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Compared to Who? Blog
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Today Heather answers three listener questions related to body image and self-worth. These questions were taken from the Facebook group “Body Image for Christian Women” (Join anytime and look for opportunities to submit your questions!) Heather’s first question today tackles the issue of when you “arrive” on your body image journey, if you finally stop hating your ..read more
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1y ago
Heather Creekmore is joined by Erin Todd and Char-Lee Cassel from the Intuitive Eating for Christian Women podcast for a holiday intuitive eating coaching call. The discussion delves into the principles of intuitive eating, including unconditional permission to eat and habituation with foods, as well as the impact of mental restriction and scarcity around food during the holidays. Heather shares her journey to food freedom and her recent experiences with intuitive eating, while Erin and Char provide insightful coaching on how to find satisfaction and delight in holiday foods and foods we eat a ..read more
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1y ago
Podcast host and author, Michelle Rayburn shares her powerful journey out of Diet Culture and into intuitive eating that may have been inspired by reading Heather’s first book, “Compared to Who?” In this episode, Michelle discusses her struggles with body image and food, reflecting on the shame and pressure she felt for over 40 years. Michelle and Heather highlight the importance of addressing body image work before focusing on food changes. Michelle also delves into her personal journey with intuitive eating, emphasizing the freedom it brings and the ability to focus on relationships rather t ..read more
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1y ago
Today Heather continues her conversation with Jessie Cruickshank about Generation Z, their anxieties, the differences in the way they want to relate and the ways the learn, and how to help them with body image issues. Here are some key take aways from today’s episode:
Jessie explained how the, “Heart seeks belonging, brain seeks identity, spirit seeks truth. The rest of us isn’t that interested in truth. But self loathing fractures the psyche.”
Jessie encourages each of us with the reality of our unique creation and that there is a purpose in way God did it. “Most think God made us wrong. We h ..read more
Compared to Who? Blog
1y ago
Today’s show is a must-listen if you have children, nieces, nephews, grandchildren or folks in your ministry who are a part of Gen Z categorized as those between the ages of 12 and 26. Heather’s guest, Jessie Cruickshank, has been studying the older set of this generation since they were in middle school. She has a Master’s degree from Harvard in experiential education and has studied how our brains work and learn best.
Here’s where we go today:
Generation Z looks different: More than 50% are biracial. This is changing the way they see and think about race. And Gen Z doesn’t mind having more t ..read more
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1y ago
This thought-provoking episode of “Compared to Who?” explains the connections between being a good “steward” of our money and the stewardship of our bodies. Looking at Matthew 6, Heather answers a listener’s question: How can I know what it means to be a good steward of my body when it’s so easy to believe diet culture’s definition of health and stewardship?
Here are three key takeaways from the episode:
1️⃣ We can learn to focus on eternal investments: The passage in Matthew 6 reminds us that our focus should be on seeking God’s kingdom and righteousness first rather than getting caught up in ..read more
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1y ago
Heather talks with Dr. Aimie Apiagan, MD, MS, MPH, a medical doctor who has committed her life’s work to studying how trauma impacts our physical bodies. In today’s show, Dr. Aimie shares her own experiences with trauma, revealing patterns of disordered eating and the connection between trauma and how our bodies respond. Dr. Aimie offers a helpful and understandable definition for trauma as experiences that overwhelm us. She discusses how often we store these experiences away for future review yet never get back to processing it and the toll this “storing” of the traumas has on our bodie ..read more
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1y ago
Today Heather interviews Laura Acuna an author, speaker, and coach who helps women find freedom from body and food shame. Laura shares her story, how she gained one hundred pounds as a middle schooler, and how she battled weight and food shame for decades before God took her on a path to freedom.
Some of the highlights from today’s show include:
Laura’s description of the “profile” of a woman who battles with food.
Laura’s candid retelling of the hard parts of her body image and food journey.
How Laura knew she had finally found food freedom.
Why Laura believes it’s hard for women to get help ..read more
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1y ago
One of the biggest obstacles women who are battling body image face is the pressure from society to meet a standard of health that is evidenced by one’s appearance. Today, Heather takes a deep dive into all things “health.” This is part one of an hour-long talk available through the Body Image Freedom Framework Course or available to contributors to the Compared to Who? show. For more information on the course or to donate to Compared to Who? visit: www.improvebodyimage.com or donate directly here: https://www.improvebodyimage.com/offers/29mL4jyz/checkout
Today Heather explores the histor ..read more
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1y ago
Today Heather chats with the hosts of the Intuitive Eating for Christian Women Podcast, Erin Todd and Char Lee Haze, about food tracking, trying to track food for weight loss, and how this concept aligns with Intuitive Eating.
Heather talks about feeling more stable in her body now than she did when she was thinner, but how she wrestles this desire to incorporate some of the principles she learned in her dieting days to help her organize her eating today.
Is there a place for planning and tracking in Intuitive Eating? What’s the heart behind it? What’s the goal? If you’re able to separate food ..read more