Feeling Things with Amy & Kat

What happens when you've spent years praying for God to take away the food noise, but the freedom you're searching for goes so much deeper than food?

For Julie, food noise was constant. She woke up thinking about food, went to bed thinking about food, and spent years crying out to God, wondering why He hadn't taken it away.

But underneath it all was a people-pleasing perfectionist who had spent much of her life seeking approval, staying busy, and putting everyone else's needs ahead of her own.

And while she knew what Scripture said about being loved, chosen, and beloved by God, her internal response was often, "Yeah, right."

She believed those promises were true. She just couldn't believe they were true for HER.

In this case study, Julie shares what changed when she stopped looking for another food-focused solution and started rewiring the beliefs and self-image underneath her struggles. She talks about quieting the food noise, uncovering the real need behind her nighttime eating, and realizing that her perfectionism and people-pleasing were actually forms of self-abandonment.

And perhaps her biggest breakthrough came down to two simple words: "I matter."

For the first time, Julie began recognizing that her needs, hopes, dreams, and health mattered, too. She learned to set boundaries without guilt, say no without shame, and experience the joy she'd been searching for.

But one of the most powerful parts of Julie's story is what happened in her relationship with God.

After years of intellectually knowing what Scripture said about her, she describes finally being able to RECEIVE those truths and believe that she is loved, chosen, and worthy of being called His beloved.

As Julie puts it, she went from "bondage to freedom."

This isn't a story about finding the perfect diet or never struggling again. It's about learning to stop abandoning yourself, recognize the lies you've spent years believing, and finally experience the freedom of knowing that you matter.

If you've ever thought, "Why won't God take this away?" "I know what Scripture says, but why can't I believe it?" or "I'm so busy taking care of everyone else that I've lost myself"—Julie's story is for you.

HOST: Leanne Ellington // StresslessEating.com // @leanneellington // @theteenagerbrain

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When you are in pain or crisis, there are three main ways that most people respond. 

Sometimes they pity you. 

Sometimes they judge you. 

Sometimes they try to fix you / your problem. 

And yet none of these responses inspire true connection, healing or growth. 

In today’s episode, I’ll share what does inspire connection, healing and growth — and it mostly requires you to avoid giving and receiving advice. 

Why? 

Because advice in all its forms — fixing, judging and pity — short-circuits what is trying to unfold through your beautiful story. 

Host: Ally Fallon // @allyfallon // allisonfallon.com

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Amy and Kat open the inbox!! One listener explains how she and her husband protected Christmas morning for their family, and the fun tradition of turning the Christmas tree into a New Year’s tree. A mom of two, now pregnant with her third, shares her sunny-side-up birth story and encourages Kat as a new mom. Another listener, inspired by Amy’s hormone journey, asks what kind of doctor to look for. And a mom whose son was born nine weeks early with a heart defect opens up about the heavy feelings after birth, the guilt that followed, and why the postpartum version of you deserves grace.

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HOSTS:

Amy Brown // @RadioAmy

Kat Van Buren // threecordstherapy.com // @KatVanburen

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Amy is feeling proud and excited, while Kat is just plain grateful. After their feelings of the day, Amy shares a wild follow-up: when Kat’s near-abduction story aired on the Bobby Bones Show, a listener called in to say the exact same parking-lot scheme happened to her days later. Amy questions whether Mercury in retrograde is real after she and Kat had completely opposite days, and they go through common thoughts that feel helpful but might be overthinking in disguise. Plus, a listener’s tip for running a book club, a check-in on this month’s read, a book recommendation for expecting moms, and the signs you own too much stuff and it’s time to declutter.

An Evening with Jenna Bush Hager and Lucy Tan: LINK TO BUY TICKETS  

Other Things Discussed:

AMY'S HOLIDAY CUPS 

KAT'S HOLIDAY CUPS 

BYRNA SELF-DEFENSE KINETIC LAUNCHER 

BYRNA MAX PROJECTILES 

MY FRIENDS BOOK 

BIRTH VIBES BY JEN HAMILTON

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HOSTS:

Amy Brown // RadioAmy.com // @RadioAmy

Kat Van Buren // threecordstherapy.com // @KatVanburen

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Leanne is back to continue exploring this complex topic of worthiness, diving into the paradox of feeling worthy when you DON'T feel worthy. Once again Leanne talks about the 5 Blocks to God’s love, originally introduced as a 'Self-Imaging' formula, and how these blocks, if not addressed, can hinder your experience of love and worthiness.

This episode focuses on the fourth ingredient and God block: Self-Esteem, where she teaches about understanding Self-Esteem as more than just confidence, but a profound interplay of "knowing, liking, and trusting" yourself.

She explores this concept that most people are walking around very untrusting of themselves, because somewhere along the lines they stopped believing themselves when they made promises to themselves. And this causes them to not only STOP trusting themselves, but to also LOSE respect for themselves, believing themselves less and less the NEXT time they commit to something. And THAT is what damages your Self-Esteem. 

She takes you on a deep-dive of how to repair your integrity if you've gotten into the habit of making promises to yourself without actual follow-through. She also shows you how to invite God into this conversation to explore the power of promise-keeping when it comes to restoring your Self-Esteem.

