Weight Loss with the Holy Spirit

Denise Jelinek
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Denise Jelinek helps Catholic women lose weight with the Holy Spirit. Come find freedom around food even if you've struggled for decades. This gentle approach leads to lasting results because it starts with your relationship with God. Learn more at www.weightlosswiththeholyspirit.com

  1. 1d ago

    Navigating Midlife Body Changes

    💛 What happens when your body starts changing in midlife, even though you're doing everything you believe is right?   In this deeply personal episode, Denise opens her prayer journal and shares the honest conversations she's been having with the Lord about her changing body, the uncomfortable thoughts that come with aging, and the temptation to return to dieting and restriction.   🌿 From noticing a thicker waistline to questioning whether she's eating the right way, Denise reveals how quickly body changes can lead to self-criticism, fear, and the belief that something needs to be fixed. But what if your changing body isn't a problem to solve?   🙏 Through her journal entries, Denise shares how she's learning to see her body through God's eyes, listen to her thoughts with curiosity and compassion, and focus on what she can actually control.   ✨ If you're navigating perimenopause, menopause, or simply noticing that your body doesn't look the way it used to, this episode offers a different perspective—one rooted in surrender, gratitude, and caring for your body with love rather than trying to control its size. 🌿 Want to learn how to create a peaceful, ordered relationship with food? Join Denise for the FREE Weight Loss the Catholic Way workshop and discover how to care for your body while keeping God at the center.  Register for the FREE Workshop:  ⁠[https://weightlosswiththeholyspirit.com/] #WeightLossWithTheHolySpirit #CatholicWeightLoss #MidlifeBodyChanges #BodyImage #Menopause

  2. Oct 26

    Why Dieting Leaves You Vulnerable to the Enemy

    ⚠️ What if dieting isn't just keeping you stuck in your weight loss journey, but actually making you more vulnerable to the enemy? In this episode, Denise shares a bold belief: dieting can be dangerous for Catholic women's souls. Not because pursuing health or reaching your healthy weight is wrong, but because dieting can quietly lead us away from God without us even realizing it. 💛 Denise reveals three unseen tactics of the enemy that can keep women trapped in the cycle of dieting, struggling with food, and feeling dissatisfied with their bodies. She invites you to look at dieting through the eyes of your Catholic faith and consider whether the very thing you've been relying on to solve your weight struggles might actually be keeping you from the peace and freedom God desires for you. 🌿🙏 If you've spent years trying to find the right diet, this episode will challenge you to think differently about what it means to care for your body, surrender your struggles, and keep God your one true God. ✨ 🌿 Ready to learn how to lose weight the Catholic way? Join Denise for the FREE Weight Loss the Catholic Way workshop and discover how to begin surrendering your food and weight struggles to the Lord. [LINK: https://weightlosswiththeholyspirit.com/] #WeightLossWithTheHolySpirit #CatholicWeightLoss #DietCulture #PeaceWithFood #CatholicWomen

  3. Oct 19

    Wendy's Update: Finding Peace with Food Beyond the Scale

    💛 What happens after you lose 34 pounds and realize that the number on the scale isn't the most important part of your journey? In this special follow-up episode, Denise welcomes Wendy back to share what's happened in the three and a half months since their first conversation. 🌿 Wendy opens up about losing her peace when old dieting habits began creeping back in, why she decided to return to the simple practices of 63 Surrendered, and the unexpected changes she's noticing in her relationship with food, her body, and the Lord. 🙏 From enjoying ice cream all summer to leaving food on her plate without fear, Wendy's story is a beautiful reminder that lasting transformation isn't just about losing weight—it's about becoming free. ✨ You'll hear how surrender, simplicity, and showing up for a handful of daily practices are helping Wendy experience a kind of peace she never found through dieting. 🎧 Missed Wendy's first interview? Listen here: [LINK: https://weightlosswiththeholyspirit.com/147-lost-34-pounds-in-9-weeks-without-deprivation/] 🌿 Want to learn how to make an easy-to-stick-to meal plan like Wendy? The Catholic Meal Plan Challenge is a self-paced, six-week course that will help you simplify your food and learn to plan your meals the Catholic way. [LINK: https://weightlosswiththeholyspirit.com/mealplanchallenge/]

