Event Recap: Eat Well, Move Well, Be Well 2024

Recently, I hosted an event called Eat Well, Move Well, Be Well in 2024 at Streams Church in Goodyear, Arizona. If you weren’t there, I want to tell you all about it! [You can also watch it HERE on YouTube for FREE if you missed it!] I invited clients, family, friends, church members, and community members to hear the good news that God didn’t make a mistake when He made your body. 

How to eat well & move well

I spoke very practically about the “how” of eating well and moving well. But, what does this even mean anyway??

For eating well, I listed things like eating consistently, eating variety, not skipping meals, eating whole meals, and pairing foods together to create more nourishment and satiety when we eat.

For moving well, I talked about playing more, doing things that we like, having variety in our exercise, and doing things with people for enjoyment and accountability. 

I also spoke about how we have all been duped into thinking that God can’t be trusted to help us solve our health problems, learn new ways of taking care of ourselves and meeting our needs. I mean, He only made our bodies, surely he lost the instruction manual after he put us together, right? Surely the world and diet culture can guide us better? No way.

Diet Culture

I then pointed the audience to scripture in Colossians 2:8.

“See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depends on human tradition and the elemental spiritual forces of this world rather than on Christ.” 

Colossians 2:8

Diet culture is a whole heap of hollow and deceptive philosophies. We were able to talk about how we have to go back to the truth of God’s word, and His character is ALWAYS a guide for all parts of life, including our health. 

Testimonials

Here are some of the things I heard from participants:

• “I wanted to run out of here as soon as you started talking, but I knew that meant I really needed to hear it. I keep telling my husband that hunger is a social construct, but I know I needed to hear you teach us tonight that hunger and fullness is a gift from God, not to be ignored.”
• “I love to cook, but I hate food and I know I need healing. This was so helpful and healing to hear.”
• “As a teenager, there are so many pressures to be thin and look a certain way, but I am going to eat breakfast tomorrow. I usually skip it, but this was really encouraging and I know I need to stop skipping meals.”
• “I know there are foods that I fear and I am going to take small steps like you talked about to add more variety and nutrition to my day.”

I know God takes our small steps of faith and turns them into glorious, miraculous stories of overcoming. He is a generous, faithful God. We give him an inch and He gives us miles and miles! 

I am so excited about what God is doing in Arizona and throughout the world through Body and Soul Nutrition Counseling and I can’t wait to see what is next! If I can serve you or a loved one as you pursue health, wholeness, and healing, please reach out to me HERE. It would be my greatest joy to get to know you and help you become a healthier version of you! 

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