Ep. 24 Face Off: Using God's Truth to Fight the Lies of Diet Culture

[00:00:00] [SPEAKER_00]: True freedom from dieting, weight loss or any other struggle that has taken root in your life

[00:00:08] [SPEAKER_00]: begins with the renewal of your mind. I know you've heard me say it again and again,

[00:00:14] [SPEAKER_00]: but the root of your unwanted behaviors comes from a thought or a belief that you have.

[00:00:21] [SPEAKER_00]: So if you want to be free of these unwanted habits, you will only find success through

[00:00:27] [SPEAKER_00]: the renewal of your mind. And that starts with being able to recognize the difference between

[00:00:32] [SPEAKER_00]: the truth of God's Word and the lies of the enemy. So in today's episode, I'm going to uncover two

[00:00:39] [SPEAKER_00]: common lies from diet culture and help you renew your mind, renew your beliefs by pointing you

[00:00:46] [SPEAKER_00]: towards God's truth and getting you one step closer to the freedom that you desire.

[00:00:53] [SPEAKER_00]: Welcome to the Nourished to Bloom podcast, where your faith meets your health. I'm your host,

[00:00:59] [SPEAKER_00]: Kara Trochta, a registered dietitian and certified Catholic coach, and I'm here to help you cultivate

[00:01:03] [SPEAKER_00]: a deeper connection with your body, your spirit, and the nourishment that sustains them both.

[00:01:09] [SPEAKER_00]: In a world filled with noise and confusion about food, health and body image,

[00:01:15] [SPEAKER_00]: this podcast offers truth and healing from a Christ-centered perspective.

[00:01:19] [SPEAKER_00]: Together, we'll untangle the deep roots of diet culture and discover what it means to truly care

[00:01:24] [SPEAKER_00]: for ourselves through joyful nourishment of mind, body, and soul. We're here to dive into the

[00:01:30] [SPEAKER_00]: transformative power of intuitive eating coupled with the rich teachings of our Christian faith.

[00:01:35] [SPEAKER_00]: With every episode, I'll be cheering you on, offering insights, inspiration, and practical

[00:01:40] [SPEAKER_00]: tools to help you heal your relationship with food and embrace the beauty of your body as a

[00:01:46] [SPEAKER_00]: temple of the Holy Spirit with confidence and courage that can only be found in Christ.

[00:01:53] [SPEAKER_00]: Join me as we journey together towards a more holistic approach to wellness,

[00:01:57] [SPEAKER_00]: one that honors the wisdom of your body as God's creation, the teachings of our faith,

[00:02:02] [SPEAKER_00]: and the unique purpose you're called to fulfill. You were made to bloom,

[00:02:08] [SPEAKER_00]: to come into full beauty and health in order to bear good fruit for the Lord with your life.

[00:02:13] [SPEAKER_00]: So if you're ready to nourish your body, feed your soul and bloom into the best version of yourself,

[00:02:19] [SPEAKER_00]: then you're in the right place and I'm so happy you're here.

[00:02:22] [SPEAKER_00]: Welcome to Nourished to Bloom, where every day is a sacred invitation to thrive.

[00:02:29] [SPEAKER_00]: Hey there, welcome back to another episode of the Nourished to Bloom podcast.

[00:02:34] [SPEAKER_00]: I am so happy to be here with you today as we talk about the renewal of the mind

[00:02:39] [SPEAKER_00]: and how it can help us be able to uproot lies from the enemy and break unwanted habits.

