The Body Aligned Podcast
The Body Aligned Podcast is your go-to space for faith-based, no-fluff wellness coaching that helps you ditch the all-or-nothing cycle and walk in lasting peace with food, movement, and your mindset.
Hosted by registered dietitian and Christian health coach Erin Coates, this show speaks to the woman who’s ready to anchor her health journey in truth, grace, and simple strategies that actually work.
Each episode is packed with powerful mindset shifts, science-backed strategies, and biblical encouragement to help you:
- Rewire self-sabotaging thoughts
- Build sustainable rhythms with food + movement
- Feel strong in your body again (without extremes)
- Invite God into your health — and trust Him with it
If you’ve ever thought, “I know what to do, I just can’t seem to stick with it,” this podcast was made for you.
You’re not starting over — you’re just getting started.
The Body Aligned Podcast
Cortisol, Stress and the Weight You Can’t Seem to Shake
In this powerful, compassionate, deeply practical episode, Erin takes you into a full biblical + physiological deep dive on cortisol, stress, cravings, sleep, emotional eating, and stubborn weight that just won’t budge — no matter how “disciplined” you are.
Most women believe their weight struggles are a willpower issue.
But what if your overeating, cravings, binges, nighttime snacking, and exhaustion aren’t moral failures…
but your body living in chronic stress mode?
Inside today’s episode, you’ll learn:
• what cortisol actually is (and why it’s not the villain you’ve been told it is)
• how chronic stress reshapes your cravings, hunger hormones, and metabolism
• why your sleep has shifted — and how that change fuels weight gain
• how ultra-processed foods hijack your physiology
• why “consistency” feels impossible when your nervous system is overwhelmed
• what Scripture teaches about stress, rest, rhythms, and your physical body
• the powerful lesson of King Ahaz — and how stress leads us to grasp for the wrong solutions
• five evidence-based, gentle, doable practices that restore your metabolism from the inside out
You’ll walk away with a deeper understanding of your own biology through the lens of compassion, not condemnation — and you’ll finally see your body the way God designed it: wise, protective, and responsive.
If you're tired of feeling stuck, ashamed, or confused about your cravings or your weight, this episode will feel like a breath of relief, clarity, and renewal.
This is your invitation to stop fighting your body — and start listening to it.
Because healing begins where stress ends.
And God meets you right there.