What we’ve read in Book Club
In the Intuitive Eating for Christian Women podcast’s Membership Program, we’ve been reading books together as a community since the summer of 2022 when we started our Book Club.
If you’re looking for a good book that will speak into your faith-based intuitive eating journey, this list of what we’ve read in Book Club so far would be a great place to start!
If you want to participate in future Book Clubs, we’d love to have you join our Membership Program!
We read a book every other month and get together for a Book Club virtual meeting on Zoom – many of which have included the author joining us for a Q&A.
Our Members have access to the Membership Archives, so you can still enjoy the recordings of past Book Clubs if you missed it live.
1
Grace Food and Everything In Between
What better way to begin our Book Club series than by talking with our friend and past podcast guest Aubrey Golbek MS RDN about her book “Grace Food and Everything In Between: Discover the transforming power of grace to set you free from food and body shame.”
This was the first faith-based intuitive eating book either Erin or Char-Lee ever read, and it was instrumental in both of our personal journeys to healing and our ministry journeys!
Check out the Book Club teaser episode on the podcast!
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In this conversation with Aubrey Golbek, we talk about the God Story behind the writing of the book, who this book is for and an overview of the book and what to expect from reading it.
Aubrey also shares with us about how she was inspired by Paul’s teachings on grace over food laws and how her book renews the reader’s beliefs about God, self, and food through scripture, testimonies and science.
2
The Burden of Better
Our friend and fellow podcaster Heather Creekmore joined us to talk about her second book “The Burden of Better: How a Comparison-Free Life Leads to Joy, Peace, and Rest”.
Both Heather’s first book (Compared to Who?) and this second book The Burden of Better were key in our healing journeys and our must-reads for anyone struggling with body image.
Check out the Book Club teaser episode on the podcast!
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In this conversation with Heather Creekmore, we talk about the God Story behind the writing of the book and Heather gives an overview of the book and what to expect from reading it.
Heather also explains how our ideals become our idols, shares an overview of the 4 types of grace unpacked in the book, and talks about how our desire for rest relates to our struggles with compairson and body image.
3
Your Worthy Body
Our friend and follow podcaster Amy Connell joined us to talk about her book “Your Worthy Body: Find Freedom in Health by Breaking All the Rules”.
While not directly related to intuitive eating, this book definitely embodies a Christ-centered approach to health and includes a special emphasis on movement, since Amy’s background is in personal training.
Check out the Book Club teaser episode on the podcast!
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In this conversation with Amy Connell, we talk about the God Story behind the writing of the book, who the book is for, and an overview of the book and what to expect from reading it.
We unpack with Amy the disclaimer that this is not an intuitive eating book AND explain how it is still relevant to our intuitive eating journeys. We also discuss the power of breaking health rules through the lens of faith and the importance of learning to think critically and find what works for YOU.
4
Healing Audio Series
Our friend and past podcast guest, Tracy Brown, joined us to share her special FREE Healing Audio Series that we treated just like an audio book.
Check out the Book Club teaser episode on the podcast!
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We all need healing from deep wounds and strongholds. Tracy Brown co-created this FREE audio series to help us find healing directly from God’s Word. The entire series has 15 teachings available, but we will be focusing on just three (3) for the book club: healing rejection, healing shame, and healing identity.
5
Food Body & Love
Join us as we talk with the author Dr. Kari Anderson about her book “Food Body and Love but the greatest of these is love”.
We hope to have her back for her full podcast interview and to talk about the recently released Workbook companion to Food Body & Love!
Check out the Book Club teaser episode on the podcast!
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In this conversation with Dr. Kari Anderson, she shares overview of the book and what to expect from reading it.
Dr. Anderson shares about how turning to sugar to cope with childhood trauma turned into binge eating disorder in her teens. This book tells her story after 30 years in the eating disorder field with a potent blend of memoir and science.
She explains how God created our bodies to be in a state of love, not fear and helps us understand the science and faith connection. Dr. Anderson also explains the basics of the vagus nerve and why it matters in healing our relationship with food.
6
The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry
Our special guest Kassandra Baker joined us to discuss an incredible book called The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry by John Mark Comer.
We would never have read this book without the recommendation of our friend Kass, so she was the perfect special guest to help us unpack the message of this book & apply it to our intuitive eating journeys.
Check out the Book Club teaser episode on the podcast!
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In our conversation with Kassandra Baker, we discuss what this book is about and why we love it. We also discuss the risk of legalism when approaching spiritual disciplines and how spiritual disciplines relate to the intuitive eating journey.
We also share about building rhythms that support our health and faith and the intentionality it takes to live counter-culturally.
We’ve read many other books together in the Membership’s Book Club, but only these first 6 episodes were shared with the wider podcast audience with their own promotional podcast episode before the private members-only Book Club Zoom.
All of our subsequent Book Clubs have been exclusively within the Membership. Here’s the list of other books we’ve read, so you can add them to your list.
Members Only Book Club Books
We hope this collection of Book Club episodes will inspire you to read one of these amazing books and let it encourage your own intuitive eating journey with Jesus.
