Wrestling Well with Kristin Williams

Today on the Intuitive Eating for Christian Women podcast our guest Kristin Williams shares her testimony of walking through her own eating disorder recovery to becoming a Christ-centered dietitian passionate about setting captives free from the grips of diet culture, disordered eating, and eating disorders.

Show Notes for Episode 54: Wrestling Well

In this episode we dig into:

• How no one is immune from diet culture and what it looks like to wrestle well in recovery
• Recognizing and answering the call to provide Christ-centered eating disorder care as a dietitian
• Her book “Unworthy Weight: Reclaiming Your Worth From a Number on a Scale and Finding True Identity in Christ”
• How we begin to reclaim our identity in Christ and why this identity is our foundation for recovery and life
• Recognition that our bodies are good because God has called them good, despite our feelings
• Differentiating between caring for the body and punishing it, as well as conviction and shame
• How you can’t tell heart posture by behavior or appearance
• Wrestling well with the important question of how to honor God with my body
• Her “In His Image” conference on body image for teens and women

Meet Kristin Williams

Kristin Williams is the founder of Wonderfully Made Nutrition Counseling. She is the author of the book, Unworthy Weight: Reclaiming Your Worth from a Number on the Scale and Finding True Identity in Christ and she is the founder of In His Image, which is an annual body image conference for teen girls and women. 

Kristin and her husband Jay live in Corsicana, Texas just south of Dallas on 12 acres with their 3 small children, 2 dogs, 2 donkeys, and a farm pig named Poppins!”

Connect with Kristin

• Website: wonderfullymadenutritioncounseling.com
• Instagram: @wonderfullymadenutrition

Wrestling Well Reflection Questions:

• What does the metaphor of Jesus as a spring of living water versus choosing “toilet water” symbolize? How does this metaphor connect to the speaker’s message of reclaiming worth and identity from diet culture?
•  How does the story of the woman caught in adultery tie into the speaker’s emphasis on forgiveness, freedom, and the lack of condemnation in Jesus’ words? How can we apply this understanding in our own lives?
• Reflect on the dangers of judgment based on behavior or appearance, both within and outside of the church. How can we practice compassion and understanding instead of passing judgment on others?
• Why do you think there is confusion and self-punishing behaviors related to honoring God with our bodies within the church? How can we find a balance between nourishing and stewarding our bodies in a way that honors God?
• Share your thoughts on the importance of rest and spending time in the Word. How can we discern when to prioritize rest and when to engage in other activities? How does our heart posture impact our decision-making process?