  4. Oct 12

    How to Know You're on Track Without Weighing Yourself

    ⚖️ Do you ever feel like you need to step on the scale just to know whether you're "on track"? In this episode, Denise gives you a peek inside her Catholic weight loss community as she coaches a woman through a very real urge to weigh herself. 💛 What begins as concern about tighter clothes and possibly gaining weight turns into something much deeper—and shows exactly why the scale can be such a distraction. You'll hear Denise help her uncover what she was actually looking for from the number, identify a place where she wasn't feeling peaceful with food, and find a much more meaningful way to know whether she's moving in the right direction. 🌿 If you've ever believed the scale keeps you accountable or tells you whether you're "doing it right," this conversation may completely change the way you think about staying on track. 🙏✨Want to go deeper? Denise, Rita, and Sterling are continuing this conversation in a special 3-day workshop beginning October 13th, where they'll help you simplify self-care and learn to care for yourself in a way that feels peaceful, practical, and aligned with God. Join the workshop here: WORKSHOP LINK:https://healthandhormones.org/back-on-track/ #WeightLossWithTheHolySpirit #CatholicWomen #CatholicWeightLoss #ScaleFreedom#PeaceWithFood

  5. Oct 5

    Is Self-Care Selfish? A Catholic Conversation

    💛 Is taking care of yourself selfish—or could it actually be part of how God is asking you to live? In this special conversation, Denise joins Rita Johnson and Sterling Jaquith to talk about authentic self-care for Catholic women and some of the beliefs that can make caring for ourselves feel uncomfortable, indulgent, or even unholy. Together, they explore the difference between sacrifice and self-neglect, why caring for yourself doesn't have to come at the expense of your family, and what changes when you begin looking to God—not comparison, culture, or someone else's vocation—to discern what you need. 🙏 You'll hear honest stories from all three women about their own struggles with self-care and why something as practical as caring for the person God created can become an act of worship. 🌿✨Want to go deeper? Denise, Rita, and Sterling are continuing this conversation in a special 3-day workshop beginning October 13th, where they'll help you simplify self-care and learn to care for yourself in a way that feels peaceful, practical, and aligned with God. Join the workshop here: https://healthandhormones.org/selfcare-as-worship/ #WeightLossWithTheHolySpirit #CatholicWomen #CatholicSelfCare #SelfCare #CatholicLiving

  6. Sep 28

    Catholics Making False Weight Loss Gods

    ⚖️ What happens when the scale, your body size, or even food begins to hold a place in your life that was only meant for God? In this episode, Denise has a lighthearted but important conversation about the false gods of weight loss and how easily decades of dieting can teach us to look to these things for our safety, our worth, and even direction for how we live. 💛 Denise shares honestly about the ways she still notices this in her own life and offers a different way to think about caring for your body, pursuing health, and reaching your healthy weight: not to finally become worthy or okay, but because you already belong to God. 🙏 This isn't a conversation about shame. It's an invitation to notice what may have become disordered and gently begin putting it back in its proper place so that God remains your one true God. ✨If you're ready to take your first steps toward reordering your relationship with food the Catholic way, you can begin the self-paced Catholic Meal Plan Challenge here:  ⁠[https://weightlosswiththeholyspirit.com/meal-plan-challenge/ ] Catholic Meal Plan

  7. Sep 21

    Middle of the Night Eating

    🌙 What do you do when you wake up in the middle of the night and find yourself wanting to eat? In this episode, Denise shares a recent middle-of-the-night eating experience of her own and uses it to show how differently we can approach these unexpected moments when we take away the guilt, judgment, and diet rules. 💛 You'll hear how Denise approaches nighttime eating with the women she coaches, why one unexpected eating situation doesn't need to become a problem, and the simple "golden rule" she uses to keep herself out of the restriction-overeating cycle. 🌿 Whether middle-of-the-night eating happens regularly for you or only once in a while, this episode will help you approach it with more peace, curiosity, and the Lord's guidance instead of immediately trying to compensate for it. 🙏✨

  8. Sep 14

    Better Results with Better Thoughts

    🧠 What if some of the biggest obstacles standing between you and the results you want aren't your food, your discipline, or your ability to follow through…but the thoughts running through your mind? In this episode, Denise explains how your thoughts influence how you feel, what you do, and ultimately the results you create. 🌿 She takes some of the most common thoughts she hears from women at every stage of this work and shows you how small shifts in your thinking can lead to very different fruits. You'll also learn why you don't have to control every thought that pops into your head, but you can choose what you think next. 🙏✨ This episode will help you begin noticing your thoughts without judgment and understand how stewarding your mind can become part of cooperating with God's grace. #WeightLossWithTheHolySpirit #CatholicWeightLoss #CatholicMindset #ThoughtWork #CatholicWomen

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Denise Jelinek helps Catholic women lose weight with the Holy Spirit. Come find freedom around food even if you've struggled for decades. This gentle approach leads to lasting results because it starts with your relationship with God. Learn more at www.weightlosswiththeholyspirit.com

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  • Creator
    Denise Jelinek
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2026
  • Episodes
    172
  • Rating
    Clean
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    © 2023 Weight Loss with the Holy Spirit
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    Weight Loss with the Holy Spirit

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