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Non-Diet Ways to Start Balancing Blood Sugar

Uncategorized Nov 04, 2024

Blood Sugar Balance: Nourishing Your Body & Mind with Christ

Hey, friend! 🌟 Today, we’re diving into a topic that’s vital for our physical health but can also be a game changer for our mental and spiritual well-being: blood sugar balance. If you’re a busy working woman juggling the demands of family, work, and the occasional (or frequent) existential crisis about what you should be eating, you’ve probably heard a thing or two about blood sugar. But what does it really mean, and why should we care? Buckle up, because we’re spilling the tea!

What is Blood Sugar Balance (And Why Does it Matter)?

Let’s kick things off with the basics. Blood sugar, or glucose, is the sugar that circulates in your blood and is your body’s primary energy source. But here’s the kicker: keeping your blood sugar levels balanced is crucial for maintaining energy, mood, and even your overall health. 🚀

When your blood sugar spikes—because of a lack of protein, fat, or fiber or a missed meal—your body goes in...

Finding True Food Freedom in Christ: Letting Go of Diet Culture’s Grip

Uncategorized Nov 01, 2024

Finding True Food Freedom in Christ: Letting Go of Diet Culture’s Grip

Have you ever found yourself staring at the pantry, debating if you really deserve that snack? Or maybe you've stepped on the scale and let it determine your mood for the day, as if a number could ever dictate your worth? If this sounds familiar, you're not alone—and you’re in the right place. Today, we’re talking about ditching the endless "good" vs. "bad" food labels, releasing the need to bodycheck every mirror we pass, and leaning into the ultimate source of freedom: Christ.

Our journey here isn’t just about food; it’s about cultivating a joy-filled relationship with food, our bodies, and Jesus. Let’s look at what it really means to live out food freedom in faith—and how we can make it happen.

The Problem with Diet Culture and Food Guilt

📸 Picture this: You’re enjoying a sweet snack with your kids after a long week. But instead of savoring the moment, thoughts of guilt creep in

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How Can I Honor God With My Body?

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Ah, the big question, right? As a Christian woman, you know that honoring God isn’t just about Sunday mornings and reading scripture—it's about every part of our lives, including how we treat our bodies. But when it comes to health, wellness, and honoring God with our bodies, sometimes the waters can get a little muddy, can’t they? 🤔

Is honoring God with our bodies just about avoiding certain foods or working out to maintain a certain weight? Or does it go a little deeper? ⚠️Spoiler alert: it totally goes deeper! So, let’s dig in, spill some tea, and look at how honoring God with our bodies is actually a freeing, joyful, and worshipful act.

What Does It Mean to "Honor God With Your Body?"

1 Corinthians 6:19-20 tells us, “Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies.” Powerful stuff, right? But what does ...

3 Proven Strategies to Overcome the Fear of Weight Gain

strategies weight Oct 24, 2024

If you’ve ever struggled with the fear of gaining weight, you’re not alone. So many Christian women I work with feel overwhelmed by the pressure to control their bodies, and this fear often leads to disordered eating patterns. But here's the truth: the journey to food freedom isn’t about constantly battling the scale. It’s about releasing that fear and finding peace with your body.

In this episode of The Joy-Filled Eater Podcast, I’m diving into three powerful strategies to help you overcome the fear of weight gain and start living with more confidence. Whether your goal is improved health, better mobility, or even emotional well-being, these strategies will help you reconnect with what truly matters.

Strategy 1: Determine Your Why

We can’t overcome fear without first understanding where it’s coming from. That’s why the first strategy I recommend is digging deep into your why. Why does the idea of weight gain feel so overwhelming? Why do you desire weight loss in the first place?...

What a “Go-To Move” is and Why You Need One to Battle Disordered Eating

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Trying to fight off the urge to restrict or body check in an emotionally intense or vulnerable state without having a plan ahead-of-time is like telling yourself to get to the other side of the pool faster than Micheal Phelps 🏊‍♀️.

Defeat is pretty much all but guaranteed.

BUT, when you intentionally prepare for the roadblocks on your body image and food freedom journey before you’re face-to-face with them, it’s a whole new game! Using the Micheal Phelps example, what if you realized that no one said you had to swim? (Jet ski, anyone?) Today, I’m going to walk you through a simple strategy that will help you know exactly what you’re going to do the next time you’re faced with a Micheal Phelps-sized battle on your food freedom journey.

This strategy helped my client reduce her binge eating frequency by 90% in 1 month!

One of my sweet clients came to me with a 20-year struggle with bingeing. She used this behavior as a source of comfort. Whenever she began a binge, her emotions...

Why Psalm 139:14 Never Worked For Me (and What I Know Now) with Heather Creekmore

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Have you ever confided in someone on a bad body image day only to get this response: “Hey, just remember you’re fearfully and wonderfully made!” Why is it that this scripture doesn’t seem to help for more than 15 seconds, or sometimes, not at all? In this episode, I brought on my sweet friend, Heather Creekmore, a Christian author and host of the Compared to Who podcast, who led us in diving deeper into this beautiful piece of Scripture! She shared:

Why Psalm 139:14 never worked for her 😓
What she knows NOW that is making a lasting impact on her body image 🔨

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I Know, I Know! But…😰

When you hear Psalm 139:14, do you ever give this response 👆?

