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Healthy By Heather Brown

The Lies Christian Women Don’t Even Realize They’re Believing With Erica Ligenza Gwynn EP 146

Healthy By Heather Brown

Heather Brown

Education, Christianity, How To, Health & Fitness, Religion & Spirituality, Mental Health

5.0 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 19 May 2026

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Today Heather sits down with longtime creator, podcast host, and new author Erica Ligenza Gwynn to talk about the subtle lies women often believe without even realizing it—and how those lies can shape our mindset, relationships, and faith.Erica shares about her new book That’s Just Not True: How to Replace the Lies You Didn’t Know You Believed with God’s Unchanging Truth, and together they unpack how culture, social media, and even “half-truths” can pull us away from the freedom God actually offers.From comparison spirals to the pressure to “do it all,” this conversation is a powerful reminder that our worth, identity, and calling are found in Christ—not in what the world tells us.

00:00 Introduction to Erica Gwynn and her new book
01:56 Reactions to unexpected pregnancy and trusting God
05:26 Common subtle lies women believe about themselves
09:52 The importance of understanding our unique purpose
13:27 The ongoing journey of spiritual renewal
16:39 Discerning God's voice from social media noise
20:44 The impact of social media algorithms on perception
25:17 Favorite episodes and impactful conversations
28:21The role of worship and praise in spiritual warfare
31:32 Practical steps to address triggers and lies
35:16 The power of praise and worship as spiritual weapons
38:26 Where to find Erica and her resources

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0:00.0

Hey y'all and welcome to the Healthy by Heather Brown podcast, where I encourage you in healthy, mind, body, and spirit through my Sunday reset.

0:08.8

Let's get into it.

0:14.7

What's up, girl gang?

0:15.8

Today on the show, I'm sitting down with Erica Ligenza, who I have known in the online world for probably close to a

0:21.6

decade now. It's kind of wild. She's a wife, boy mama, long-time creator, podcast host, and now the

0:26.2

author of the brand new book. That's just not true, how to replace the lies you didn't know you

0:31.0

believe with God's unchanging truth. If you've ever felt weighted down by expectations, comparison,

0:36.3

or that little voice that says you're not enough, this conversation is going to breathe fresh air into your soul. Erica gets real about the lies that's seeking to our minds and homes and how to fight back with scripture, wisdom, and a whole lot of grace. So let's go. So, y'all, Erica and I just jumped off of her show, so we're doing a podcast swap, which I'm super excited about it. So you all make sure to go check out her podcast. But Erica, with all that said, I'm like, tell them just like a real quick like intro so they can get to hear a little bit about you. Who is Erica? What's your podcast? If their podcast girl is obviously here, where and when can they find your show?

1:12.2

Yes. Yes, yes, yes. Okay, so my podcast is called The Thrive Podcast, which comes out every Wednesday when we are not between seasons.

1:20.8

I'm an OG blogger just like Heather. So I feel like we've been around the block literally since the day.

1:27.1

Instagram was first

1:28.3

incepted. My blog is called Coming Up Roses. So that is coming up roses, the blog.com.

1:33.4

But then most recently, I have added author to the list there. And I have a brand new book

1:39.9

that just came out. It's called That's Just just not true, how to replace the lies you didn't

1:44.6

know you believed with God's unchanging truth. So I'm doing that on the work front. And then

1:49.1

on the personal front, I'm a wife. I'm a mom of two, well, two, but I'm pregnant. So I'm a mom

1:55.8

of three. And I got a Labradoodle and two cats and a fish. It's just a whole, it's a whole crazy zoo over here.

2:02.6

So, that's where I'm at.

2:04.5

So fun.

2:05.5

And tell them, because baby number three was a surprise, right?

2:09.5

Sure was.

2:10.5

Yeah.

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