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Every moment on social media matters. It shapes who we are and the women we will become. But even hearing that, it still feels impossible to break the habit of reaching for the phone to see what your friend has been up to, or what the latest trending Reel is, or even using these apps for work. So… what are you to do?
Allie Marie Smith joins Chrissy to talk about this very thing! Her new book is called Social Media Reset. In this episode, you’ll hear messages she shares in her book, including how to recognize if social media is negatively impacting your life, what keeps people in resistance from minimizing time on these apps, and how you can reset your relationship with social media in just 30 days!
If you haven’t already listened to it, be sure to check out Episode 58: Navigating Information Pollution with God's Grace with Kirsten Schmidt.
Grab all the links and resources mentioned in this episode at
https://www.findingbalance.com/podcast-episodes/social-media-reset
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Interlude music by “Hotham” – Morning Thoughts
Intro music by “MokkaMusic” – Old Jeans (Funk)
Production & Editing by Leah Bryant Co
This podcast is for informational purposes only and is not intended to diagnose, treat, or prescribe. If you have, or suspect you may have, an eating disorder, please consult your healthcare provider. For faith-based care, visit ChristianTreatmentFinder.com.
The voice of the enemy is loud and persuasive—and sometimes easier to hear than God’s tender, loving messages. Satan is sneaky with the agreements he lures us into. Once we realize the weight of all those lies we’ve believed, it can feel like a hopeless situation we can’t untangle from.
But nothing could be further from the truth! Jordan and Marie Foote are back to help us understand how spiritual roots connect to agreements and how identifying and breaking those agreements with the enemy leads to freedom through Christ.
In this episode, you’ll hear personal examples of agreements made without realizing it, words that bind us to these lies, and a 3-step process you can walk through today to break free from agreements with the enemy!
If you haven’t listened to episode 60, go back and tune into that one first! Today’s episode about agreements builds on that foundational conversation of understanding spiritual roots.
See the full show notes and resources mentioned in this episode at
https://www.findingbalance.com/podcast-episodes/making-and-breaking-agreements
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Interlude music by “Hotham” – Morning Thoughts
Intro music by “MokkaMusic” – Old Jeans (Funk)
Production & Editing by Leah Bryant Co
This podcast is for informational purposes only and is not intended to diagnose, treat, or prescribe. If you have, or suspect you may have, an eating disorder, please consult your healthcare provider. For faith-based care, visit ChristianTreatmentFinder.com.
Chrissy frequently references the concept of negative spiritual roots, but we've never spent an entire episode digging in to understanding how deep-seated emotions, beliefs, and experiences fuel harmful behaviors and perspectives.
Often rooted in past hurts, trauma, or unaddressed sin, spiritual roots can hinder growth and distance us from God. Instead of avoiding the issue once it’s exposed, the Lord wants us to turn toward Him in our time of need.
Today, Jordan and Marie Foote join Chrissy to dig into how roots of bitterness, unforgiveness, pride, fear, idolatry, envy, and more take hold—and how Jesus wants to help us identify and uproot them for true healing and freedom.
Full show notes and resources mentioned in this episode at
https://www.findingbalance.com/podcast-episodes/understanding-spiritual-roots
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Reclaim the holiday season! Learn tools to manage holiday food stress, set healthy boundaries with family, and sidestep common comparison traps.
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Interlude music by “Hotham” – Morning Thoughts
Intro music by “MokkaMusic” – Old Jeans (Funk)
Production & Editing by Leah Bryant Co
This podcast is for informational purposes only and is not intended to diagnose, treat, or prescribe. If you have, or suspect you may have, an eating disorder, please consult your healthcare provider. For faith-based care, visit ChristianTreatmentFinder.com.
No matter which generation you were born into, there are lessons we’d each love to go back and share with our teenage selves. While we can't change the past, we can certainly grow in the present with God's grace.
Certified personal trainer, nutrition coach, and author Amy Connell joins Chrissy for this in-depth conversation. In this episode, Amy shares her top 5 lessons she has for her teenage self, staggering statistics about young women and body image, and one thing she’d encourage all teens to do now.
This conversation touches on the nostalgia of a simpler time, the pros and cons of social media, as well as tips for things like loneliness and negative self-talk. You do not want to miss this episode!
Full show notes and all links and resources mentioned in this episode at
https://www.findingbalance.com/podcast-episodes/lessons-to-my-teenage-self
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Reclaim the holiday season! Learn tools to manage holiday food stress, set healthy boundaries with family, and sidestep common comparison traps.
