Faith-Filled Food Freedom | Disordered Eating, Body Image, Weight Loss Obsession, Anxiety, Nutrition
By Brittany Braswell - Non-Diet Registered Dietitian for Christian Women
Listen to a podcast, please open Podcast Republic app. Available on Google Play Store and Apple App Store.
Category: Nutrition
Open in Apple Podcasts
Open RSS feed
Open Website
Rate for this podcast
Subscribers: 1
Reviews: 0
Episodes: 153
Description
Tired of obsessing over food, calories, or the scale? Googling “how to stop hating my body” at midnight? I get it, friend. I’m Brittany—a dietitian, Jesus-lover, and recovering perfectionist who believed diet culture’s lies for too long.
In this podcast, we mix scripture, evidence-based nutrition, mental health, & a little grace to help you ditch food guilt, heal your body image, and finally embrace the freedom you were made for.
If you’re ready to silence the diet noise, find food peace, & honor God with your health, this show is for you. So grab your Bible because your journey starts here.
| Episode | Date |
|---|---|
|
152. End Generational Food Struggles Before They Reach Your Kids. 3 Steps to Rewrite Your Family’s Story
|
May 08, 2025 |
|
151. Why “Trying Harder” ISN’T the Answer to Food Freedom, And What IS
|
May 06, 2025 |
|
150. Can’t Stop Thinking About Food 24/7? 3 Reasons Why You Can’t Shut It Off
|
May 01, 2025 |
|
149. Discipline or Disordered? A Christian Woman’s Guide to Navigating Food, Fitness, and Body Image
|
Apr 29, 2025 |
|
148. How to Make Hard Body Image Conversations With Your Husband Easier—And Less Awkward
|
Apr 24, 2025 |
|
147. Is Your Body Image Ruining Your Sex Life? What No One Tells Christian Women About Intimacy in Marriage
|
Apr 22, 2025 |
|
146. The Other "S" Word and Why It's the KEY to Freedom From Disordered Eating & Negative Body Image
|
Apr 17, 2025 |
|
145. Is Your Feed Feeding Your Insecurities? How To Do A Social Media Reset w/ Allie Marie Smith
|
Apr 15, 2025 |
|
144. Body Checking Anxiety: Why You Can’t Stop & How to Break Free
|
Apr 10, 2025 |
|
143. Think Your Weight Is the Problem? How Body Dysmorphia Makes You Believe a Lie
|
Apr 08, 2025 |
|
142. Sick of Feeling Like You Have to Choose Between Body Acceptance and Getting Healthy? This Perspective Shift Could Change Everything!
|
Apr 03, 2025 |
|
141. Does This Picture Make Me Look…? How to Stop Comparing Yourself in Photos
|
Apr 01, 2025 |
|
140. It's Time to Kill The Food Police — A Food Freedom Lesson From a Famous Forensic Anthropologist
|
Mar 27, 2025 |
|
139. OCD, Food Anxiety, and Disordered Eating: The Connection You Need to Know w/ Carrie Bock
|
Mar 25, 2025 |
|
138. The Secret to Stress-Free Meal Prep That Supports Your Food Freedom (No Diet Rules Required!) with Val Warner
|
Mar 20, 2025 |
|
137. What I’d Tell You to Do If We Were Mapping Out Your Food Freedom Journey Together
|
Mar 18, 2025 |
|
136. What's It Really Like to Break Free from Diet Culture? Vicki's Personal Transformation Story
|
Mar 13, 2025 |
|
135. What If I Fail? Overcoming The Fear of ‘Wasting Time & Money’ on Body Image & Food Freedom
|
Mar 11, 2025 |
|
134. Why You’re Still Stuck in Food & Body Struggles—And the 3 Steps to Break Free
|
Mar 06, 2025 |
|
133. Sick of Feeling Stuck in Your Suffering? THIS Mindset Shift Could Change Everything w/ Ivory Granger
|
Mar 04, 2025 |
|
132. Terrified of Weight Gain? How to Move Towards Food Freedom In Spite of Your Fear
|
Feb 27, 2025 |
|
131. What to Do When You're Not Sure You Believe Full Recovery Is Possible (or That You Deserve It)
|
Feb 25, 2025 |
|
130. How Your Nervous System Could Be Secretly Sabotaging Your Food Freedom (And What to Do About It) with Adriane Thompson
|
Feb 20, 2025 |
|
129. Should You DIY Your Recovery or Seek Help? How to Know What’s Best for You on Your Food Freedom Journey
|
Feb 18, 2025 |
|
128. Clean Eating, Food Rules, and... Goats? Crazy Food Freedom Insights from the Book of Leviticus
|
Feb 13, 2025 |
|
127. 5 Powerful Food Freedom Lessons for the Christian Woman…and They’re All Found in Leviticus! What?!
