The Joy-Filled Eater Podcast | Food Freedom and Body Image Support for Christian Women Brittany Braswell

Our phones can be a major distraction when it comes to listening – both to our bodies AND to those around us.

And if you know (or even think!) that you spend more time than is beneficial on your phone, this episode is going to equip you with tools to help you back off your phone usage to make more room for life-giving activities.

In this episode, I’m joined by licensed professional counselor, Emily Grace Ames, as we explore 4 of the most sneaky ways our phones can sabotage our quality of life, from social media comparisons to connection in marriage, and tons more! We'll also discuss how to become more mindful of your phone use and create space for more joyful and meaningful connections with those around you.

Topics discussed in this episode include:

🔎 How our phones can warp our perception and satisfaction

🔪 BFF or frenemy? How your phone might be secretly causing issues in your relationships

🤳🏻 How our devices can impact our relationship with food (but it's not what you think!)

📊 How to go about evaluating your phone use and what to do with the results

🙅🏻‍♀️ Strategies for creating phone-free zones and reclaiming your attention

Resources mentioned:

Download your FREE Guide to Phone Freedom

Reach out to Emily Grace for counseling at www.greenhouse-counseling.com 

Episode 27 - What Christian Women Need to Know About Social Media and Body Image

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If the fear of weight gain has been holding you back from going all in on your food freedom journey, this episode is for you.

Today, we’re tackling how to overcome the fear of weight gain so you can finally make real progress on feeling more confident in your body and in the way you nourish it!

By the end of today’s episode, you’ll understand the importance of unearthing the "why" behind your weight loss goals and anxieties. I’ll give you three key strategies to help you break free from the fear of weight gain and cultivate a more joy-filled and peaceful relationship with food.

Topics discussed in this episode include:

📖 What scripture says (and doesn’t say) about your body size

🤷🏻‍♀️ Determining the "why" behind your desire to avoid weight gain

🎯 Identifying your core values and aligning your goals with them

⛔ Overcoming setbacks and building resilience

🎙️ The “secret” next step you’re gonna want to take after listening to this episode

Resources mentioned:

Subscribe to The Joy-Filled Eater PRIVATE PODCAST at brittanybraswellrd.com/secret 

>>> Join me and a community of crazy incredible women inside The Joy-Filled Food Freedom Society!

Join our FREE community in the Food Freedom & Body Image Support for Christian Women Facebook group to ask your questions about cultivating a joy-filled relationship with food, your body, & Jesus.

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*Reminder - Podcast content is not meant to be taken as professional nutrition or medical advice or to replace counseling with a licensed therapist. Please consult with your own treatment team.

Unresolved emotional pain can manifest in physical symptoms and lead to a cycle of negative emotions and behaviors, hindering progress towards food freedom.

This episode equips listeners with tools to identify and address unresolved emotional pain that may be impacting their relationship with food.

In today’s episode, registered dietitian Brittany Braswell chats with Pastors Travis & Tina Hall, diving deep into the connection between unresolved emotional pain and food struggles. They explore how past hurts, traumas, and unhealed wounds can show up as cravings, emotional eating, and body image issues.  But don’t worry, Joy-Filled Eaters!  Travis & Tina also offer practical takeaways and guidance for uncovering the root of that pain to help you achieve greater levels of freedom in your faith and relationship with food and body.

A few things you’ll hear about in this episode include:

🧠 The mind-body connection: How unresolved pain can manifest in physical & mental health symptoms

♻️ Breaking the cycle: Understanding how emotional eating can be a way to numb pain, but ultimately keeps us stuck.

🫚 Finding the root cause: Practical steps to identify the core issues behind your food struggles. 

❤️‍🩹 Healing the heart, healing your relationship with food: Tools and resources for emotional healing that can lead to lasting food freedom.

✝️The power of faith: How faith-based approaches can support emotional well-being and a healthy relationship with food

Resources mentioned:


Connect with Pastor Travis & Tina on Instagram!


Get Pastor Travis’s book, Enough – Living a Life Beyond Performance


Enroll in The Joy-Filled Eater course!



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>>> Join me and a community of crazy incredible women inside The Joy-Filled Food Freedom Society!

Join our FREE community in the Food Freedom & Body Image Support for Christian Women Facebook group to ask your questions about cultivating a joy-filled relationship with food, your body, & Jesus.

Got a burning question about food freedom, body image, faith, or nutrition? Leave me a SpeakPipe voice note here for a chance to have your question answered on an episode of The Joy-Filled Eater Podcast!

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*Reminder - Podcast content is not meant to be taken as professional nutrition or medical advice or to replace counseling with a licensed therapist. Please consult with your own treatment team.

Feeling lost on how to support a friend or loved one struggling with an eating disorder?

This episode equips you with practical tools for offering compassionate and effective support, without feeling like you need to become their therapist.

We're joined by Jessica Shafer, MS, LMFT, a family therapist specialized in eating disorder treatment, who shares powerful communication strategies, healthy boundaries, and ways to show you truly care (without the pressure).

Topics you’ll hear discussed in this episode include:

✈️  The Airplane Safety Analogy: How prioritizing your own well-being strengthens your ability to support others.

🗣️ Communicating with Love: Ditch the lectures and learn how to validate their experience.

🚫 Setting Healthy Boundaries: Discover ways to offer support without becoming a drill sergeant.

