What's God Got To Do With It? What Would It Look Like to Trust God With My Body?
Feeling Things with Amy & Kat
Nashville Podcast Network
4.9 • 5.3K Ratings
🗓️ 19 April 2026
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, Leanne explores the question: “What would it look like to trust God with my body?” Drawing from her personal journey and the experiences of many women, Leanne delves into the idea that trusting God with our bodies isn't about achieving perfection but about surrendering control and embracing our God-given worth.
Leanne outlines five transformative shifts that can lead to healing: ceasing the pursuit of worthiness through self-fixing, discerning God's voice over shame, moving from control to stewardship, partnering with God in our journey, and anchoring our identity in Christ rather than our reflection. This episode serves as a compassionate guide for those seeking freedom from body image struggles, reminding them that peace and healing are possible through a partnership with God
HOST: Leanne Ellington // StresslessEating.com // @leanneellington
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| 0:00.0 | This is an IHeart podcast. |
| 0:02.5 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:12.9 | If you want to go on a journey, if you're skeptical, don't worry. |
| 0:18.0 | Not here to preach, you're going gonna keep it clean and talk miracles |
| 0:21.1 | where faith meets |
| 0:23.3 | all of nature |
| 0:24.4 | get in touch with your creator |
| 0:26.7 | with a baking love and Jew |
| 0:28.9 | she even speaks Hebrew |
| 0:31.1 | what's that got to do with it |
| 0:34.4 | what's that got to do with it? Hey, hey, welcome back to do with it. |
| 0:52.3 | And I'm so glad that you're here today. And today we're going to dive into something that might hit close to home for a lot of you because it absolutely does for me. It actually is kind of a piggyback on what we talked about last week, where we talked about this idea of like, what if food in my body was a spiritual battle. And so now we're going to unpack the question of like, what would it actually look like to |
| 1:11.4 | trust God with my body and with my health journey? And so if your immediate reaction is anything |
| 1:16.6 | like mine used to be, like, wait a minute, what does God have to do with my body image or the |
| 1:21.5 | number on the scale? Then I want to lovingly invite you to just lean in today because this right here, this was one of |
| 1:29.2 | the biggest missing pieces in my own journey to healing my body image and breaking free from |
| 1:33.6 | my food struggles and disordered eating. |
| 1:36.3 | And so if this is speaking to you, grab your coffee, a cozy blanket, you know, pop in those |
| 1:40.4 | earbuds if you're on a walk and let's just have a little heart to heart. And I want to |
| 1:44.6 | start by naming something that many of us feel, but we don't say it out loud or maybe we just |
| 1:49.3 | don't know that it's a thing because it's been in our blind spot for so long. But for so many |
| 1:54.5 | women, our bodies feel like a battleground. But we don't even realize that we think we're like, |
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