[00:02:46] [SPEAKER_00]: I love this topic, I feel like this is kind of one of my jams, really this mindset piece and this

[00:02:51] [SPEAKER_00]: mindset work. And I think I love it so much because it is in so many ways so practical and

[00:02:59] [SPEAKER_00]: once you learn this, it's like this secret like, wait a minute, it's this easy? Or

[00:03:05] [SPEAKER_00]: why has nobody told me this? And so I'm so happy to be able to share this little secret of the renewal

[00:03:13] [SPEAKER_00]: of the mind with you. But I want to start off first with a bit of scripture from Ephesians chapter

[00:03:19] [SPEAKER_00]: 4 verse 23, be renewed in the spirit of your minds and put on the new man created after the

[00:03:26] [SPEAKER_00]: likeness of God and true righteousness and holiness. This is so hopeful. This is telling

[00:03:34] [SPEAKER_00]: us that we can be a new creation, a holier creation by renewing our minds. And I was a little bit

[00:03:41] [SPEAKER_00]: curious about the word renewal, like what does it really mean? You know, you tell somebody,

[00:03:47] [SPEAKER_00]: renew your mind, renew your mind and you're like, okay, that's great. But like, what does that

[00:03:50] [SPEAKER_00]: really mean? And looking at renewal in the dictionary, it says that it's the replacing

[00:03:56] [SPEAKER_00]: or repair of something that is worn out, run down or broken. I mean, that kind of hits

[00:04:03] [SPEAKER_00]: the nail on the head right there. Like how many of us feel worn out, run down or broken

[00:04:09] [SPEAKER_00]: things to diet, culture lies or these unwanted habits and behaviors that we have. I mean,

[00:04:15] [SPEAKER_00]: I know I definitely was at one time. But this idea of renewal gives us hope because God's word,

[00:04:23] [SPEAKER_00]: like God's truth, when we can be able to distinguish that from the lives of the enemy,

[00:04:29] [SPEAKER_00]: it will help us to replace and repair our brokenness, making us new and whole again.

[00:04:39] [SPEAKER_00]: I mean, that's just so beautiful. I love, I love, love, love like looking up words and seeing what

[00:04:45] [SPEAKER_00]: they mean and being able to just, you know, get deeper and then, and even just so many words

[00:04:50] [SPEAKER_00]: giving us messages of hope if we just take a little bit of time to look at them and study

[00:04:54] [SPEAKER_00]: them a little bit more. So I thought that was really cool looking up the definition of what

[00:05:00] [SPEAKER_00]: renewal was. And now you may say like, Kara, this is all well and good. Like, I'm 100% and right,

[00:05:07] [SPEAKER_00]: like, I want to renew my mind. I want to replace and repair this brokenness that I feel. And yes,

[00:05:14] [SPEAKER_00]: I want to do it with God's help. But like, how am I supposed to do this? And it's funny

[00:05:20] [SPEAKER_00]: because when I learned that your thoughts dictate your emotions, which determine your actions and

[00:05:29] [SPEAKER_00]: therefore the results or the behaviors, the habits you have. We call this the reason cycle,

[00:05:35] [SPEAKER_00]: or I've called it the mind map before, but I was so surprised at how really simple it is.

[00:05:43] [SPEAKER_00]: Thoughts create feelings, which create actions, which create habits in your life or results.

[00:05:49] [SPEAKER_00]: And it's just like, whoa, that's so simple. We can like,

[00:05:54] [SPEAKER_00]: plug and play these different things in there and be able to figure out, you know,

[00:05:58] [SPEAKER_00]: some of these things that are going on in our life. But it seems like society really is the one

[00:06:04] [SPEAKER_00]: who's trying to complicate the solutions, telling us that we need this or that miracle

[00:06:09] [SPEAKER_00]: product or method. But the reality is, and I think this is beautiful, is that when you are

[00:06:15] [SPEAKER_00]: close to the Lord and you're leaning on him to work in your life, when you're collaborating

[00:06:20] [SPEAKER_00]: with him every day, it's like then the solutions you are looking for are actually pretty simple.

[00:06:27] [SPEAKER_00]: Like his solutions come from his guidance and grace in our lives. And the cool thing is,

[00:06:34] [SPEAKER_00]: is that by better understanding how our minds work and by having a deeper mind-body connection,

[00:06:40] [SPEAKER_00]: we can start to see how we already had the solutions that we needed. They were ready made for us.

