Do you hate to buy bigger clothes? Is it a mental battle when you try on the size you thought you wore only to find that you need another size or two (or more) larger? Have you been frustrated with your body because it has changed sizes and now you don't even know...
Podcast Episodes
Agreeing With What God Says About Our Bodies Featuring Ashley Smith (Part 2)
Heather continues her conversations with Ashley Smith of the HA society about hormonal issues, infertility, and body image issues common among women she works with. Part two of this conversation goes far beyond the medical and fertility implications of...
Hormones, HA, Infertility, Early Menopause, Eating Disorders & Body Image
Today Heather talks to Ashley Smith from the HA Society - a powerful advocate for women who are struggling with hormone issues surrounding fertility, loss of cycle, early menopause diagnoses, and body image issues. Ashley shares her story and how her own experience...
Rivalries, Sisters, and Comparison: A Biblical Look
Do you have a rival? Hannah in the Bible did. As did Rachel and Leah. Today we look at rivalries, competitions, and comparisons that happen between women. Whether you've always been compared to a rival sister or cousin, or whether or not you've just found yourself in...
Money, Body Image, Stewardship, Hoarding, and All the Connections
The concept of stewardship is often used with our bodies and money, but are there more connections between money and body image than we may know? Today's episode explores these connections, how eating disorders show up in the way we deal with money, how eating...
What to Do When You’re Depressed About Body Size: Grieving Your Ideal Body
Do you ever just feel sad about your body size or shape? Part of finding body image freedom is recognizing the truth that sometimes you will just feel sad or discouraged about your body. Grieving the lost dream of a "better" body that would "cure" everything or the...
Why Give Up the Diet Mentality? IE Coaching Call
Today Heather talks with one of her Intuitive Eating Coaches, Erin Todd, about step one of Intuitive Eating, which is giving up the Diet Mentality. Erin and Heather hash through how conditioned we are to believe that diets and plans are the only ways to be "healthy"...
What Can I Do to Feel More Significant? Feat. Rachael Adams
Let's face it. We all want to be special. We all want to know that our lives are significant. We each desire to know that we matter. But, sometimes our lives can feel anything but significant. We may know that God says we are, but then we look at our schedules or our...
Do Food Choices Make Us Righteous? Diet Culture & Purity Culture
In today's interview with Amy Carlson, MS, RD, LD, Amy and Heather talk about the ways that "Purity Culture" a movement in the church through the 1990s, has paved the way for Diet Culture in the church. The duo explores the language we use around our food choices like...
How to Really Feel Better in Your Body Featuring Amy Carlson, RD
"But I feel better on a plan!" If you've believed the only way to feel better about your body is to stay "on plan" than this show will encourage you! This is a sentiment Heather's heard many times and even said herself. But, today, she talks with a dietitian and...