Episodes
Feb. 13, 2024
Finding Our True Purpose: Have You Been Purpose-Fooled? Featuring Kelly Needham
Today Heather engages in a captivating conversation with author, speaker, and podcaster, Kelly Needham. Together, they delve into Kelly's thought-provoking book, "Purposefooled: Why Chasing Your Dreams, Finding Your Calling, ...
Feb. 9, 2024
What Do You Do When You Want to Be Thinner?
"I want to be thinner." Have you said it? Have you thought it? It's a reality that many of us face because culture tells us that thinness is what we should desire and our culture values the way we look only if we are thin. To...
Feb. 6, 2024
How God Showed Jonna the Truth About Her Body Image Struggle
Host Heather Creekmore continues her conversation with Jonna, a biblical counselor, women's ministry leader, and pastor's wife who struggled with body image issues. Jonna shares the specific insights and breakthroughs she exp...
Feb. 2, 2024
A Biblical Counselor's Search for Body Image Freedom: Jonna's Story
Today Heather Creekmore interviews her coaching client, pastor's wife, biblical counselor and women's ministry leader, Jonna, to share her story of body image struggles and what she experienced as she went through Heather's g...
Jan. 30, 2024
Stop the Black & White Thinking Around Health Goals: Featuring Victoria Yates, RN, BSN
Are you a black-and-white, all-or-nothing type of person who has a difficult time living in the gray (or grace) when it comes to your body, your food, or your health? If so, then today's episode is for you! Heather interviews...
Jan. 26, 2024
Live Podcast Q&A: Using the Lord's Name to Sell Weight Loss and More
Today is part two of the LIVE podcast featuring a 25-year eating disorder specialist, dietitian, and lover of Jesus, Amy Carlson M.S., L.D., R.D. Amy begins the episode by explaining something she said at the end of the last ...
Jan. 23, 2024
Self Control, Good Stewards, Body Image and Food Issues: LIVE Episode Featuring Amy Carlson
In this first-ever episode of Compared to Who? to be recorded with a LIVE audience, Heather and her guest, Amy Carlson, RD and eating disorder expert dive into the pressure to conform to all the diet-related pressures of Janu...
Jan. 19, 2024
My Body was the Lens I Used to See & Think About Everything: Rachel's Story Part 2
Today Heather continues her conversation with coaching client, Rachel, who completed the Body Image Freedom Framework course and coaching program in the Fall. Rachel shared in the last episode her story of being raised in a C...
Jan. 16, 2024
How I Made Beauty an Idol: Rachel's Story
Today Heather interviews one of her graduates from the Body Image Freedom Framework online course and coaching program named Rachel. Rachel shares her story of feeling like her appearance is what made her accepted. She shares...
Jan. 12, 2024
My Body Was My Business Card: Belinda's Story of Overcoming Negative Body Image
“My body became my business card,” Belinda explains in today's interview. You'll hear all about Belinda’s journey from experiencing weight loss success and even coaching others in a popular weight loss business to being overw...
Jan. 9, 2024
Learning How to Love Your Body Well Featuring Amy Reinecke
Today Heather welcomes Amy Reinecke host of the "Love Your Body Well" podcast. Heather and Amy discuss what Amy means when she talks about loving your body well and how it's not about body pride or a feeling you have about yo...
Jan. 5, 2024
Fasting, Daniel Fasts, Sugar Fasts and an Eternal Perspective
It's January so everyone's talking about fasting! Churches are doing corporate fasts, Organizations are running sugar fasts. People have cleared out their pantries of all foods that aren't legal on the Daniel Fast and stocked...
Jan. 2, 2024
Three New Year's Challenges for Christian Women with Body Image Issues
It's a New Year! In this episode, host Heather Creekmore offers three challenges to encourage and inspire you to become healthier and more beautiful in the ways that matter the most to eternity. Heather explores Oprah Winfrey...
Dec. 19, 2023
Does How You Clean Your House for Company Connect to Your Body Image Issues?
Did you know that your body image issues and cleaning your house like a crazy person may be connected? If you've ever turned into a cleaning Gestapo before company came over or if you've ever stressed way too much over how yo...
Dec. 15, 2023
Are You a Body Change or Body Improvement Addict?
Today Heather digs into the concept of addiction--but not in a way you might expect. Heather isn't talking about drugs or alcohol or other things that you expect people to be addicted to. Instead, she talks about being addict...
Dec. 12, 2023
Enjoying Food & Being Thankful for Our Bodies: Lessons from 1 Timothy 4
Host Heather Creekmore teaches through 1 Timothy 4:1-10 and looks at the ways scripture instructs us to think about our food, pleasure, contentment, and even exercise. This passage includes instruction about how we think abou...
Dec. 8, 2023
Why is it Bad to Put Myself Down? What do I Say When a Friend Loses Weight? Ask Me Anything
In today's "Ask Me Anything" episode Heather tackles two listener questions: 1) What do I say when a friend loses weight (and everyone else is complimenting her)? 2) Why is it bad to put myself down? I'd never say anything me...
Dec. 5, 2023
Dolly Parton and Judging Bodies
Today's thought-provoking new episode may challenge the way you think about judgment and body image. Host Heather Creekmore delves into the Sermon on the Mount in Matthew 7, exploring how our tendency to judge others based on...
Dec. 1, 2023
8 Ways to Be Healthy (Without a New Diet) During the Holidays
December is full of episodes and articles telling you how to "stay healthy" during the holidays by avoiding holiday treats or exercising more . . . but today Heather encourages you with easy, tangible ways you can feel health...
Nov. 28, 2023
The Body Image Solution: A 40-Day Workbook to Break Free from Food and Body Frustration
Today Heather gives a preview of her brand new book, The 40-Day Body Image Workbook: Help for Christian Women Who've Tried Everything . In this episode, Heather shares the inspiration behind her book and reveals some of its k...
Nov. 24, 2023
What if We Are Made to Crave Food? Featuring Kirsten Schmidt
Today Heather continues a conversation with Kirsten Schmidt, a certified eating disorder recovery coach, and the pair dive deeper into the topic of cravings and our relationship with food. Heather and Kirsten explore the comm...
Nov. 21, 2023
What Do I Do About Cravings? Featuring Kirsten Schmidt
Heather Creekmore interviews Kirsten Schmidt, a health coach who shares her personal story of disordered eating and how she found healing. They discuss the misconceptions and societal messaging surrounding cravings, and the i...
Nov. 17, 2023
Holiday Food, Mental Restriction, Satisfaction & Intuitive Eating
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, i...
Nov. 14, 2023
Finding Freedom: Michelle Rayburn's Journey From Diet Culture to Freedom
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 dis...