Freedom Has Nothing to Do With The Number on the Scale Featuring Laura Acuna

October 13, 2023

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ather interviews Laura Acuna an author, speaker, and coach who helps women find freedom from body and food shame. Laura shares her story, how she gained one hundred pounds as a middle schooler, and how she battled weight and food shame for decades before God took her on a path to freedom.

Some of the highlights from today's show include:

Laura's description of the "profile" of a woman who battles with food.
Laura's candid retelling of the hard parts of her body image and food journey.
How Laura knew she had finally found food freedom.
Why Laura believes it's hard for women to get help in this arena.
What Laura has observed from her own journey and the journeys of others about the connection between weight loss and body image freedom.

You'll be encouraged and challenged from this engaging conversation.

Learn more about Laura Acuna here: https://laura-acuna.com/

Start reading Laura's book, Still Becoming, here: https://amzn.to/3RKgzBM

Connect with Compared to Who? and be a part of the Body Image Freedom Framework course and coaching program. Learn more here: www.improvebodyimage.com

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Meet Your Host

Heather Creekmore writes and speaks hope to thousands of women each week inspiring them to stop comparing and start living. Her first book Compared to Who? encourages women to uncover the spiritual root of body image issues and find freedom. Her latest release, The Burden of Better, offers women a journey into the depths of God's grace to find a way off the treadmill of constant comparison. Heather has been featured on Fox News, Huff Post, Morning Dose, Church Leaders, and For Every Mom, along with dozens of other shows and podcasts. But she's best recognized for her appearance as a contestant on the Netflix hit show, Nailed It. Heather and her fighter-pilot-turned-pastor husband, Eric have four children and live in Austin, Texas.

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