What could people pleasing and pickled cabbage possibly have to do with one another?

The answer ? Today’s guest’s real food journey.

{real food} :: …food as close to the way God created it as possible, free of additives and over-processing.

Trina Holden vulnerably shares how panic attacks and stress plagued her for years. And constantly worrying about what other’s thought had made a physical impact.

First she began to make small changes in her diet. Because of her gradual approach to eating healthier foods, she has sustained a “real food” lifestyle for years.

Trina also worked on re-wiring her brain to recognize God as the only One she needs to gain approval. Then to remember through Christ’s work, she is pre-approved.

The author of two “real food” books, Trina, is a wealth of information in regards to eating better. In today’s episode she gives some practical ways you can improve your family’s eating habits today.

What we chat about:

• The health concerns which led Trina to eating real foods.
• What two things she replaced in her diet.
• A history of panic attacks which escalated after the birth of her first child.
• The load of all the roles she had and the pressure of the assumed expectations others have of her.
• A huge amount of stress she felt was based on worrying about what people thought of her.
• A need to rewire her brain and realize she is approved by God thru Christ.
• How Heather gets intimidated by real food writers and nervous they will make her switch all the food in her kitchen.
• What are fermented vegetables and the benefits of eating them.
• Heather’s love of Kombucha (how it makes her a better mom) and what that is.
• Why we need cultured food.
• Helping our bodies digest the food we eat, so we don’t just shove it through our system. Food becomes fuel.
• Preference of using the word “cultured” vs. “fermented”.
• How to make sauerkraut from cabbage on your counter.
• How Trina realized food isn’t the most important factor in our health, God is.
• Don’t eat healthy food from a fear-based perspective.
• How to buy the best chicken, what labels to look for.
• Does it matter if the eggs are brown?
• Legacy of healthy eating we want to leave our kids.

Stressing about what you are going to eat, is worse for your body than eating a candy bar.

Connect with Trina:

Blog :: Facebook :: Instagram :: Twitter

Show Notes:

• Real {fast} food
• Your Real Food Journey
• Naturopath
• My favorite Kombucha drink
• The story I mentioned of my son breaking his arm
• How to make your own yogurt
• (at the end of the show I mention a new link for instructions on leaving a podcast review. . .but I said ‘backslash’ instead of ‘forward slash’. . .here’s the correct link: GodCenteredMom.com/review . Thank you!)

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