Episodes
March 12, 2024
The Bible's Perspective on Emotional Eating and the Religion of Food
Maybe you've heard that as Christians we have to be careful to go to God, not to food. Maybe you've heard that emotional eating is wrong, sinful, or not "taking care of your temple" the way God instructs. But, what if there's...
March 8, 2024
What's Your Praying Personality? Featuring Janet McHenry
Heather Creekmore is joined by author Janet McHenry to discuss the many facets of prayer, personal struggles with prayer, and the various "praying personalities" that influence how individuals approach prayer. Janet shares he...
March 5, 2024
Are You Preparing for a Cruise or for Battle? Re-Framing Body Image Issues Biblically
Today Heather asks a poignant question: As you think about your body and body image, are you trying to be cruise ship ready or battle ship ready? There's quite a difference, right? When we prepare for a cruise, we want to loo...
March 1, 2024
Gwen Shamblin's Impact on Diet Culture in the Church
Gwen Shamblin put the "cult" in Diet Culture as you'll hear today in clips (used under Fair Use law for educational and critique purposes) from the 2023 Lifetime Movie, "Starving for Salvation: The Gwen Shamblin Story." Gwen ...
Feb. 27, 2024
Starving for Salvation: What We Can Learn from Gwen Shamblin Part 1
Today Heather digs into the mysterious and disturbing world of diet culture and, more specifically, how diet culture turned into an actual cult in the case of Gwen Shamblin, the Weigh Down Workshops and book, and the Remanent...
Feb. 23, 2024
I've Never Been Able to Reach My Ideal Image: Presli's Live Coaching Part 2
Heather continues with part two of her first LIVE coaching call with her newest and perhaps bravest client, Presli. Today Heather and Presli talk about how her Ideal Image has kept her chasing an unattainable body size, shape...
Feb. 20, 2024
Live Coaching Session 1: How Presli's Body Image Issues Began
Today Heather airs her first LIVE coaching call with her newest and perhaps bravest client, Presli. Presli shares her story, how her body image issues began, including her first feelings and recognition of feeling like there ...
Feb. 16, 2024
Body Image and Biblical Counseling: Discovering How Scripture Speaks to Our Thoughts and Feelings Featuring Ed Welch
Today host Heather Creekmore is joined by author Ed Welch for a thought-provoking conversation about biblical counseling, body image issues, and the challenges of Christian teachings in the face of human emotions. The discuss...
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...