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Interlude music by “Hotham” – Morning Thoughts
Intro music by “MokkaMusic” – Old Jeans (Funk)
Production & Editing by Leah Bryant Co
This podcast is for informational purposes only and is not intended to diagnose, treat, or prescribe. If you have, or suspect you may have, an eating disorder, please consult your healthcare provider. For faith-based care, visit ChristianTreatmentFinder.com.
Let’s say you find yourself scrolling for hours on social media. And when you’re able to pull yourself away, you go into intense shame mode. Is there possibly something more gentle and helpful that could be done in those moments?
The answer is yes! God is there, and He’s waiting for us to turn to Him.
Kirsten Schmidt returns to the podcast to discuss what information pollution is, how the enemy uses it to keep us stuck, how it prevents root-cause solutions, what to do when you first notice you’re shaming yourself, and when to consider a social media detox.
You’re not broken—and you’re certainly not alone in this battle!
Grab all the links and resources mentioned in this episode at:
https://www.findingbalance.com/podcast-episodes/navigating-information-pollution-with-gods-grace
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Reclaim the holiday season! Learn tools to manage holiday food stress, set healthy boundaries with family, and sidestep common comparison traps.
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Interlude music by “Hotham” – Morning Thoughts
Intro music by “MokkaMusic” – Old Jeans (Funk)
Production & Editing by Leah Bryant Co
This podcast is for informational purposes only and is not intended to diagnose, treat, or prescribe. If you have, or suspect you may have, an eating disorder, please consult your healthcare provider. For faith-based care, visit ChristianTreatmentFinder.com.
The role of supporter is delicate and demanding—even more so when you’re trying to figure out how to support your significant other through an eating disorder. You question if you’re actually seeing disordered eating behaviors, how to get help, what help to get, and the weight of trying to manage a romantic relationship, to name a few. But hope and help is available!
Amy Ozier is back for a conversation with Chrissy around the unique challenges of navigating an eating disorder or body image issues within a romantic relationship. We discuss relationship challenges caused by eating disorders, how treatment can impact relationships, how to incorporate food-neutral language, and why it’s so important to take care of yourself as the caregiver.
This episode is for those of you battling an eating disorder, fighting for freedom, and struggling to connect with your loved one. The healing journey isn’t linear, but God is with you every step of the way.
Grab all the links and resources mentioned in this episode at:
https://www.findingbalance.com/podcast-episodes/supporting-your-significant-other-through-an-eating-disorder
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Reclaim the holiday season! Learn tools to manage holiday food stress, set healthy boundaries with family, and sidestep common comparison traps.
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CREDITS
Interlude music by “Hotham” – Morning Thoughts
Intro music by “MokkaMusic” – Old Jeans (Funk)
Production & Editing by Leah Bryant Co
This podcast is for informational purposes only and is not intended to diagnose, treat, or prescribe. If you have, or suspect you may have, an eating disorder, please consult your healthcare provider. For faith-based care, visit ChristianTreatmentFinder.com.
Chrissy met Amy Ozier a year ago—and here they are now for a hope-filled discussion of helping a loved one through an eating disorder. It’s much harder than most people would know, and something no one is really ever ready for. But there are resources, support groups, and, of course, the Lord.
The desire for this episode is to help anyone who is supporting someone they love through their journey to freedom from an eating disorder. That could include parents navigating the role as caregivers for their children, supporting a spouse or a parent through their struggles, a sibling, a friend—it’s very encompassing.
There's so much to this journey, and we pray that you hear and feel the love, grace, curiosity, and gentleness poured into this conversation. We begin today with an anonymous overcomer’s story...
Grab all the links and resources mentioned in this episode at
https://www.findingbalance.com/podcast-episodes/supporting-your-child-through-an-eating-disorder
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Credit this episode: Overcomer story music by Jesse Quinn – Christian Instrumental
Tell us your story!
Reclaim the holiday season! Learn tools to manage holiday food stress, set healthy boundaries with family, and sidestep common comparison traps.
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Interlude music by “Hotham” – Morning Thoughts
Intro music by “MokkaMusic” – Old Jeans (Funk)
Production & Editing by Leah Bryant Co
This podcast is for informational purposes only and is not intended to diagnose, treat, or prescribe. If you have, or suspect you may have, an eating disorder, please consult your healthcare provider. For faith-based care, visit ChristianTreatmentFinder.com.
Chrissy has firsthand experience of the struggles faced by those battling food issues, and the courage it takes to seek help. And while she’s still challenged by diet culture from time to time, she’s no longer held captive by it. Her mission is to help other women find Jesus in the middle of their struggles with food and body image, so they can know true freedom! In this episode, Chrissy shares key practices that have helped her strengthen her relationship with the Lord, turn to him in times of distress, and what scripture reveals about God’s will when it comes to balancing it all. Stay til the end for a very special gift!
