The Rebellious Remedy

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This episode explains how to approach weight and health from an identity rooted in Christ—rejecting shame while honestly addressing real health risks.

Jonathon Ennis outlines practical steps: define your goal, assess your health, build a realistic plan (sleep, eat, move), track results, and practice steady, forgiving perseverance.

Learn how stewardship, wisdom, and small consistent changes can improve wellbeing without turning the body into an idol.

References

National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. Choosing a Safe and Successful Weight-Loss Program. National Institutes of Health. Accessed September 30, 2026.

National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. Factors Affecting Weight and Health. National Institutes of Health. Reviewed May 2023.

National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. Health Risks of Overweight and Obesity. National Institutes of Health. Accessed September 30, 2026.

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. Overweight and Obesity Causes and Risk Factors. National Institutes of Health. Accessed September 30, 2026.

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and U.S. Department of Defense. VA DoD Clinical Practice Guideline for the Management of Adult Overweight and Obesity. Version 3.0. 2025.

U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. Behavioral Weight Loss Interventions to Prevent Obesity-Related Morbidity and Mortality in Adults US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement. JAMA. 2018;320(11):1163-1171. https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2018.13022.

Tomiyama AJ, Carr D, Granberg EM, Major B, Robinson E, Sutin AR, and Brewis A. How and Why Weight Stigma Drives the Obesity Epidemic and Harms Health. BMC Medicine. 2018;16:123. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-018-1116-5.

Berean Standard Bible. 1 Corinthians 6:19-20; Romans 8:1; Romans 12:1; 1 Timothy 4:8; Daniel 1:5-16; John 21:15-19.

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In this episode Jonathon Ennis shares his personal story of coming to Christ while battling severe depression and suicidal thoughts, and explains how Jesus, community, and Scripture played a central role in his rescue.

He explores how to hold together spiritual care and professional help, warns against two common errors—reducing every struggle to a faith failure or treating every pain as a disorder—and uses biblical examples to model honest, compassionate response.

The episode gives practical steps for finding the right help (trusted believer, pastor, primary care, licensed therapist, or crisis support), offers the free Script Breaker Protocol tool, and encourages truth-telling, wise decisions, and perseverance under Christ’s lordship.

National Institute of Mental Health. My Mental Health Do I Need Help. Revised 2025. Source

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National Institute of Mental Health. Tips for Talking With a Health Care Provider About Your Mental Health. NIH Publication No. 22-MH-8094. Source

National Institute of Mental Health. Warning Signs of Suicide. Revised 2025. Source

988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline. Get Help. Source

Anderson N, Heywood-Everett S, Siddiqi N, Wright J, Meredith J, McMillan D. Faith-adapted psychological therapies for depression and anxiety: systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Affective Disorders. 2015;176:183-196. doi:10.1016/j.jad.2015.01.019. Source

Goncalves JPB, Lucchetti G, Menezes PR, Vallada H. Religious and spiritual interventions in mental health care: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled clinical trials. Psychological Medicine. 2015;45(14):2937-2949. doi:10.1017/S0033291715001166. Source

Lim C, Sim K, Renjan V, Sam HF, Quah SL. Adapted cognitive-behavioral therapy for religious individuals with mental disorder: a systematic review. Asian Journal of Psychiatry. 2014;9:3-12. doi:10.1016/j.ajp.2013.12.011. Source

Berean Standard Bible: Job 2:11-13; Psalm 42:1-11; Proverbs 15:22; Matthew 26:36-46; Luke 10:25-37; Galatians 6:2.

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This episode examines emotional eating from a Christian perspective, explaining why we reach for food when needs go unnamed and how that habit can trap us between indulgence and shame.

Jonathon Ennis shares biblical stories, practical insight, and a 7-day five-question journaling practice plus the free Spirit-Led Response Protocol to help you identify real needs and choose wiser, Christ-centered responses.

Important: Emotional eating is not the same as an eating disorder. If eating, restriction, purging, compensatory exercise, food, or body image is becoming difficult to control or consuming large parts of your life, seek qualified medical or mental-health support.

