For those who have been following along with our Sacred Rhythms Book Club Podcast, you'll be extra excited for today's podcast guest! Kylie Mitchell, MPH, RD and I are talking with Megan Stewart who is the founder and Spiritual Director of Camp46! We're talking about soul care, how to slow down, how to find space to be with God and why all of this is so foreign to most of us.

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Hi, I'm Meg and I am the founder and spiritual director of Camp 46! I believe God is always with you. He is intentional, intimate, and in union with specifically you! Yet, this world is filled with tasks, noise, and so much hurry that it can be difficult to connect with Him. Camp 46 is a space to step back from the noise, and get away with God through spiritual direction, retreats, and soul care sessions. Come find me at our basecamp – Psalm 46:10, “Be still and know that I am God.” My hope here is that you would begin to be still, and know that you are seen, known, and loved by Jesus. 

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On this episode I'm interviewing Erin Todd, one of the cofounders of the Intuitive Eating for Christian Women Podcast and you don't want to miss it! Erin's insight and experience with the Lord transforming her heart is so powerful. We talk about her experience of letting go of dieting and the pursuit of perfection for a better way -- a way where she's not striving but instead resting in her identity and security in Christ. We talk a lot about how this is a hard process and it takes time. Recovery is not linear and we hope that comes through in our conversation.

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Erin Todd is a wife, dog mom, attorney-by-day and writer-by-night living in St. Petersburg, Florida with her husband Robbie and french bulldog Rufus. As a redhead who battled insecurity and body image issues for over 30 years, she now claims the concept of being both a masterpiece and a work in progress simultaneously. Her blog “Ginger In Progress” was born from a spiritual awakening where Jesus set her free from diet prison. Now she is on a mission to empower and equip women to Follow Jesus Not Diets. She is co-host of the Intuitive Eating for Christian Women podcast which teaches listeners how the principles of intuitive eating align with scripture so they can improve their relationship with food, their body and God and cast out dieting for good!

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Welcome to the seventh and final episode of our podcast book club series on Sacred Rhythms by Ruth Haley Barton. I'm joined by Kylie Mitchell, MPH, RD of ImmaEatThat to discuss Chapter 8: Sabbath and Chapter 9: Rule of Life. This is our second podcast book club series -- the first was on Breaking Free from Body Shame by Jess Connolly and aired on Kylie's ImmaEatThat Podcast. We landed on Sacred Rhythms for our next book because as we were talking about the importance of renaming our bodies as good and making peace with food and body image in our last book club, we kept coming back to this idea of slowing down and finding space to be with God. 

In this episode, we talk about:

Thank you to all who have listened to the entire series -- we highly recommend listening from the beginning so you can get a full picture of these rhythms and of course reading the book for yourself :-)

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Have you ever wondered how to bridge the gap between disordered eating recovery and hormone health? In this episode, we're talking about just that! Listen in for a life-giving conversation about how to take care of ourselves and our hormones and how we can shift from trying to be the smallest version of ourselves to really appreciating our bodies and honoring our health without restriction or rigidity.

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Isabel is a Registered Dietitian and owner of Woman Wise Nutrition. She helps women who struggle with hormone dysfunctions like PCOS and Amenorrhea to learn how to stop fighting food and start nourishing their bodies with confidence and clarity. Isabel strives to empower women with a deeper understanding of their health so that they can ultimately live their life of purpose.

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Welcome to the sixth episode of our podcast book club series on Sacred Rhythms by Ruth Haley Barton. I'm joined by Kylie Mitchell, MPH, RD of ImmaEatThat to discuss Chapter 6: Self-Examination and Chapter 7: Discernment. This is our second podcast book club series -- the first was on Breaking Free from Body Shame by Jess Connolly and aired on Kylie's ImmaEatThat Podcast. We landed on Sacred Rhythms for our next book because as we were talking about the importance of renaming our bodies as good and making peace with food and body image in our last book club, we kept coming back to this idea of slowing down and finding space to be with God. We're excited to talk through this book with you.

Quite frankly, this episode was the most challenging for both Kylie and I but not because these practices aren't important. We find them hard to put into words and we are both very much still processing them for our own lives.

In this episode, we talk about:

The quote I reference at the end of the episode:

Discernment in its fullness takes a practiced heart, fine-tuned to hear the word of God and the single-mindedness to follow that word in love. It is truly a gift from God, but not one dropped from the skies fully formed. It is a gift cultivated by a prayerful life and the search for self-knowledge. - Ernest Larkin

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Have you ever wanted to hear someone's story of moving from disordered eating to food freedom and peace? Well today's the day! I'm interviewing Julia Townsend, Registered Yoga Teacher and Mindfulness Coach who happens to be a past client of mine. She shares all about how she used to be trapped by obsessive food and exercise thoughts and behaviors (which is super normal in our culture and nothing to be ashamed of!) and how she's moved to a place of well-being and rest, caring for the body she knows was made good.

