All Bodies Are Good Bodies with Amanda Martinez Beck
Today on the Intuitive Eating for Christian Women podcast our guest Amanda Martinez Beck shares her story of learning to embrace the body God gave her and she helps us understand why all bodies are good bodies.
Show Notes for Episode 48: All Bodies are Good Bodies
In this episode we dig into:
- How our appetites are meant to draw us to Jesus
- Reframing our body weaknesses in light of the gospel
- The purpose of bodies and what makes a body good
- Her first book Lovely: How I Learned to Embrace the Body God Gave Me
- Understanding how offering your body as a living sacrifice calls us to embody mercy
- Recognizing the harm in Diet Culture’s version of fasting and discovering a better way to fast
- Her second book: More of You: The Fat Girl’s Field Guide to the Modern World
- 4 levels of fat activism and fat allyship
- The flaw of using BMI as a health marker
- How to talk to your doctor and demand weight-neutral care
- Seeing your body as a storyteller
- The intersection of physical and spiritual health
Where to listen
Meet Amanda Martinez Beck
Amanda Martinez Beck is a fat activist, author, and host of the Fat & Faithful podcast. Her new book, More of You: The Fat Girl’s Field Guide to the Modern World, is available in May 2022 anywhere books are sold.
Connect with Amanda
- Instagram: @your_body_is_good
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