[00:06:50] [SPEAKER_00]: It's like almost as if he knew there would come a time in our life that we were struggling with

[00:06:56] [SPEAKER_00]: something and that we would need this particular solution. Like, if we think about it from an

[00:07:01] [SPEAKER_00]: intuitive eating perspective, like how beautiful it was that we were designed to be able to

[00:07:06] [SPEAKER_00]: rely on those internal cues of hunger and fullness to help us be able to know how much to eat and

[00:07:12] [SPEAKER_00]: when to eat. And it's just like with this renewal of the mind, right? By being able to understand

[00:07:19] [SPEAKER_00]: how our minds and our bodies operate starting first with our thoughts, it helps us be able to

[00:07:25] [SPEAKER_00]: tap into that solution. Like the renewal of our minds allows us to discover his divine

[00:07:32] [SPEAKER_00]: solution. And it starts with being able to recognize that difference between the lies of the enemy

[00:07:39] [SPEAKER_00]: and the truth of God's Word. And I like to think about this as really like kind of a twofold

[00:07:45] [SPEAKER_00]: process. The first being a preventative approach, a preventative measure. And this means like

[00:07:52] [SPEAKER_00]: we are trying to create this layer of protection. We're building this firewall by

[00:07:58] [SPEAKER_00]: saturating our minds daily with God's truth, by reading scripture, by studying the lives of saints,

[00:08:06] [SPEAKER_00]: by spending time and prayer with him. Because we are ultimately responsible for filtering what we

[00:08:12] [SPEAKER_00]: allow into our minds and how we are nourishing our minds. So if we are constantly nourishing

[00:08:18] [SPEAKER_00]: our minds with God's truth, it's as if we put this firewall up so to speak around our minds.

[00:08:25] [SPEAKER_00]: Like we're being able to detect when lies are trying to penetrate. And secondly, the second part of this

[00:08:32] [SPEAKER_00]: is knowing how to deal with the lies of the enemy if they have somehow gotten past these

[00:08:37] [SPEAKER_00]: protective barriers that we've created. Because inevitably it does happen. Like we know the enemy

[00:08:43] [SPEAKER_00]: is sneaky and we are engaging in spiritual warfare every day with his constant changing

[00:08:49] [SPEAKER_00]: tactics. And sometimes we end up being blindsided despite our best defensive measures. So when this

[00:08:56] [SPEAKER_00]: happens, it is being able to distinguish that difference between those voices of the thoughts

[00:09:01] [SPEAKER_00]: and the beliefs that are running through your mind. And one way that we can do this is really

[00:09:07] [SPEAKER_00]: examining the tone of that thought. Is this thought or is this belief condemning? Is it

[00:09:13] [SPEAKER_00]: leading us to sin or feelings of guilt or shame? And does it point us back to the Lord?

[00:09:23] [SPEAKER_00]: Is it leaving us feeling hopeless or hurt? You know, if it's really any of those, then we can

[00:09:28] [SPEAKER_00]: start to distinguish that this is a lie of the enemy. And from there, we are able to take

[00:09:36] [SPEAKER_00]: kind of that, you know, defense mechanism that we put up and we're able to seek out God's truth

[00:09:41] [SPEAKER_00]: to help us choose what is good and holy. And I think it's beautiful to reiterate that we have

[00:09:48] [SPEAKER_00]: this solution inside of us. It's like we were pre-programmed with this,

[00:09:56] [SPEAKER_00]: like, I'm going to maybe age myself here, but like with a control all delete to reset, right?

