The Nourished Life for Christian Women

Tracy Astle

Hi, I’m Tracy — faith-based coach and founder of Nourishing Body & Soul. ✨ For years, I lived inside the pressure cooker of diet culture… measuring my worth by a number, chasing the “perfect” plan, and feeling guilty for simply being human. Now, as a certified eating psychology coach, I help Christian women break free from that cycle, nurture physical, mental, and spiritual health, and discover what life feels like when eating is peaceful, movement is joyful, and your worth is never up for debate. My mission is simple: help you live fully as a beloved daughter of God—nourished body & soul.

  1. 3d ago

    Episode 114 - Joy May be Quieter Than We Think

    What if joy isn’t always the big, exciting feeling we’ve been taught to look for? With my birthday coming up, I’ve been thinking about how birthdays felt when I was a kid—and the expectation I carried into adulthood that birthdays were supposed to feel BIG. Do something special. Go somewhere. Have FUN. CELEBRATE. But the older I’ve gotten, the more I’ve realized that some of my deepest joy doesn’t look like that at all. In this episode of The Nourished Life for Christian Women, we’re talking about the quieter kind of joy—the kind that doesn’t necessarily photograph well or announce itself when it arrives, but can make you think at the end of an ordinary day: That was a good day. We’ll explore: ✦ Why we carry expectations about what joy is supposed to feel like✦ How “I should be enjoying this more” can actually keep us from enjoying what’s happening✦ The freedom of simply allowing something to be good✦ How joy and sadness can coexist✦ What Jesus’ words in John 15:11 teach us about a joy that can remain✦ Why we may be looking for joy at the wrong volume✦ How noticing the quiet things that nourish us can make us more capable of experiencing joy Joy doesn’t have to make a lot of noise to be real. Sometimes it’s laughter, celebration, and dancing. And sometimes it’s sitting quietly in a life you’ve spent years building and realizing: I’m glad I’m here. This week, instead of asking, How can I have more joy?, try asking: Where is joy already showing up quietly in my life? Ready for your next step? Find The “Yeah, But…” Mirror and The WHOLE Woman Reset at nourishingbodysoul.com. Connect with me:Website: nourishingbodysoul.comInstagram: @tracyastle.nourishingbody.soulLinkedIn: Tracy Astle

  2. Oct 22

    Episode 113 - What are You Forgetting to Enjoy?

    What good things in your life have quietly faded into the background—not because you stopped loving them, but because you stopped reaching for them? Recently, my daughter pulled a pretty flowered glass from the back of my kitchen cupboard. I'd completely forgotten I owned it. I hadn't intentionally saved it for a special occasion. I'd simply reached for the more “everyday” glasses often enough that this one gradually disappeared from view. And it made me wonder: What else do we love that we've simply stopped remembering to include in our lives? In this episode of The Nourished Life for Christian Women, we're talking about the people, places, interests, possessions and even parts of ourselves that can quietly slip into the background. We'll explore: ✦ Why good things can disappear from our lives without us consciously choosing to let them go✦ The difference between outgrowing something and simply forgetting to include it✦ Why enjoying what we love involves a certain amount of risk✦ What a second, beautiful hand-blown glass taught me about being willing to use—and potentially lose—something I loved✦ Why I'd rather have something be used, loved and eventually gone than safely protected and never enjoyed Maybe you don't need more good things in your life. Maybe you need to remember some of the good that's already there. Ready for your next step? Find The “Yeah, But…” Mirror and The WHOLE Woman Reset at nourishingbodysoul.com. Connect with me:Website: nourishingbodysoul.comInstagram: @tracyastle.nourishingbody.soulLinkedIn: Tracy Astle

  3. Oct 15

    Episode 112: When Did Everything Become So Serious?

    When did going for a walk become exercise, reading become personal growth, cooking become meal prep—and every hobby become something we’re supposed to get good at? When did everything become so serious? As life gets fuller, we become more responsible. People depend on us. There are homes, families, careers, church responsibilities, relationships, appointments, and decisions to manage. And somewhere in all that responsibility, the part of us that once did things simply because they were fun can get very quiet. In this episode of The Nourished Life for Christian Women, we’re talking about play, usefulness, responsibility—and what can happen when capable women become so good at managing life that they forget how to simply enjoy being alive. We’ll explore: ✦ Why we feel compelled to make enjoyable things useful or productive✦ The hidden cost of becoming “the one everyone can count on”✦ Why even having more fun can become another thing to accomplish✦ Why adults have such a hard time being beginners✦ The question: What did you love before you started deciding whether you were good at it?✦ Why seriousness isn’t necessarily the same thing as faithfulness You don’t need to become a more fun person. Maybe you simply need to listen again to the part of you that already knows how. Ready for your next step? Find The “Yeah, But…” Mirror and The WHOLE Woman Reset at nourishingbodysoul.com. Connect with me:Website: nourishingbodysoul.comInstagram: @tracyastle.nourishingbody.soulLinkedIn: Tracy Astle

  4. Oct 8

    Episode 111 - What if Enjoying Your Life is Part of the Point?