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Macht M. How emotions affect eating: a five-way model. Appetite. 2008;50(1):1-11. doi:10.1016/j.appet.2007.07.002. Source

van Strien T. Causes of emotional eating and matched treatment of obesity. Current Diabetes Reports. 2018;18:35. doi:10.1007/s11892-018-1000-x. Source

Evers C, Dingemans A, Junghans AF, Boeve A. Feeling bad or feeling good, does emotion affect your consumption of food? A meta-analysis of the experimental evidence. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews. 2018;92:195-208. doi:10.1016/j.neubiorev.2018.05.028. Source

Bongers P, Jansen A. Emotional eating is not what you think it is and emotional eating scales do not measure what you think they measure. Frontiers in Psychology. 2016;7:1932. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01932. Source

Reichenberger J, Schnepper R, Arend AK, Blechert J. Emotional eating in healthy individuals and patients with an eating disorder: evidence from psychometric, experimental and naturalistic studies. Proceedings of the Nutrition Society. 2020;79(3):290-299. Source

Frayn M, Knauper B. Emotional eating and weight in adults: a review. Current Psychology. 2018;37:924-933. doi:10.1007/s12144-017-9577-9. Source

McAtamney K, Mantzios M, Egan H, Wallis DJ. A systematic review of the relationship between alexithymia and emotional eating in adults. Appetite. 2023;180:106279. doi:10.1016/j.appet.2022.106279. Source

Smith J, Ang XQ, Giles EL, Traviss-Turner G. Emotional eating interventions for adults living with overweight or obesity: a systematic review and meta-analysis. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2023;20(3):2722. doi:10.3390/ijerph20032722. Source

Power D, Jones A, Keyworth C, et al. Emotional eating interventions for adults living with overweight and obesity: a systematic review and meta-analysis of behaviour change techniques. Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics. 2025;38(1):e13410. doi:10.1111/jhn.13410. Source

Katterman SN, Kleinman BM, Hood MM, Nackers LM, Corsica JA. Mindfulness meditation as an intervention for binge eating, emotional eating, and weight loss: a systematic review. Eating Behaviors. 2014;15(2):197-204. doi:10.1016/j.eatbeh.2014.01.005. Source

National Institute of Mental Health. Eating Disorders. Information on binge-eating disorder, bulimia nervosa, anorexia nervosa, and treatment. Source

Scripture Used

Berean Standard Bible: Genesis 25:29-34; 1 Kings 19:1-8; Psalm 139:23-24; Matthew 4:1-4; John 21:1-19; 1 Corinthians 6:12; 1 Corinthians 10:31; Galatians 5:22-23.

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This episode examines health anxiety from a Christian perspective: how fear can hijack caring for the body, the role of medical evaluation, and evidence-based treatments like CBT.

It offers practical steps—including a 7-day journaling assignment and an 8-step Spirit-Led Response Protocol—to help listeners distinguish faithful stewardship from compulsive reassurance-seeking and reclaim peace through wisdom, prayer, and community.

Show Notes References

Research and Clinical Sources

Scripture Referenced

1 Corinthians 6:19-20

Matthew 6:27, 33-34

2 Corinthians 10:5

Philippians 4:6-9

1 Peter 5:7

Scripture quotations use the Berean Standard Bible.

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A candid founder’s story of building Dream Root Wellness: failures, faith, and the shift to a Christ-centered stewardship model. Learn how the Evergreens of Wellness and the grew from personal struggle into a practical, evidence-informed framework and a generous community.

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This episode teaches biblically grounded negative visualization: identify one likely obstacle to your wellness goal, picture the decision moment, rehearse a faithful response, and write a concrete if-then plan anchored in Scripture.

Practice this for five focused minutes daily to remove surprise, adjust unrealistic plans, and build perseverance so you respond with wisdom rather than impulse when pressure arrives.

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Jonathon Ennis teaches a practical 3-step method to catch negative self-talk, test it against Scripture, and replace it with short, truthful statements. Using biblical examples and real-life stories, he shows how truthful self-talk fuels faithful action without denying reality or ignoring rest.

Listeners are guided to practice taking thoughts captive, testing them, and following the truth with concrete steps for perseverance and recovery.

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Jonathon Ennis explores the final Evergreen of Wellness—Perseverance Practice—focusing on faith-rooted positive visualization. He explains how mental rehearsal anchored in Scripture helps you prepare for hard moments, avoid rehearsing defeat, and align goals with God’s will.

The episode differentiates faithful visualization from manifestation and gives a practical 7-part, 7-day assignment: five minutes daily to picture the process, rehearse a difficult moment, pray, write one action, and journal progress.

Listeners are invited to download a free 5-minute workbook and join the Dream Root Wellness Network to practice these disciplines together and build durable, Christ-centered perseverance.

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This episode explains why fellowship is essential for spiritual health, distinguishing real relationship from mere attendance and offering biblical examples and practical guidance.

It includes a simple 8-step assignment to start meaningful connections, a free Fellowship Field Guide, and encouragement to find or build consistent Christian community that sharpens, supports, and holds you accountable.

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Jonathon Ennis explains why Scripture must be given focused attention, not squeezed into leftover minutes, and shows how daily spiritual study—one chapter a day—builds discernment, faith, and obedience.

He walks through a practical eight-step method, answers common questions, and gives a 7-day assignment to design a sustainable Bible-reading routine, track its effects, and turn understanding into concrete action.