Addressing Body Image Biblically w/Alex Ford

The Daily Grace Podcast

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Religion & Spirituality:christianity, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 16 May 2023

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Today’s episode is a conversation with Alex Ford, founder of Cultivate Well. Alex helps us navigate how we should think about our bodies in light of God’s good design and what He says in His Word. Did you know that you can trace a biblical view of the body from Genesis all the way to Revelation? Well, you can! Alex shows us in Scripture how we can think holistically about our bodies as a means of stewardship and what it looks like to pursue Christ-centered wellness. Sign up for the Daily Grace Podcast Newsletter and receive the free resource "Scripture for Every Season.” Time Stamps: 0:56 - About Alex 3:04 - Favorite things 4:17 - What is Christ-centered whole person wellness? 8:12 - What does the Bible say about our bodies? 14:25 - Caring for the body and the soul 22:20 - Addressing insecurity and other body image issues 27:18 - How can we pursue Christ-centered wellness? 31:36 - What the gospel has changed for Alex Resources mentioned in this episode: Refresh by David and Shona Murray Connect with Alex: Instagram Website Connect with us: Subscribe to Daily Grace: on iOS, go to our iTunes page and click subscribe. On Android, click this podcast RSS feed link and choose your podcast app. If needed, you can copy this link directly into your favorite podcast app (like Stitcher or Overcast). Or follow us on Spotify! We would love it if you took a few minutes to leave us an iTunes review to help spread the word about Daily Grace! We want to invite more women into our conversations! Download The Daily Grace app: for iOS, click here to download. On Android, click here to download. Visit The Daily Grace Co. for beautiful products for the whole family that will equip you on your journey to knowing and loving God more. Subscribe to The Daily Grace Newsletter and receive free Bible study resources in your inbox. Like The Daily Grace Co. on Facebook. Follow @dailygracepodcast on Instagram for exclusive podcast content and @thedailygraceco for all things The Daily Grace Co. Engage with our Facebook community, “The Daily Grace Co. Community”. Read The Daily Grace blog for encouragement throughout the week that is steeped in biblical truths. * Affiliate links used are used where appropriate. Thank you for supporting the products that support the production of this podcast! * The opinions of guests on the Daily Grace podcast do not represent the opinions of The Daily Grace Co., and we do not necessarily endorse the resources that they recommend or mention on the show. We believe it is valuable to hear from a variety of guests, even if we do not agree in all areas. As always, the statements made by hosts and guests on the show should be tested against God’s Word, the only authority on truth.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Daily Grace. We believe the Bible is true, trustworthy, and timeless. And we want
0:17.6	to help women like you, know and love God's Word. The Bible shows us who God is and who
0:24.7	He is, changes everything. My name is Shelby and I'm Crystal. And we want to invite you to
0:31.0	come join us as we chat about the truth of God's Word in our everyday lives.
0:35.2	Hey everyone and welcome back to the Daily Grace podcast. This is Crystal and today I'm joined
0:41.3	by a very special guest. I'm joined by Alex Ford. Alex, thanks for joining us in the podcast
0:45.9	today. Thank you so much for having me. I'm excited to be here. Oh, I'm so excited. So for
0:51.2	those that are listening that maybe don't know you yet, will you just share it a little bit about
0:54.9	yourself and about your family? Yeah, sure. My name is Alex and I serve as a wellness consultant
1:01.7	in coach. And then I speak and write on topics related to wellness in the physical body. I have a
1:07.7	16 year background in the field of health and wellness as well as several years of experience
1:13.4	in the local church study and ministry. I love one is ministry. I love teaching the Bible,
1:18.3	so that's in my background as well. So I earned my doctorate in education from Southern seminary
1:24.6	and a master's in biblical counseling from Dallas seminary. And then at Southern, my doctoral
1:30.4	thesis was focused on the relationship between human embodiment and spiritual formation.
1:36.4	I felt a little bit about my background. Then my family and my husband and I have been married
1:41.6	for 14 years. And his name is Coleman. He serves as assistant professor of humanities at Texas
1:48.2	Baptist College and also teaches at Southwestern seminary. And then we have two daughters,
1:53.2	six year old colette and one year old Charlotte and a three year old boy named Matthew and they
1:59.6	love Jesus, which is so amazing. They're very lively. Thank you for those. We have a lot of fun
2:06.0	together as a family. So that's a little bit about myself. Yeah, I love that. I know we've been
2:12.0	talking about this for a little while like having you on the podcast. I first met you at a conference
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