    What if enjoying your life isn’t a distraction from living it well—but part of the point? For many capable women, fun is the thing that happens after the work is done, everyone else is taken care of, and everything important has been handled. Which means it can keep getting pushed further and further down the list. In this episode of The Nourished Life for Christian Women, we’re looking at enjoyment differently—not as something frivolous or something you have to earn, but as a meaningful part of a whole and nourishing life. Jesus said, “These things I have spoken to you, that My joy may remain in you, and that your joy may be full.” (John 15:11 NKJV) Maybe joy deserves more room in our lives than we’ve been giving it. In this episode: • Why capable, responsible women can have a surprisingly hard time prioritizing fun• The difference between enjoying life and avoiding responsibility• What changes when you begin treating fun as something you genuinely value• Why joy and a meaningful, faithful life don’t have to compete with each other• A simple invitation to notice what brings you alive—and make room for more of it Ready for your next step? ✨ The “Yeah, But…” Mirror A simple 3-minute reflection to help you notice the quiet ways you may still be trying to earn what’s already yours. Access The “Yeah, But…” Mirror ✨ The WHOLE Woman Reset A gentle, practical reset to help you reconnect with your God-given worth and begin living from wholeness rather than striving. Explore The WHOLE Woman Reset Connect with me WebsiteInstagramLinkedIn More Episodes Watch more episodes of The Nourished Life for Christian Women on YouTube About The Nourished Life for Christian Women The Nourished Life for Christian Women is for women who are ready to stop striving to become enough and begin living from the truth of who they already are in Christ. We talk about making peace with food and your body, learning to trust yourself and God, finding joy in movement and everyday life, and creating a life that truly nourishes—body and soul. Eating can be peaceful. Movement can be joyful. And your worth is never up for debate. Follow The Nourished Life for Christian Women so you don’t miss a new episode.

  5. Oct 1

    Episode 110 - But What if I Get it Wrong? Part 2 with Rebecca Knudson

    What if you make the wrong decision?For many Christian women, trusting God isn’t the hard part. The hard part is trusting ourselves enough to make a decision without wondering, *What if I misunderstood? What if this isn’t what God wants? What if I get it wrong?*In Part 2 of my conversation with artist Rebecca Knudsen, we explore what happens when our desire to follow God turns into pressure to make the “right” choice every single time.We talk about the fear of making a wrong decision, learning to recognize and trust your own quiet knowing, and something we often forget when we’re searching for certainty: **you are allowed to course-correct.**Trusting yourself doesn’t mean believing you’ll always get everything right.It means trusting that you can listen, choose, learn, adjust, and keep moving forward with God.And when you do get it wrong? Grace is still there.In this episode, Rebecca and I talk about:• Why thoughtful, faithful women can struggle so much with second-guessing • The fear that one wrong choice could take you off the “right” path • What happens when you follow your inner knowing and things don’t turn out as expected • How to distinguish quiet wisdom from fear, impulse, or wishful thinking • Learning to trust yourself without expecting yourself to be infallible • Why course-correcting is part of living—not evidence that you’ve failed • The connection between trusting yourself and trusting God • Accepting God’s grace when you realize you got something wrong • What we wish we had trusted sooner • How to begin rebuilding self-trust after years of looking outside yourself for the right answerIf you’ve ever prayed for direction, made a choice…and then reopened the decision five more times, this conversation is for you.Maybe faith isn’t about becoming so good at discernment that you never make a wrong turn.Maybe it’s learning to walk with God without requiring yourself to know the whole path first.You can listen.You can choose.You can course-correct.And you can trust that God’s grace is big enough to meet you along the way.**The Nourished Life for Christian Women** explores faith, wholeness, self-trust, body trust, and what it means to live from your God-given worth instead of continually trying to prove it.Email me at tracy@tlastle.com Schedule your free coaching call at: bit.ly/nourishingchat. #ChristianWomen #TrustingGod #SelfTrust #ChristianPodcast #Discernment #GodsGuidance #FaithOverFear

