Finding a Hope-Aligned Health Team with Chrissy Kirkman
Have you ever steered clear from seeking out a health professional because you’ve had a bad experience before? Unfortunately, this is the case for many of us. While we can’t expect any one person to be perfect, we can start with understanding what we need help with, what is important to us, and find a health professional in line with the hope we are called to.
In this podcast episode with Chrissy Kirkman, executive director of FINDINGbalance, we explore how the tenets of secular psychology often makes the person the center of their decisions. This mindset does not allow a sovereign God to have the authority, which puts pressure on the patient to achieve unrealistic results and often creates anxiety. Instead of relying on human reasoning, how can we ask Jesus for truth to aid us in our journey to get better?
What can we look out for in a health team? Chrissy reminds us that we can’t do it alone, we are relational beings, and God is on our side! A few ways a health provider can care for us in a God-centered way are to:
Integrate biblical and psychological principles together
Filter all treatment through lens of Scripture, because hope is healing
Follow the Holy Spirit’s guidance
Pray for the patient
If you want to sharpen your discernment when it comes to finding the right health professional for you, listen to the full episode here: Finding a Hope-Aligned Health Team with Chrissy Kirkman.
Finding a Health Team Aligned with Hope
In episode 38 of The Joyful Health Show, Kasey interviews Chrissy Kirkman on how to find a health team aligned with hope. Why is this important? Many seeking professional help struggle to find health providers we genuinely trust. In this episode, Chrissy shares how it can be harmful to our spirit when we are pointed away from God as the source of our health, what we can look out for in a hope-filled professional, and how to go about finding the right team for you. We discuss:
How secular psychology puts unrealistic pressure on the patient to be healthy
The four characteristics to spot when looking for a health team
How FINDINGbalance can be a resource to connect you with helpful providers
About Chrissy Kirkman
Chrissy Kirkman
Chrissy is the Executive Director of FINDINGbalance, the world’s leading Christian nonprofit ministry helping people repair their relationship with food and their bodies so they can live the abundant life they were created for. She also hosts the Old School Food Freedom podcast.
A former participant in FINDINGbalance’s Lasting Freedom program, Chrissy has firsthand experience of the struggle faced by those battling food issues, and the courage it takes to seek help. No longer a captive of “diet culture”, she is passionate about sharing the truth she’s found and helping others find hope and tools to break free.
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