Today Heather chats with Jennifer Strickland, a former model who’s appeared in magazines you’ve probably read and shows you may have seen and worked for designers you’ve heard of. Jen had amazing success in the modeling world but her life was missing meaning and though she had learned how to use her body to fit an image, she had not yet learned how to use her voice. Jen shares her story of finding Christ while modeling and what her recovery from modeling (and the eating disorder that came with it) looked like. She also talks about how a mirror fast showed her what true beauty really looks like (and where it truly comes from!) Plus: Check out the BONUS content on Patreon from this episode!

Here are some other topics covered in this episode “The Model and the Mirror Fast”:

• Jennifer explains how the pressure of modeling is extreme because bodies change every day.
• Jen talks about how she met Jesus through strangers on the street while she was modeling in Europe.
• We talk about how deceiving image can be.
• We discuss the lie of “I am what I see in the mirror.”
• We talk a bit about the behind the scenes yuck of the modeling industry and what it does to young girls.
• Jen shares about her personal struggle with cystic acne and how a world-renowned dermatologist told her that her issues were so deep, they could only be treated by healing her heart and her mind.
• Jen shares how God has freed her from the belief that she has to look and how she’s learned to look radiant by looking on Him.
• Go to Patreon for the BONUS content – 10 more minutes of my talk with Jen where she shares about how she’s navigated beauty, social media, and related issues with her now college-age daughter.
• Plus, Jen shares about how she did a 40 Day Mirror Fast and what it taught her.