Weight Loss with the Holy Spirit

Weight Loss with the Holy Spirit

Denise Jelinek helps Catholic women lose weight with the Holy Spirit. Come find freedom around food even if you've struggled for decades. This gentle approach leads to lasting results because it starts with your relationship with God. Learn more at www.weightlosswiththeholyspirit.com

Episodes

May 12, 2025 17 mins

Do you find yourself constantly chewing, grazing, or eating past fullness—even when it’s healthy food?

This episode of Weight Loss with the Holy Spirit dives into the root causes of volume eating, helping you understand why your brain turns to food for comfort, distraction, or regulation.

Denise shares her personal experience and offers faith-based, practical tools for overcoming compulsive eating, mindless snacking, and emotional ...

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Are you grieving more than just a person?

Maybe it’s a favorite food you’ve chosen to let go of, a shift in your lifestyle, or a version of your life that no longer fits. In this heartfelt episode of the Weight Loss with the Holy Spirit podcast, host Denise is joined by grief expert and life coach Nicole Haugen to help you unpack the emotional connection between grief, food, and lasting weight loss.

You’ll learn how grief can show ...

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April 28, 2025 27 mins

Are you weary of weight loss struggles that leave you feeling hopeless?

This podcast offers a different path, one of surrender and spiritual connection. Join Denise as she shares the powerful testimonies of Aimee and Bredow, who experienced profound transformation through the 63 Surrendered program.

You'll hear how saying "yes" to the Lord allowed for deep personal change, leading to miracles in their relationships with their bodie...

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Ready for a deeper examination of conscience tailored to your weight loss journey?

This podcast offers spiritual healing and food freedom. Denise guides you through reflections on your attitudes towards food, body image, and your relationship with God.

You'll identify certain thought patterns, understand their impact, and learn to surrender them for grace. Replace shame with awareness, reframe worldly beliefs with God's truth, and ...

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April 14, 2025 30 mins
Deepen your Holy Week with God. Discover spiritual restoration and emotional balance through John 15. Learn how "remaining in Him" unlocks promises for well-being, freedom, and confidence. Find God's presence, surrender brokenness, and achieve lasting joy. 

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April 7, 2025 21 mins

Are you ready to reclaim your weekends and banish the post-weekend blues?

This podcast offers a roadmap to intentional living, even on your days off. Denise will share her personal hacks and insights, revealing how to shift from reactive weekends to those designed for your well-being.

You'll learn how to identify what truly rejuvenates you, balancing planned activities with the joy of spontaneity, and ensuring you feel ready for Mo...

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March 31, 2025 27 mins

Are you asking yourself, "Why can't I keep the weight off?" and ready to break free from that frustrating cycle?

This podcast offers a path to lasting change and healthy living.

Traditional diet methods, while often well-intentioned, frequently lead to temporary results. Denise will guide you through understanding why, focusing not on blame, but on empowering you with new insights for sustainable weight loss.

We'll explore how emot...

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March 24, 2025 24 mins

Are you ready to enjoy dining out without guilt or overeating?

This podcast offers a strategic approach to transforming your restaurant experiences. Denise will guide you through a practical game plan, revealing how to address the physical, emotional, and spiritual aspects of eating out.

You'll learn to identify and dismantle the obstacles that trigger overeating, such as emotional triggers and ingrained habits. Through intentional...

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Ready to understand the basics of truly lasting weight loss?

Denise dismantles the traditional diet narrative, revealing how physical changes alone fall short. You'll explore the crucial emotional and spiritual dimensions that truly drive transformation.

Discover how to create an "Easy to Stick to Meal Plan," prioritizing your joy and preferences, and learn the empowering practice of "surrendering" changes to dismantle restrictive ...

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March 10, 2025 30 mins

Are you ready to untangle the burdens you carry?

This podcast offers a path to clarity and peace. Denise will guide you through distinguishing between the crosses divinely given for your salvation and the self-imposed ones that block your spiritual growth.

