Sis… this episode is a whole word.

We’re diving into the most overlooked — but most transformational — part of intuitive eating: satisfaction.

Not dieting.

Not guilt.

Not “earning your food.”

Not performing for anybody’s rules.

✨ Satisfaction.

✨ Peace.

✨ Presence.

In this Thanksgiving edition, I walk you through the rhythm God built into your body — the gentle signals of polite hunger, the slow fade of satiety, and the sacred moment where your body says, “That was good, and I feel good.”

Then we take it deeper.

We talk about what it means to prayfully create space— to let your body get empty enough for true satisfaction, and to let God fill you spiritually as you prepare to eat with intention.

This episode will help you:

🍂 Notice your body’s natural hunger cues

🍂 Slow down long enough to actually taste your food

🍂 Release the guilt that diet culture has put on your plate

🍂 Experience satisfaction as a form of worship and gratitude

🍂 Enjoy Thanksgiving without fear, shame, or restriction

Your body knows the rhythm.

Your spirit knows the truth.

And both are calling you back to peace, presence, and praise.

Listen now, sis — and let this be the year you eat, pray, and love with freedom. 🍁💛

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Food Police — Silencing the Voices That Steal Our Peace

Family, this one is personal.

For so many of us, eating isn’t just about hunger — it’s about the voices we’ve been conditioned to follow.

In this episode, I break down the “Food Police,” the inner voices that try to control our choices:

✨ The Inner Critic — the voice of diet culture, family pressure, and shame

✨ The Rebel — the “you can’t tell me what to do” voice that rises from restriction

✨ The Nutritionist — well-meaning, but easily hijacked by guilt

✨ The Anthropologist — the calm, curious, non-judging voice of intuition and truth

Just like life, we will ALWAYS have competing voices…

the angel on one shoulder, the devil on the other, both presenting “evidence” to sway our decisions.

But in the middle of all that noise, God’s voice is still speaking.

Not loud. Not forceful.

A still small voice full of peace, wisdom, and freedom.

This episode is a reminder that you get to decide who you listen to.

You get to choose compassion over criticism.

Truth over trauma.

And the report of the Lord over the report of diet culture.

If you’ve ever battled guilt, shame, rebellion, restriction, or confusion around food… this episode is for you

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What if the only thing standing between you and food peace is permission?

In this episode, Mia Deneen dives into the third concept of intuitive eating — making peace with food — by unpacking what she calls The Last Supper Mentality: that all-too-familiar cycle of eating with urgency, guilt, and regret before starting over “tomorrow.”

Through personal stories, biblical truth, and fascinating research, Mia explores why restriction never leads to control — only craving — and how God designed our bodies with the wisdom to guide us when we stop fighting them. You’ll learn about the science of habituation, the “forbidden fruit” effect, and what happens in the brain when we deprive ourselves of the very foods we love.

And you’ll hear a personal story about gluten-free Chips Ahoy (yes, really) that will make you laugh, nod, and finally exhale.

The Last Supper mentality focuses on restriction — but Jesus’ Last Supper was about presence.

He blessed the bread, not judged it.

So take a deep breath, pull up a chair, and learn how to eat with peace, presence, and prayer — because peace with food begins with peace with Him.

✨ Key Themes

• Making peace with food through exposure and unconditional permission
• The psychology of restriction and the “forbidden fruit” effect
• Habituation and brain reward studies that explain diet failure
• Faith reflection: Jesus’ Last Supper vs. our “last supper” mentality
• Practical and spiritual steps to find body trust again

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“Honor: The Hunger Within”

What if honoring your body was an act of worship? 🙏🏽

One of the foundations of intuitive eating is learning to honor your hunger and your fullness.

That means tuning in to what your body needs — not the clock, not diet rules, not guilt or groupthink.

The Bible says, “No one hates his own body but feeds and nourishes it.”

That means your body was designed with divine wisdom.

It knows when it’s hungry.

It knows when it’s satisfied.

We’ve just been taught to stop listening.

Today’s reminder:

🍽️ Check in with yourself before and during meals.

💭 Ask: “Where am I — hungry, satisfied, or full?”

💧 Respond with love, not fear.

Eating isn’t a moral issue — it’s a sacred one.