[00:10:03] [SPEAKER_00]: Or it's like we were built with this virus scanner, this virus repair software that

[00:10:10] [SPEAKER_00]: when we have this lie of the enemy, we know how to attack it and we know how to repair it. We know

[00:10:14] [SPEAKER_00]: how to renew it through that renewal of our minds and inhaling what has been damaged or broken or

[00:10:20] [SPEAKER_00]: is worn out. And so today I really want to take this idea of renewal of the mind, take this

[00:10:28] [SPEAKER_00]: idea of being able to distinguish the voice of the enemy from the voice of God's truth

[00:10:35] [SPEAKER_00]: and really look at it to examine two of the really common lies of diet culture that I think a lot of

[00:10:42] [SPEAKER_00]: women believe and then be able to help point you towards God's truth to help arm you for when these

[00:10:49] [SPEAKER_00]: diet culture thoughts may sneak up in your life. So the first lie is you have to be thin to be

[00:10:56] [SPEAKER_00]: healthy. Diet culture and unfortunately our current health care approaches have made you

[00:11:03] [SPEAKER_00]: believe that your health status directly correlates to your weight. This also promotes an assumption

[00:11:10] [SPEAKER_00]: that weight loss is possible for everyone if you simply watch what you eat, cut back and exercise

[00:11:17] [SPEAKER_00]: more. And if you do all of those things and you're able to lose weight, then your health status

[00:11:21] [SPEAKER_00]: should improve. That is not always the case. Weight loss is not always possible for everyone

[00:11:28] [SPEAKER_00]: and it is not directly correlated with a better health status. I want you to remember that diets

[00:11:34] [SPEAKER_00]: fail 97% of the time, meaning that most people who engage in dieting and weight loss efforts gain

[00:11:42] [SPEAKER_00]: back the weight that they lost within a two-year period. So I want you to take a minute and

[00:11:48] [SPEAKER_00]: think about that. Any medication that had a 97% failure rate would never be allowed to hit the

[00:11:57] [SPEAKER_00]: market. That's like going into your doctor's office and they prescribed you a blood pressure

[00:12:05] [SPEAKER_00]: medication with a 97% failure rate and said, here take this. Like I know it's not really going to

[00:12:12] [SPEAKER_00]: work but just try harder and maybe it will. It's kind of silly when we really stop and think

[00:12:19] [SPEAKER_00]: about it but the enemy working through diet culture is really sneaky and it's made things like

[00:12:29] [SPEAKER_00]: very confusing. It's put a lot of gray areas into a lot of this and so it's really important for us

[00:12:36] [SPEAKER_00]: to look at what God's truth is on this one and it is that Jesus is the divine physician.

[00:12:45] [SPEAKER_00]: We need to put our healing and our health in his hands. In scripture he says those who are well do

[00:12:54] [SPEAKER_00]: not need a physician but the sick do. It's in Matthew 9 too. He came to be our physician and he works

[00:13:03] [SPEAKER_00]: with us to ensure our physical, mental, emotional and spiritual well-being because he knows that

[00:13:11] [SPEAKER_00]: all of that is necessary and vital to live out his calling in each of our lives and for us to be

[00:13:19] [SPEAKER_00]: his hands and his feet and doing his work during our time here on earth.

[00:13:26] [SPEAKER_00]: But we spend so much time on our physical health trying to get skinnier, trying to have

[00:13:33] [SPEAKER_00]: a body that looks a certain way or trying to lose weight because we're thinking that it's

[00:13:38] [SPEAKER_00]: going to help improve our health status but what ends up happening is our health often suffers in

[00:13:44] [SPEAKER_00]: other areas. Unlike diet culture and society, Jesus is most concerned with the health of our souls.

[00:13:55] [SPEAKER_00]: His top priority is our eternal health, our salvation and this should also be our top priority

[00:14:02] [SPEAKER_00]: when it comes to our health. We are all sickly sinners and the health of our souls should be

[00:14:09] [SPEAKER_00]: placed in Jesus's hands. Our most pressing ailment is the need for forgiveness of our sins

[00:14:17] [SPEAKER_00]: because this is what allows us to be reborn and to renew ourselves to be able to reach

[00:14:24] [SPEAKER_00]: our goal of union with God in heaven and when we go to the divine physician,

[00:14:30] [SPEAKER_00]: grace is his anecdote. That is his divine medicine. Jesus also points us to practical ways to care

[00:14:39] [SPEAKER_00]: for our souls. It's like a healthy soul means a healthy mind and a healthy body and

