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Conversations about exercise and movement can hit differently when you're navigating food and body image struggles.

One comment can send your inner critic into overdrive before you even realize what happened.

But God meets you right there, in that moment, with a gentler, truer word. And the more you return to what He says about your worth, the less power those lies have over you.

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God is the only One who can rescue you from sin's rule. And He is more than able to direct your steps toward health and freedom, in direct proportion to your willingness to invite Him into the journey.

You don't have to figure this out alone. Ask Jesus today to help you take that step.

"Direct my footsteps according to your word; let no sin rule over me." - Psalm 119:133 (NIV)

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What does body gratitude look like when your body has limits you didn't choose?

This week, Chrissy sits down with Leah Bryant for an honest conversation about her journey through cauda equina syndrome, partial paralysis, and learning to see movement as a gift, not a punishment.

"One small step. One foot in front of the other. You don't have to do the whole staircase." — Leah Bryant

If you've ever felt frustrated with what your body can't do, or avoided movement because it felt too hard, you'll relate to this episode.

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When you learn to notice what's happening inside you without letting it decide everything, that's where healing starts.

Wondering where you are in your relationship with food?

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Diet culture doesn't just steal our peace with food. It sneaks into our deepest questions about whether we are lovable, worthy, and enough.

And the enemy is delighted to let that lie take root.

But your relationship status is not a reflection of your worth. Your size is not why you're single. And your body is not the problem.

"I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with unfailing kindness." Jeremiah 31:3 (NIV)

You are already loved with an everlasting love. That's not contingent on your body. Not now. Not ever.

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"I stood in the kitchen pondering this lesson. This freedom journey can be so hard. The winter months drag on for what seems like forever. I so quickly impatient and jump to quick fixes. I conjure up behaviors that make my heart look free or my own plans to speed along this process. The longer I walk with Jesus toward freedom the more I realize that there is no set plan there is only the Creator’s design. He designed us to be attached to Him, to ripen and bear fruit according to His plan. Yes, His way is slower than any of us want but it is the only way that will last."

Read more at findingbalance.com/blog/a-lesson-from-the-strawberry

What if this summer, instead of waiting for someday, you gave yourself permission to show up exactly as you are right now?

What if your focus shifted from what your body looks like to who you're becoming?

"Do not be concerned about the outward beauty... You should clothe yourselves instead with the beauty that comes from within, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is so precious to God." - 1 Peter 3:3-4 (NLT)

Your today body is enough. You are enough. 🧡

There's more encouragement waiting for you at findingbalance.com.