Weight Loss with the Holy Spirit

Are you tired of winter feeling like the season where your motivation disappears and weight loss gets put on hold? ❄️💭 In this episode, Denise shows you how to stop letting winter be the "problem" and instead make it work with you. You'll learn how your brain turns shorter days, cold weather, and comfort food cravings into obstacles—and how to gently dismantle those thoughts using simple mindset...

Are you longing to feel at peace in your own body after decades of criticism, comparison, or shame? 💔✨ In this powerful episode, Denise sits down with Jen, a Catholic wife and adoptive mother, who shares how God gently led her out of self-hatred and into true self-love—without weight loss, dieting, or pressure to change her body. 🙏💛 You'll discover how healing your relationship with yourself o...

Are you exhausted from decades of dieting, food obsession, or cycles of bingeing and shame that never seem to end? 💔🍽️ In this powerful episode, Denise sits down with Mary and Loesja—two women from different countries and life stages—to reveal how Catholic weight loss rooted in surrender, healing, and skill-building can bring real freedom from emotional eating. You'll learn how trauma, caregiving...

Are you tired of fighting food battles that feel bigger than willpower? 🍽️💭 In this episode, Denise sits down with Dee and Abby—two women in very different seasons of life—to show you how real change happens when you invite Jesus into your struggles with food, weight, and emotional eating. ✝️ 💛 You'll learn how grief, anxiety, stress, and unprocessed emotions often drive eating behaviors, why di...

Are you tired of feeling stuck in cycles of dieting, emotional eating, and food guilt—even after trying everything? 😔🍽️ In this powerful episode, Denise sits down with Monica, a nurse and lifelong Catholic, to show you what finally clicked when weight loss became about surrender instead of control. ✝️💛 You'll learn how emotional eating isn't a moral failure but a signal for support, why extremes...

Are you ready to stop dreading winter and start seeing it as the season God designed to help you heal? In this episode, I'll show you how weight loss is not only possible in the colder months—it's easier when you learn to work with your body instead of against it. You'll discover how your biology naturally supports weight loss through lower appetite, deeper sleep, and increased fat burning, and ho...

Are you ready to see your weight-loss journey as a sacred path of surrender and transformation? ✨ In this episode, I'll walk you through some of the mansions in The Interior Castle by St. Teresa of Avila 🕊️ and show you how her timeless spiritual wisdom beautifully parallels your journey toward peace with food, your body, and God. 💜 You'll discover how each stage of surrender brings you closer t...

Are you ready to experience a more peaceful, light-filled Advent? ✨ In this powerful conversation, I'm joined by Raquel from The Little Rose Shop to talk about surrender—what it really means, how it transforms suffering, and how it opens the door to peace. 🌿Raquel shares her deeply moving story of learning to surrender control, discovering God's mercy in her brokenness, and finding healing throu...

Are you ready to enjoy Thanksgiving with peace instead of pressure? 🍂 In this episode, you'll learn how to plan simply, protect your energy, and prevent the post-event exhaustion that so often leads to stress eating. Denise will guide you step-by-step in creating a plan that includes both the days before and after Thanksgiving—so you can feel organized, calm, and supported instead of depleted. 🌿...

Have you ever wondered why you sometimes eat when good things happen? 💫 In this episode, I'm unpacking one of the most confusing food patterns we have—and helping you finally make sense of it. You'll learn how your brain, after years of stress or vigilance, can mistake good emotions for unsafe ones—triggering restlessness, anxiety, and cravings even in moments of joy. 🧠 I'll walk you through how...

Do the holidays ever feel like the Food Olympics? 🎄 In this episode, I'll show you why that happens—and why it's not your fault. You'll learn what's really going on in your brain and body during this season: how emotional memories, dopamine, and your amygdala all light up when you're surrounded by food, family, and nostalgia. 🧠 Once you understand this, you'll see that food battles aren't moral...

Are you ready to finally experience 💫 peace, joy, and freedom around food this holiday season? 🎄 In this inspiring episode, Denise sits down with Sue, a graduate of the Celebrate Not Sabotage program, to reveal how she broke free from years of yo-yo dieting and emotional eating—not through restriction or willpower, but by inviting the Holy Spirit into her weight loss journey. 🙏 You'll discover...