[00:14:46] [SPEAKER_00]: points to health period but these practical ways that he shows us through scripture in being able

[00:14:55] [SPEAKER_00]: to care for our souls, it's almost like preventative health care measures and he gives us instructions

[00:15:01] [SPEAKER_00]: on how to be more like him. He gives us these instructions through the commandments, through

[00:15:08] [SPEAKER_00]: the Beatitudes, through the maxims and the parables that he gives us because each of these show us

[00:15:15] [SPEAKER_00]: how to live a virtuous life, how to care for our soul and to have a healthy soul so we are

[00:15:22] [SPEAKER_00]: in turn healthy but when this lie from the enemy states that we need to be thin or we need to look

[00:15:28] [SPEAKER_00]: a certain way in order to be healthy, we need to remember that our Lord tells us that true health

[00:15:37] [SPEAKER_00]: comes from the health of our souls, from that cleansing of our souls and taking that to him

[00:15:46] [SPEAKER_00]: to allow ourselves to be renewed in him through his grace and his forgiveness

[00:15:52] [SPEAKER_00]: and we need to ask ourselves when these lies pop up if focusing on this particular thought of I

[00:16:00] [SPEAKER_00]: need to be thin to be healthy leads us closer to the Lord or does it keep us distracted from

[00:16:07] [SPEAKER_00]: what he says is important? We can also see throughout scripture Jesus healing the physical

[00:16:14] [SPEAKER_00]: ailments of several people. He does care about the state of our physical bodies

[00:16:22] [SPEAKER_00]: because he knows that our bodies are the home for the Holy Spirit living in each one of us

[00:16:28] [SPEAKER_00]: and physical wellness is necessary to do his will but there is no weight requirement required

[00:16:36] [SPEAKER_00]: so let's not be confused by the lies of the enemy stating that our health

[00:16:41] [SPEAKER_00]: is dependent on specific appearances or unreliable tools like BMI.

[00:16:47] [SPEAKER_00]: Okay, lie number two being thin will make you happier. This lie from the enemy makes your

[00:16:55] [SPEAKER_00]: happiness conditional on something external and places it in the hands of other people

[00:17:02] [SPEAKER_00]: and how others look at or treat you based on your body appearance

[00:17:06] [SPEAKER_00]: or how you believe others are treating you based off of your body appearance

[00:17:11] [SPEAKER_00]: but this robs you of experiencing joy and happiness that is always available to you from the Lord

[00:17:18] [SPEAKER_00]: 100% of the time and 100% unconditional on your body appearance. This also further promotes a lie

[00:17:27] [SPEAKER_00]: that we aren't good enough or we're not worthy enough if our bodies don't meet a certain

[00:17:32] [SPEAKER_00]: criteria but this doesn't line up with the truth of having our identity rooted in Christ.

[00:17:38] [SPEAKER_00]: We are God's creation we are created in his likeness and his image. We were born with

[00:17:46] [SPEAKER_00]: dignity and it is not something that has to be earned he loves us and he created us worthy no

[00:17:53] [SPEAKER_00]: matter the size of our body or any other social ideal that we are trying to live up to.

[00:18:00] [SPEAKER_00]: Psalm 16 verse 11 tells us you make known to me the path of life in your presence there is fullness

[00:18:09] [SPEAKER_00]: of joy at your right hand our pleasures forevermore. This is God's truth about happiness.

[00:18:18] [SPEAKER_00]: This verse expresses the idea that true joy is found in God's presence and God's presence is

[00:18:25] [SPEAKER_00]: everlasting. We don't have to schedule a meeting time with him we don't have to wait for him to get

[00:18:31] [SPEAKER_00]: off work we are able to be in the presence of the Lord 24 7 365 and in this presence being connected

[00:18:40] [SPEAKER_00]: with him being in relationship with him he shows us the path in our life that leads to happiness

[00:18:47] [SPEAKER_00]: and promises us that with him there will be an abundance of joy and pleasure.

