234. Navigating Body Grief: Finding Healing and Hope as a Christian Woman

<p>Can you be grateful for your healing and still grieve the body you used to have?</p><p>So many Christian women recovering from disordered eating feel like they aren&#39;t allowed to miss their old body. Between the guilt of &quot;I should just be grateful&quot; and the confusion of grieving something that was never truly good for you, body grief can feel like one of the most unspoken parts of the healing journey. This episode gives that experience a name and a biblical framework for moving through it.</p><p>In today&#39;s episode, Brittany unpacks the concept of body grief, why it shows up even on the back end of recovery, and how to stop mistaking spiritual bypassing for real faith. Brittany is showing Christian women how to hold gratitude and grief in the same hand without it meaning their faith (or their healing) is somehow broken.</p><p><u>A few things you can expect to hear in this episode include...</u></p><p>🪞 A client story about grieving an old version of her body</p><p>😮‍💨 The pressure so many Christian women feel to explain away or apologize for their grief</p><p>💡 A clear definition of body grief and why it&#39;s easy to miss in the back half of recovery</p><p>🙅‍♀️ The difference between biblical lament and spiritual bypassing (and where &quot;just be grateful&quot; falls)</p><p>📖 What David and the book of Lamentations teach us about bringing raw emotion to God</p><p><strong>Resources mentioned:</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.brittanybraswellrd.com/blog/body-grief-christian-women"><u>&gt; Read more on body grief in my full blog post HERE, including,</u><em> &quot;Five Steps to Move Through Body Grief with Faith and Grace&quot;.</em></a></p><p>&gt; Head over to my podcast page at <a href="http://www.brittanybraswellrd.com/podcast"><u>www.brittanybraswellrd.com/podcast</u></a> to learn more about the show and to hop on my VIP Insiders-only email list.</p><p>&gt; <a href="http://www.brittanybraswellrd.com/VIP"><u>Subscribe to Brittany&#39;s personal newsletter, The Full Plate Press</u></a><em>,</em> for weekly food freedom tips, funny memes, and personal stories from behind-the-scenes shenanigans to mom life craziness to personal lessons you can apply to your food freedom journey.</p><p>&gt; <a href="https://www.brittanybraswellrd.com/course-waitlist"><u>Get on the waitlist</u></a> to be among the first to be notified when we re-open the doors to The Joy-Filled Eater Course. This is our signature program that’s helped dozens upon do