How to Reclaim Christ-Centered Agency Over Your Body with Tracy Brown
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How to Reclaim Christ-Centered Agency Over Your Body with Tracy Brown

Tracy Brown joins Chrissy in this heartfelt episode to discuss a recent personal experience. Chrissy’s story highlights that, despite our progress in overcoming food and body image issues, we all face challenges that test our limits and growth, even when we have the right tools. While no one is free from these trials, with Jesus by our side we can resist the negativity and discouragement they bring.

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Overcoming Food and Body Shame Through Old School Story Work with Kristen Bunger
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Overcoming Food and Body Shame Through Old School Story Work with Kristen Bunger

In this episode, guest Kristen Bunger, MS, RD sheds light on how body image issues and the influence of diet culture are intricately tied to distorted perceptions. You’ll discover the transformative potential of “story work” to gain insights that will empower you to see yourself with renewed accuracy and grace.

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A Grace-Rooted Approach to Navigating Diet Culture as Christians, with Megan Becker
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A Grace-Rooted Approach to Navigating Diet Culture as Christians, with Megan Becker

Megan Becker, MPH, RD shares with host Chrissy Kirkman how seemingly small life experiences and innocuous comments, often referred to as “micro-shame moments,” can significantly impact our self-perception. Megan emphasizes the importance of breaking free from the body-image fixation passed down through generations and discusses how grace is the key to overcoming guilt and shame narratives.

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Escaping the Cycle of Shame in Recovery with Travis Stewart
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Escaping the Cycle of Shame in Recovery with Travis Stewart

Join FINDINGbalance Executive Director Chrissy Kirkman and Travis Stewart, MA, LPC, NCC, as they explore how shame, negative body image, and binging contribute to this cycle. Travis offers insights on developing a healthier relationship with food and body through truth-telling, supportive communities, and understanding how God sees you, paving the way to healing and freedom.

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Diversity in The Kingdom of God with Jessica-Lauren Newby
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Diversity in The Kingdom of God with Jessica-Lauren Newby

How do you practice nourishing yourself in a way that honors God and cares for your body? Have you considered that more than one body type reflects His image? Host Chrissy Kirkman talks with private practitioner and speaker, Jessica-Lauren Newby, drive home what the Bible says about caring for our bodies– and celebrating them according to His perfect and diverse design.

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Diet Culture Soup with Dr. Alisa Shanks
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Diet Culture Soup with Dr. Alisa Shanks

A marinade infuses flavor. Unfortunately, we live in a diet culture infused with toxic messages about size, shape, body image, worth, value, what is and isn't "okay" to eat, how our bodies are "supposed" to look, and other lies from the enemy. Listen as Dr. Alisa Shanks helps us see how even in the midst of an eating disorder, God is the God of hope, healing, and restoration.

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Food, Body, and Freedom in Christ with Travis Stewart
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Food, Body, and Freedom in Christ with Travis Stewart

What does it mean to embrace a live-body experience by expressing gratitude for how your body functions? Counselor, recovery coach, and FINDINGbalance board member, Travis Stewart takes us through a journey of exploring how we use food and bodies in our culture, what the Bible teaches us about the body, and finding TRUE freedom and healing in Christ.

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