"But It’s Expensive to Be Healthy"

SHE with Jordan Lee Dooley

Jordan Lee Dooley

Self-improvement, Education

4.8 • 4.8K Ratings

🗓️ 24 September 2025

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Jordan unpacks the common idea that health is only for the wealthy and shares why this mindset, while understandable, can actually keep us from making meaningful progress. Through biblical wisdom and practical examples, she encourages you to look at health as stewardship, not perfection, and shows how you can take small, faithful steps to care for your body without overspending or comparing yourself to others.

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0:00.0	Tell me if you've ever had this thought. It is so expensive to be healthy. Yeah, me too. I mean,
0:05.5	honestly, it can seem like such a huge expense to choose healthier options, to, you know,
0:12.5	pursue health and well-being and make better choices and all the things. And I get it. It can be
0:18.2	so pricey and it can feel really overwhelming.
0:22.4	And so I want to talk about that today because I don't know if you've ever heard the term or the phrase being healthy is for the wealthy or health is for the wealthy.
0:30.5	And to be honest, it really can't seem like that.
0:32.4	It can seem like everything that is healthier, better for you, all the things is more expensive.
0:44.6	You're listening to Shee with me, Jordan Lee Dooley, a faith-based wellness podcast to support you
0:50.3	in your motherhood journey and inspire you to be good to your body. Come invited, leave
0:55.7	ignited. You go to the grocery store and you're deciding between the regular grapes and the organic grapes or the regular tomatoes and the organic tomatoes, the organic is more expensive, right?
1:19.0	If you are choosing between the non-toxic soap on the shelf or the conventional soap on the shelf, the non-toxic's probably going to be pricier. And so when we
1:28.8	have these experiences, they reinforce that idea that being healthy, that pursuing well-being
1:34.0	and caring for our bodies well is expensive. And that can make it feel really out of reach.
1:38.9	It can make it feel like, well, gosh, there's nothing I can do, right? And I want to talk about that
1:42.6	today because I think this experience,
1:45.4	this belief that honestly is backed up by a lot of very real experiences for many of us, right?
1:50.4	I went to the store and the healthier option was more expensive than the conventional or,
1:53.9	you know, normal option or whatever. I think this belief that pursuing health and caring for our
1:59.2	bodies and taking care of ourselves well
2:01.7	is expensive can truly be such a barrier to doing the things that are within our reach. And that's
2:07.1	going to look different for each of us. But my word of caution here, as much as it's a valid feeling
2:12.2	and as much as health absolutely can be expensive, especially if you are, you know, considering buying all the top
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