Do the holidays stir up feelings of anxiety or stress about food and weight gain? In this episode, author and speaker Heather Creekmore gets real about food, dieting, all the rules, and what happens at the holidays. Should worrying about food consume our holidays? Is...
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Longing to Be Seen: Finding Purpose Out of Pain After Eating Disorder
I spent most of my adolescence desperate to be seen, but terrified of rejection. This caused me to never truly embrace how God made me. I instead looked to the world for what would make me valuable and worthy. Lost and confused, I turned to diets and food to save me....
Podcast: Food Fixation A Spiritual Battle feat. Asheritah Ciuciu
Best-selling author and speaker, Asheritah Ciuciu talks about the struggle with food fixation and its spiritual roots in this fun and informative episode. Listen as Asheritah explains her prayer asking God to be her "divide dietician" and how she's learning to hit her...
Podcast: How Do I Know if Teen Has an Eating Disorder?
It's hard to know how to help our children with food and food-related issues when we may still struggle ourselves. What do we do if our child's showing signs of disordered eating? How do we know if our teen has an eating disorder? What if our child is overweight and...
Podcast: Quitting the Comparison Girl Game with Shannon Popkin
Are you stuck measuring and comparing yourself to others? Author Shannon Popkin and I have a heart-to-heart about what happens when we compare, how we can stop the dangerous habit of self-focus and love others, and what happens in our hearts when we sit around judging...
Are Churches Encouraging Disordered Eating?
We know that the church means well; however, we also know that the church is made up of human beings who make mistakes. Just like the rest of the world, church leaders have blind spots and insecurities. They want to be culturally relevant so they tell a joke or two...
Podcast: Chasing Perfect with Author Alisha Illian
Ready to be free from those voices that tell you to do more and be more? Author Alisha Illian and I talk about her new book, "Chasing Perfect" and compare notes on how to stop comparing and find rest and peace in Jesus! We also have a fun conversation about reality...
Podcast: The Upside of Aging with Laurie Davies
Advertisements make aging seem like a crisis that must be stopped, but is there an upside to aging? My friend Laurie Davies and I talk about all the pluses that come with getting older, how you can learn to stop hustling for your worth, and how aging can allow us to...
Podcast: Comparison and Social Media: Can Christians Engage in a Healthy Way?
As my new book, "The Burden of Better" releases this week, in this episode I explore how social media impacts us and I talk about ways God has personally been convicting me over my social media usage. Does time on Facebook alter my view of reality? Does Instagram help...
Podcast: Body Image and Cancer
Today I talk to my best friend from my teen years, Rachel Czyz, about her journey through breast cancer. We visit one aspect of cancer few cover--body image. It's a strange concept right? You shouldn't be worried about how you look when you're fighting for your life....