  6. Sep 24

    Episode 109 - What If You Already Know? Pt. 1

    What does it feel like when you simply know something—even when you can’t quite explain how you know? In Part 1 of my conversation with artist Rebecca Knudsen, we explore the “quiet knowing”: that inner sense of wisdom or direction that can be surprisingly difficult to trust, especially when you’ve spent years second-guessing yourself. How do you recognize quiet wisdom? How do you distinguish it from fear, impulse, or simply wanting something to be true? And where does trusting yourself fit when you’re also trying to trust God? Rebecca and I talk about learning to recognize that quieter voice, the ways we can talk ourselves out of what we already sense, and why trusting the wisdom God has placed within us doesn’t have to compete with trusting Him. We explore: • What a “quiet knowing” can feel like• Learning to recognize and trust your own inner wisdom • The difference between discernment, fear, and impulse• What happens when we second-guess what we already know • The connection between self-trust and trusting God • Why God’s guidance may not always come with absolute certainty • Learning to move forward when you don’t have every answer If you’re a Christian woman who has ever prayed for direction, sensed an answer—and then immediately wondered, “But what if I’m wrong?”—this conversation is for you. Because perhaps trusting God doesn’t always mean waiting until you’re absolutely certain. Sometimes faith looks like listening, discerning, and taking the next step. To take a deeper dive, join us for the TRUST YOUR LIFE event. Free Online One hour Register here: https://creative-artisan-985.kit.com/323cc9426a

  7. Sep 17

    Episode 108 - Is It Really That Easy? | How to Trust God's Guidance Without Overthinking It

    You pray for clarity.You finally feel settled.And then...Are you sure?Maybe you should pray about it again. Ask someone. Think it through one more time. Make another pros-and-cons list.And somehow the answer that once felt peaceful becomes confusing all over again.Sound familiar?In this episode of The Nourished Life for Christian Women, I share a simple question my sister asked after a quiet moment of clarity with God on a beach:“Is it really that easy?”Sometimes...maybe it is.We're exploring why Christian women can struggle to trust quiet spiritual guidance, why we sometimes associate struggle with faithfulness, and what happens when we keep questioning what we already know.We'll talk about:how to recognize quiet spiritual guidancewhy you may second-guess yourself after you've already found claritytrusting God without needing dramatic confirmationthe difference between discernment and overthinkingwhy trusting your God-given wisdom isn't selfish or unfaithfulwhat it can look like to move forward without absolute certaintyHere's the question I hope you'll carry with you:What do you already know that you keep talking yourself out of?And if your bigger question is, “But how do I trust my life when I genuinely DON'T know what's ahead?”—I'd love to have you join me this Saturday.FREE LIVE EVENT — TRUST YOUR LIFESaturday, September 19 | 9:00 a.m. Pacific Time(Replay available)We'll explore what it means to trust that your life has prepared you for where you are and move forward with God even when you can't see the whole path ahead.REGISTER FOR TRUST YOUR LIFE: https://bit.ly/TrustYourLife#TrustingGod #ChristianWomen #SpiritualDiscernment #ChristianDecisionMaking #Overthinking #ChristianPodcast #Faith

  8. Sep 10

    Episode 107 -You Don't Need Total Certainty for Each Step | Christian Decision-Making & Trusting God

    Have you ever prayed for direction, felt like you had an answer...and then asked God for one more sign just to be sure?When a decision matters, it can be easy to confuse God's guidance with certainty. We want to know we're making the right choice. We want confirmation. We want to see where the decision will lead before we take the first step.But what if faith doesn't always work that way?In this episode of The Nourished Life for Christian Women, we're talking about Christian decision-making, spiritual discernment, trusting God in uncertainty, and why you may not need another sign before moving forward.We'll explore:the difference between guidance and a guaranteewhy thoughtful, faithful women can still second-guess their decisionshow fear can sometimes hide beneath “I'm waiting on God”what it means to trust the wisdom God has developed within youhow to move forward when you have enough light for the next step—but not the whole pathTrusting your own God-given wisdom isn't the opposite of trusting God. It can be part of trusting Him.If you've been praying, thinking, researching, asking for advice—and still wondering, “But what if I get it wrong?”—this conversation is for you.FREE LIVE EVENT — TRUST YOUR LIFESaturday, September 19 at 9:00 a.m. Pacific Time(Replay available)Join me for an interactive hour exploring how to move forward with faith, trust, and confidence even when you can't see what's ahead.REGISTER HERE: https://bit.ly/TrustYourLifeThe Nourished Life for Christian Women is for thoughtful, faithful women who are ready to stop living from “not enough” and begin trusting the God-given worth, wisdom, and grace they've carried all along.

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Hi, I’m Tracy — faith-based coach and founder of Nourishing Body & Soul. ✨ For years, I lived inside the pressure cooker of diet culture… measuring my worth by a number, chasing the “perfect” plan, and feeling guilty for simply being human. Now, as a certified eating psychology coach, I help Christian women break free from that cycle, nurture physical, mental, and spiritual health, and discover what life feels like when eating is peaceful, movement is joyful, and your worth is never up for debate. My mission is simple: help you live fully as a beloved daughter of God—nourished body & soul.

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