Weight Loss with the Holy Spirit

✈️ What do you do when everything goes wrong, your brain starts freaking out, and all you want is a little relief? In this episode, Denise shares the wild story of her trip home from New York, where a canceled Uber, painful ear pressure, unavailable rental cars, and more unexpected obstacles left her crying outside the St. Louis airport! 😳 But through it all, she discovered something powerful: You can experience big, uncomfortable emotions without turning to food to make them go away. 💛 Denise shares how she allowed herself to feel overwhelmed, supported herself through the uncertainty, and found her way forward without pressuring herself to have all the answers. 🌿 You'll learn why your brain reacts so strongly when things don't go as planned, how to recognize when you're in a stress response, and what you can do to calm yourself and make your next decision. 🙏 Whether you're navigating holiday chaos, family stress, or everyday disappointments, this episode will help you remember that you have options, you can support yourself through difficult emotions, and you don't need food to get through them. ✨ 🎄 Ready to experience the holidays with more peace and fewer food battles? Join Denise for Celebrate Not Sabotage, where you'll learn how to handle holiday stress without turning to food, simplify your holiday season, and create a peaceful relationship with food that lasts well beyond Christmas. The program begins November 11, with support through February 9! 👉  ⁠Join Celebrate Not Sabotage https://weightlosswiththeholyspirit.com/celebrate-not-sabotage/   

🎄 Do the holidays leave you feeling overwhelmed, stretched too thin, and constantly battling yourself around food? What if this year could actually be different? 💛 In this special bonus episode, Denise shares three ways to simplify your holiday season so you can spend less time stressing, overeating, and feeling obligated to do ALL the things—and more time enjoying what truly matters. 🌟 From her own Christmas wrapping adventures (and the wine and overeating that went along with them!) to navigating holiday parties, family traditions, and endless opportunities to eat, Denise reveals how we unintentionally make the holidays harder than they need to be. 🌿 You'll discover how to plan from peace and for peace, make intentional choices about your holiday calendar, and enjoy your favorite seasonal treats without the constant food battles. 🙏 Because the holidays don't have to leave you exhausted, overwhelmed, or feeling like you need to start over in January. You can enjoy the holidays without sabotaging your peace, your weight, or what matters most—with God at the center. ✨ 🎁 Ready to make this your most peaceful holiday season yet? Join Denise for Celebrate Not Sabotage, where you'll learn how to simplify your holidays, enjoy the foods you love, and create a peaceful, ordered relationship with food that carries you right into the new year. The program begins November 11 and includes support through February 9! 🎉 Special Bonus: Enroll by November 7 and receive the Thanksgiving Intensive FREE! You'll create your Thanksgiving game plan, receive personal coaching, and get extra accountability and support to help you walk into Thanksgiving feeling peaceful and confident. 👉  ⁠Join Celebrate Not Sabotage Here: ⁠[https://weightlosswiththeholyspirit.com/celebrate-not-sabotage-2026/] #WeightLossWithTheHolySpirit #CatholicWeightLoss #CelebrateNotSabotage #HolidayEating #PeaceWithFood

💛 What happens when your body starts changing in midlife, even though you're doing everything you believe is right?   In this deeply personal episode, Denise opens her prayer journal and shares the honest conversations she's been having with the Lord about her changing body, the uncomfortable thoughts that come with aging, and the temptation to return to dieting and restriction.   🌿 From noticing a thicker waistline to questioning whether she's eating the right way, Denise reveals how quickly body changes can lead to self-criticism, fear, and the belief that something needs to be fixed. But what if your changing body isn't a problem to solve?   🙏 Through her journal entries, Denise shares how she's learning to see her body through God's eyes, listen to her thoughts with curiosity and compassion, and focus on what she can actually control.   ✨ If you're navigating perimenopause, menopause, or simply noticing that your body doesn't look the way it used to, this episode offers a different perspective—one rooted in surrender, gratitude, and caring for your body with love rather than trying to control its size. 🌿 Want to learn how to create a peaceful, ordered relationship with food? Join Denise for the FREE Weight Loss the Catholic Way workshop and discover how to care for your body while keeping God at the center.  Register for the FREE Workshop:  ⁠[https://weightlosswiththeholyspirit.com/] #WeightLossWithTheHolySpirit #CatholicWeightLoss #MidlifeBodyChanges #BodyImage #Menopause

⚠️ What if dieting isn't just keeping you stuck in your weight loss journey, but actually making you more vulnerable to the enemy? In this episode, Denise shares a bold belief: dieting can be dangerous for Catholic women's souls. Not because pursuing health or reaching your healthy weight is wrong, but because dieting can quietly lead us away from God without us even realizing it. 💛 Denise reveals three unseen tactics of the enemy that can keep women trapped in the cycle of dieting, struggling with food, and feeling dissatisfied with their bodies. She invites you to look at dieting through the eyes of your Catholic faith and consider whether the very thing you've been relying on to solve your weight struggles might actually be keeping you from the peace and freedom God desires for you. 🌿🙏 If you've spent years trying to find the right diet, this episode will challenge you to think differently about what it means to care for your body, surrender your struggles, and keep God your one true God. ✨ 🌿 Ready to learn how to lose weight the Catholic way? Join Denise for the FREE Weight Loss the Catholic Way workshop and discover how to begin surrendering your food and weight struggles to the Lord. [LINK: https://weightlosswiththeholyspirit.com/] #WeightLossWithTheHolySpirit #CatholicWeightLoss #DietCulture #PeaceWithFood #CatholicWomen

