Today Heather interviews Alisa Keeton, founder of Revelation Wellness and author of a brand new book called, "The Body Revelation." Heather and Alisa talk about trauma, how our bodies hold on to and store trauma, and what we can do to find healing spiritually,...
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Diet Culture in the Church: Featuring Leslie Schilling
Leslie Schilling returns for part two of an insightful and thought-provoking conversation. In this episode, Leslie and host Heather Creekmore discuss the challenging promises of diet culture and the importance of accepting and respecting diverse body types. They delve...
Dear Girl Mom, She’s Watching: Teaching Our Daughters Not to Hate Their Bodies
This is a letter I'm writing to you, but also to myself. You see moms, our daughters are watching (so are our sons). But we have to not just teach them how not to hate their bodies, we have to show them. The job is a big one. But, our girls are watching. Dear Girl...
Letting Go of the Number on the Scale: IE Coaching Call
Today's Intuitive Eating coaching call Heather and her coaches talk about the real challenge of getting over that number on the scale. Heather talks about how a medical procedure recently forced her to see that number, after not weighing for a while, and how she's...
How to Balance Pursuing Health and Body Image Issues
Today the "Questions About Your Body Image and Comparison" series continues with this question about how to balance pursuing health and body image: Dear Heather: I'm a fairly healthy mother and wife who has struggled with my body image for at least twenty years. I...
What I Thought Would Fix My Body Image: Fixing My Body Day 5
It's Day Five of our Spring Break Free! Today, I share what I thought would fix my body image. It's almost embarrassing now . . . I can't believe how naive I was to think this would ACTUALLY work. But, I tried it. Some of you will think it was extreme . . . All I...
3 Good Reasons to Stop Comparing
Need some reasons to stop comparing yourself to others? Read this. You slip into your brand new one-piece. It looked okay in the store's dressing room. I can do this. You think to yourself. But one accidental glance at the tag's picture of the gorgeous woman wearing...
Life is Worth the Weight: Body Image and Pregnancy
As little girls we spend time planning our fairy tale lives: our lavish weddings, our extravagant dream homes, the perfect husband (who will always be romantic) and the number of children we will have. What we don’t spend time planning is dealing with the stress of...
Is it Time to Stop Blaming Barbie?
"Finally, Barbie will look more like us!" The radio DJ exclaimed. "This will help little girls feel better about themselves. It's so great for them." She gushed. But is it true? Will the new, curvier Barbies--or their darker skin or shorter stature...
Make My Heart Believe
For the better part of my life, my relationship with food, diet, exercise, and my body has been . . . complicated, to say the least. I’ve been through seasons of “plans” — i.e, Hallie’s path to less jiggle - seasons of “intentionally zero plans” - i.e., Hallie says...