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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.

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Old School Food Freedom

85: How Faith and Neuroscience Heal Your Mind w/ Dr. Alisa Shanks

May 19, 2026 • FINDINGbalance, Inc., Christ-Centered Food Freedom Support • Season 8 • Episode 85

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If you have ever felt trapped in the same exhausting thought loops, the impatience, the resentment, the frustration, no matter how hard you try to think your way out, you'll want to hear this episode.

Dr. Alisa Shanks is a licensed psychologist who loves Jesus and neuroscience, and in Part 2 of this conversation, she brings both to bear on something that will change the way you think about healing. Because brain science is confirming what scripture has said all along, and the path to freedom is far less like striving and far more like surrender.

This episode covers the neuroscience of joy, gratitude, and neuroplasticity, and walks you through two practical spiritual exercises you can start today. If you haven't listened to Part 1, How to Take Every Thought Captive in Eating Disorder Recovery, start there first and then come back and let Alisa show you what it looks like to uproot the poisoned fruit of the enemy, one thought, one memory, one moment of faith at a time.

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https://www.findingbalance.com/podcast-episodes/faith-and-neuroscience-heal-your-mind

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