Weight Loss with the Holy Spirit

Do you feel stuck with food and your weight—even though you know exactly what you should be doing? 🎙️💛 In this conversation, Denise joins Rita Johnson to introduce The Surrendered Method and explain why this struggle is not an intelligence problem or a willpower problem. Denise shares how stress, nervous system patterns, and years of using food to cope can create automatic behaviors that feel impossible to change 🧠🍪. You'll learn why your brain defaults to familiar patterns in moments of stress, how keeping your food and weight struggles separate from your faith can make everything feel heavier, and what changes when you begin to truly surrender this area of your life to the Lord ✝️🙏. Denise also walks through the four daily disciplines of the Surrendered Method and how they help you build awareness, honesty, and peace with food so you can experience real freedom and stop feeling stuck. If you've been wondering why you keep falling off the wagon or why weight loss feels so confusing and heavy, this episode will help you understand what's really happening and show you a faith-based path forward 🌿✨ Get your spot in the Weight Loss Workshop: https://healthandhormones.org/weight-loss/ Coupon code: Denise #WeightLossWithTheHolySpirit #CatholicWeightLoss #FoodFreedom #StressEating #FaithBasedWeightLoss

You're not broken—and you're not failing. 💛 In this powerful conversation, Denise sits down with a nervous system expert to answer the question so many women are quietly asking: Why do I know what to do… but still can't do it? 🎙️ Together, they unpack how your brain and nervous system are actually wired for survival, not perfection, and how patterns like stress eating, self-sabotage, people pleasing, and inconsistency are often protective responses—not personal failures 🙏. You'll learn about the five stress responses, how they shape your habits with food and weight loss, and why willpower alone isn't enough to create lasting change. If you've ever felt stuck, frustrated, or confused by your own behavior, this episode will help you understand what's really going on in your body—and how to begin responding with more awareness, compassion, and intention. 💫 Here are the related links: FREE Stress Response Quiz (https://solutionsforsimplicity.myflodesk.com/stress-response-denise) Dr. Amber's website (https://solutionsforsimplicity.com) The More Time for Mom podcast (https://moretimeformom.buzzsprout.com) #WeightLossWithTheHolySpirit #NervousSystem #EmotionalEating #StressEating #CatholicWeightLoss

What's really causing belly fat—and what actually helps reduce it? 🎙️✨ In this episode, Denise answers your most common questions about belly fat, visceral fat, cortisol, blood sugar, food habits, and stress eating so you can finally understand what's going on in your body 💛. She explains the difference between subcutaneous fat and visceral fat, why visceral fat is more dangerous to your health, and the four things that help reduce it most effectively: sleep, lowering stress, stable blood sugar, and strength training 💪🥗😴. Denise also talks about emotional eating, food noise, chaos foods, eating while stressed, and why many women already know what to do—but haven't yet learned how to actually do it with peace and consistency 🙏🌿. If you've ever felt confused about your belly fat, discouraged by your habits, or afraid that your body is stuck this way, this episode will bring clarity, truth, and hope. #WeightLossWithTheHolySpirit #BellyFat #VisceralFat #StressEating #CatholicWeightLoss

Where should a Catholic woman start when she wants to lose weight? 🎙️✨ In this episode, Denise explains why the answer is not simply choosing another diet plan. Instead, she introduces what she calls Catholic weight loss—a way of approaching food, weight, and health that keeps God at the center rather than the scale, food, or body image ✝️⚖️. Denise walks through the three phases of Catholic weight loss, beginning with the Surrendered Method and the four daily disciplines that help women invite the Lord into their relationship with food 🙏. From there, women learn how to create an easy-to-stick-to meal plan 📝, develop emotional support tools that replace stress eating 🌿, and eventually enter intentional weight loss if needed. This episode offers a clear starting point for Catholic women who want to lose weight without falling into secular dieting mentality—and instead allow the Lord to bring peace, freedom, and lasting change ✝️💛. #WeightLossWithTheHolySpirit #CatholicWeightLoss #FaithBasedWeightLoss #ChristianWeightLoss #FoodFreedom

What are you waiting for permission to do? 🎙️✨ In this episode, Denise explores the hidden exhaustion that comes from waiting for approval—to rest, to say no, to trust yourself, or to stop overdoing. She shares her own story of chronic people-pleasing and distorted dependency, and how learning to look to the Lord instead of external validation brought freedom, peace, and clarity 💛. You'll hear how ambition can quietly become over-tasking, how rest can feel unsafe, and why giving yourself permission is actually agreeing with what God already wills for you 🙏🌿. This episode gently connects people-pleasing, nervous system safety, and even emotional eating—revealing how many women use food to extend rest they haven't allowed themselves to take. Permission isn't rebellion. It's cooperation with grace ✝️✨. #CatholicWeightLoss #PeoplePleasing #EmotionalHealing #SelfPermission #WeightLossWithTheHolySpirit

