#303: Why It’s Hard to Trust Your Body—Especially Around Food

Have you found that diets promise you control, clarity, and confidence—but all-too-often they deliver the exact opposite?

For many Highly Sensitive Christian women, diets come with hidden costs:

• disconnection from our bodies
• exhaustion from trying to “do it right”
• confusion about who we can actually trust. 

In today’s episode, guest co-host Brandice Lardner and I have an honest, grace-filled conversation about how food became a primary coping tool for so many of us at such a young age, why dieting typically backfires, and what it looks like to pursue health without pressure, fear, or shame.

If you’re ready to reframe your relationship with food through the lens of grace instead of rules, this conversation is a great place to start!

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Cheri Gregory

Through scripture and story-telling, Cheri Gregory delights in helping women draw closer to Jesus, the Strength of every tender heart.

Cheri is the co-facilitator of Sensitive & Strong: the place for the HSP Christian woman to find connection. And she’s the founder of Write Beside You coaching for HSP Christian writers, coaches, and speakers.

Cheri speaks locally and internationally for women’s events and educational conferences. She’s also the coauthor of five books: You Don’t Have to Try So Hard, Overwhelmed, and An Abundant Place (with Kathi Lipp); Sensitive & Strong (with Denise J. Hughes); and Exhale (with Amy Carrol).

Cheri and her college sweetheart, Daniel, have been married for over three decades; they’ve spent the last 19 years living and serving on the campus of Monterey Bay Academy on the central California coast. 

You can connect with Cheri thru her website, on Facebook, and via Instagram.

Brandice Lardner

Brandice Lardner is a personal fitness trainer, nutrition coach, and Jesus girl who loves to share how her relationship with God has brought her the peace with food she searched for in just about every diet.

Now, she shares hope and encouragement on her blog Grace Filled Plate, where she helps Christian women ditch the diet mindset and find food freedom through their relationship with Jesus Christ.

Brandice shares mindful eating practices where healthy choices are made from a want-to rather than a legalistic have-to.

You can get her free 7-lesson “Faith > Food” email course here: https://gracefilledplate.com/faith-food-email-course/

Website: GraceFilledPlate.com

Facebook: facebook.com/GraceFilledPlate/

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