Grab all the links and resources mentioned in this episode at:
https://www.findingbalance.com/podcast-episodes/can-god-really-make-me-whole-again
Credit this episode
Wrap-up music by Jesse Quinn – Christian Instrumental
Tell us your story!
Reclaim the holiday season! Learn tools to manage holiday food stress, set healthy boundaries with family, and sidestep common comparison traps.
Support the show
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CREDITS
Interlude music by “Hotham” – Morning Thoughts
Intro music by “MokkaMusic” – Old Jeans (Funk)
Production & Editing by Leah Bryant Co
This podcast is for informational purposes only and is not intended to diagnose, treat, or prescribe. If you have, or suspect you may have, an eating disorder, please consult your healthcare provider. For faith-based care, visit ChristianTreatmentFinder.com.
Doesn’t it sound lovely to be able to remove the influence of diet culture from mealtime? Well, that doesn’t need to remain a pipe dream! From being single and feeling mentally drained, to having a household of picky eaters, to recovering from an eating disorder—the challenges are real. But mealtime can be made easier! Ann Kent joins Chrissy to share a great tool that helps remove the burden of meal planning and get a quick, nourishing meal on the table in the most non-diet-culture-y way. She shares the difference between meal planning for a diet vs intuitive eating, how to figure out the best thing to do when you’re having “one of those days,” and how her approach to meal guides is unique. Don’t miss the incredibly generous freebie baked into this episode!
Grab all the links and resources mentioned in this episode at:
https://www.findingbalance.com/podcast-episodes/make-mealtime-easier
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Interlude music by “Hotham” – Morning Thoughts
Intro music by “MokkaMusic” – Old Jeans (Funk)
Production & Editing by Leah Bryant Co
This podcast is for informational purposes only and is not intended to diagnose, treat, or prescribe. If you have, or suspect you may have, an eating disorder, please consult your healthcare provider. For faith-based care, visit ChristianTreatmentFinder.com.
It can be incredibly challenging to feel comfortable and safe being seen—especially in online support groups. And yet… without comfort and safety, it’s impossible to even open ourselves up to allow for healing. So where do we go from here?
Enter: Josi Wahlert. Josi and Chrissy have never met in person, but Chrissy has experienced true growth and healing because God brought her into Chrissy’s life. She’s not only a supportive person; she’s also a coach who deeply believes in “gentle curiosity.” We hope you enjoy this conversation where we get into what doesn’t work to build secure attachment in online groups, what “gentle curiosity” looks like, and how your Christ-centered authority supports your healing process.
Please note that this episode contains topics such as sexual assault, anorexia, and bulimia which may be sensitive for some listeners.
Grab all the links and resources mentioned in this episode at:
https://www.findingbalance.com/podcast-episodes/building-secure-attachments-in-online-spaces
Connect with Josi:
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Tell us your story!
Reclaim the holiday season! Learn tools to manage holiday food stress, set healthy boundaries with family, and sidestep common comparison traps.
Support the show
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CREDITS
Interlude music by “Hotham” – Morning Thoughts
Intro music by “MokkaMusic” – Old Jeans (Funk)
Production & Editing by Leah Bryant Co
This podcast is for informational purposes only and is not intended to diagnose, treat, or prescribe. If you have, or suspect you may have, an eating disorder, please consult your healthcare provider. For faith-based care, visit ChristianTreatmentFinder.com.
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In today’s diet-culture society, food issues and body hatred have become the norm. But you were created to be FREE. Welcome to Old School Food Freedom, where we go back to the basics,…
Hosted by FINDINGbalance Executive Director Chrissy Kirkman, this podcast features Biblically-sound experts, thought-leaders, artists, and everyday people who will inspire you to interrupt negative cultural soundtracks and rediscover God’s original design for your relationship with food and your body.
This show will deliver practical, faith-filled insights on how to break free from diet culture and body shame through the lens of scripture. If you’re looking for guidance on how to heal your relationship with food while deepening your faith, you're in the right place.
We’ll answer questions like
What does the Bible say about food freedom?
How can I overcome an eating disorder or disordered eating with Jesus?
What is the biblical perspective on diet culture?
How can I find peace with food as a Christian?
What does it mean to treat your body as a temple in relation to eating?
How can I break free from diet culture with Jesus?
How can I align my eating habits with biblical teachings?
What are the first steps to finding food freedom in Christ?
This podcast is for anyone ready to walk away from diet culture and into the freedom that Christ offers. Whether you’re recovering from an eating disorder, disordered eating, wrestling with body image, or simply craving a more peaceful relationship with food, this space was made for you.
If you want to experience true food freedom with Jesus, this podcast will give you the encouragement, truth, and tools to do just that.

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