Faith-Filled Food Freedom | Disordered Eating, Body Image, Weight Loss Obsession, Anxiety, Nutrition

Is your nighttime binge eating actually a sign that your body hasn’t been nourished enough during the day?

If evenings feel like the time when everything falls apart with food, you’re not alone. Many Christian women spend the day trying to “be good,” only to find themselves overeating or binging later—and then drowning in guilt afterward.

It can feel confusing and discouraging. You might assume it’s a willpower problem, emotional eat...

What if your food noise isn’t about food at all… but about mental clutter?

When your brain feels like it’s constantly spinning… what you ate, what you should eat, how you look, what you need to fix. It’s exhausting. You love the Lord. You want food freedom. But your thoughts feel loud, crowded, and relentless. And sometimes you wonder if this is just how your brain works.

In today’s episode, I’m joined by Tracy Hoth — certified life ...

Are you accidentally creating more food guilt by saving “the best for last” on your dinner plate?

You might not even realize you’re doing it. You rush through the “normal” foods on your plate just to get to the one you’re most excited about. And then somehow, by the end of the meal, you feel overly full… or slightly out of control… or already spiraling into guilt. It feels small, but it leaves you unsettled.

That’s because this habit...

What if the reason food feels so hard right now isn’t a lack of discipline, but unprocessed grief your body has been carrying for years?

You may feel like you should be “past this by now,” especially if your grief doesn’t look dramatic or obvious. But when grief goes unseen, it often shows up through control, coping, and patterns with food that leave you exhausted and confused. Loving Jesus doesn’t make you immune to survival mode, ...

What if the reason food and body image triggers still feel so intense isn’t because you’re doing something wrong—but because you’ve been relying on the wrong kind of relief?

When a trigger hits, it makes sense to want the discomfort to stop as fast as possible. You might reach for coping skills, distractions, or anything that helps you calm down in the moment. But over time, this can quietly leave you feeling discouraged, stuck, or ...

What do you do when your body changes because of medication—and the guilt, grief, and body image thoughts won’t quiet down?

Maybe you started a medication to support your mental or physical health, and your body responded in ways you didn’t expect. Now you’re caught in an exhausting tension: wanting to honor your health while grieving the body you used to recognize. You’re trying to trust God with this process, but the shame, fear, ...

What if this year isn’t about fixing yourself, but getting curious instead?

So many of us approach growth the same way we approach food: with pressure, expectations, and an unspoken fear of getting it wrong. Even good intentions can quietly turn into another way to perform, strive, or feel behind. And over time, that posture becomes exhausting.

In today’s episode, I’m sharing my word for 2026 and the unexpected way I’m supporting it....

Sleep deprivation doesn’t just make you tired. It quietly changes how food feels, how emotions show up, and how hard it is to feel at peace in your body.

When you’re exhausted, cravings feel stronger, food thoughts feel louder, and self-control feels out of reach. You may know sleep matters, but in this season it feels unproductive, unrealistic, or impossible. And that tension often spills straight into food guilt and emotional eati...

What if the reason food freedom keeps feeling out of reach isn’t because you lack motivation, but because you’re leaning on the wrong thing altogether?

If you’ve been telling yourself you just need more motivation to eat better, be more consistent, or stop spiraling with food, this episode is going to challenge that belief in the most relieving way. The constant pressure to “get it right” can quietly fuel body image anxiety, food gu...

What if the question isn’t whether you’re “sick enough”… but whether your body has been paying the price in silence?

So many women stay stuck in food rules and under-fueling because everything looks fine on the surface. Labs come back “normal.” Life keeps moving. And the lie whispers that help is only for people who’ve hit rock bottom — not someone like you who’s still holding it together.

In today’s episode, I sit down with Tanna Va...

What if improving your body image this year had nothing to do with changing your body?

If the start of the new year already feels loaded with pressure (to lose weight, feel confident, or finally “get your body together”), you’re not imagining it. Those expectations sneak in fast, and before you know it, your body becomes a project instead of a place you live. That constant tension alone can keep body anxiety loud, even when nothing ...

What if the way you’re approaching your 2026 goals is quietly working against the very freedom you’re praying for?

As the year wraps up, there’s often an unspoken pressure to get ahead — to think harder, plan better, and finally figure yourself out. That urgency can feel responsible and faithful, but it can also carry a weight that shows up as food stress, body anxiety, and constant mental chatter.

In today’s episode, we’re slowing t...

Welcome to Day 5 of our 5 Days to a Peace-Filled Christmas series!

Are you waking up today already feeling the pressure to “make up for” how you ate yesterday?

If you’re noticing that post-holiday guilt creeping in (the puffiness, the panic, the urge to restrict), please hear this: nothing is wrong with you. Your mind may be spiraling, your body may feel “off,” and the enemy may be whispering shame, but you are not broken. What you’r...

MERRY CHRISTMAS, and welcome to Day 4 of our 5 Days to a Peace-Filled Christmas series!

Today, not only are we wishing one another Merry Christmas, but we’re also celebrating the 200th episode of Faith-Filled Food Freedom! 🎉 And because this show would be nothing without YOU, today’s episode features several stories from our listeners about how the show is helping them develop a healthier relationship with food and body image.

Chris...

Welcome to Day 3 of our 5 Days to a Peace-Filled Christmas series!

Do you feel like your mind is constantly buzzing with food thoughts this week, no matter how hard you try to quiet them?

When holiday overwhelm rises, mental food chatter often ramps up right along with it. You may be wondering if your cravings mean you “lost control,” or why your brain won’t stop thinking about food. But that noise isn’t a sign of failure.  It’s your...

Welcome to Day 2 of our 5 Days to a Peace-Filled Christmas series!

Does your food anxiety get louder the moment holiday overwhelm hits?

When your mind is juggling pressure, expectations, emotional fatigue, and an endless to-do list, your nervous system shifts into survival mode, and suddenly food feels louder, scarier, and more urgent. Not because you lack willpower, but because overwhelm is hijacking your sense of safety.

In today’s ...

Welcome to the first episode of our 5 Days to a Peace-Filled Christmas series!

If you’ve been feeling that holiday food anxiety creeping in already, you’re about to get the 2-minute reset your mind and body is begging for.

The days leading up to Christmas can stir up extra food thoughts, body checking, decision fatigue, and a whole lot of emotional noise. Even when you want to be calm, your nervous system may feel like it’s firing on...

Are you already dreading the food and body comments you know are coming this Christmas?

Those offhand remarks from family (like the comments about your plate, your body, or their latest diet) can hit some of the most tender places in your heart. They often come out of nowhere, and before you realize it, your brain is spiraling, your body tenses up, and peace feels like it just left the room. And that pressure makes it so easy to ove...

Are you already overthinking the holiday party food before you even get there?

If you’ve ever walked into a family gathering feeling stressed about timing, food variety, comments, or the pressure to “eat the right way,” it makes sense that your body feels tense before the event even begins. 

The holidays bring a lot of emotional, sensory, and relational noise, and your nervous system is simply trying to keep up. That pressure can mak...