💛 What happens after you lose 34 pounds and realize that the number on the scale isn't the most important part of your journey? In this special follow-up episode, Denise welcomes Wendy back to share what's happened in the three and a half months since their first conversation. 🌿 Wendy opens up about losing her peace when old dieting habits began creeping back in, why she decided to return to the simple practices of 63 Surrendered, and the unexpected changes she's noticing in her relationship with food, her body, and the Lord. 🙏 From enjoying ice cream all summer to leaving food on her plate without fear, Wendy's story is a beautiful reminder that lasting transformation isn't just about losing weight—it's about becoming free. ✨ You'll hear how surrender, simplicity, and showing up for a handful of daily practices are helping Wendy experience a kind of peace she never found through dieting. 🎧 Missed Wendy's first interview? Listen here: [LINK: https://weightlosswiththeholyspirit.com/147-lost-34-pounds-in-9-weeks-without-deprivation/] 🌿 Want to learn how to make an easy-to-stick-to meal plan like Wendy? The Catholic Meal Plan Challenge is a self-paced, six-week course that will help you simplify your food and learn to plan your meals the Catholic way. [LINK: https://weightlosswiththeholyspirit.com/mealplanchallenge/]

⚖️ Do you ever feel like you need to step on the scale just to know whether you're "on track"? In this episode, Denise gives you a peek inside her Catholic weight loss community as she coaches a woman through a very real urge to weigh herself. 💛 What begins as concern about tighter clothes and possibly gaining weight turns into something much deeper—and shows exactly why the scale can be such a distraction. You'll hear Denise help her uncover what she was actually looking for from the number, identify a place where she wasn't feeling peaceful with food, and find a much more meaningful way to know whether she's moving in the right direction. 🌿 If you've ever believed the scale keeps you accountable or tells you whether you're "doing it right," this conversation may completely change the way you think about staying on track. 🙏✨Want to go deeper? Denise, Rita, and Sterling are continuing this conversation in a special 3-day workshop beginning October 13th, where they'll help you simplify self-care and learn to care for yourself in a way that feels peaceful, practical, and aligned with God. Join the workshop here: WORKSHOP LINK:https://healthandhormones.org/back-on-track/ #WeightLossWithTheHolySpirit #CatholicWomen #CatholicWeightLoss #ScaleFreedom#PeaceWithFood

💛 Is taking care of yourself selfish—or could it actually be part of how God is asking you to live? In this special conversation, Denise joins Rita Johnson and Sterling Jaquith to talk about authentic self-care for Catholic women and some of the beliefs that can make caring for ourselves feel uncomfortable, indulgent, or even unholy. Together, they explore the difference between sacrifice and self-neglect, why caring for yourself doesn't have to come at the expense of your family, and what changes when you begin looking to God—not comparison, culture, or someone else's vocation—to discern what you need. 🙏 You'll hear honest stories from all three women about their own struggles with self-care and why something as practical as caring for the person God created can become an act of worship. 🌿✨Want to go deeper? Denise, Rita, and Sterling are continuing this conversation in a special 3-day workshop beginning October 13th, where they'll help you simplify self-care and learn to care for yourself in a way that feels peaceful, practical, and aligned with God. Join the workshop here: https://healthandhormones.org/selfcare-as-worship/ #WeightLossWithTheHolySpirit #CatholicWomen #CatholicSelfCare #SelfCare #CatholicLiving

⚖️ What happens when the scale, your body size, or even food begins to hold a place in your life that was only meant for God? In this episode, Denise has a lighthearted but important conversation about the false gods of weight loss and how easily decades of dieting can teach us to look to these things for our safety, our worth, and even direction for how we live. 💛 Denise shares honestly about the ways she still notices this in her own life and offers a different way to think about caring for your body, pursuing health, and reaching your healthy weight: not to finally become worthy or okay, but because you already belong to God. 🙏 This isn't a conversation about shame. It's an invitation to notice what may have become disordered and gently begin putting it back in its proper place so that God remains your one true God. ✨If you're ready to take your first steps toward reordering your relationship with food the Catholic way, you can begin the self-paced Catholic Meal Plan Challenge here:  ⁠[https://weightlosswiththeholyspirit.com/meal-plan-challenge/ ] Catholic Meal Plan 

🌙 What do you do when you wake up in the middle of the night and find yourself wanting to eat? In this episode, Denise shares a recent middle-of-the-night eating experience of her own and uses it to show how differently we can approach these unexpected moments when we take away the guilt, judgment, and diet rules. 💛 You'll hear how Denise approaches nighttime eating with the women she coaches, why one unexpected eating situation doesn't need to become a problem, and the simple "golden rule" she uses to keep herself out of the restriction-overeating cycle. 🌿 Whether middle-of-the-night eating happens regularly for you or only once in a while, this episode will help you approach it with more peace, curiosity, and the Lord's guidance instead of immediately trying to compensate for it. 🙏✨

🧠 What if some of the biggest obstacles standing between you and the results you want aren't your food, your discipline, or your ability to follow through…but the thoughts running through your mind? In this episode, Denise explains how your thoughts influence how you feel, what you do, and ultimately the results you create. 🌿 She takes some of the most common thoughts she hears from women at every stage of this work and shows you how small shifts in your thinking can lead to very different fruits. You'll also learn why you don't have to control every thought that pops into your head, but you can choose what you think next. 🙏✨ This episode will help you begin noticing your thoughts without judgment and understand how stewarding your mind can become part of cooperating with God's grace. #WeightLossWithTheHolySpirit #CatholicWeightLoss #CatholicMindset #ThoughtWork #CatholicWomen