|
Feb 11, 2025 |
|
126. Been Feeling Anxious? How to Manage Food Anxiety as a Christian Woman
|
Feb 06, 2025 |
|
125. Are You A Stress Eater? 4 Tips For Navigating Stress Without Relying on Food
|
Feb 04, 2025 |
|
124. The #1 Way to Consistently Improve Your Relationship with Food & Body Image as a Christian Woman
|
Jan 30, 2025 |
|
123. Fasting Isn’t the Only Biblical Practice Around Food. The Surprising Truth Christians Can't Ignore with Anna Marie Long, RD, CEDS-C
|
Jan 28, 2025 |
|
122. Is it OK to Want to Lose Weight as a Christian Woman? My Thoughts As a Food Freedom Dietitian
|
Jan 23, 2025 |
|
121. Sick of Exercising Out of Obligation? Try THIS to Help You Actually Enjoy Moving Your Body
|
Jan 21, 2025 |
|
120. Build a Sustainable Movement Routine Without Burning Out with Personal Trainer Shaela Daugherty
|
Jan 16, 2025 |
|
119. Why Your Healthy Eating Habits Don’t Stick—And 2 Hacks That Work
|
Jan 14, 2025 |
|
118. Caught in the New Year New You Trap? Why the New Diet High Keeps Pulling You Back
|
Jan 09, 2025 |
|
117. Big News: The Joy-Filled Eater Podcast Is Now Faith-Filled Food Freedom (& What This Change Means for You!)
|
Jan 07, 2025 |
|
116. Is It Possible to Accept Your Body AND Still Want to Change It? HOT TAKE From A Food Freedom Dietitian & Christian Counselor with Freddie Amos, NCC, PLPC
|
Dec 31, 2024 |
|
115. Why Hasn’t God Helped Me Recover Yet? What to Do When You’re Still Struggling With Negative Body Image or Disordered Eating
|
Dec 24, 2024 |
|
114. ✨ BONUS Episode - 3 Bible Verses Every Woman Needs When Struggling With Negative Body Image
|
Dec 19, 2024 |
|
113. Can’t Stop Eating? The Secret to Enjoying Delicious Food Without Overindulging
|
Dec 17, 2024 |
|
112. 7 Tools and Resources for a Happier and Healthier New Year
|
Dec 10, 2024 |
|
111. Struggling with Disordered Eating While Dating? How to Use Singleness to Prepare for a Thriving Marriage with Grace McCready
|
Dec 03, 2024 |
|
110. THANKSGIVING SERIES DAY 5 // What If You Didn’t Have to ‘Make Up’ for Your Holiday Meal? Use These 4 Proven Steps to Achieve Lasting Food Freedom
|
Nov 29, 2024 |
|
109. THANKSGIVING SERIES DAY 4 // How to Stay on Track This Thanksgiving: Simple Accountability Strategies for Food Freedom
|
Nov 28, 2024 |
|
108. THANKSGIVING SERIES DAY 3 // Navigating Food Comments from Family: Protecting Your Boundaries This Thanksgiving
|
Nov 27, 2024 |
|
107. THANKSGIVING SERIES DAY 2 // Break the Cycle: A Step-by-Step Guide to Finding Freedom from Food Triggers This Thanksgiving
|
Nov 26, 2024 |
|
106. THANKSGIVING SERIES DAY 1 // How to Handle Thanksgiving Without Obsessing Over Calories
|
Nov 25, 2024 |
|
105. How to Be a Normal Eater (Even During the Holidays)
|
Nov 19, 2024 |
|
104. Guilt-Free Fall Recipes To Nourish Your Body (Without Feeling Deprived)
|
Nov 12, 2024 |
|
103. How to Handle Fasting as a Christian Woman When You're Struggling with Disordered Eating or Negative Body Image (Part 2)
|
Nov 05, 2024 |
|
102. How to Handle Fasting as a Christian Woman When You're Struggling with Disordered Eating or Negative Body Image (Part 1)
|
Oct 29, 2024 |
|
101. How to Improve Your Time Management Skills So You Can More Effectively Prioritize Healing Your Relationship With Food with Anna Dearmon Kornick
|
Oct 22, 2024 |
|
100. 100th Episode Celebration! My Personal Food Freedom Journey + Reflecting Back On The Last 100 Episodes
|
Oct 15, 2024 |
|
99. Cycle Synching, Mental Health for Christians, and Other Taboo Topics in the Church with Blake Guichet
|
Oct 08, 2024 |
|
98. Yes or No? This or That? Your Guide to Making Decisions About All The Things As a Christian Woman w/ Stephanie May Wilson
