Episode 183: How to Have a Healthy Body Image with Rachael Gilbert

Do you struggle with your body image - fixated on calories and losing weight? Do you find yourself yo-yo dieting or trapped by the comparison game? Maybe you, or a loved one, have a history with disordered eating or dysphoria? In this episode, Rachael Gilbert, author of Image Restored (March 2023, Esther Press), and I (Terra Mattson, MA LMFT, LPC) talk about our own journeys with our bodies, confidence, and finding wholeness. Rachael offers insights into the struggle and shares tools for the healing journey. Living in a culture that idealizes youth and outward beauty with narrow definitions, it's more common to struggle with body image issues. Build your compassion and trauma-informed theology with this conversation about  an issue that plagues many men and women, young and old. Whether this applies directly to you, or to someone you love or lead, this conversation is important and filled with nuggets of truth. 


 


Rachael Gilbert, MFT, LPC Associate, is a fellow counselor and fitness lover who has found restoration in what God says about body image and the striving that tends to come with it. Rachael is also a wife, mom, trauma-informed therapist, owner of BBC Health, and podcast host of Real Talk with Rachael. She combines her clinical expertise and personal experience to help women overcome fear and insecurity so they can walk confidently in their God-given dreams. A frequent speaker and article writer, Rachael lives near Dallas with her husband, Matt, and their three children.


To connect with Rachael Gilbert, visit the following:


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SOCIAL -
Twitter - @rachaeljgilbert
Instagram - @rachaeljgilbert


BOOK/PODCAST -
Image RESTored: Tear Down Shame and Insecurity to Experience a Body Image Renovation, By Rachael Gilbert
Real Talk with Rachael (podcast)


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Until next time, be the leader you would follow!


 


Grateful for you,


Jeff & Terra


 


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RESOURCES


Shrinking the Integrity Gap 






Shrinking the Integrity Gap e-Course 




Courageous: Being Daughters Rooted in Grace




Dear Mattsons 




Helping Moms Raise Confident Daughters