[00:18:56] [SPEAKER_00]: It is through this relationship with the Lord that we are able to find that joy and happiness

[00:19:01] [SPEAKER_00]: that so many are longing for. Like it's really difficult for me to put it into words but

[00:19:08] [SPEAKER_00]: now that I'm no longer falling for so many of the enemy's lies that are presented through

[00:19:16] [SPEAKER_00]: diet culture other social societal ideals ideals that I spent so much of my life like trying to

[00:19:23] [SPEAKER_00]: meet or measure myself by like my attitude and my outlook is so much more positive

[00:19:34] [SPEAKER_00]: like even if things are challenging or something's not going my way like the

[00:19:40] [SPEAKER_00]: life outbreak in my kids class like that was a fun email to get this morning I don't have that

[00:19:46] [SPEAKER_00]: downward spiral anymore. I'm not lashing out to my husband or my kids because there's just like this

[00:19:55] [SPEAKER_00]: darkness or this storm swirling inside of me of this noise from the enemy that

[00:20:01] [SPEAKER_00]: just was constantly beating me up day in and day out about you're not good enough you need to

[00:20:06] [SPEAKER_00]: lose weight you need to do this you are not worthy you should try this you should be more

[00:20:11] [SPEAKER_00]: like this person blah blah blah blah it's like there was this internal battle always going on

[00:20:17] [SPEAKER_00]: and it's like been able to say like enough it's like I spent so much of my life trying to lose

[00:20:25] [SPEAKER_00]: weight but that actually just created this heaviness on me and since being able to

[00:20:35] [SPEAKER_00]: let go of that being able to understand how much of what I was doing was living within the lies

[00:20:44] [SPEAKER_00]: of the enemy and now that I've been able to you know really renew my mind it's like there's this

[00:20:51] [SPEAKER_00]: ultimate weight that has been lifted I'm no longer dragged down I'm no longer reaching for

[00:20:59] [SPEAKER_00]: things like food or alcohol or scrolling to try to make me just feel better like

[00:21:10] [SPEAKER_00]: I feel better because I have oriented my mind and I have oriented my life to Christ

[00:21:19] [SPEAKER_00]: and it's a sense of the Lord being right by my side and knowing that I'm not alone in any of it

[00:21:27] [SPEAKER_00]: and because of that I'm not letting any of these tangible things or specific outcomes determine

[00:21:34] [SPEAKER_00]: if I'm happy or if I'm in a good mood today and like I also just want to take a moment

[00:21:42] [SPEAKER_00]: and point out that Christian happiness can never be associated with anything tangible or any certain

[00:21:49] [SPEAKER_00]: status like think about it there are plenty of skinny and plenty of quote unquote healthy people

[00:21:56] [SPEAKER_00]: walking around this earth that are not happy just like we all probably know someone who has

[00:22:03] [SPEAKER_00]: experienced you know really terrible health struggles like maybe cancer or other sorts of

[00:22:12] [SPEAKER_00]: diseases and they've approached their condition with joy I my aunt went through a breast cancer

[00:22:21] [SPEAKER_00]: diagnosis and gosh I just remember feeling so inspired and uplifted by her journey

[00:22:27] [SPEAKER_00]: and going through something that was so difficult because she just she went through it with so much

[00:22:32] [SPEAKER_00]: joy and so much trust in the Lord like she was engaged in having him and being in his presence

[00:22:39] [SPEAKER_00]: and that just made her her fight so so different but why like why do we see people who it doesn't

[00:22:51] [SPEAKER_00]: even have to be health related but people who experience some of the hardest suffering on

[00:22:57] [SPEAKER_00]: earth yet still have unceasing joy it's because they place their happiness with with the Lord

[00:23:04] [SPEAKER_00]: they haven't placed their happiness in the outcome of a certain circumstance or situation

[00:23:11] [SPEAKER_00]: and that really shows evidence that it's really a person's thoughts and beliefs

