Season 7
Dec. 19, 2023
Does How You Clean Your House for Company Connect to Your Body Image Issues?
Did you know that your body image issues and cleaning your house like a crazy person may be connected? If you've ever turned into a cleaning Gestapo before company came over or if you've ever stressed way too much over how y…
Dec. 15, 2023
Are You a Body Change or Body Improvement Addict?
Today Heather digs into the concept of addiction--but not in a way you might expect. Heather isn't talking about drugs or alcohol or other things that you expect people to be addicted to. Instead, she talks about being addic…
Dec. 12, 2023
Enjoying Food & Being Thankful for Our Bodies: Lessons from 1 Timothy 4
Host Heather Creekmore teaches through 1 Timothy 4:1-10 and looks at the ways scripture instructs us to think about our food, pleasure, contentment, and even exercise. This passage includes instruction about how we think abo…
Dec. 8, 2023
Why is it Bad to Put Myself Down? What do I Say When a Friend Loses Weight? Ask Me Anything
In today's "Ask Me Anything" episode Heather tackles two listener questions: 1) What do I say when a friend loses weight (and everyone else is complimenting her)? 2) Why is it bad to put myself down? I'd never say anything m…
Dec. 5, 2023
Dolly Parton and Judging Bodies
Today's thought-provoking new episode may challenge the way you think about judgment and body image. Host Heather Creekmore delves into the Sermon on the Mount in Matthew 7, exploring how our tendency to judge others based o…
Dec. 1, 2023
8 Ways to Be Healthy (Without a New Diet) During the Holidays
December is full of episodes and articles telling you how to "stay healthy" during the holidays by avoiding holiday treats or exercising more . . . but today Heather encourages you with easy, tangible ways you can feel healt…
Nov. 28, 2023
The Body Image Solution: A 40-Day Workbook to Break Free from Food and Body Frustration
Today Heather gives a preview of her brand new book, The 40-Day Body Image Workbook: Help for Christian Women Who've Tried Everything . In this episode, Heather shares the inspiration behind her book and reveals some of its …
Nov. 24, 2023
What if We Are Made to Crave Food? Featuring Kirsten Schmidt
Today Heather continues a conversation with Kirsten Schmidt, a certified eating disorder recovery coach, and the pair dive deeper into the topic of cravings and our relationship with food. Heather and Kirsten explore the com…
Nov. 21, 2023
What Do I Do About Cravings? Featuring Kirsten Schmidt
Heather Creekmore interviews Kirsten Schmidt, a health coach who shares her personal story of disordered eating and how she found healing. They discuss the misconceptions and societal messaging surrounding cravings, and the …
Nov. 17, 2023
Holiday Food, Mental Restriction, Satisfaction & Intuitive Eating
Heather Creekmore is joined by Erin Todd and Char-Lee Cassel from the Intuitive Eating for Christian Women podcast for a holiday intuitive eating coaching call. The discussion delves into the principles of intuitive eating, …
Nov. 14, 2023
Finding Freedom: Michelle Rayburn's Journey From Diet Culture to Freedom
Podcast host and author, Michelle Rayburn shares her powerful journey out of Diet Culture and into intuitive eating that may have been inspired by reading Heather's first book, "Compared to Who?" In this episode, Michelle di…
Nov. 10, 2023
Gen Z, Body Image, and Identity Issues Featuring Jessie Cruickshank
Today Heather continues her conversation with Jessie Cruickshank about Generation Z, their anxieties, the differences in the way they want to relate and the ways the learn, and how to help them with body image issues. Here a…
Nov. 7, 2023
Understanding Gen Z Featuring Jessie Cruickshank
Today's show is a must-listen if you have children, nieces, nephews, grandchildren or folks in your ministry who are a part of Gen Z categorized as those between the ages of 12 and 26. Heather's guest, Jessie Cruickshank, ha…
Nov. 3, 2023
Ask Me Anything: Body Dysmorphic Disorder, Diet Talk, and What Good Can Come from Getting Fat?
Today Heather answers three listener questions related to body image and self-worth. These questions were taken from the Facebook group "Body Image for Christian Women" (Join anytime and look for opportunities to submit your…
Oct. 31, 2023
Wise Investments: How Money Stewardship Connects to Body Stewardship
This thought-provoking episode of "Compared to Who?" explains the connections between being a good "steward" of our money and the stewardship of our bodies. Looking at Matthew 6, Heather answers a listener's question: How ca…
Oct. 27, 2023
I Didn't Know I Had an Eating Disorder: Featuring Christie of Rock Recovery
"The behaviors and information were the problem, my body was trying to help!" Christie Dondero Bettwy Heather Creekmore is joined today by Christie Dondero Bettwy, the executive director of Rock Recovery, an organization ded…
Oct. 24, 2023
Is Your Body Storing Trauma? The Biology of Trauma with Dr. Aimie Apiagan
Heather talks with Dr. Aimie Apiagan, MD, MS, MPH, a medical doctor who has committed her life's work to studying how trauma impacts our physical bodies. In today's show, Dr. Aimie shares her own experiences with trauma, re…
Oct. 20, 2023
Could Your Body Image Issues Connect to ADHD? Featuring Dr. Tamara Rosier
Today Heather has a fascinating discussion with Tamara Rosier, PhD about the connections between ADHD and body image issues and eating disorders. Heather explores this topic as an extension of personal research she's been do…
Oct. 17, 2023
The Role of Spiritual Maturity in Healing Our Body Image Issues Featuring Laura Acuna
Today Heather is back with speaker, author, and coach, Laura Acuna to talk about the role spiritual maturity plays in healing body image issues. Laura and Heather talk about how hard and necessary it is to separate the lies …
Oct. 13, 2023
Freedom Has Nothing to Do With The Number on the Scale Featuring Laura Acuna
ather interviews Laura Acuna an author, speaker, and coach who helps women find freedom from body and food shame. Laura shares her story, how she gained one hundred pounds as a middle schooler, and how she battled weight and…
Oct. 10, 2023
What is Health Podcast? The History of BMI, Ideal Weights, Bathroom Scales, and Food Trends
One of the biggest obstacles women who are battling body image face is the pressure from society to meet a standard of health that is evidenced by one's appearance. Today, Heather takes a deep dive into all things "health." …
Oct. 3, 2023
Is It Okay to Track Food With Intuitive Eating? Intuitive Eating Coaching Call
Today Heather chats with the hosts of the Intuitive Eating for Christian Women Podcast, Erin Todd and Char Lee Haze, about food tracking, trying to track food for weight loss, and how this concept aligns with Intuitive Eatin…
Sept. 29, 2023
Can Philippians 4:13 Be My Weight Loss or Fitness Inspiration Verse?
"I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength." Do you have Philippians 4:13 memorized or on a Christian t-shirt. Have you recited it before the big test or the big game? Have you used it to be your weight loss o…
Sept. 26, 2023
Have we Christianized Disordered Eating? Featuring Amy Carlson, RD
Today, Heather continues her conversation with eating disorder expert and registered dietitian Amy Carlson. Amy and Heather delicately address some "Christianized" messages around binge eating and dieting. Amy shares how she…