Compared to Who? Body Image for Christian Women

Compared to Who? Body Image for Christian Women

Heather Creekmore

Freedom Has Nothing to Do With The Number on the Scale Featuring Laura Acuna

October 13, 2023   ●   28 min

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ather interviews Laura Acuna an author, speaker, and coach who helps women find freedom from body and food shame. Laura shares her story, how she gained one hundred pounds as a middle schooler, and how she battled weight and food shame for decades before God took her on a path to freedom.

Some of the highlights from today's show include:

  • Laura's description of the "profile" of a woman who battles with food.
  • Laura's candid retelling of the hard parts of her body image and food journey.
  • How Laura knew she had finally found food freedom.
  • Why Laura believes it's hard for women to get help in this arena.
  • What Laura has observed from her own journey and the journeys of others about the connection between weight loss and body image freedom.

You'll be encouraged and challenged from this engaging conversation.

Learn more about Laura Acuna here: https://laura-acuna.com/

Start reading Laura's book, Still Becoming, here: https://amzn.to/3RKgzBM

Connect with Compared to Who? and be a part of the Body Image Freedom Framework course and coaching program. Learn more here: www.improvebodyimage.com

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A Prayer for Overcoming Doubt with Divine Assurance - Your Daily Prayer - September 19 

One morning, in my study of 1 Thessalonians, I read these words from Paul in 5:1-11, lingering over our key verse, “But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, putting on faith and love as a breastplate, and the hope of salvation as a helmet.” As he often does, Paul reminds believers that they are soldiers in God’s army and must prepare and protect themselves for battle.

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