by Char-Lee | Jul 8, 2020 | Body Positivity, Exercise, Health and Fitness, Intuitive Eating
Diet culture is a system of oppression that disproportionately harms anyone who doesn’t match up with its assumed picture of “health”. Being fat is not a bad thing in and of itself. However, this cultural construct demonizes and oppresses people in larger bodies...
by Char-Lee | Aug 12, 2019 | General
What’s the difference between intuitive eating and faith-based weight loss plans? Is there a problem with losing weight to honor God? Yep. Here’s the problem with making weight loss a goal in a faith based practice. The following scenario happens far too often. So, I...
by Char-Lee | Jun 21, 2019 | Faith, General, Intuitive Eating
What is spiritual fasting? Why should I practice it? Before I get into the what, why, and how of spiritual fasting, I want to explore what spiritual fasting is not. Spiritual fasting is not a way to earn anything (love, favor, acceptance, miracles…) from...
by Char-Lee | Jun 14, 2019 | Exercise, Faith, General, Health and Fitness, Intuitive Eating, Wellness
This summer I am leading a group of women at my church through a wellness transformation program. The program leads you to know and love God, get whole, and get healthy so that we are more able and available to love others. It is a program I have gone through before....
by Char-Lee | Jun 7, 2019 | Body Positivity, Faith, General, Intuitive Eating, Wellness
The end of food and body preoccupation starts with recognizing the lies of diet culture that we believe. It requires that we challenge those thoughts against the word of God and cast out the lies. We must recognize that our thoughts determine our actions. And, we must...
