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Intuitive Eating Resources for the Holidays

This compilation of intuitive eating resources for the holidays will help you navigate food and body struggles that could be flaring up during the most wonderful time of the year.

Maybe you were doing just fine on your intuitive eating journey but then 2020 took the wind out of your sails.

I feel ya!

Maybe you still have one foot in diet culture and all this talk of “bad” foods and holiday weight gain makes you anxious and afraid.

I am praying for you!

Maybe you never really struggled with food before, but the holidays make you feel overwhelmed, stressed and emotional.

Girl, you are in good company!

Intuitive Eating Resources for the holidays

So I’ve put together a list of podcast episodes and articles that have been blessings to me and provide some great perspective and practical advice just in time for the holidays. They are too good not to share!

Whatever your situation, I hope these resources will help you deal with the challenges your facing around food, body image and health during the holidays.

Disclaimer: For the record, whenever I recommend a book, podcast, article, or some other resource, I’m NOT saying I recommend every single word or idea in it. I AM saying that I found something useful in it that spoke to me and helped me take a step forward on my journey. I believe that if I got something out of it, you might too.

PODCASTS: Intuitive Eating Resources for the Holidays

Intuitive Eating for Christian Women – Many of the podcast “Bonus” episodes feature intuitive eating coaching calls where co-hosts Erin Todd and Char-Lee Cassel coach their friend and fellow podcaster Heather Creekmore as she shares about her own journey with intuitive eating. Several of those episodes touch on travel and holidays:

The Joy-Filled Eater Podcast – Host Brittany Braswell shares how to break free from holiday food guilt and find food freedom when gathered around the table through this episode: Food Freedom During the Holidays – Listener Q&A

The Healthy Balanced Mama Podcast – I love Kristin’s take on the holidays. It’s like getting some real talk from a friend. And while she is my friend IRL, I bet you’ll feel that way too!

  • 10 Tips for a Healthier, Happier Holiday Season – listen on Apple Podcasts HERE
  • How to not go on a diet this New Year – listen on Apple Podcasts HERE

Embracing Balance Podcast – Conversations on letting go of perfection and finding what balanced wellness means for you with hosts Victoria and Katherine.

  • How To Eat Intuitively + Tune Out Diet Culture During the Holidays – listen HERE

We’re Not Weighting – A podcast about living free from dieting and the scale by two friends tired of “weighting” for their lives to begin with hosts Tracy and Tonya

  • Holiday Survival Tips, Eating Disorder Recovery, Boundaries, Non Diet Thanksgiving – listen HERE

Intuitive Eating for the Culture – Host Christyna Johnson, MS, RDN, LD, the encouraging dietitian, has one of my favorite taglines of any podcast on this list – “we love vegetables just not unseasoned.” I just love that!

  • The One for the Holidays – listen on Apple podcasts HERE

Compared to Who? – Host Heather Creekmore is a fountain of wisdom when it comes to body image issues for Christian Women! Here are some episodes which speak into our holiday struggles.

Wonderfully Made – Host Allie Marie Smith talks with Rock Recovery founder about eating disorder recovery and finding freedom and peace with food through faith in Jesus.

The Joyful Health Show – Host Kasey Shuler talks with Crystal Karges about kids, candy and the holidays in this 2 part series:

Intuitive Eating for Christian Women MEMBERSHIP – While these “Live Podcasts” are exclusive resources within the membership library and not available for free on the internet, they are so in-depth and on-point you might want to join the membership (even temporarily) to get access to them when you need them:

  • November 2022 Live Podcast: Thanksgiving Theme – This Live Podcast episode provided members with an intuitive eating principles overview for the holidays, discussed practicing gratitude this Thanksgiving, and ended with a live Q&A
  • November 2023 Live Podcast: Navigating Diet Culture at the Holiday Table – This Live Podcast episode walked through the before, during and after of navigating triggers we encounter at our family and holiday meals
  • December 2022 Live Podcast: Christmas Theme – We did a mini case-study on 2 different Mary’s in the Bible to see what we could learn about our own faith and preparing for Christmas. First, we looked at Mary, the mother of Jesus. Second, we looked at Mary, the sister of Martha and Lazarus.
  • December 2023 Live Podcast – TBD (Holiday Menu Planning Theme)
  • January 2023 Live Podcast: Resolutions Theme – In January 2023 we started off the New Year with a discussion on how to get into the right mindset to make meaningful resolutions or goals. We talked about how we have permission NOT to do resolutions the world’s way, we talked through some practical considerations in goal setting pointed out some concerns to be aware of. We closed with a brainstorm session for non-diet goals to get your inspiration going for the New Year!
  • January 2024 Live Podcast – TBD (Navigating the Flare Up of Diet Mentality at New Years)

More Podcasts

If you love podcasts, be sure to check out my round up of the best health podcasts for Christian Women and keep your ears and mind full of encouragement to help you honor God with your health.