|
Oct 01, 2024 |
|
97. Eat to Live, or Live to Eat? 5 Purposes Food Serves Other Than Nutrition
|
Sep 24, 2024 |
|
96. Building Your Body Image Timeline with Rachael Gilbert
|
Sep 17, 2024 |
|
95. Easy & Fast Back To School Lunches for Busy Mommas
|
Sep 10, 2024 |
|
94. How to Stop Feeling Out of Control Around Trigger Foods (The One Where Monica Buys the Expensive Boots)
|
Sep 03, 2024 |
|
93. No One Actually Wants Weight Loss (Including You), And I Can Prove It!
|
Aug 27, 2024 |
|
92. One of the WORST Pieces of Advice I've Heard When It Comes to Mental Health
|
Aug 20, 2024 |
|
91. 4 Types of Rest and Why You Need a Sabbath
|
Aug 13, 2024 |
|
90. What To Do When You're Feeling Depressed: 2 Things That Make a HUGE Difference w/ Abbie Stasior & Hannah Saenz
|
Aug 06, 2024 |
|
89. 3 Things to Do After a Binge
|
Jul 30, 2024 |
|
88. Overcoming Relationship Struggles, Handling Eating Disorder Urges, & Walking in Food Freedom: Meghan's Recovery Journey
|
Jul 22, 2024 |
|
87. I Love Coffee, But Should I Be Avoiding Caffeine? The Impacts of Caffeine on Physical and Mental Health
|
Jul 16, 2024 |
|
86. Faith-Based Fitness: A Brand New Tool I Use to Bring Christ Into My Fitness and Wellness Journey
|
Jul 09, 2024 |
|
85. How to Experience God In Your Day-To-Day Life
|
Jul 02, 2024 |
|
84. The Ultimate Language Hack to Help You Avoid Passing Disordered Eating Onto Your Kids
|
Jun 25, 2024 |
|
83. LIVE Coaching Call: Turning Shame Into Motivation, Recovery Timelines, and Feeling Like You Need to Be Fixed Before Coming Back to God
|
Jun 18, 2024 |
|
82. The #1 Reason You Haven't Experienced Total Food Freedom Yet
|
Jun 11, 2024 |
|
81. How Your Phone is Messing with Your Relationships with Food AND People (& How to Fix It!) ️with Emily Graces Ames, LPC
|
Jun 04, 2024 |
|
80. How Do I Overcome The Fear of Weight Gain? My Top 3 Strategies As An Eating Disorder Dietitian & Food Freedom Coach
|
May 28, 2024 |
|
79. Stop Numbing Out: Dealing with Unresolved Pain on Your Journey to Food Freedom with Pastors Travis & Tina Hall
|
May 21, 2024 |
|
78. Understanding & Supporting a Loved One With an Eating Disorder with Jessica Shafer, MS, LMFT
|
May 14, 2024 |
|
77. Trouble Sticking to Your Commitment to Recovery? Learn How to Walk in Integrity with Kasey Shuler
|
May 07, 2024 |
|
76. What Ballroom Dancing and Vineyards Will Teach You About Body Trust - The Body Trust Framework (Part 4)
|
Apr 30, 2024 |
|
75. A Bad Date & An English Lesson - The Body Trust Framework (Part 3)
|
Apr 23, 2024 |
|
74. The Skill That Will Help You Break Up with Dieting for Good - The Body Trust Framework (Part 2)
|
Apr 16, 2024 |
|
73. The Key to Better Body Image - The Body Trust Framework (Part 1)
|
Apr 09, 2024 |
|
72. Our Birth Story with Baby #3 (Part 2) - Here's What Happened When We Didn't Make It To The Hospital with Chris & Brittany Braswell
|
Apr 02, 2024 |
|
71. Our Birth Story with Baby #3 (Part 1) - Here's What Happened When We Didn't Make It To The Hospital with Chris & Brittany Braswell
|
Apr 02, 2024 |
|
70. How to Recover From Disordered Eating When Your Mom is Still Dieting with Kristen Bunger
|
Mar 26, 2024 |
|
69. Should I Be Avoiding Processed Foods? The Great Clean Eating Debate
|
Mar 19, 2024 |
|
68. How to Meal Prep When You Have No Energy, Intuitive Eating During Pregnancy, & How 2 Dietitians Are Navigating Food Freedom and Body Image During Seasons of Change with Kate Griege
|
Mar 12, 2024 |
|
67. Pregnancy, Clothes Shopping, & Bounce Back Culture - How to Approach Better Body Image During Seasons of Change with Kate Griege