What happens when a woman invites the Holy Spirit into her weight loss journey? 🎙️✨ In this episode, Denise celebrates one year with Deb, who joined during Lent 2025 and shares how the Lord transformed her life from the inside out 💛. After decades of dieting, weight regain after gastric surgery, nighttime eating, and chaos around food 🍷🍪, Deb discovered that surrender—not another diet—was the missing piece. You'll hear how giving up her nightly "nightcap" led to freedom from late-night eating, how learning to identify her emotions changed her relationships, and how she went from size 24 to size 16 without obsessing over the scale 🌿🙏. At 72 years old, she describes feeling lighter, stronger, more peaceful, and closer to God than ever before. This is a story of surrender, community, self-reflection, and learning to hear God's voice in everyday decisions ✝️✨. #CatholicWeightLoss #FaithBasedWeightLoss #FoodFreedom #ChristianWellness #WeightLossWithTheHolySpirit

What does real coaching actually sound like? 🎙️✨ In this episode, Denise gives you a behind-the-scenes glimpse into an actual coaching session inside her program—so you can hear how transformation really happens in real time. 💛 You'll listen as a woman wrestles with decades of diet mentality, fear of "doing it wrong," and resistance to unconditional permission to eat 🍕🧠. Instead of giving food rules, Denise helps her uncover the real obstacle: forcing, overthinking, and trying to control weight loss outcomes. Through curiosity, surrender, and skill-building 🛠️🌿, you'll hear how relaxing into the process—not white-knuckling—creates lasting peace with food. If you've ever felt like every meal plan goes sideways or you sabotage yourself before you begin, this episode shows you what compassionate, skill-based coaching looks like—and why it works ✝️🕊️. #DietMentality #CatholicWeightLoss #FoodFreedom #CoachingSession #WeightLossWithTheHolySpirit

Do thoughts about food feel loud, urgent, and impossible to ignore—even when you're not hungry? 🧠🍞 In this episode, Denise breaks down the real cause of food noise and why it's not a willpower problem, a discipline issue, or something you're destined to live with 🙏✨. You'll learn how dieting, emotional suppression, and repeated patterns train your brain into constant urgency around food 🕊️. Denise shares the three learnable skills that permanently calm food noise so you can eat peacefully, meet your real needs, and allow your weight to rebalance naturally 🌿🍽️. If food thoughts have been stealing your focus, peace, or joy, this episode offers a compassionate, skill-based path to freedom rooted in truth, healing, and surrender ✝️💜. #FoodNoise #CatholicWeightLoss #EmotionalEating #HealthyWeight #WeightLossWithTheHolySpirit

Are you fasting, trying to lose weight, or drawing closer to God—and suddenly finding it harder, not easier?😣 🙏 In this powerful episode, Denise gently walks you through the five most common spiritual attacks women experience while fasting, especially around food, weight, and self-control. You'll learn how to recognize cravings, discouragement, self-reliance, shame, and pride for what they actually are—not personal failures, but spiritual resistance that often shows up when you're growing closer to the Lord ✝️🔥 Denise explains why these attacks happen, how to spot them early, and the simple, grace-filled tools you can use to respond with peace instead of panic 🕊️💛 If Lent has ever felt dry, heavy, or discouraging—or if food and weight feel like a constant battle—this episode will help you reframe the struggle, calm your nervous system, and return your focus to God as your true source of comfort and strength 🙌✨ #WeightLossWithTheHolySpirit #CatholicWeightLoss #SpiritualWarfare #LentFasting #FaithAndFood

Have you ever wondered if one Lent could truly change your relationship with food for good? 🤍 In this episode, Denise sits down with Diane, who shares how a single Lent became the turning point in a lifelong struggle with food, body image, and dieting. 🌿You'll hear how Diane moved from decades of restriction mindset, chaos eating, and never feeling comfortable in her body to experiencing real peace, clarity, and freedom with food—without changing what she ate. ✨Denise walks you through how surrender, simple daily practices, and learning how to eat—not just what to eat—allowed Diane's body and mind to finally align. 🙏This conversation offers deep hope that lasting change doesn't come from willpower or perfection, but from learning skills that create peace and inviting God fully into this area of your life. 💛If you've tried everything and still feel stuck, this episode will show you what's possible when surrender replaces struggle. 🌸🎧 #WeightLossWithTheHolySpirit #CatholicWeightLoss #FoodFreedom #FaithBasedWeightLoss #HealingYourRelationshipWithFood

Have you ever wondered if real, lasting weight loss is still possible after decades of dieting, shame, and starting over? 💛 In this episode, Denise sits down with Beth, a 63-year-old woman who spent more than 50 years cycling through diets, binge eating, and emotional overwhelm—until she finally found peace with food through Weight Loss With the Holy Spirit. You'll hear how surrendering food, emotions, and control to God led to a complete transformation: freedom from binge eating, calm decision-making around food, deep interior healing, and a natural 50-pound weight loss—without restriction or deprivation. 🌿This conversation will show you what's truly possible when food stops being your coping mechanism and God becomes your source of peace, clarity, and strength. If you feel tired of diets and long for healing that lasts, this episode will give you hope and direction. ✝️✨ #WeightLossWithTheHolySpirit #CatholicWeightLoss #FoodFreedom #EmotionalEatingHealing #FaithBasedWeightLoss