[00:23:16] [SPEAKER_00]: about their situation that determines how they will show up and the action they take

[00:23:21] [SPEAKER_00]: and kind of what that behavior looks like and I also think if we take a moment and really look

[00:23:29] [SPEAKER_00]: at the truth of it we know we know deep down that weight loss or having a certain body type

[00:23:38] [SPEAKER_00]: really doesn't make someone healthier or happier but gosh it's just a seat full trick of the

[00:23:44] [SPEAKER_00]: enemy that just does such a good job at keeping us distracted from what's really important

[00:23:50] [SPEAKER_00]: but the beauty friend is that I have shown you how you can combat the lies of the enemy

[00:23:57] [SPEAKER_00]: and so I want to leave you with something that one of my previous clients shared with me recently

[00:24:01] [SPEAKER_00]: about how faith led intuitive eating has affected her her faith she said one of the

[00:24:08] [SPEAKER_00]: best things that she learned from intuitive eating was how to be more aware and and be present in a moment

[00:24:15] [SPEAKER_00]: instead of thinking about the past like reading herself up for what she ate or or how she you know

[00:24:22] [SPEAKER_00]: didn't handle that situation well or whatever or worrying about the future she was able to be

[00:24:29] [SPEAKER_00]: in the present moment and I think that's cool because I think she was obviously in the presence

[00:24:37] [SPEAKER_00]: of the Lord when she is being able to be in the present moment and she has shared that this has

[00:24:43] [SPEAKER_00]: strengthened her spiritual well-being because being present in the moment and being present on a daily

[00:24:53] [SPEAKER_00]: basis allows her to more fully trust in God's plans for her life and I think that's cool

[00:25:02] [SPEAKER_00]: right if we stop and we look at what she shared right thinking about the past or worrying about the

[00:25:09] [SPEAKER_00]: future those are all of those are things we're trying to control but by being present in the moment

[00:25:16] [SPEAKER_00]: it's really gonna allow us to be in his presence and allows for that collaboration and that feeling

[00:25:25] [SPEAKER_00]: of not being on this journey alone and allowing us to be open and be more trustworthy to where he

[00:25:34] [SPEAKER_00]: is guiding us on our daily lives so I just want to thank you for being here with me today and

[00:25:43] [SPEAKER_00]: yeah I really encourage you to share your pod to share the podcast with your friends

[00:25:47] [SPEAKER_00]: like I feel very very blessed that God has given me these gifts and given me a platform to share with

[00:25:56] [SPEAKER_00]: others as a way of leading people back to him and I want to just let you know that registration is

[00:26:04] [SPEAKER_00]: open for the Faith-led Food Freedom program you can register at keratrachted.com

[00:26:12] [SPEAKER_00]: slash food freedom you can find the link for that in the show description but it's keratrachted.com

[00:26:18] [SPEAKER_00]: slash food freedom registration is open so the Faith-led Food Freedom program is a 10-week

[00:26:25] [SPEAKER_00]: transformational journey that will take you step by step through the intuitive eating process

[00:26:31] [SPEAKER_00]: in a way that integrates scripture and God's truth and allows us to tap into his human design

[00:26:38] [SPEAKER_00]: of our bodies to help you heal your relationship with food and your body.

[00:26:43] [SPEAKER_00]: So the program includes 10 lessons these lessons are pre-recorded like a course and they're kind

[00:26:50] [SPEAKER_00]: of broken down into short videos most of them are not more than 10 minutes so it allows you to

[00:26:56] [SPEAKER_00]: watch videos like as you have time throughout the day so it's very much self-paced the

[00:27:02] [SPEAKER_00]: lessons that the recorded lessons are very much self-paced and these lessons show you

[00:27:08] [SPEAKER_00]: like the practical ways and the tools that you need to become an intuitive eater

[00:27:15] [SPEAKER_00]: and in addition to the course lessons there will be weekly live coaching and Q&A sessions with me

[00:27:23] [SPEAKER_00]: via zoom on Wednesday afternoons at 1 p.m central standard of time for so there'll be one