|
Mar 05, 2024 |
|
66. Food Freedom FAQ - What If My Doctor Is Telling Me I Need to Lose Weight For My Health?
|
Feb 27, 2024 |
|
65. What Labs Should I Get Checked If I'm Struggling With Disordered Eating Behaviors? A Functional Medicine Approach to Food Freedom with Lacy Lain
|
Feb 20, 2024 |
|
64. Grieving the Loss of a Different Body Size? It's Gonna Be Ok. How to Grieve With Hope
|
Feb 13, 2024 |
|
63. 9 Ways to Get Better Sleep with Amy Connell
|
Feb 05, 2024 |
|
62. 3 Things To Do When You're Having a Hard Body Image Day
|
Jan 30, 2024 |
|
61. How to Avoid Sabotaging Your Food Freedom and Body Image Progress in 2024 with Kirsten Schmidt
|
Jan 23, 2024 |
|
60. The Missing Key to Sustaining Food Freedom That Most People Avoid
|
Jan 16, 2024 |
|
59. Create Your Personalized Step-By-Step Food Freedom and Body Image Game Plan to Achieve Your BIGGEST Physical and Mental Health Goals This Year!
|
Jan 09, 2024 |
|
58. Goal Setting for 2024 -- Ditch New Year’s Resolutions. Do THIS Instead.
|
Jan 02, 2024 |
|
57. What the World Tries to Tell You About How to Find True Freedom and The TRUTH you Actually Need To Hear
|
Dec 27, 2023 |
|
56. Is It Possible to Have Specific Nutrition or Performance Goals Without Falling Into Disordered Eating? With Jessika Brown
|
Dec 19, 2023 |
|
55. 14 Experts Share Their BEST Tips for Navigating Food Freedom & Body Image at Christmas
|
Dec 12, 2023 |
|
54. How to Appreciate and Care for Your 'Right Now' Body, Even When You Don't Love It with Amy Reinecke
|
Dec 07, 2023 |
|
53. Becoming the Narrator of Your Story: How to Craft Your Food Freedom Story in the Most Effective Way with Jessica Rasdall
|
Nov 28, 2023 |
|
52. Food Freedom During the Holidays - Listener Q&A
|
Nov 22, 2023 |
|
51. 3 Experts Answer Your Biggest Body Image Questions with Heather Creekmore, Dr. Stefani Reinold, and Brittany Braswell
|
Nov 14, 2023 |
|
50. Why Am I Here?: Discovering Your God-Given Purpose and Calling with Kaitlyn Cey
|
Nov 07, 2023 |
|
49. How to Battle Guilt Before, During, and After Meals
|
Oct 31, 2023 |
|
48. This One Strategy Can Keep You Consistent with Healthy Habits—Even When Life is CRAZY Busy with Shaela Daugherty
|
Oct 26, 2023 |
|
47. The Key to Creating Consistency in Healthy Habits (Part 1) with Shaela Daugherty
|
Oct 24, 2023 |
|
46. How to Turn Your Biggest Barriers to Food Freedom Into Your Greatest Assets with Sarah Lee
|
Oct 17, 2023 |
|
45. What is My Body Telling Me? A Deep Dive Into Body Attunement & Interoceptive Awareness with Char-Lee Cassel
|
Oct 10, 2023 |
|
44. From Approval Addiction to Authenticity - The Christian Woman's Guide to Overcoming People-Pleasing
|
Oct 03, 2023 |
|
43. I Don’t Know What’s Next For Me
|
Sep 26, 2023 |
|
42. Depression, Disordered Eating, & Spiritual Gaslighting: How To Improve Your Mental Health as a Christian with Freddie Amos, NCC, PLPC
