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Heidi and Christina share their history with the "bathroom cyclops"--that bandit that steals our joy and sense of identity! The bathroom scale! In this episode we talk about ways we have previously thought about the bathroom scale, the benefits and drawbacks of weighing ourselves and strategies for being sure the scale is in its rightful place.

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In this episode, Heidi and Christina talk about cravings, what they are, what causes them and what does not cause them. They share some examples from their own lives and how God has led them to break free and overcome their cravings. They provide some practical strategies for you to overcome your cravings, too.

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Christina and Heidi talk about how what we believe about who we are impacts our eating, our decisions, our perception of life. What does God say about me? Will I choose to believe HIM or will I continue to believe my own bad press?

What I think about and tell myself will impact my beliefs. What I believe will impact my actions.

What does God say about who I am?

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In this episode, Heidi and Christina share real life stories that many can relate to about the shame and guilt that plagues many when we are stuck in a cycle of feeling shame and pain, followed by "numbing out," only to feel yet MORE pain and shame as a result of turning to counterfeit coping mechanisms (like overeating). 

Best of all, though, they share two vital strategies for breaking free from this cycle and ...

Heidi and Christina talk about how activity, exercise or movement fits into the lives of Thin Within participants. We talk about how we have previously used exercise in our dieting and obsession-with-weight days. We look at what Thin Within does NOT teach, what it DOES teach, some helpful suggestions for living with peace and freedom as well as ideas for how to renew your mind about overusing exercise or when you have avoided exerc...

Lori Johnson, a post-menopausal participant who loves Jesus as much as anyone we have ever met, shares about her journey of releasing 43 pounds, but more importantly, coming to a place of experiencing peace with food, eating, and her body! Lori's joy and enthusiasm is contagious!

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Heidi and Christina talk about what freedom in the area of food, eating, and body image looks like. It may not be quite what you expect, but it is SO much BETTER! They talk about how to invite God in as you dream a bit about what freedom will look like, feel like, taste like, sound like! 

They elaborate to speak to the issue of allowing God to author our ideas of freedom means we will experience His empowering to accomplis...

This is part 2 of Recognizing the Diet Mentality and why and how that can undermine your Thin Within journey to eat intuitively.

We have 11 of these (between the two parts) and there are even more beliefs we may bring with us from our dieting days...insidious, hidden, yet powerfully derailing us if we aren't savvy to it!

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What can keep us stuck in our Thin Within journey? What can cause hurdles to emerge just as things are going along so well?

The Diet Mentality!

In this episode and next week's episode (part 2), Christina and Heidi talk about a plethora of ways the dieting mentality--thoughts that we learned in our dieting days--can infiltrate our thinking now--even as we are walking in the freedom Christ has purchased for us!...

This time of year, many people are looking into new food plans. And then, once they find one, they begin to chafe and feel raw as they restrict, regulate, and force themselves into rules established by someone else.

YOU CAN'T MAKE ME! addresses the way many of us feel and a wonderful alternative to the approach that we need to have a new and better (more restrictive?) plan in order to be successful.

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This is the second half of 10 reasons that you will love the Thin Within approach. 

On a large scale, you will experience closeness with the Lord and peace with food, eating and your body! If that isn't MORE than enough reasons to join us, have a listen to parts 1 and 2 of this podcast. We have TONS of reasons!

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We have so much to say about this topic that we had to edit this episode down a LOT *and* break it into two parts! So, this is the first of a zillion reasons that you will love the Thin Within approach. On a large scale, you will experience closeness with the Lord and peace with food, eating and your body! If that isn't MORE than enough reasons to join us, have a listen to parts 1 and 2 of this podcast. We have TONS of reasons...

Heidi and Christina share 7 of their favorite mind renewal tools and strategies that they use to think thoughts more in line with God's own thoughts.

We all want transformation. Romans 12:2 tells us that we are transformed BY the renewing of our minds. So how do we do that? We want to bring the truth that God has for us home to our lives so we think His thoughts about circumstances, about food, about the holidays, abo...

One of the things we love is to see the way our redeeming God takes our slips, stumbles, slides, falls, and failures in our eating and uses them to teach us. It's true! Failure no longer needs to define me. Instead, it can teach me. Jesus wastes nothing...not even my mess ups.

In this episode, we look at how God responds to the failures of his people. Romans 12:2 says we can be transformed by the renewing of our minds...

Often, people are surprised to hear that reading your bible and praying are not (necessarily) the same as mind renewal. We explain that in this part of our Mind Renewal series.

So if reading my bible and praying aren't mind renewal, what IS mind renewal? Christina and Heidi give examples of real life situations so you can see what they are talking about.

If you want to go deeper into this topic of mind renewa...

In this second of several parts about renewing the mind (Romans 12:2), Heidi and Christina continue the dialog by looking at when a person can renew their minds. Does it require a lengthy "quiet time?" Many of us have such busy lives that this isn't feasible. They talk about snatching opportunities such as driving in the car, waiting on the phone, when in the shower and so many more.

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This is part one in our series about renewing the mind. The bible tells us in Romans 12:2 that we are transformed by the renewing of the mind. In this first of several episodes speaking directly about renewing the mind, Heidi and Christina address what mind renewal is and why it is such a game-changer. At the heart of the discussion is the challenge that emotional eating often presents. There are ways to overcome this challenge and...

For many, the holidays are filled with all kinds of emotions. Joy, sadness, depression, discomfort, loneliness, grief, surprise, happiness--the list goes on and on.

Often, we might be tempted to eat through our emotions. But what does God invite us to do instead?

What healthy strategies for handling our emotions--actually processing them--can we adopt so that we don't overeat our way through holiday disappoi...

One of the best game-changers is to celebrate your victories along the your Thin Within journey. Many people think that the only victories worth celebrating are the scale victories. 

We disagree! What about when you renew your mind? That is a victory! What about when you stop eating mid-binge? That is a victory! What about when you look and learn after a mess up with the Lord? That is a HUGE victory!

Recognizing t...