In this episode of the Joyful Health Show Kasey interviews dietitian and eating disorder specialist Anna Marie Long together with her co-author of Nourished to Flourish Stephanie Brown, a personal trainer and soon to be dietitian about wellness culture’s misuse of the scriptural phase “the temple of the Holy Spirit.” 

In This Episode We Discuss:

1. The ways in which wellness culture negatively twists “your body is a temple”  and why it matters
2. How to recognize when scripture is being twisted to fit wellness culture’s narrative
3. What does it mean to care for our bodies as a temple without making it an idol

1 Corinthians 6:19-20 encourages us, “Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.”  As you meditate on this and listen to this episode, we pray you will discover what is truly means to glorify God in your body, not allowing the temple of God which is your body to become a place where wellness culture can buy and sell influence, but a house of prayer (Matthew 21:12), and a conduit of love and joy!

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Meet About Our Guests

Anna Marie is a registered dietitian and certified eating disorder specialist who owns a private practice in Austin, Texas. She has a passion for helping people heal their relationships with food and their bodies and letting Jesus into this healing process. She takes an anti-diet approach to nutritional counseling and loves to help people re-learn how to trust their bodies and God-given intuition around food.

Connect with Anna at her website https://annamarierd.com or on instagram @annamarierd 

Stephanie Brown has a Bachelor of Nutrition in Dietetics from the University of Texas at Austin and is a Master of Arts student for Human Services Counseling with Liberty University. She attends seminary classes for theological equipping. As a Certified Personal Trainer, she teaches fitness classes to allow people to truly enjoy movement instead of seeing it as punishment or a “means to an end." As a dietitian in training, Stephanie seeks to take a non-diet approach to nutrition and health behaviors. 

Connect with Stephanie on her instagram at @Stephanieee.brown 

Learn more about the Nourished by Faith book at https://literarycanvas.com/nourished-by-faith/ or on instagram @nourishing_flourishing

Resources Mentioned:

• Nourished by Faith book
• Book Club starting June 3
• Joyful Health Membership
• Non-Diet Christian Academy

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