“God’s Good Design: Reframing the Way You See Yourself” With Lisa Whittle
The Proverbs 31 Ministries Podcast
Proverbs 31 Ministries
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🗓️ 23 September 2025
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
Have you ever looked in the mirror and immediately started critiquing what you see? From body image struggles to chronic illness, infertility, or the natural process of aging, so many of us carry quiet shame and exhaustion when it comes to our bodies. In this episode, bestselling author and Bible teacher Lisa Whittle joins us to share how Scripture offers a better foundation — what she calls "whole-body theology." Instead of chasing self-improvement or settling for hype messages from culture, Lisa reminds us of the hope, freedom, and peace that come when we understand our bodies as God’s good design.
You’ll learn:
- Why cultural messages about “loving yourself” fall short — and how God’s Word offers something more lasting.
- What it means to live with a whole-body theology rooted in imago dei.
- How to confront cycles of shame, comparison, and self-improvement with biblical Truth.
- Practical encouragement for those navigating body image struggles, chronic illness, infertility, or aging.
Resources From This Episode:
- Purchase a copy of Lisa’s Bible study, “Body and Soul.”
- Listen to Lisa’s podcast, “Jesus Over Everything.”
- Give today to help another woman know the Truth and live the Truth because it changes everything.
- Leave us a rating and written review on Apple Podcasts.
- Click here to download a transcript of this episode
Want More on This Topic?
- Listen to “How To Escape the Comparison Trap” with Laura L. Smith.
- Watch the video titled “Breaking Unhealthy Patterns: The Victim Triangle” from the Therapy & Theology series on our YouTube channel.
- Go deeper with study content created by women, for women. Delight in Scripture with the CSB Women’s Study Bible. For both deep study and daily reading, this Bible is uniquely crafted to equip women to dig into God's Word and disciple other women in their life to do the same. Purchase a CSB Women's Study Bible here.
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| 0:00.0 | Looking to go deeper in your study of scripture this year, then we have the perfect Bible for you. |
| 0:05.0 | Introducing the CSB Women's Study Bible, featuring study content created by women for women. |
| 0:10.6 | With over 8,000 study notes from female scholars, 34 articles on important topics for women, and so much more. |
| 0:17.6 | This all-in-one study Bible equips you to dig into God's word and disciple other |
| 0:21.7 | women to do the same. |
| 0:37.1 | Hi, friends. Thanks for tuning in to the Proverbs 31 Ministries podcast where we share biblical |
| 0:42.2 | truth for any girl in any season. I'm your host, Meredith Brock, and I am here today with my co-host, |
| 0:47.8 | the lovely Kaylee Olson. Hey, Meredith. How you doing? I'm doing pretty great today. Yeah, yeah. |
| 0:52.4 | I'm doing great, too. We just heard a really, really great, I would say, |
| 0:57.9 | encouraging and challenging lesson from our friend Lisa Whittle on the topic of whole body theology. |
| 1:05.0 | And before you go thinking, oh my goodness, they don't really talk about terms like this on the Proverbs podcast. |
| 1:10.5 | I don't know if i'm |
| 1:11.0 | ready to go there let me just say this to you chances are if you're listening to this you open social |
| 1:16.6 | media recently within the last week and you saw somebody that might have put you in a bad spot like |
| 1:23.4 | you their outfit was cooler than yours was or maybe you went to the gym and you saw somebody a lot |
| 1:30.5 | younger and maybe in better shape than you are. Or maybe you even pass by a picture at your house |
| 1:36.7 | and you thought, man, I was so young there. I'm different now. If any of those things have crossed |
| 1:42.7 | your mind recently, this is a podcast episode |
| 1:44.9 | that is going to minister to your heart in the best way, and I can't wait for you to listen to it. |
| 1:49.1 | But before we let you listen to today's episode, I wanted to remind you to leave the Proverbs 31 |
| 1:54.0 | Ministries podcast, a rating and a written review. You can do that by clicking the link in our show |
| 1:58.8 | notes. When you do this, it just helps other people know that God is using this podcast in your life and helps us reach even more people. |
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