Are you ready to finally avoid holiday weight gain without missing out on your favorite foods? 🎄 ✨ In this episode, Denise shares how it's possible to enjoy the season with peace, not pressure—no more guilt, no more all-or-nothing thinking. 🙏 You'll learn the real reasons women overeat during the holidays and discover how the Celebrate Not Sabotage program walks with you step-by-step through th...

Do you ever feel like the scale controls you—deciding whether you've succeeded or failed each day? ⚖️ In this powerful episode, Denise coaches a woman through one of the most common fears in Catholic weight loss: the fear of gaining weight and letting go of the scale. 💭 You'll hear how this fear is really about safety, control, and the longing for peace. Through this real coaching session, you'll...

Are you ready to uncover how trauma can shape your life? 🙏 In this enlightening episode of Weight Loss with the Holy Spirit, Denise welcomes Catholic counselor Catherine DiNuzzo to reveal how past experiences influence your emotional eating and daily struggles, offering hope through faith-based weight loss. You'll discover Catherine's transformative process to navigate these challenges, shared th...

Are you ready to enjoy international travel without falling into old food patterns? In this episode, Denise sits down with Anne, a devoted member of the Weight Loss with the Holy Spirit community, who shares how she's learned to vacation with peace and freedom. Together, they explore how letting go of "diet brain," slowing down, and practicing patience allowed Anne to fully enjoy trips to places l...

✨ Are you ready to bring your weight loss journey closer to God in a new, practical way? In this episode, Denise introduces the concept of Catholic weight loss—choosing to walk hand in hand with the Lord instead of relying on the secular world's "eat less, move more" rules. She shares how giving the Lord your first fruits through daily moments of surrender can transform not just your body, but yo...

Are you ready to finally feel confident, in control, and successful on your weight loss journey? 💪 In this episode, Denise shares how to guarantee results in ANY weight loss program by asking two questions: 1️⃣ What would make this the BEST investment of my time, energy, and money? 2️⃣ What can I control to GUARANTEE that I get that? When you focus on your behaviors and mindset—and don't give up—...

Are you tired of trying one diet after another only to feel like you've failed? 🌿 In this episode, Denise—your Catholic health and weight loss coach—reveals the three reasons secular diets don't work and why it's not your fault. You'll discover why most diets make you fear or feel guilty about the foods you love 🍰, how they ignore your real needs and God-given design ✨, and what happens when th...

Are you ready to retrain your body and brain for weight loss that lasts? 🌿 This podcast offers a path to freedom. Denise will explain why knowing what to do is never enough—and how lasting change comes from building new patterns that get into your body and become second nature.🚦 You'll learn how to calm your brain with a simple ten-second pause 🕊️, practice three intentional eating habits to slo...

Are you longing for peace with food after years of diets that never last? 🌿 In this episode, you'll meet Jeannie—a 61-year-old wife, mom, and grandma of seven—who spent decades stuck in food struggles, panic prayers, and endless dieting, until she found freedom through 63 Surrendered. 🙌 You'll hear how she learned to trade panic for peace, invite Jesus into her weight loss journey, and calm her...

✨ Have you ever had a great day ruined just by stepping on the scale? In this bonus episode, I talk with Amanda, a busy mom of five, who discovered freedom by breaking out of autopilot eating, finding peace with her body, and focusing on non-scale wins 🙌. She shares how leaning into Jesus helped her recognize chaos eating patterns, give herself permission to enjoy food without guilt, and celebra...

Are you ready to experience true freedom from food struggles? In this episode, Denise introduces you to Ciara, a graduate of 63 Surrendered, who went from daily binge eating and negative body image to peace, confidence, and a 52-pound weight loss in just seven months. You'll hear how Ciara discovered the power of surrender, learned to let go of control, and invited the Holy Spirit into her weight...

Are you standing on the edge of a major life change—sending a child to college, entering a new season, or navigating a transition that leaves your heart tender? This episode offers a path to peace. Denise shares a deeply personal story of facing an emotional crossroads and how she found clarity through prayer and surrender. You'll walk through four key reflection steps to help you process what's c...

Are you wondering if alcohol is quietly disrupting your peace, your weight loss journey, or your walk with God? This podcast offers a compassionate and practical path to discernment. Denise is joined by Catholic sobriety coach Christy Walker, who shares her story of nearly three decades alcohol-free, and explains how drinking—especially "just one glass"—may impact your brain, your body, and your a...