[00:27:30] [SPEAKER_00]: of those live sessions every week for 10 weeks if you cannot make that live they will be recorded

[00:27:37] [SPEAKER_00]: and you can go back and you can listen to them but this is a time for you to bring your questions

[00:27:42] [SPEAKER_00]: or your mindset struggles um to let me help you break through these barriers to help you get

[00:27:51] [SPEAKER_00]: clarity to help you like really have someone hold a mirror up to your mind and see you know

[00:27:59] [SPEAKER_00]: what is the thought that's leading to this behavior what is the emotion that is kind of

[00:28:03] [SPEAKER_00]: wreaking havoc on you but it's it's a way to just get clarity it's a way to bring all of this to

[00:28:10] [SPEAKER_00]: to me and that's how it's just an extra level of of help in you being able to find that food

[00:28:17] [SPEAKER_00]: freedom in a pretty efficient and quick way over the the course of 10 weeks now um I know

[00:28:24] [SPEAKER_00]: some people may think that the coaching piece is not necessary but it is so helpful to have someone

[00:28:31] [SPEAKER_00]: be able to break down what you're going through or give you helpful advice and tips to help you

[00:28:37] [SPEAKER_00]: succeed I just want to reiterate if you're worried about not being able to make these

[00:28:43] [SPEAKER_00]: coaching sessions live they will be recorded and there's a way for you to submit your questions

[00:28:48] [SPEAKER_00]: ahead of time and I would go through and answer any of those questions on on the video and you can go

[00:28:54] [SPEAKER_00]: back and be able to um you know kind of see the answer kind of see the advice and I could work that

[00:29:01] [SPEAKER_00]: work through that with you that way and you also have access to messaging me through our online

[00:29:06] [SPEAKER_00]: community um which is another awesome part about this 10 week program um so in these live

[00:29:15] [SPEAKER_00]: coaching sessions you'll be able to connect with other women who are on the same journey

[00:29:20] [SPEAKER_00]: and you get to learn from them as well as be able to get support and love from them along the way

[00:29:25] [SPEAKER_00]: not only in the live coaching sessions but also in our online community so we kick this program

[00:29:31] [SPEAKER_00]: off the week of September 10th which means that you will be finished with a program before

[00:29:37] [SPEAKER_00]: Thanksgiving imagine going into the holidays without worrying about gaining weight or the

[00:29:44] [SPEAKER_00]: guilt or the shame of enjoying holiday foods like it also means that by Thanksgiving you will have a

[00:29:52] [SPEAKER_00]: really firm grasp on this intuitive eating thing and it means that you can start the new year

[00:29:58] [SPEAKER_00]: not focused on a weight loss goal like I know that that would be a first for a lot of us

[00:30:04] [SPEAKER_00]: so now is a time to act because I won't be offering this coaching program again until 2025

[00:30:11] [SPEAKER_00]: so if you've been listening to the podcast and you have ever thought man I'd really like to try this

[00:30:16] [SPEAKER_00]: or I'd love to become an intuitive eater or I'd love to heal my body image or gosh it'd be great

[00:30:23] [SPEAKER_00]: not to have thoughts about food or weight or is it okay that I eat this like take over every

[00:30:30] [SPEAKER_00]: second of every day then this is your time to join faith led food freedom go register

[00:30:38] [SPEAKER_00]: right now at charitractor.com slash food freedom and let's get started I'm so excited to be able

[00:30:46] [SPEAKER_00]: to welcome some of you into the program so go check it out charitractor.com slash food freedom

[00:30:52] [SPEAKER_00]: and I can't wait to be able to guide you on this journey of faith led intuitive eating

[00:30:58] [SPEAKER_00]: and help you heal your relationship with your with food and your body so you are able to

[00:31:05] [SPEAKER_00]: fully embrace who God is calling you to be and who he created you to be I hope you have a beautiful

[00:31:11] [SPEAKER_00]: and blessed week and I will talk to you soon bye