My personal journey overcoming struggles with food, exercise, and the scale.
The Monica Swanson Podcast - boy mom, build strong families, Biblical worldview, women's wellness
Monica Swanson and Christian Parenting
5 • 963 Ratings
🗓️ 11 September 2024
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
In this, my most vulnerable episode to date, I share my personal journey overcoming obsessions with food, exercise, and the scale. Beginning with my background as a competitive gymnast, to typical teenage insecurities, to dieting and obsessing as a lifestyle, to laying it all down in surrender to the Lord, and the amazing (though very practical) path He led me to when everything changed! (Including landing at my ideal weight without following any plan!)
Perhaps most importantly, I am convinced that what I share from my journey will be applicable to almost any hangup you might face. The lessons I learned and the freedom I found is available to anyone seeking. I pray it helps you (and please consider sharing this episode with people you care about!)
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| 0:00.0 | Christian parenting. |
| 0:07.0 | Aloha friends and welcome to the Monica Swanson podcast powered by |
| 0:15.8 | Christian parenting I am Monica Swanson mom to four boys wife to Dr |
| 0:20.8 | Dave podcast host and author of Boy Mom, Raising Amazing, and the newly released |
| 0:27.3 | Becoming Home Schoolers. |
| 0:29.2 | Here on the podcast it is my goal to bring you practical advice and biblical wisdom for raising amazing kids and |
| 0:35.5 | building strong families. |
| 0:37.4 | You can always find show notes over at Monica Swanson.com forward slash podcast. |
| 0:42.3 | I'm so glad you're here and I hope you'll be encouraged. |
| 0:47.0 | Hey friends, welcome back to the podcast and welcome to week two of my |
| 0:59.2 | women's wellness month here on the podcast. I'm so excited about these topics. In the next couple of weeks, |
| 1:06.1 | I'm going to cover hormones, PMS, pareminopause, as well as pelvic floor health, so there's a lot to look forward to. |
| 1:13.7 | But today, today's a little special for me |
| 1:16.6 | because I'm going to share some of my personal journey, |
| 1:19.9 | overcoming struggles with food, exercise, and the scale is how I say it. |
| 1:25.0 | And I'm not going to lie, this is challenging for me, |
| 1:28.0 | partly because it is a vulnerable story. |
| 1:31.0 | It's hard to share from your struggles and I just want to get it right |
| 1:34.6 | and communicate well. But also partly because I've learned so much and I just want to |
| 1:40.0 | share it all and in a way that is relatable to everyone whether this is your struggle or to |
| 1:43.2 | all and in a way that is relatable to everyone, |
| 1:43.8 | whether this is your struggle or something different. |
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