Habits of the Household Book Series: Chapters 5 and 6 -- Family Devotions and Marriage

We did it....we got our husbands to join us for this episode! We're excited for you to hear their perspectives on these chapters. We really cover a lot -- family devotions and marriage, yes, but also more about how we met our husbands, how our marriage has changed over the years, the challenges of marriage, parenting roles, how much we spend on groceries and so much more.

One highlight from this episode and this entire series that Ive been thinking about a lot lately is..... something is better than nothing. Maybe you don't have time to listen to the whole series or you feel overwhelmed by all the ideas....same. Start where you are, listen to a snippet, and try to take one tangible prayer or task or touchpoint for your life or family. I'm rooting for you!

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Emily Hahn, MPH, RDN, CED-S joins me on today's episode! We talk about how she got into the eating disorder field, the multiple hats she wears and practical tips for navigating a girls night out or date when you've been struggling with disordered eating. We talk about the first thing Emily does when trying to help people move from dieting and restriction to peace and freedom with food and what pregnancy and motherhood looked/looks like for Emily.

Emily is a WELL of compassion and helpful information -- two things at the core of Gratefully Nourished's mission. It was a joy to talk with her!

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Emily's bio:

Emily Hahn is an eating disorder, non-diet dietitian in Houston, Texas. She owns and operates a group practice of dietitians called We All Eat Nutrition Therapy. We All Eat is a HAES-aligned practice that specializes in Intuitive Eating and eating disorder recovery. Emily is a Certified Eating Disorders Specialist Supervisor through the International Association of Eating Disorders Professionals, and is currently serving as President on the board of the Houston Eating Disorders Specialists. Emily is contracted with the Houston Ballet Academy where she provides nutrition education, individual consultations, and sits on multidisciplinary panels.

Learn more about Emily's practice: https://wealleatnutrition.com/

Alyssa's bio:

Alyssa Pike is Registered Dietitian who cares deeply about helping people make informed and thoughtful food and nutrition decisions. In addition to owning and operating Gratefully Nourished, Alyssa currently works for a science communications organization where works to improve public perception of nutrition through translating nutrition research into digestible content, developing consumer research projects and serving as a sound resource to media outlets. Additionally, she previously worked alongside clients at an eating disorder outpatient center to help them make peace with food and their body. Alyssa would be grateful to work alongside you or your team to help you make sense of all the confusing nutrition (mis)information and to make individualized and evidenced-based nutrition choices.

Learn more about Alyssa's practice: https://gratefullynourished.co/

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Kylie and I are reading and discussing the book Habits of the Household: Practicing the Story of God in Everyday Family Rhythms. In episode two of the series, we cover chapters three and four: Discipline and Screen time.

We talk about how discipline never happens at a convenient moment and the idea of discipline as discipleship, plus a few tangible habits to practice in your household. For screen time, we discuss curation, the idea of instruments versus devices and how it's not about abstinence but about finding the right guardrails that's most important.

We hope you enjoy!

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Kylie and I are kicking off a new series on the book Habits of the Household: Practicing the Story of God in Everyday Family Rhythms. We dive into chapters one and two: waking and mealtimes. This was so fun to record! We hope you enjoy.

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Welcome back to the Gratefully Nourished podcast! I hope you enjoy this new season's focus on finding meaning in the midst of chaos plus the integration of all things motherhood, faith, life, and simplicity in addition to nutrition and health. Like I say in the intro, for a long time I struggled to make Gratefully Nourished all about nutrition. At this point, I know that's because health is more than just what we eat and I am more than just a registered dietitian. Join us as we talk about honoring our health without obsession and all the pieces of life in between. I'm so happy you're here!

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We're rounding out this season with an episode all about eating disorder care. I'm delighted to introduce (or reacquaint) you to Emily Murray, RD, LDN, CEDS, who shares a little bit about her eating disorder experience and how she got into working with individuals suffering from eating disorders and struggling to find peace with food. We talk about how we each took non-traditional paths in the field of dietetics, discuss some differences between disordered eating and eating disorder care, how to know when it's time for a higher level of care and more! 

