Old School Food Freedom
In today’s diet-culture society, food issues and body hatred have become the norm. But you were created to be FREE. Welcome to Old School Food Freedom, where we go back to the basics, God’s basics, for how we view food, our bodies, and our worth.
Hosted by FINDINGbalance Executive Director Chrissy Kirkman, this podcast features Biblically-sound experts, thought-leaders, artists, and everyday people who will inspire you to interrupt negative cultural soundtracks and rediscover God’s original design for your relationship with food and your body.
This show will deliver practical, faith-filled insights on how to break free from diet culture and body shame through the lens of scripture. If you’re looking for guidance on how to heal your relationship with food while deepening your faith, you're in the right place.
We’ll answer questions like
What does the Bible say about food freedom?
How can I overcome an eating disorder or disordered eating with Jesus?
What is the biblical perspective on diet culture?
How can I find peace with food as a Christian?
What does it mean to treat your body as a temple in relation to eating?
How can I break free from diet culture with Jesus?
How can I align my eating habits with biblical teachings?
What are the first steps to finding food freedom in Christ?
This podcast is for anyone ready to walk away from diet culture and into the freedom that Christ offers. Whether you’re recovering from an eating disorder, disordered eating, wrestling with body image, or simply craving a more peaceful relationship with food, this space was made for you.
If you want to experience true food freedom with Jesus, this podcast will give you the encouragement, truth, and tools to do just that.
Old School Food Freedom
Latest Episodes
90: Weight Bias vs Weight Stigma: A Guide for the Church w/ Leslie Schilling, MA, RDN, CSCS, CEDS-S
If a comment about your body from a pastor, church leader, someone at a potluck, or a doctor has ever left you feeling judged instead of loved, you aren’t alone. We’ve been there, too.Leslie Schilling is back on the show, and this time s...
89: Intuitive Eating: God's Original Design for Food Freedom w/ Amy Carlson MS, RD
If you've been told to trust your body but don't know how to get there, and diet culture has been the only language you've ever been taught, press play on this one.Chrissy hits rewind on a conversation with Amy Carlson, a registered diet...
88: 3 Shifts for Christian Eating Disorder Recovery w/ Brittany Braswell, MS, RDN, LD
If eating disorder recovery feels like progress some days and a fight against yourself on others, this episode is for you.Chrissy pulls a favorite from the archives with Brittany Braswell, registered dietitian and recovery coach, to name...
87: Body Gratitude When Your Body Has Limits w/ Leah Bryant
If movement has always felt complicated, tangled up with body image, or the pressure to do more and look different, this episode is for you.Chrissy sits down with Leah Bryant, the producer of Old School Food Freedom, who woke up one day ...
86: Overcoming Body Shame: Where It Comes From and How to Heal w/ Angelica Gonzalez, LMHC, MsEd
If you have ever dreaded swimsuit season, felt that familiar wave of shame when the layers come off, or spent another summer hiding from your own life because of how you feel about your body, you’ll want to hear this episode.Chrissy sits...
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