Modern man has grown soft. It happened long before the internet. But being able to click a few buttons on a smartphone and have food show up minutes later hasn’t helped. Many problems we struggle with today, including body image issues, are a symptom of the relative...
Biblical Perspective on Body Positivity and Self Love
Healing Body Image Struggles in Young Women:
Yoga mats, dumbbells and at-home workouts I started working out again recently after a long hiatus and lack of motivation. Senior year of college during a pandemic has not been an easy feat. Like with everything else, working out at college has looked different due to...
Podcast: What the Bible Teaches on Self Esteem, Self Love, and Body Image
Everywhere you look you can find a #selflove or #loveyourself mantra to "encourage" you and help you "improve" your body image. But is self love really the way? Is self love even biblical? What about self-esteem? Is that something we need more of if we struggle with...
Skipping Lunch Is No Big Deal, Right? Restrictive Dieting, Over Exercising & Orthorexia
The Makings of my orthorexia As my body matured and grew through puberty, I found myself in an unhealthy romantic relationship with a boy that was crumbling. I also found myself busier and more stressed than ever between my honors classes, extracurriculars, sports,...
Looking for More Help? Affordable Christian Body Image Coaching
Affordable, effective, and God-honoring body image coaching is now more accessible than ever. If you need a Christian body image coach, look no further than Heather from Compared to Who? How much freedom could you find if you had someone to talk to about what's...
Real Women, Real Hope Mindy Pickens: Uncovering Body Image Idolatry Changed My Life
In Compared to Who? the Podcats Season 3, Episode 2: Heather Creekmore interviews Mindy Pickens, a woman who's uncovered God's grace and hope for her body image in a way she never expected! Listen to Mindy's hope-filled story and glean from her wisdom in walking a...
Do You Have to ‘Love’ Your Body? A Christian Perspective on Body Positivity
Stunned, I sat in front of my television. I could not believe what I just witnessed. The Today show featured a fashion consultant named Gok Wan who said he had discovered the answer for women with body image issues. Are you ready for this? He invites women to his...
Five BIG Myths About Body Image
The sign at the gym lists reasons why patrons should return to workout tomorrow. I laugh (and restrain myself from pulling out a Sharpie) as I read them. Reason number one reads: "No more body image issues." Ahhh . . . If only that were true. I've been a fitness...
The Beauty Trap
The fear of man lays a snare but whoever trusts in The Lord is safe. Proverbs 29:25 (ESV) A few years ago I diligently watched the Today show #LoveYourSelfie series. If you missed it, the basic premise was to uncover ways to help solve our society's prevalent struggle...
What You Need Instead of Self-Esteem
There's nothing worse than being duped. Conned. Swindled. Misled. Deceived. Yet that's what has happened to so many of us on the issue of our body image. We've been told that if we had more self-esteem, then . . . then . . .we would feel like a bunch of hotties--like...