Impossible Beauty

Evelyn Tribole’s message is a breath of fresh air. She is a wise and compassionate voice, teaching people around the world how to reconnect with their bodies and make peace with food.

Evelyn is a registered dietician, the author of 9 books, and co-author of the best-selling book: Intuitive Eating: A Revolutionary Anti-Diet Approach, which has been the basis of over 125 studies to date. Evelyn enjoys public speaking around the world and trains health professionals on how to help their clients cultivate a healthy relationship with food, mind, and body through the process of Intuitive Eating.
The media often consults Evelyn for her expertise, appearing in hundreds of interviews, including New York Times, CNN, NBC’s Today Show, MSNBC, Fox News, USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic, Vogue, and People magazine. Evelyn was the nutrition expert for Good Morning America, and a national spokesperson for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics for six years.
In short, Evelyn is an expert in nutrition and teaching others to remember the miracle of our bodies and the gift of food. My conversation with Evelyn is rich in so many ways. I can’t wait for you to listen!

Miles Adcox is the Owner and CEO of Onsite, an internationally known emotional wellness lifestyle brand that delivers life-changing personal growth workshops, inspiring content, leadership retreats, and emotional treatment. Miles is also a speaker, podcast host, business leader, coach, and works with and consults several NGO’s. His work at Onsite has been featured on 20/20, Good Morning America, New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Dr. Phil Show, and The Doctors. Miles Adcox has devoted his life to living into these three concepts: Empathy over action, love over agenda, and grace over advice.

On paper, Miles Adcox is clearly accomplished. What I believe is more important is how Miles treats people. He truly wants people to know that they matter and their story matters. He is passionate about humanizing struggle and about healing from our past so we can live more fully and authentically in the present.

Melody Miles is a writer, coach, founder of the company Soulcation, and formerly an international expert at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. There she helped launch the global campaign to eradicate malaria.

After working in 25 African countries by the age of 30, Melody found herself hyperventilating, in the midst of a panic attack, utterly confused why she felt so stressed, exhausted, and unhappy inside the life she always thought she wanted.

In the wake of her pain, she quit her dream job, sold her belongings, and traveled solo around the world to forge a new way forward. On the other side of her adventure, Melody founded Soulcation, a company helping fellow hustlers, perfectionists, and world-changers develop regular self-care routines that calm inner chaos and revive the soul. She writes regularly to thousands of women struggling with perfectionism, fear, and navigating transition.

Natasha Ngindi is an anti-diet nutritionist and the founder of The Thick Nutritionist brand. She is also a certified Zumba instructor and advocate for promoting enjoyable movement for all bodies in a non-judgmental, body-positive environment.

In short, Natasha is passionate about spreading the word about the anti-diet message, body acceptance, health at every size, and intuitive eating. She believes that we all deserve to live a fulfilling life, free of the pressures of diet culture.

Stasi Eldredge is a New York Times bestselling author whose books have sold nearly three million copies. She is a teacher, conference speaker and the director of women’s ministry at Ransomed Heart, a ministry devoted to helping people discover the heart of God, recover their own hearts in God’s love, and learn to live in God’s kingdom. Stasi founded this ministry with her husband, John, and it has been used by God to change the hearts of men and women all over the world.

In short, Stasi’s passion is to see lives transformed by the beauty of the gospel. And, as you will see by my conversation with Stasi, her heart for seeing God’s beauty at work in the world and in all people is remarkable and inspiring.

Aundi Kolber is a licensed professional counselor from Castle Rock, Colorado and is the author of the book, Try Softer: A Fresh Approach to Move Us out of Anxiety, Stress, and Survival Mode-and into a Life of Connection and Joy.

I absolutely loved my conversation with Aundi. In our time together, she taught me all how when we pay compassionate attention to ourselves and stay curious, we are more able to heal and notice true beauty in our lives. If you are ever hard on yourself or struggle to believe in your own belovedness, this episode is for you.

Jean Kilbourne is a renowned activist, speaker, and author. She is internationally recognized for her pioneering work on the image of women in advertising, in addition to her critical studies of alcohol and tobacco advertising. Beginning in the 1960’s, she began to explore the connection between advertising and various public health issues, such as eating disorders, violence against women, and addiction. She wondered how messaging in advertising contributes to these issues.

To counteract the harmful messages in advertising, Kilbourne launched a movement to promote media literacy to help prevent these public health issues. Jean is also the creator of the renowned film series, Killing Us Softly: Advertising’s Image of Women and has authored two books: Can’t Buy My Love: How Advertising Changes the Way We Think and Feel and So Sexy So Soon: The New Sexualized Childhood and What Parents Can Do to Protect Their Kids. Millions of people around the world have viewed Kilbourne’s films, lectures, and television appearances.

Jean Kilbourne helps us recognize how powerful advertising is. It’s everywhere and it’s always teaching us something; sending us some kind of message about what our culture defines as beautiful or desirable. Kilbourne reminds us of our freedom; the freedom to examine the messaging in advertising and media and then decide if we want to adopt and live into those values and messages.

If you have ever struggled with body image or your relationship with food, this episode is for you. Christy Harrison is an anti-diet registered dietician, certified intuitive eating counselor, an accomplished journalist, and the author of Anti-Diet: Reclaim Your Time, Money, Well-Being, and Happiness Through Intuitive Eating. She also hosts a weekly podcast called Food Psych, which is one of Apple’s top 100 health podcasts, with tens of thousands of listeners worldwide.

In Christy’s words, her mission is to “help you recognize diet culture for the life thief that it is, and tune back into your body’s inner wisdom about how to truly nourish yourself—so that you can free up space in your life for bigger and better things.”

Christy’s work has been hugely transformational and inspiring in my own life. So, whether you are new to the concept of diet culture or are very familiar with it, I am hopeful that Christy’s message may shift your relationship with food and body image in some pivotal ways.

Carlos Whittaker is an author, speaker, and, according to his wife, a hope dealer. Carlos is a father of three and documents his family’s life, struggles, and adventures in front of a large social media following. As he addresses topics ranging from bird watching to racism on social media, he demonstrates vulnerability, curiosity, and grace.

Carlos has authored three books: Moment Maker, Kill the Spider, and his latest title, Enter Wild. In short, Carlos is a master at showing what it looks like to live out a fervent and adventurous faith in the midst of real life.

Lacy is an author, teacher, and spiritual director. She provides spiritual direction and teaches at the Renovaré Institute, for the Doctor of Ministry program in Spiritual Direction at Fuller Theological Seminary and at Portland Seminary. Lacy also provides spiritual direction for adults through GoodDirtMinistries.org and for children at Haven House. She also recently released her latest book "Spiritual Conversations with Children: Listening to God Together."

So, if God is the source of beauty, it seems important to know more about how we might draw near to that Source. Thankfully that is, in fact, Lacy’s specialty.