I always thought of myself as the ‘chunky one.’   I struggled for a long time with realizing who I was in Christ.  Identity was the whole root of my struggles with an ED.  I always wanted to define myself by who someone else was, by what I did, but when I couldn’t do it...Read More »

I still have fear foods and fear food situations.  I’m not going to lie to you and say that I’m completely comfortable around food.  I am not GOOD at getting out of my comfort zone.  I love to stay with my comfortable foods, my comfortable places, but I KNOW that faith is stepping out of...Read More »

I LOVE recovery.  I LOVE pretty much all foods except for excessive amounts of mushrooms or too many olives.   One of the biggest things I’ve learned as I’ve ‘relearned’ how to eat in freedom is that ALL FOODS fit.   And just because I’m not ‘gaining’ weight anymore doesn’t mean I don’t eat pizza...Read More »

I have always loved to move.  I know that even before my history with ED and exercise addiction, I loved being outside.  I would get bored easily, just because I loved movement so much; I would always say, ‘Please don’t resign me to a computer job.’   It wasn’t until I got older that I...Read More »

Linking up with Amanda to ‘Think Out Loud’ on today’s podcast about the comparison trap.   Comparison is no bueno, but still it creeps into our social media, our body image, and our food choices.  It’s a hard hard battle to be reminded that comparison always steals joy, always steals the joy of embracing your...Read More »

Eating disorders do not discriminate. I used to feel like I ‘shouldn’t’ have an ED, because I didn’t have that kind of a lifestyle that would lead to an ED.   I learned that this isn’t true.  Growing up, I wouldn’t have thought that I was susceptible to diet thinking.  My parents never talked about...Read More »

Linking up with Amanda to share these thoughts about Instagram, friendships, and such on today’s podcast! For a while I think I demonized Instagram; I think it was partially because of struggling with knowing how to use it myself.   I didn’t think it could be genuine, that it could only be superficial, but the...Read More »

Linking up with Amanda to share Janie’s story and my journey with gut health!  I don’t know where to quite even start with this, but I have had SO many gut issues since being in recovery, and they have been hard. (Not saying that for a pity party at all.

I’m linking up with Amanda to share this encouragement today! There is so much suffering on this earth; and it grieves me.  My heart breaks when I get on the news, and I just don’t want to do my news reporter job.  I want to draw back from it, but I can’t.  My Lord Jesus...Read More »

It’s a bonus edition of the Beauty in Christ podcast.  I don’t normally record more than one in a week, but self love has been weighing heavy on my heart, and I’ve been sensing the prompting of the Holy Spirit to speak God’s truth about this.   In my eating disorder, the problem was not that...Read More »