through your fingers?   Does it seem like God is out of reach and you're drowning in emotions you can't get on top of?   Friend, this world is hard and you're not alone in this. I am grateful for today's guest who has w...

Hey Friend, Do you find yourself struggling to be consistent with your workouts? Does going to the gym feel like a drag? Are you unsure what to even do to workout and get physically strong?   In my conversation with today's guest we are headed a direction I imagine you aren't expecting - I sure wasn't, but I trust you'll find yourself in a place of inspiration to bring your health journey to Jesus...

Hey Friend, If you are someone who struggles with mid morning or mid afternoon crashes, if you feel dependent on that morning cup of coffee to get you going... and that afternoon refill, if you struggle with getting good sleep - struggling to fall asleep or waking up feeling anxious, if you've got stubborn weight you can't lose, if you are concerned about experiencing the same chronic diseases of...

Hey Friend, Today I am talking about how to experience true and lasting freedom in your health journey. If you feel like food controls you. If you feel like cravings and emotional eating is a cycle you can't break. If you find yourself battling demeaning and discouraging thoughts about your body and your ability to be consistent   THIS episode is packed with encouragement and a strong and loving r...

Hey Friend,   Sometimes we don't know the water we're swimming in. We know something is off, but we can't quite name it. In today's episode I go over 7 unhealthy relationships with food that I've observed and some of which, I've experienced personally in the past.   If one of these resonates I hope you'll spend some time on it this week and come back next week when I talk about getting FREEDOM fro...

Hey Friend, I am VERY excited for you all to listen to this episode. I've got Andy Felton BACK, the author of Nourished by Design - a Christ Centered Approach to Nutrition. He was on the show just a few weeks ago and in our conversation it was very clear we needed a follow up episode to go dive deeper into the conversation on the specifics and practicals of nutrition.   We hit a lot of big questio...

Hey Friend!  If you are someone who experiences joint pain, back pain, headaches... or if you're someone who has had challenging pregnancies or postpartum experiences, you've got chronic digestive issues, you are battling autoimmunity... you might be surprised to find that a holistic chiropractor could help bring you relief.   Today I'm bringing back Ralph Winestock, my personal chiropractor to ta...

Hey Friend, Have you felt unclear about what it actually looks like to partner with God in your health? Do you wonder what's missing from your approach to healthy eating? Do you find yourself in a vicious cycle of dieting and restrictive eating?   I really think that all comes back to whether or not we are living out 4 core elements of holistic biblical health. I go over each one in this episode a...

Hey Friend, Have you found yourself battling emotional eating? Do you feel like you're always beating yourself up for not being consistent and staying on track? Maybe the weight of shame in where you're at in your health feels insurmountable.   In today's episode we're taking a thorough look at how David navigates some of his BIGGEST falls for insight on how we can better partner with God in creat...

Hey Friend, I am VERY excited for this episode because in it I interview the author of a book I have been wanting to exist for a long time. And actually, he felt the same way, which is why he wrote it.   In this episode we talk about what it means to follow Jesus and partner with God in healthy eating. We address some of the issues that exist in the church, in the United States, as well as some ne...

Hey Friend, When you want to lose weight, is your first inclination to cut out certain foods altogether?   To start eating significantly less to the point where you're always hungry?   Maybe you feel like you're already eating so little and eating pretty clean, but you aren't seeing the scale move.   In any of those cases, I imagine you also want to know WHAT to eat in order to get results.   I'm...

Hey Friend, Are you struggling to be consistent with your healthy habits? Are you struggling to be motivated to make healthy choices? Maybe you're in a place where you just wish you could miraculously transform the circumstances around your health.   If you love God, but you haven't tapped into what God has for you in your health journey, this episode is for you!   In today's episode I've got 3 VE...

Hey Friend, Believe it or not, research has found that the top predictor of longevity and your propensity to chronic disease is the amount of skeletal muscle you have.   I am doing this episode, one because I think the info is SUPER important for creating sustainable life long health, but also because I’m trying to amp myself up to get more consistent with my muscle building workouts.   About a ye...

Hey Friend, If you've been feeling discouraged because you are getting results. If the weight isn't coming off. Or if you're frustrated with yourself because you haven't figured out how to be consistent with your healthy habits, this episode is for you.   We're looking at King David's relationship with God and considering how that same approach can bring you into the level of consistency and freed...

Hey friend,   I've heard MANY clients say, while they're in the middle of experiencing the excitement of weight loss, increased energy, and a new found love for cooking that they are AFRAID of losing all the progress they've made.   They start thinking about the times in the past where they were successful and then something came up and totally derailed them.   Having navigated these feelings and...