In today’s episode of Intuitive Eating for Christian Women, Tricia Hicks shares her testimony of healing from eating disorders and discovering intuitive eating and intuitive movement.  In this episode we dig into: - Suffering an identity crisis as a teenager which led to eating disorders - How her food story brought her to God - Her testimony of God working in the broken places and leading her to healing - Her journey to become a health coach and Revelation Wellness instructor -...

In this episode of Intuitive Eating for Christian Women our guest Leslie Schilling shares about her latest book Feed Yourself and explains why we should step away from the lies of diet culture and into our divine design. In this thought-provoking conversation, Leslie unpacks the influence of diet culture in the church and helps us navigate it with truth and compassion. In this episode we cover: - How Leslie moved from weight-centered training to a weight-neutral intuitive eating approach...

In this episode of Intuitive Eating for Christian Women our guest Donetta Floyd shares her journey to become a dietitian working with Type 2 Diabetes and eating disorders. We discuss the social determinants of health and take a look at what it’s like to manage diabetes with intuitive eating. In this episode we dig into: - Growing up in church but not living submitted to the Lord - How pregnancy and motherhood drew her to deeper faith - Her journey to become a dietitian working with Type 2...

In today’s episode of Intuitive Eating for Christian Women, Kirsten Schmidt shares her experience of healing from shame and sexual trauma. Kirsten and Char-Lee delve deep into the challenging yet transformative journey of healing from sexual wounds and body image issues through the lens of faith and intuitive eating. In this episode we discuss: - Healing from sexual wounds and body image issues through prayer, professional help, and faith. - Navigating shame, vulnerability, and the process...

In today’s episode of Intuitive Eating for Christian Women, Dr. Kari Anderson shares about sourcing God’s love to feel safe and the impact of fear on our relationships with food, body and others. In this episode we discuss: - Kari’s experience with binge eating disorder as a preteen and getting eating disorder treatment in her 20s - Learning to approach food and our bodies from a love perspective, not a fear perspective - Her memoir Food Body & Love but the greatest of these is love...

Our bonus episode today is an intuitive eating coaching session where we coach our friend and fellow podcaster  Heather Creekmore as she steps out in faith and starts sharing about her own intuitive eating journey with Jesus. Today we discuss unconditional permission to eat and habituation around foods, Heather’s experience with headaches and the process of gaining awareness of her actual needs, and approaching holiday food intuitively. We hope this intuitive eating coaching call will help...

Today on the Intuitive Eating for Christian Women podcast our guest Jeff Ash shares his journey with food and faith, and gives us a male perspective on intuitive eating and how it relates to our faith as Christians. This episode of Intuitive Eating for Christian Women is brought to you by our MEMBERSHIP. If you’re ready to invest in your faith-based intuitive eating journey and invest in relationships with like-minded Christian women, then join us! You can try your first month for just $1....

In this BONUS episode of Intuitive Eating for Christian Women we’re giving you a special sneak peek inside our Membership. What you’ll hear today is an excerpt of our Live Podcast which was Part 1 of a 3-Part Weight Series, tackling some of the toughest and most frequently asked questions we get about weight. In this BONUS episode, you will get to hear the teaching portion from Part 1 of this FAQ - What if I’m over my set point weight? To protect the privacy of our members, you will NOT...

Today on Intuitive Eating for Christian Women our guest Jennifer D’Amato discusses the importance of dismantling diet culture for future generations. Jen shares her story of pivoting from dieting to intuitive eating and the transformation that followed for her whole household, including four daughters.  This episode of Intuitive Eating for Christian Women is brought to you by our MEMBERSHIP. If you’re ready to invest in your faith-based intuitive eating journey and invest in relationships...

Today on the Intuitive Eating for Christian Women podcast our guest Melissa Johnson explains why we need to redefine beauty and shares about her new book "Soul-Deep Beauty: Fighting for Our True Worth in a World Demanding Flawless". In this episode we dig into: - Her experience of finding deeper intimacy with God in her eating disorder and her journey of treatment and healing. - The intertwining dangers of beauty culture and diet culture - How media saturation impacts our mind, body and...

Today on the Intuitive Eating for Christian Women podcast our guest Kristin Williams shares her testimony of walking through her own eating disorder recovery to becoming a Christ-centered dietitian passionate about setting captives free from the grips of diet culture, disordered eating and eating disorders. In this episode we dig into: How no one is immune from diet culture and what it looks like to wrestle well in recovery Recognizing and answering the call to provide Christ-centered...

In this BONUS episode we explore the benefits of being connected in community. Erin and Char-Lee chat about the personal benefits of community, the kingdom benefits of community, and they invite you to become a part of our Intuitive Eating for Christian Women MEMBERSHIP community. You are surrounded by people who are still stuck in diet culture and don’t understand you’re trying to break free. You don’t have to try to do intuitive eating alone. We all need support and sisterhood to walk this...

