The Holy Work of Getting Healthy | Amy Bernhard | Episode 384
The Speakeasy
The Girl Named Blake
4.8 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 19 November 2025
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Summary
Welcome back to The Speakeasy Podcast! In this episode, I'm joined by one of my closest friends—and one of my favorite people to learn from—Amy Bernhardt. I call her my "continuing education friend" because she's always learning, growing, and sharing wisdom that hits deep. Amy recently shared something online that stopped me in my tracks:
"What if your weight loss journey isn't about losing weight at all, but about God teaching you about yourself and preparing you for what's next?"
That idea launched one of the most honest and powerful conversations we've had—about what happens when we stop chasing perfection and start letting God use our health journey to heal our hearts, renew our minds, and strengthen our spirits.
Amy shares her story of going from extreme fitness culture and burnout to walking in balance, fasting, and freedom. She opens up about breaking cycles of self-sabotage, learning discipline through small daily choices, and discovering that getting healthy can be one of the holiest things you ever do.
We also talk about:
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The false identities that keep us stuck in shame and failure
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How fasting revealed spiritual strongholds, not just physical habits
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The connection between physical healing, emotional renewal, and obedience
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What it means to start before you "feel ready" and trust God with the process
This conversation is both real and redemptive, reminding us that God cares about every part of us—body, mind, and spirit—and He's in the details of your healing journey.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome back to the Speakeasy podcast. So Amy Bernhardt is one of my closest friends in real |
| 0:05.1 | life, but she's also one of my favorite people to learn from. I call her my continuing education |
| 0:10.6 | friend. And she has been on the most incredible journey of learning about herself and her body. |
| 0:16.5 | And she recently posted something on Instagram about what if our weight loss journeys |
| 0:20.9 | aren't just about our bodies, but are about God teaching us about ourselves and preparing |
| 0:26.3 | us to take us to the next level. And that just really stuck with me. And I've been wanting |
| 0:32.0 | to unpack it with her. So I finally got her to sit down and chat about it. And it's also really |
| 0:36.2 | perfect timing to have this conversation. |
| 0:38.5 | We're headed into the holidays, the end of the year, the beginning of the new year. |
| 0:42.7 | A lot of us are thinking about our health and the decisions that we're making. |
| 0:46.0 | And this conversation really takes it beyond the physical and into the spiritual, which is where things really start to change. |
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| 1:07.4 | conversations using words like premiums and deductibles because we're all like |
| 1:11.8 | why do we why are we paying for insurance but it doesn't feel like it you know and that is why |
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| 1:29.7 | in lab work and a database of low cost, high quality doctors. And then if something big happens, |
| 1:37.0 | you pay the first $500. And then the other people in the plan, the crowd, step in to cover the |
| 1:42.4 | rest. And it's simple and it's transparent. |
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