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I Just Want to Feel Okay About My Body
Today, Heather digs into this common sentiment, "I just want to feel good" or "I just want to feel okay" about my body. She explores how this is a struggle for so many women who are wrestling to feel confident about their bodies. What is this desire of having a body...
Rachel And Leah: Three Lessons Leah Can Teach Us About Beauty and Body Image
I used to believe that Genesis 29:17 was the meanest verse in the whole Bible. Leah's eyes were weak, but Rachel was beautiful in form and appearance. (ESV) How could God tell us that Rachel beamed with physical beauty while Leah lacked great eyes? Isn't that a bit...
How Cleaning Your House Like Crazy Connects to Your Body Image
I caught this slightly crazy but totally funny video on For Every Mom. (You'll get the gist after the first fifteen seconds. Why is it so funny? Because it's true . . .at least for me it was. Years ago we planted a church in our house. Yes. Our church met inside our...
Ten Habits of Women With Healthy Body Image
"How She Lost the Weight: Her Secret Revealed!" That headline sucked me in. Every. Single. Time. Unlike the best practices of a celebrity diet plan, if you battle your body image, there are practical things you can do to help. These aren't tasks to be accomplished one...
Three Good Reasons to Tilt Your Mirror: Key to Better Body Image
That dress is sooo cute. I bring the hanger to my chin to check the length. Good. Dressing room, here I come! I slip it on and look at the long reflective glass. Wow. This dress is amazing. Have I lost weight? And, then I see it. The mirror. It's tilted. Tilted down,...
A With-God Approach to Eating
Today Heather is joined by one of her favorite guests, eating disorder expert, dietitian, and biblical truth seeker, Amy Carlson. Amy and Heather dig into some of the messaging around food that they've observed floating around from Christian content creators. Today,...
Reclaiming Your Stolen Identity: Spiritual Warfare Over Your Identity in Christ
Did you know that one of the key ways we experience spiritual warfare is in the fight for our identity in Christ? The enemy works very hard to distract us by convincing us to find identity in other places or things and, in that way, he steals our identity. If you've...
Are Body Image Issues a Type of Spiritual Warfare?
In today's episode, we continue discussing the existence of evil and the spiritual battles we face daily including our battle with body image issues. As believers, Heather stresses the importance of surrendering control to God and relying on His divine protection and...
Exposing the Enemy’s Scheme: Unraveling the Spiritual Warfare Behind Body Image Issues
Today we dive deep into the realm of spiritual warfare, exploring the dark forces that wreak havoc on our body image. It's time to blow the enemy's cover. It's time for him to be exposed in the arena of what is happening with how we think about and treat our bodies....
Cheerleaders, Esther, and Beauty Featuring Tasha Calvert
Today Heather talks to author, speaker, and Bible teacher, Tasha Calvert about the ways we all struggle with beauty and body, how those words we heard in middle school can hurt, and about the subtle trauma of those early rejections. Heather and Tasha discuss how...
Are You Looking for an “After” Story? How to Find True Body Image Freedom
Today, Heather shares how to have an "after" story. Chances are, you've seen before and after pictures. Weight loss, fitness, and supplement marketers love to use before and after pictures to show you a picture of the "freedom" their plan offers after you use their...
Redefining Beauty Featuring Melissa Johnson
Melissa Johnson joins Heather today to discuss the concept of beauty and how it can be redefined. Melissa shares her personal journey of simultaneously undergoing eating disorder treatment and spiritual formation classes, which prompted her to question societal beauty...
How’s Your Relationship With Wine? Featuring Christy Osborne
In this episode, Christy Osborne shares her personal journey with disordered eating and drinking. Christy discusses how she struggled with restrictive eating and alcohol dependency, especially during her time in politics and in the church. She opens up about her...
Body Image and Sex Featuring Francie Winslow, Part 2
This is part two of an interview with the amazing Francie Winslow, a bold woman of God who hosts a podcast about sex in marriage! Go listen to part one of this interview first before you dig into today's great show! Heather and Francie cover a lot of ground today,...