Episodes
April 18, 2023
Agreeing with the Lord about How He Made Us: 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 a…
April 14, 2023
Hormones, HA, Infertility, Early Menopause, and Body Image Featuring Ashley Smith
omen 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 has led her to a ministry and coaching bu…
April 11, 2023
Rivalries, Sisters, and Comparison: A Biblical Look at Rivalries
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 w…
April 7, 2023
Money, Body Image, Stewardship, Hoarding, and Other 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 th…
April 4, 2023
What to Do When Depressed or Grieving Over Body Size Body Image
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"…
March 31, 2023
Why Give Up the Diet Mentality: Intuitive Eating 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 a…
March 28, 2023
What Can I Do to Feel More Significant? Featuring 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 ar…
March 24, 2023
Morality and Food Choices? How Diet Culture & Purity Culture Connect
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 …
March 21, 2023
How to Really Feel Better in Your Body Featuring Amy Carlson, RD
"But I feel better on a plan!" This is a sentiment Heather's heard many times and even said herself. But, today, she talks with a dietitian and eating disorder expert, Amy Carlson about what's underneath that feeling of need…
March 17, 2023
Dear Gwyneth: Your Wellness Plan is Not Food or Body Freedom
Today's episode is a compassionate letter to Gwyneth Paltrow who, on Instagram this week, talked about her "wellness plan" which included her sharing what she eats in a day. If you didn't get to see the interview, you can le…
March 14, 2023
What Happens in the Brain When You Binge Feat: Dr. Kari Anderson 2
Today Heather continues her conversation with Dr. Kari Anderson about binge eating. They discuss what's going on in the brain when we binge, how the brain sends signals that lead to a binge, how binges can connect with attac…
March 10, 2023
Binge Eating, Stress Eating, Food Issues & Our Brains
Today Heather interviews Dr. Kari Anderson, a licensed professional counselor, eating disorder coach, author, and a recognized authority in treating binge eating and Binge Eating Disorder (BED). Today, Dr. Anderson shares he…
March 7, 2023
6 Things to Do When You Feel Fat: Tips for Christian Women
What do you do when you feel fat? Of course, most know by now that "fat" isn't really a feeling. Yet, how many of us say it? It's what we say when we don't know any other words to express displeasure with how our bodies look…
March 3, 2023
What To Do If You Hate Your Stomach (2023)
Today we’re going to talk about what to do if there’s a part of your body that you hate–that you want to change or maybe even are obsessing over changing. In particular, we're going to talk about hating our stomachs. But you…
Feb. 28, 2023
7 minutes of Scripture: Numbers 13, 14 and Your Body Image
In Numbers 13 and 14 we read the story of Joshua, Caleb and the twelve spies that were sent out from the Israelites to scout out the land of Canaan. Canaan was the promised land - the land that God was leading them to and ha…
Feb. 24, 2023
Improving Body Image, Body Image Idols, and Compared to Who?
On today's show, Heather re-introduces herself, shares her story, and explains in more depth the ministry of Compared to Who? Heather tells of how God helped her overcome a lifetime battle with food, a likely eating disorder…
Feb. 21, 2023
How Do You Find Your Identity in Christ? Body Image, Identity, and Personality
Personality, identity, and image are topics that get fuzzy and blurred for many women who struggle with body image issues. We are told that we need to find our identity in Christ and root it in him, yet, it's difficult to un…
Feb. 17, 2023
Engaging Emotions Honestly, Three Chairs Model w/Travis Stewart
Heather continues her conversation with Travis Stewart, LPC - a leader in the world of Christian eating disorder treatment. In today's episode, Heather and Travis discuss a model Travis developed to help people work through …
Feb. 14, 2023
How Personality Connects to Food/ Body Issues with Travis Stewart
Today Heather talks with Travis Stewart, a licensed professional counselor and leader in the eating disorder recovery world. Travis and Heather discuss how understanding our core needs and motivations, which some may classif…
Feb. 10, 2023
Personality & Body Image Issues: Why We Manage Our Image
What if managing your image was about more than just your body? Have you ever felt yourself trying to manage your personality? Have you ever tried to portray an "image" of yourself that was more like your ideal than perhaps …
Feb. 7, 2023
Should I Be Sugar Free? Intuitive Eating Coaching Call
Today Heather talks to her Intuitive Eating Coaches — Erin Todd and Char-Lee Haze from the Intuitive Eating for Christian Women podcast — about whether or not you can be “sugar-free” while practicing intuitive eating. Char-L…
Jan. 31, 2023
Praying for Body Image: Tune in to Him Finale
I pray that this month-long series to help you pray for your body image and "Tune in" to God while you tune out the voices of marketers and Diet Culture has made a powerful impact in your life. Today we finish the series wit…
Jan. 30, 2023
Praying for Holiness: Striving for Holy in a World that Wants Hot
Today we pray that God would make us more holy. It sounds like a strange thing to pray for. But, throughout the New Testament we are encouraged to be striving for holiness. There are many things we strive for on this earth--…
Jan. 27, 2023
Praying to Be More Loving Towards Our Bodies and Others
Today we pray to be more loving. There are many ways being more loving can help us overcome body image issues and insecurity, but today we talk about how believing and receiving God's love can help us feel more of that love …