Being Good to Your Body Without Obsessing Over It with Jordan Lee Dooley

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Alli Worthington

Education, Self-improvement, Society & Culture, Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 24 November 2025

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Get 40% off at Little Things Studio - SHOP NOW We’re continuing our Health and Wellness Series today with my dear friend, Jordan Lee Dooley. Jordan is a bestselling author, podcast host, and a steady voice of truth for women who feel caught between hustle culture and holy living. She has such a gift for helping us untangle the confusion around health and faith, so we can stop striving, stop chasing perfection, and start living with peace. In this episode, we’re talking about what it really means to be good to your body, not through the latest trends, rigid rules, or guilt-driven routines, but through stewardship, simplicity, and grace. Jordan gets real about how even good things—like caring for our health—can quietly slip into idol territory if we’re not careful. You’ll discover how to find freedom, joy, and a sense of purpose in caring for your body the way God intended: with wisdom, not obsession. This conversation is going to encourage you, challenge you, and remind you that true wellness isn’t about striving harder—it’s about living lighter, with faith firmly at the center. Timestamps: (04:00) - Why Getting to the Root Cause of Your Health Struggles Is a Process (11:50) - The Habits Jordan Once Thought Were “Healthy” and Why She Let Them Go (14:54) - The Truth About Being Good to Your Body: Stewardship Over Perfection (19:29) - The Simple First Step You Can Take Today to Start Honoring Your Body Well (23:28) - The Obstacles That Keep Women from True Health and Freedom WATCH ALLI ON YOUTUBE Links to great things we discussed: Catalyst Mastermind Jordan’s Book - Be Good to Your Body Jordan’s Song Recommendation - Isn’t He Good Jordan’s Product Recommendations - Crunchi Highlighter & Pumpkin Spice Bone Broth Protein The Uplift app is here! Try it free for 30 days. Get 40% off at Little Things Studio - SHOP NOW I am proud to co-own Little Things Studio, a wonderful woman-owned small business in Nashville, TN. We create each piece with great care and can't wait for you to experience the love that goes into every item. Whether you visit our store or shop online, you'll find that all our products are crafted with love right here in the USA. I hope you loved this episode! 🎉 Don't forget to hit that subscribe button on Apple Podcasts and Spotify so you’re always in the loop. And hey, while you're at it, why not pop over to our YouTube channel and check us out? If you're feeling the love, leave a review and sprinkle some stars—your support truly means the world to me! Take care, and keep shining bright! xo, Alli

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0:00.0	we can turn health into an idol that we worship. I want to be as fit as possible. I'm going to lose 10 pounds.
0:06.0	Really, is that like the ultimate or is that just a goal you might pursue for the ultimate
0:10.8	purpose of worshiping God with your body and with your disciplines?
0:25.7	Welcome back. We're continuing our health and wellness series today. We are with my friend Jordan Lee Dooley. She's a bestselling author and podcast host who helps women untangle the
0:30.9	confusion around health and faith so they can stop striving and start living with peace. That sounds
0:37.3	wonderful. In this episode, we talk
0:39.4	about what it really means to be good to your body, not through trends or perfection, but through
0:44.8	stewardship, simplicity, and grace. Jordan gets honest about how chasing health can become an idol
0:50.9	and how to find freedom and caring for your body the way God intended. But before we
0:55.8	get started, I want to tell you. Okay, let's dive in with my friend Jordan. When I was a teenager
1:03.2	and in college, I was not good to my body. It wasn't until I was a little bit older and I was
1:09.0	pregnant with my first son that I actually thought, oh, I need to take great care of my body because this actually matters for someone.
1:17.1	Now, I remember being a mother was that shift for me.
1:20.6	But let's talk about your journey.
1:22.7	You haven't always had a great relationship with your body.
1:26.0	What does that look like for you?
1:28.0	Well, it's interesting. I think kind of similar younger when I was in my younger adult years in college and
1:33.1	whatnot, I did a lot of kind of, I would say almost like overdoing it on my body to achieve a
1:39.1	certain look, to be as lean and mean and fit as I possibly could be, right? Because I didn't really
1:43.8	like the way my body looked.
1:45.0	I didn't like the form. But what's interesting is then in my pursuit of trying to be as
1:50.1	lean and fit as humanly possible, the way I went about it was restricting major food groups,
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