Leanne encourages and invites you to create a new definition of Self-Esteem, only this time around taking your "spiritual integrity" into account and seeking God's perspective on getting back in alignment with yourself WHILE you embrace the concept of taking radical ownership of your own Self-Image...and the spiritual journey towards God-inspired integrity.

HOST: Leanne Ellington // @leanneellington // StresslessEating.com

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Have you ever considered giving your pain a voice? 

For most of us, this doesn’t even register. We think about curing our pain, side-stepping our pain, solving our pain, fixing our pain or numbing our pain.

Anything but allowing and listening to our pain. 

Let me ask you this: what if your pain is trying to speak to you?  

What if it has an important message to share? 

What if there is wisdom buried within your pain that you need in order to take your next step, to understand yourself or the world more fully, or to truly heal? 

If you believed that, would you lean in and listen?

Host: Ally Fallon // @allyfallon // allisonfallon.com

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This week on Soul Sessions, Amanda Rieger Green maps out the energies of November, a month she says will feel intense, especially if you’re empathic, intuitive, or energetically sensitive. She explains the clear split between the first half of the month, which feels inward and loud, and the second half, when expression, clarity, and forward momentum return. Astrologically, Mercury in Scorpio and Venus in Libra are both retrograde until the 13th. Numerologically, November is a 3 universal month inside a 12 (11 + 1), a “waiting period” code of 1, 2, and 3 that asks you to zoom out and see reality as it is. Amanda breaks the month down into three practical steps: take command of the voice in your head with your “I am,” notice how your body language and communication match your words, and get out of your head by coloring with your non-dominant hand. She also previews the Gemini full moon around the 24th and 25th, the second Uranus-Pluto trine of five between now and 2028, and why this is the month to simplify, listen, breathe, and summon your resolve.

Host: Amanda Rieger Green

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Hello, Feeling Things Listeners! We want to share a new show you might enjoy, it’s My Brother David!!!

About the Show: David is 48 and lives in Toronto with his wife, two kids, and two dogs. He is a small business owner, the father of two, a second degree black belt in Hapkido, has never listened to a podcast and is dying of pancreatic cancer.

His little sister Sarah is 37 and lives in Chicago with her husband, three kids, and cat. She is an artist, educator, activist, grief worker, trauma informed practitioner, avid podcast listener and desperate to be of some use to her big brother.

David is in pain, on drugs, and doesn’t know what to do with his time. Sarah suggests he listens to podcasts. David suggests (then insists) they make one.  

And so begins Sarah and David’s hilarious, irreverent and unflinching journey to follow the ups and downs of David’s disease. How long does David have left? Does Sarah’s background with grief work help at all when grief hits so close to home? What are protein numbers? How does one use a microphone? Is the minimum wage too low or too high? Will the Blue Jays ever win the World Series? Is that gas or diarrhea? What does life look like when you know you’re going to die?

As Sarah grapples with the challenges of her own grief, her relationship with her brother, and how to make a podcast, David’s no-holds-barred personality illuminates how to look death squarely in the face. 

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A friend starts telling you a story you’ve already heard, and it’s a long one. Do you speak up, or smile and let her finish? Amy and Kat debate what to do in that awkward moment, then share a simple gossip check-in Amy did with her son, Stevenson. Is what you’re about to say true, kind, and necessary? Turns out the guide might be even more helpful for adults.

Plus, a little dating life talk, your sweet feedback on the episodes with Chase, a quick newsletter update for those who’ve been missing it, and a voicemail from a listener in corporate sales who pushes back on our over-apologizing episode. Her take? Authority plus humility equals strength, and sometimes a simple “I’m sorry” means more than a “thank you.”

Here is the EXACT Gossip Check-In That Amy Did With Stevenson:

→ Is what I’m about to say true, kind, and necessary?

→ Why am I sharing this? Am I trying to feel connected, fit in, or get a reaction?

→ How would I feel if it were about me? Would I want someone else to say this about me?

→ Is this getting someone help? If someone is unsafe, tell a trusted adult instead of gossiping.

→ Am I sharing to entertain or judge? If to make someone look bad or get attention, it’s gossip.

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HOSTS:

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Amy and Kat are back in the studio together again, and it felt so good to have her here! She’s sharing baby Zoey’s birth story, and it didn’t go the way she planned. Kat hoped for a natural birth, but after more than 20 hours of labor, the doctors made the tough call to have a C-section. She opens up about how scary it was, and about the emotions that came after, including the honest “what have we done?” moment once they were home. There were tears, and if you’re a new mom navigating the baby blues, we hope her words remind you that you’re not alone.

Plus, a listener asks how Kat handled visitors and boundaries after Zoey was born (yes, including family), we answer some of your labor questions, like whether everyone shakes during labor and how cervix checks actually work, and we explain why Rh incompatibility matters most in a second pregnancy.

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HOSTS:

Amy Brown // RadioAmy.com // @RadioAmy

Kat Van Buren // threecordstherapy.com // @KatVanburen

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