Today on the Intuitive Eating for Christian Women podcast our guest Rachael Gilbert gives us some real talk from a counselor’s perspective about how trauma impacts our body and body image and the role our faith has to play in healing. In this episode we dig into: - Rachael’s personal experience struggling with body image and experiencing a traumatic miscarriage - What happens when we separate body and spirit - How trauma impacts our body and body image - Learning to trust God and trust...

Today on the Intuitive Eating for Christian Women podcast our guest Laura Acuña shares her testimony of finding freedom with food through her faith and gives us encouragement that it’s never too late for God to write a new story. In this episode we dig into: - Her experience of rapid and traumatic weight gain as a 11 year old girl. - Hitting a tipping point a few years ago and realizing she needed specialized help to heal.  - How freedom doesn’t have a look or a body size and the danger...

Today on the Intuitive Eating for Christian Women podcast our guest Zoë Bisbing shares her professional experience as a licensed psychotherapist with specialties in eating disorders and body image concerns as we discuss how we talk to our kids about food and bodies. In this episode we dig into: - The family work that is essential in eating disorder treatment - Her work with the The Full Bloom Project and the mission to help parents prevent eating disorders and nurture embodiment in the...

Today on the Intuitive Eating for Christian Women podcast our guest Sean Coons shares his body image story and gives us a male perspective on body image, food and how it relates to our faith as Christians. In this episode we dig into: - The experience of perceiving your relationship with food as impacting your ability to be successful  - Recognizing tendencies to go to extremes in our relationships with food and body - His experience going from a rock and roll prodigal son to a Bible...

In today’s Bonus Episode we chat with our friend and fellow podcaster Heather Creekmore about how diet culture shows up in fasting, how the church has conflated stewardship and fasting with dieting, and the danger of interpreting scripture through the lens of diet culture. We invite you to join us for Losing the Lies for Lent, this collaboration is a 7-week guided series to re-discover Lent without diet culture. Join us for a Lent you will never forget, we begin 2/20/23. Learn more at...

Today on the Intuitive Eating for Christian Women podcast our guest Amanda Reynolds shares her story of moving from a posture of control to surrender in her health. She also walks us through her experience navigating intuitive eating principles with a specific health condition. In this episode we dig into: - Breaking the striving cycle of “never enough” through surrender - Recognizing that coping with food is a grasp for control - Learning to sit with your feelings and rely on the Lord -...

Our bonus episode today is an intuitive eating coaching session where we coach our friend and fellow podcaster  Heather Creekmore as she steps out in faith and starts sharing about her own intuitive eating journey with Jesus. Today we explore the experience of vacation, visiting family and navigating the food and body triggers that can come up with that. On the Intuitive Eating for Christian Women podcast our aim is to introduce you to the principles of Intuitive Eating and help you see how...

Today on the Intuitive Eating for Christian Women podcast our guest Amanda Martinez Beck shares her story of learning to embrace the body God gave her and she helps us understand why all bodies are good bodies. In this episode we dig into: - How our appetites are meant to draw us to Jesus - Reframing our body weaknesses in light of the gospel - The purpose of bodies and what makes a body good - Her first book Lovely: How I Learned to Embrace the Body God Gave Me - Understanding how...

Our bonus episode today is an intuitive eating coaching session where we coach our friend and fellow podcaster  Heather Creekmore as she steps out in faith and starts sharing about her own intuitive eating journey with Jesus. Today we unpack feeling uncomfortable in our bodies, discuss health as an “obligation” and examine the heart issue underneath it all. On the Intuitive Eating for Christian Women podcast our aim is to introduce you to the principles of Intuitive Eating and help you see...

Today our guest on the Intuitive Eating for Christian Women podcast is Christie Dondero Bettwy, the Executive Director of Rock Recovery. In this episode Christie shares about how her faith impacted her eating disorder recovery and she encourages us that freedom is possible. In this episode we dig into: - Recognizing coping with food as doing the best you can - Examining the root of our control issues - Meeting Jesus and recovering from an eating disorder in the same season - The freedom...

Our bonus episode today is part of our BOOK CLUB SERIES on the Intuitive Eating for Christian Women podcast. Join us as we talk with our special guest Kassandra Baker about the book The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry by John Mark Comer. Become a monthly member and join us for our members only Book Club Meeting featuring a live Q&A with our special guest Kassandra Baker on January 17, 2023 at 2:00 pm EST. In today’s book club series episode we dig into: What this book is about and why...

Today our guest on the Intuitive Eating for Christian Women podcast is Rachael Adams, host of The Love Offering podcast and author of the new book A Little Goes a Long Way: 52 Days to a Significant Life. In this episode Rachael shares about insecurity, performance and identity in Christ. This is a great conversation to encourage us to live out our faith together! In this episode we dig into: - The shift in her faith that occurred when she became a mother - The value in our testimonies,...