In this episode we discuss:

More about Julia:

Julia Townsend is a 500-hour registered yoga teacher, mindfulness coach, and mom to three amazing little boys. From a young age, she has been following Christ and incorporates yoga and mindfulness as spiritual practices in her personal faith. Her passion is to help other women embrace joy in their lives and know that they are wonderfully made. Her experiences recovering from disordered eating gave Julia a passion to share with others that God made our bodies good, despite what diet culture tells us. In her spare time, Julia loves to read, write poems, run, practice yoga, and most importantly, spend time with her husband, boys, and pets.

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www.embracejoyyoga.com

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Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8sNhDBfluoMOpNIDJ6OqIQ

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Side note - this is probably my favorite episode so far in this series!

Welcome to the fifth episode of our podcast book club series on Sacred Rhythms by Ruth Haley Barton. I'm joined by Kylie Mitchell, MPH, RD of ImmaEatThat to discuss Chapter 5: Honoring the Body. This is our second podcast book club series -- the first was on Breaking Free from Body Shame by Jess Connolly and aired on Kylie's ImmaEatThat Podcast. We landed on Sacred Rhythms for our next book because as we were talking about the importance of renaming our bodies as good and making peace with food and body image in our last book club, we kept coming back to this idea of slowing down and finding space to be with God. We're excited to talk through this book with you.

In this episode, we talk about:

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One of my real life friends is joining me for today's podcast episode! We talk about Amber's journey of developing a healthy view of and relationship with food, the importance of paying attention to our language around food, why we need to eat enough (!!!) and how Amber challenged her own unhelpful beliefs and behaviors around food.

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Amber Middleton is a 4th Grade Teacher who enjoys learning and striving to be the healthiest version of herself. Amber enjoys encouraging and supporting her friends! She strives to actively be more like Jesus each day; learning to love to others the way Jesus would. In her free time you can find Amber cooking a new recipe and hanging out with all 30 of her closest friends! 

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Disclaimer: Please be advised part of this podcast is not suitable for young ears. 

Welcome to the fourth episode of our podcast book club series on Sacred Rhythms by Ruth Haley Barton. I'm joined by Kylie Mitchell, MPH, RD of ImmaEatThat to discuss Chapter 4: Prayer. This is our second podcast book club series -- the first was on Breaking Free from Body Shame by Jess Connolly and aired on Kylie's ImmaEatThat Podcast. We landed on Sacred Rhythms for our next book because as we were talking about the importance of renaming our bodies as good and making peace with food and body image in our last book club, we kept coming back to this idea of slowing down and finding space to be with God. We're excited to talk through this book with you.

In this episode, we talk about:

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In this episode I'm talking to Leslie Schilling, MA, RDN, CSCS, CEDS-S about all things diet culture in the sacred and safe places. We discuss fasting, lent and why it's important to separate the secular (diet culture) from the sacred (our relationship with God). We also discuss why our body size does not determine our worthiness, grace and so much more. 

One important note: our aim is not to condemn the church but to help people understand that it's quite normal for the church to be influenced by the world (in this case, diet culture) when it comes to body size, nutrition and our food choices. I hope you find this episode encouraging and helpful.

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Leslie Schilling, MA, RDN, CSCS, CEDS-S, owns a Las Vegas-based private practice specializing in nutrition counseling for families, people with disordered eating concerns, professional athletes, and performers. Leslie has served as a performance nutrition consultant for Cirque du Soleil® and the NBA and an expert contributor to U.S. News & World Report. With her warm, compassionate, and entertaining personality, Leslie has been featured in media outlets like Health, Women's Health, Self, Pregnancy Magazine, The Yoga Journal, Bicycling, BuzzFeed, the Huffington Post, and HGTV. As a registered dietitian certified as an eating disorder specialist and supervisor, Leslie spends much of her time supporting professionals across the nation through supervision. When she's not spending time hiking or playing board games with her family, you can find her sharing non-diet messages on social media and speaking platforms. Leslie is passionate about educating ministry, military, health, medical, and fitness professionals about the harms of typical dieting behaviors. You may know Leslie best as the creator of the Born To Eat® approach and co-author of the award-winning book, Born To Eat.

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