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Episode 129: Dissecting Today’s Most Popular Diets with Author Heather Creekmore

Sparking Wholeness

English - March 22, 2022 00:00 - 55 minutes - 50.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 71 ratings
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HEATHER CREEKMORE writes and speaks hope to thousands of women each week inspiring them to stop comparing and start living. Heather's “Compared to Who?”podcast is aimed specifically at helping Christian women overcome body image and comparison issues. Her first book--also titled-- “Compared to Who?” encourages women to uncover the spiritual root of body image issues and find freedom. Her latest release, “The Burden of Better,” offers women a journey into the depths of God's grace to find a way off the treadmill of constant comparison. Heather has been featured on Fox News, Huff Post, Morning Dose, Church Leaders, For Every Mom, along with dozens of other shows and podcasts.

In this episode, we have a conversation about the most popular diets out there today, and how dieting for the sole purpose of a smaller jeans size doesn’t get to the root of the issue.

Key Topics:
- Heather’s yo-yo dieting past and how at her thinnest, she was very unhealthy
- Is it wrong to diet?
- How one size doesn’t fit all
- The popular diets right now and the pitfalls
- The impact of exercise and restriction
- How does intuitive eating play a role?

Find Heather’s books, Compared to Who and The Burden of Better, wherever you get books! Follow her on social media at @comparedtowho and visit her website comparedtowho.me.

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