It’s one of the ways we honor our bodies and the God who made them.

💖 You are fearfully made and fully worthy of nourishment.

#ThickGirlTheology #FaithAndFood #IntuitiveEating #BodyWisdom #HolyRest #ChristianWellness #BodyImageHealing #GodsWork #MadeGood #MindfulEating #FoodFreedom #WomenOfFaith

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In this episode of Thick Girl Theology, Mia Deneen lays the diet culture to rest once and for all. Remember the “dab” dance that took over around 2015? Everybody was doing it — in the clubs, in the streets, even in the kitchen. Diets had that same kind of hype — trendy, contagious, and short-lived. But the truth is, diets were never designed to heal you; they were designed to sell you.

Mia breaks down why chasing smaller doesn’t lead to freedom, how the body’s natural set point protects you, and why God’s design for your body was never meant to be micromanaged by calorie counts or cultural trends.

She weaves in the story of Rachel and Leah — two sisters whose lives remind us that beauty might get attention, but purpose leaves legacy. Rachel’s beauty was celebrated, but Leah’s hidden strength built a nation. The same is true for us: what’s celebrated by the culture isn’t always what’s chosen by God.

This episode is your permission slip to lay diet culture in its grave, trust the wisdom of your body, and make peace with the divine design that’s been good all along.

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Before we ever counted calories, we counted bodies. In this opening episode of Intuitive Eating for the Soul, Mia Deneen exposes the political and spiritual roots of diet culture through the lens of history and faith. Drawing on Sabrina Strings’ Fear of the Black Body, she unpacks how racism, religion, and body bias became tangled — and how reclaiming our God-given appetite is an act of holy rebellion.

Listen, share, and remember: the politics of thinness were never about health — they were about control.

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Have you ever found yourself trying to earn what God already gave you? Love, validation, peace — even permission to rest?

In this week’s episode of Thick Girl Theology, Mia Deneen explores the tension between earning and learning through the lens of identity. From a late-night conversation about being “tired,” to a deep revelation about Jeremiah 1:5, Mia reminds us that we had purpose before we had a body — and that identity isn’t something we create; it’s something we receive.

Inside this episode:

✨ Why striving stops your spiritual flow

👑 How the world teaches us to compete to be chosen

💧 The truth about hunger, fullness, and soul nourishment

💜 What it means to carry God’s image — and rest in His identity for you

Whether you’re tired of performing, searching for peace, or just need a holy reminder that your worth was settled long before you were born — this episode will meet you right where you are and fill you back up again.

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Sis, this one’s for the woman who feels like she’s been everything to everybody but herself. In this episode we’re talking real talk—about losing yourself in roles, relationships, and religion—and what it looks like to finally come back home to you.

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Colonized Beauty: Unlearning What History Taught Us
In this episode of Thick Girl Theology, we pull the sheet back on the lies history fed us about race, gender, and worth. From slavery to modern body standards, we expose how “beauty” was colonized to control and divide. But the truth is this: God created you, and your body is good. Your race is good. Your gender is good. Your personhood is good—because it is usable in the Kingdom of God.

We’ll confront how Christians, too, were tangled in the machinery of hierarchy even though God’s Word declares, “There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus” (Galatians 3:28). We’ll also call out the dangerous rhetoric still dressed up in religion today—reminding those who hide behind the cross while demeaning others that they might have good company here on earth, but no friend in heaven.

And just like in Scooby-Doo, where the ghost was always a person with an agenda, we’ll unmask the same spirit at work today—the one that profited from slavery and now thrives on fear, division, and control. We are called to expose the cowardice behind the white sheet and trust God to deal with them as only He can.

✨ Listen, like, subscribe, and share—because it’s time to reclaim beauty from the colonizers and rest in the truth of who God says you are.

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 Sis, don’t get it twisted. Being wanted is not the same as being valued. All the pretty in the world won’t make a man see your worth if he can’t see precious.

This week on Thick Girl Theology, we’re talking about the difference between being wanted and being valued. About why chasing “pretty” will never give you what you truly crave—real love, respect, and someone who sees God’s masterpiece in you.

✨ Listen to Better Than Beautiful, Part Two wherever you stream podcasts.
👑 And when it hits your heart, like, subscribe, and share it with another sister who needs this reminder.

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