And…. of course… you have to check out our podcast Intuitive Eating for Christian Women. You can learn more about the podcast on our podcast website or listen to Season 1 on Apple Podcasts.

intuitive eating resources for the holidays

ARTICLES: Intuitive Eating Resources for the Holidays

Char-Lee Cassel – My lovely and talented podcast co-host Char-Lee has written several great blog posts that will support your faith-based intuitive eating journey during the holidays.

  • My Intuitive Eating Checklist for the Holidays – read it HERE
  • How to Eat Intuitively When Your Person Doesn’t Get It – This is a great read for those planning to be around friends and family this holiday season who just don’t understand this whole follow Jesus not diets thing. Read it HERE
  • 7 Mindful Eating Tips, How Mindfulness and Christianity Allows us to Enjoy Food Again – read it HERE
  • How to Stop Emotional Eating: 4 Biblical Steps – This is a timeless post, but it is right on time for those of us who ride the emotional rollercoaster during the holidays. Read it HERE

Erin Todd – Here are a few of my own holiday articles to support your intuitive eating journey with Jesus from Thanksgiving through the New Year

  • 3 Tips for Intuitive Eating on Thanksgiving – read it HERE
  • 3 Christmas Prayers to Beat the Holiday Hustle featured on iBelieve.com – read it HERE
  • Present Over Perfect This Christmas – read it HERE
  • Let’s ditch the diets this holiday season – read it HERE
  • How to have a happier, healthier Christmas – read it HERE
  • What to Pray for Instead of Weight Loss featured on iBelieve.com – read it HERE
  • 5 Things You Need to Know before Making a Health Resolution for the New Year featured on iBelieve.com – read it HERE

Body BLoved – I so enjoy the collection of articles and voices present on the Body BLoved blog. Here are a few that will speak directly to your holiday struggles with food and faith.

  • Reclaiming Thanksgiving from Diet Culture – read it HERE
  • From Holiday Food Bondage to Holiday Food Freedom – read it HERE
  • The Good News of Holiday Eating – read it HERE
  • 5 Tips for Cutting Holiday Eating Stress – read it HERE
  • Gluttony: What it is and what it isn’t – read it HERE

Kasey Shuler – Kasey offers advice and encouragement for intuitive movement during the holidays.

  • 10 Ways to Work Out Thanksgiving Stress for More Joy – read it HERE
  • 10 Intuitive Movement Ideas for When You Want to Travel But Feel Stuck – read it HERE

Aubrey Golbek – Aubrey’s biblical perspective speaks some truth and grace over our holiday food issues.

  • Is Overeating a Sin? – read it HERE

Joyful Health Co – The Joyful Health Collective shares some important reminders for the holiday season.

  • 5 Truths About Intuitive Eating During the Holidays – read it HERE
  • How to Enjoy Food and Navigate Diet Talk During the Holidays – read it HERE

Tracy Brown – Tracy is a trauma-informed practitioner with a passion for peaceful eating. She offers guides, video content and comprehensive intuitive eating and body image support through her practice: www.tracybrownrd.com

Megan Becker – Megan is a registered dietitian that focuses on a grace rooted approach to health and intuitive eating.

ONLINE COURSES: Intuitive Eating Resources for the Holidays

FINDINGbalance – The “Lasting Freedom” online course available through FINDINGbalance has a holiday module that available on their website for FREE through the end of 2021!

Victoria Yates – Victoria is host of the Redefining Health Podcast (formerly the Embracing Balance podcast), she is a Registered Nurse, Certified Health Coach, & Intuitive Eating Counselor passionate about helping high-achieving women eat healthy without dieting & stop hating their bodies.

Intuitive Eating Support by Holiday

HALLOWEEN

THANKSGIVING

CHRISTMAS

NEW YEARS

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