What do we do when we KNOW that we are fearfully and wonderfully made, but that truth doesn’t seem to cut it for us? Heather was in the same boat. Growing up in a Christian household, going to a Christian school, and attend...

Why You Should Stop Trying to Get Rid of Stress

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What if I told you that by changing the way you think, you can change your body’s physiological response to stress (🤯)?

If you’re anything like me, you’ve experienced your fair share of stressors both mentally and physically. Stress was a constant battle for me until I learned how to lean into it and deal with it in a way that didn’t leave me exhausted.

That's why today, we’re discussing:

⚠️ The #1 mistake people make when trying to deal with stress

😲 Crazy facts about your body’s response to stress

🥰 How social connection can actually heal your body from the effects of stress

➡️ Next steps for a better relationship with stress

If you’re freaking out over that fear food your dietitian just told you to tackle, are juggling school and work, or are just having one of those days with your kids, welcome, friend!

⚠️ Dealing With Stress: The #1 Mistake

Unfortunately, stress is unavoidable. The Global Organization for Stress found that 75% of Americans experien...

Conquering Fear Foods in the Kitchen with Kris Dovbniak

cooking fear foods principles of flavor Mar 25, 2024

Today, you’re going to get a sneak peak inside my signature food freedom and ED recovery program, The Joy-Filled Eater Course! 👀

Inside, I regularly bring in guest experts such as therapists, women’s health experts, and strength trainers that address areas within their expertise. (You can check out the course HERE!)

In this training, I interviewed chef and culinary nutritionist Kris Dovbniak about conquering fear foods in the kitchen. Kris is a classically-trained chef with decades of experience in the culinary world. She is also the owner and recipe-developer at Healthy Mama Kris. More importantly, she is a busy mom of two with a passion for sharing real food recipes for real families that are really delicious. Today, you’ll learn:

Kris’s personal disordered eating struggle 🪞
How you can conquer fear foods in the kitchen with nutrition in mind 🗡️🥗
Super cool tips for whipping up satisfying, delicious dishes 🍽️
Next steps for learning basic cooking skills 👩‍🍳

Kris’s Stor...

Food Has No Calories: Nutritional Biochemistry Revealed

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Food. Has. No. Calories.

What 😱?! Yes, friend, you read that correctly.

Today, I’m going to break down some major misconceptions that the diet industry is dying to convince you of. This simple explanation of how your body actually works might be the key you need to stop obsessing over that infamous number on the nutrition facts label. So, if you pour loads of mental and physical energy into counting or burning calories, it’s time to take back that precious time and finally learn the truth.

Lessons From Greg

I had a client (we’re calling him Greg), who struggled with food obsession and overeating since his pre-teen years. As we went through his food-related thoughts and behaviors in session, he told me that he had hung up a chart in his home that contained lots of “healthy” things that he thought he should be doing.

One, specifically, had to do with calories.

He decided that having a low-calorie diet was “healthy”, but it only caused constant fatigue and made him feel even...

How to Start Seeing Your Body as Good When It Doesn’t Feel That Way with Jennifer Taylor Wagner

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How much weight do you carry?...

I’m not asking about the number on your digital scale, but about the burden you carry because you never think your body is good enough.

Today, I’m sharing the mic with my friend and fellow-podcaster, Jennifer Taylor Wagner, to help you answer the question: “how do I see my body as good, even when it doesn’t feel that way?” Jennifer shares:

🪞Her own body image battle that began in Kindergarten and bled into her adulthood
🔨 Tips to break the scale’s power over you
👟 How you can begin the journey of body-trust when your body doesn’t seem trustworthy
☺️ What it means for your body to be GOOD, and you can see it as such—just the way it is, right now.

Jennifer’s Story

Growing up, Jennifer’s body was bigger than most of the bodies around her. As a result, she was mocked and bullied from Kindergarten onward. The negative comments she received scarred her and eventually became part of her identity. She began to define herself as broken, not OK, u...

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I'm Brittany!

Brittany Braswell, MS, RDN, LD

Registered Dietitian & host of Faith-Filled Food Freedom

I'm here to help Christian women around the world overcome negative body image and an anxiety-ridden relationship with food so they can finally stop stressing and obsessing over how they look and what they eat.

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Blood Sugar Balance: Nourishing Your Body & Mind with Christ

What is Blood Sugar Balance (And Why Does it Matter)?

Finding True Food Freedom in Christ: Letting Go of Diet Culture’s Grip

What Does It Mean to "Honor God With Your Body?"

Strategy 1: Determine Your Why

This strategy helped my client reduce her binge eating frequency by 90% in 1 month!

I Know, I Know! But…😰

⚠️ Dealing With Stress: The #1 Mistake

Kris’s Stor...

Food. Has. No. Calories.

Lessons From Greg

How much weight do you carry?...

Jennifer’s Story

I'm Brittany!

Get to the root of behaviors like restricting & binge eating