Intuitive Eating Within Divine Design + Diet Culture in the Church | Liesel Maddox
Liesel Maddox is a Registered Dietitian and entrepreneur specializing in eating disorders and disordered eating. Liesel has experience working as a clinical dietitian in inpatient eating disorder treatment centers and currently provides outpatient nutrition counseling to clients in recovery from eating disorders. She started an online business with the mission of helping Christian women break free from diet culture and disordered eating. Liesel provides one-on-one virtual nutrition coaching to help women embrace food freedom and intuitive eating from a faith-based approach. And in this episode, we chat about finding the balance in honoring your body and breaking free from unrealistic beauty standards, as well as how diet culture manifests within the Church. Don't miss this incredibly enlightening and encouraging conversation!
Episode Highlights:
Getting to know Liesel
Letting Go of Control as a Milspouse
The "why" behind Liesel's heart for Eating Disorder support
Difference between an Eating Disorder and Disordered Eating Patterns
Food as a Gift
Idols of Weight Loss vs. Healthy Stewardship
“Your relationship with food can be really free..."
Breaking free from restriction
Best + Worst Steps to make in Healing Nutritionally
Navigating "nutrition guru's" on social media
Diet Culture in the Church
Changing the Language in the Church
Trusting God's design for your body is good!