Are you tired of winter feeling like the season where your motivation disappears and weight loss gets put on hold? ❄️💭 In this episode, Denise shows you how to stop letting winter be the "problem" and instead make it work with you. You'll learn how your brain turns shorter days, cold weather, and comfort food cravings into obstacles—and how to gently dismantle those thoughts using simple mindset shifts and practical solutions. 🧠✨ Denise walks you through a powerful framework for separating facts from thoughts, choosing beliefs that serve you, and creating winter routines that feel peaceful, realistic, and sustainable. From movement alternatives and cozy self-care to reframing food cravings and energy dips, this episode will help you stop fighting the season and start working with your natural rhythms—without guilt, pressure, or perfection. 🌿🙏 Walking App: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/surrendered-app/id6751212813 Android App: https://play.google.com/apps/testing/com.weightlosswiththeholyspirit.catholicwalk My Mug Warmer: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CC8DS2S5?ref_=ppx_hzsearch_conn_dt_b_fed_asin_title_3&th=1 My Heated Gloves: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FG2SQRP5?ref=cm_sw_r_cso_sms_apin_dp_HGFAD3VY8RBENQDX30T6&ref_=cm_sw... My comfy blanket:https://thelittleroseshop.com/products/jesus-i-trust-in-you-minky-blanket Indoor Sunlight Light Bulbs: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08WJ4FXJ6?ref_=ppx_hzsearch_conn_dt_b_fed_asin_title_1&th=1 #WeightLossWithTheHolySpirit #CatholicWeightLoss #WinterWeightLoss #MindsetForWeightLoss #FaithBasedHealth

Are you longing to feel at peace in your own body after decades of criticism, comparison, or shame? 💔✨ In this powerful episode, Denise sits down with Jen, a Catholic wife and adoptive mother, who shares how God gently led her out of self-hatred and into true self-love—without weight loss, dieting, or pressure to change her body. 🙏💛 You'll discover how healing your relationship with yourself opens the door to freedom, joy, and confidence, even if the scale never changes. Through faith, surrender, and learning new ways to speak to herself, Jen experienced a quiet miracle: she no longer despises her body, no longer lets numbers define her worth, and no longer lives imprisoned by food or appearance. 🌿🕊️ This episode will help you see that loving your body is not vanity—it's obedience—and that peace begins when you allow the Holy Spirit to heal how you see yourself. #WeightLossWithTheHolySpirit #CatholicWeightLoss #BodyImageHealing #FaithBasedHealing #FoodFreedom

Are you exhausted from decades of dieting, food obsession, or cycles of bingeing and shame that never seem to end? 💔🍽️ In this powerful episode, Denise sits down with Mary and Loesja—two women from different countries and life stages—to reveal how Catholic weight loss rooted in surrender, healing, and skill-building can bring real freedom from emotional eating. You'll learn how trauma, caregiving stress, shame, and rigid dieting patterns quietly shape your relationship with food, why willpower and restriction never healed it, and how inviting God into this struggle changed everything. ✝️🌿 Through honest testimony, you'll hear how food stopped being a source of control and chaos, how binge eating lost its grip, and how peace replaced condemnation. This episode will help you understand that food was never the problem—and that faith-based weight loss, inner healing, and learning new skills with God can restore joy, peace, and freedom around food. 🤍🙏 Denise invites you to see what's possible when weight loss becomes a healing journey instead of a lifelong battle. #CatholicWeightLoss #EmotionalEating #FaithBasedWeightLoss #FoodFreedom #WeightLossWithTheHolySpirit

Are you tired of fighting food battles that feel bigger than willpower? 🍽️💭 In this episode, Denise sits down with Dee and Abby—two women in very different seasons of life—to show you how real change happens when you invite Jesus into your struggles with food, weight, and emotional eating. ✝️ 💛 You'll learn how grief, anxiety, stress, and unprocessed emotions often drive eating behaviors, why diets and restriction fail to bring lasting freedom, and how surrendering food to God brings peace, clarity, and healing. 🌿🙏 Dee shares how grief led her to use food as comfort and how learning to name her emotions changed everything, while Abby reveals how faith-based weight loss quieted food chatter, restored moderation, and even brought freedom from alcohol. ✨ This conversation will help you see that emotional eating is not a discipline problem but a heart-and-mind issue—and that Catholic weight loss rooted in surrender, self-awareness, and God's grace can lead to lasting food freedom and peace. Denise invites you to discover what's possible when weight loss becomes a spiritual journey instead of a personal battle. 🤍 #CatholicWeightLoss #EmotionalEating #FaithBasedWeightLoss #FoodFreedom #WeightLossWithTheHolySpirit