You'll learn how resistance, catastrophizing, and dwelling on the past create unnecessary suffering, draining your energy and distracting you from your true purpose. Denise will ...

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March 3, 2025 26 mins

Are you ready for a truly transformative Lent?

This podcast offers a path to deeper connection with God. Denise invites you to prepare your heart and mind for a Lenten season focused on drawing closer to Him.

She encourages you to move beyond simply giving something up and instead focus on identifying and removing distractions that separate you from God, including overdoing, overthinking, and attachments to things other than Him.

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February 28, 2025 6 mins

Are you tired of overthinking Lent and feeling weighed down by distractions? In this podcast, Denise will guide you in identifying what truly pulls you away from God, whether it's a constant mental loop about the scale or an attachment you can't seem to shake. You'll learn how to discern what the Lord desires for your Lent, not just what you think you should do. Denise will help you understand how these distractions impact your spi...

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February 24, 2025 23 mins

Are you ready to transform your weight loss journey from a struggle to a spiritual awakening? This second part of the Weight Loss Virtues series offers a revolutionary path to lasting change.

Denise challenges the idea that weight loss is simply about willpower, revealing how unmet needs and disordered thinking can hold you back. She'll share powerful insights on aligning with God's truth to achieve true transformation, and guide y...

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February 17, 2025 25 mins

Are you ready to experience a truly transformative approach to weight loss? This two-part podcast series with Denise explores the often-overlooked connection between virtue and weight, challenging the idea that it's simply about willpower.

Denise explains how many common weight loss methods, even those focused on cultivating virtues like temperance, can inadvertently lead to disordered thinking and a sense of disconnect from God. D...

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February 10, 2025 57 mins

Struggling with negative thoughts about your body? This podcast is your path to healing. Denise shares her journey and reveals how body beliefs are learned—not facts. Using a self-coaching model, you’ll uncover their impact, challenge them with self-compassion, and create empowering new beliefs.

Through exercises like visualization and a letter from your future self, you'll take action toward confidence and well-being.


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February 3, 2025 36 mins

Tired of feeling defeated by rigid weight loss rules?

This podcast episode challenges the conventional wisdom of dieting and empowers you to discover a personalized approach that truly works for you.

Denise guides you through a process of self-discovery, encouraging you to question common dieting rules and explore whether they truly serve your needs and goals. By ditching restrictive guidelines and focusing on what feels right for ...

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January 27, 2025 11 mins

Feeling discouraged by recent weight loss setbacks?

This podcast episode provides valuable insights into why you might be reverting to old habits, especially during times of stress or disruption.

You'll learn how your brain naturally resists change and seeks familiar patterns, even when you're actively working towards your goals. Discover how to understand these patterns, develop strategies for navigating challenges, and regain con...

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January 20, 2025 21 mins

You are about to embark on a journey of self-discovery as Denise challenges the "have to" mentality in this insightful podcast episode.

Listen as she guides you through common thoughts like "I have to exercise to lose weight" and "I have to clean my plate," highlighting how these self-imposed pressures can create unnecessary stress and hinder your personal growth.

Discover the power of choice and learn to reclaim your agency by r...

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January 13, 2025 24 mins

Are you plagued by the mid-January blues and that nagging voice telling you to throw in the towel? You're not alone in this struggle, and quitting isn't always a bad thing. Denise dives deep into the concept of "Quitter's Day," helping you identify when quitting can actually make space for what God truly desires for you.

She challenges the idea that quitting equals giving up, instead reframing it as surrendering to a greater purpos...

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Tired of the weight loss rollercoaster? In this inspiring interview, Cathy shares how she finally broke free from the cycle of binge eating and weight fluctuations. Discover how she lost 14 pounds in just 63 days by surrendering her food struggles to God.

Cathy reveals how she overcame years of emotional eating and developed a healthier relationship with food, mind, and body. This powerful interview offers hope and practical insigh...

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