More about Emily Murray, RD, LDN, CEDS:

Emily is  a certified eating disorders specialist through the International Association of Eating Disorders Professionals (iaedp). In her private practice just outside of Nashville, TN, Emily primarily works with individuals who suffer from eating disorders with co-occuring mental health concerns, including but not limited to: emotional avoidance and dysregulation, co-occuring anxiety, OCD, & mood disorders, as well as trauma, addiction, and issues of self-esteem and self worth.Emily is often helping her clients sift through “food & feelings” and invites the deep, emotional work that is required to heal from disordered eating and eating disorders.

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Have you ever wanted to bring the message of food freedom to your local church community? Body BLoved has created a wonderful resource for you! In this episode, we talk about so many good things, including the importance of getting curious about where we learned our current beliefs around food and body image, the value in starting small and respecting our own limitations as well as encouragement for how to bring the food freedom message to your local church community.

More about Nicole Mesita, RD:

Nicole Mesita works in private practice as a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist and is the co-founder of "Body Bloved" a resource for Christian women who want to discover healing relationships with food, fitness, and body image through the unconditional love of God. She is a Mom of two girls and serves alongside her beloved husband in their local church. Through her education and diverse career experiences, God prompted her to help people of all shapes and sizes discover health and peace with their body through the unconditional love of Jesus. Nicole most enjoys spending time around a table and eating delicious food with the people she loves.

More about the BodyBLoved Group Food Freedom Bible Study:

Body BLoved recently launched a group curriculum of their popular online course "Food Freedom Bible Study." The curriculum was made so that anyone could take the non-diet message and share it with their local church. You don't need to be an expert in this material and you don't need to have the perfect relationship with food or your body to bring this message, you just need a willing heart to see yourselves and others set free from the lies the enemy tries to use to keep us in bondage. This is an opportunity to create a safe place and community among other believers who want freedom.

90 day access for Group Food Freedom bible study

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Link to starter pack for launching the group course at your local church 

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Brittany Braswell, MS, RDN joins me for this episode, and I'm so excited to share it with you! We dive into how Brittany got into this work and why she chose to integrate a Christ-centered approach to eating disorder and disordered eating recovery into her practice. We discuss the importance of keeping nutrition in its rightful place -- a helpful tool to improve our health -- without shame or obsession, identity, overcoming limiting beliefs and more. 

One of my favorite parts of this episode was when Brittany said, "one of the most difficult parts of recovery is choosing to take unpredictable action." So good!

More about Brittany:

Brittany is a Registered Dietitian specialized in the treatment of eating disorders and body image.  She owns a Christ-centered coaching practice for Christian women ready to break free from the bondage of food guilt and body shame. Brittany is on a mission to help women ditch chronic food and body obsession using a Christ-centered approach to help them overcome the lies of diet culture and rediscover their God-given identity.

Free resources to help with food freedom and body image: www.brittanybraswellrd.com/resources

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Kassandra Baker joins me for this episode, and it's a goooood one! We dive into Kassandra's personal experience with eating disorders and how life is different now that she is recovered. We also discuss navigating weight changes throughout the healing process and why identity is so central to living free from food and body image struggles. Kassandra also shares a powerful testimony of her experience of the Gospel and invites us to have our own experience.

Kassandra's definition of the Beauty Idol:

Book mentioned: The Freedom of Self Forgetfulness

More about Kassandra:

Kassandra Baker knows what it’s like to have a love/hate relationship with food and her body.  It’s her own personal experience and recovery from two eating disorders that drive her passion to encourage women to find freedom.  She is a Certified Health, Life, and Mental Health Coach and Public Speaker, helping women who are trapped in unhealthy habits such as perfectionism, disordered eating, legalism, and people-pleasing, so they can LIVE FREE in Christ.

For more info, check out www.KassandraBaker.com

Kassandra has offered to give three complimentary Breaking Free Strategy Sessions to the first three listeners who email her at [email protected]. Check out her resource page here.

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I recently shared that my husband and I are pregnant with our first child, a baby boy due in December 2022! So Kylie and I are talking all things pregnancy, including what our experiences have been like, what's been hard, body image and more.

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