|
Sep 19, 2023 |
|
41. Grace Over Grind: How to Stop Striving to Prove Yourself in a Society That Demonizes Rest with Emily Louis
|
Sep 12, 2023 |
|
40. Letting Go of Perfect: Faith-Based Strategies for Conquering Perfectionism in Recovery with Kassandra Baker
|
Sep 05, 2023 |
|
39. Listener Q&A: Answering Your Questions About Gentle Nutrition
|
Aug 31, 2023 |
|
38. 3 Reasons You May Be Talking Yourself Out of Practicing Gentle Nutrition
|
Aug 29, 2023 |
|
37. How to Help Your Kids with Gentle Nutrition
|
Aug 24, 2023 |
|
36. Overcoming Food Lies Preached in the Church with Nyla Wiebe
|
Aug 22, 2023 |
|
35. 5 No-recipe Needed Meal Ideas Packed with Gentle Nutrition
|
Aug 17, 2023 |
|
34. 5 Steps to Challenging a Fear Food with Success
|
Aug 15, 2023 |
|
33. Money Saving Nutrition Tips - How to Eat Healthy on a Budget
|
Aug 10, 2023 |
|
32. The 5 M's of Balancing Blood Sugar (Without Cutting Carbs) with Megan Crozier
|
Aug 08, 2023 |
|
31. When Should I Start Implementing Gentle Nutrition?
|
Aug 03, 2023 |
|
30. What is Gentle Nutrition (and What Is It NOT)?
|
Aug 01, 2023 |
|
29. What Does It Mean to Honor God With Your Body? with Kristin Williams
|
Jul 25, 2023 |
|
28. What Spiritual Recovery from Disordered Eating Actually Looks Like with Grace McCready
|
Jul 18, 2023 |
|
27. What Christian Women Need to Know About Social Media and Body Image with Katie Bulmer
|
Jul 11, 2023 |
|
26. 4 Mistakes You Didn’t Know You Were Making on Your Journey to Food Freedom with Meg McCabe
|
Jul 04, 2023 |
|
25. The Emotional Eating Struggle Bus
|
Jun 27, 2023 |
|
24. How To Start Seeing Exercise as More Than Burning Calories with Laura Lindahl
|
Jun 20, 2023 |
|
23. The Thing No One Told You is Better Than Control (A Personal Lesson to Help You Achieve Food Freedom)
|
Jun 13, 2023 |
|
22. Defining Beauty God's Way with Melissa Johnson, LMFT
|
Jun 06, 2023 |
|
21. How To Get Back In Tune With Your Body with Amy Carlson
|
May 30, 2023 |
|
20. Hunger Cues: How to Know When You're Hungry
|
May 23, 2023 |
|
19. Stories of Hope: How Our Joy-Filled Eater Alumni Found Food Freedom
|
May 16, 2023 |
|
18. What is a Joy-Filled Eater?
|
May 09, 2023 |
|
17. How to Deal with Trauma When You Struggle with Disordered Eating and Negative Body Image with Cherie Miller, LPC
|
May 02, 2023 |
|
16. Are my Food & Body Struggles a Thorn in the Flesh?
|
Apr 25, 2023 |
|
15. Finding Your Identity in Christ: Winning the Battle Against Negative Body Image with Brittany Wilson
|
Apr 18, 2023 |
|
14. 7 Lessons I Learned from Jury Duty That You Can Apply to Your Food Freedom Journey
|
Apr 11, 2023 |
|
13. How to Trust God in Seasons of Waiting with Christie Dondero Bettwy
|
Apr 04, 2023 |
|
12. What a "Go-To Move" is and Why You Need One to Battle Disordered Eating
|
Mar 28, 2023 |
|
11. Why Psalm 139:14 Never Worked for Me (And What I Know Now) with Heather Creekmore
|
Mar 21, 2023 |
|
10. Why You Should Stop Trying to Get Rid of Stress
|
Mar 14, 2023 |
|
9. Challenging Food Fears in the Kitchen with Kris Dovbniak
|
Mar 07, 2023 |
|
8. Food Has No Calories: Nutritional Biochemistry Revealed
|
Feb 28, 2023 |
|
7. How to Start Seeing Your Body as Good When It Doesn’t Feel That Way with Jennifer Taylor Wagner
|
Feb 21, 2023 |
|
6. The Real Reason Why We Love Diets (and How to Let Them Go) with Chrissy Kirkman
|
Feb 14, 2023 |
|
5. The 4 Types of Body Image
|
Feb 07, 2023 |
|
4. How Food Freedom Can Positively Impact Your Hormone Health (and Fertility!) With Guest Olivia Wagner
|
Jan 31, 2023 |
|
3. Dealing with Diet Culture in the Church
|
Jan 24, 2023 |
|
2. 7 Signs You May Have a Disordered Relationship with Food
|
Jan 17, 2023 |
|
1. A Controversial Conversation About Gluttony That Could Free You From Shame
|
Jan 10, 2023 |
|
Welcome to The Joy-Filled Eater Podcast!
|
Dec 05, 2022 |