👂🏻 The Power of Active Listening: Create a safe space for your friend to share their struggles.   

📌 Building a Support System: Learn how to navigate complex situations and access additional resources.

Resources mentioned:

> Reach out to Jessica for questions regarding treatment for family support via email at jessica.shafer@odysseybh.com or by phone at 334-436-1531

> National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA)

> Life Without Ed

> How to Nurse Your Child Through an Eating Disorder

Become a VIP Podcast Insider HERE to access BONUS resources only available to our VIP list.

Enroll in The Joy-Filled Eater course!

>>> Join me and a community of crazy incredible women inside The Joy-Filled Food Freedom Society!

Join our FREE community in the Food Freedom & Body Image Support for Christian Women Facebook group to ask your questions about cultivating a joy-filled relationship with food, your body, & Jesus.

Got a burning question about food freedom, body image, faith, or nutrition? Leave me a SpeakPipe voice note here for a chance to have your question answered on an episode of The Joy-Filled Eater Podcast!

If you love the show and are finding it valuable, be sure to leave a rating and review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Listen to your podcasts somewhere else? No worries!  You can leave your podcast review here instead 😉.

Connect with Brittany on Instagram

*Reminder - Podcast content is not meant to be taken as professional nutrition or medical advice or to replace counseling with a licensed therapist. Please consult with your own treatment team.

Integrity is essential if you want to achieve and maintain recovery from a disordered relationship with food, your body, or even exercise.

If you’ve ever struggled to maintain integrity by sticking to your commitments, the buck stops here.  By the end of this episode, you’ll have some effective tools and strategy that will help you become the kind of person who keeps their word… even for yourself!

In today’s episode, I’m joined by non-diet personal trainer, Kasey Shuler, who shares her personal story about how she had to learn to navigate her commitments with both flexibility and grace and the strategy that can help you do the same.

Kasey gives you practical steps to help you identify and challenge the fears and anxieties that might be holding you back from staying committed to yourself and your goals in recovery from a disordered or unhealthy relationship with food or your body.

Topics discussed in this episode include:

❤️ How to navigate the nuance of commitment with flexibility and grace

😊 Kasey’s 4-step strategy for battling anxiety

👋🏻 A practical step to help you walk in integrity

Resources mentioned:

Connect with Kasey on Instagram @joyfulhealthco

Check out other podcast conversations between Brittany and Kasey in episodes 59 and 11 on The Joyful Health Show.

Purchase Kasey’s book, Aligned: Returning to God's Perfect Peace in an Anxious World

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Take your next steps towards food & body freedom with The Joy-Filled Eater course!

Join me and a community of crazy incredible women inside The Joy-Filled Food Freedom Society!

Join our FREE community in the Food Freedom & Body Image Support for Christian Women Facebook group to ask your questions about cultivating a joy-filled relationship with food, your body, & Jesus.

Got a burning question about food freedom, body image, faith, or nutrition? Leave me a SpeakPipe voice note here for a chance to have your question answered on an episode of The Joy-Filled Eater Podcast!

If you love the show and are finding it valuable, be sure to leave a rating and review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Listen to your podcasts somewhere else? No worries!  You can leave your podcast review here instead 😉.

Connect with Brittany on Instagram

*Reminder - Podcast content is not meant to be taken as professional nutrition or medical advice or to replace counseling with a licensed therapist. Please consult with your own treatment team.

Do you ever feel like learning to make peace with and trust your body is too much effort, and you can’t do it all yourself? 

Working towards building a better relationship with your body can be daunting when you feel like you have to take it on alone. Luckily, you don’t have to! In this episode, you’ll learn how much easier it is to trust your body when you let go of the control you think you have to cling so tightly to.

In today’s episode, we’ll be taking a look at the third and final component of body trust. This last piece may feel unnatural at first, and like the opposite of everything the world tells us to do. But, when we lean into it and learn to understand the real purposes for it, learning to trust your body and the design the Lord has for it becomes so much easier. 

We’ll focus on why it's not sustainable to rely on your own strength, reveal some truth about the Lord’s character, and discover how you can turn over your goal of body trust to Him.

In this last episode of the body trust framework series, you're going to…

👉 Identify the 3rd and final component needed in order to cultivate body trust.

🔎 Uncover a lie the world’s been telling you

🕊️ See what’s possible when you learn to let go of control

Resources mentioned:

>>> Download the FREE companion workbook to go along with this series HERE!

Become a VIP Podcast Insider HERE to access BONUS resources only available to our VIP list.

Enroll in The Joy-Filled Eater course!

Join me and a community of crazy incredible women inside The Joy-Filled Food Freedom Society!

Join our FREE community in the Food Freedom & Body Image Support for Christian Women Facebook group to ask your questions about cultivating a joy-filled relationship with food, your body, & Jesus.

Got a burning question about food freedom, body image, faith, or nutrition? Leave me a SpeakPipe voice note here for a chance to have your question answered on an episode of The Joy-Filled Eater Podcast!

If you love the show and are finding it valuable, be sure to leave a rating and review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Listen to your podcasts somewhere else? No worries!  You can leave your podcast review here instead 😉.

Connect with Brittany on Instagram

*Reminder - Podcast content is not meant to be taken as professional nutrition or medical advice or to replace counseling with a licensed therapist. Please consult with your own treatment team.