Posts by Jennifer Smith Lane
Eating Disorders Awareness Week
Eating Disorders Awareness Week (EDAW) is the largest and best-known eating disorders outreach effort in the country. EDAW is an opportunity to improve public understanding of eating disorders and their causes, dangers, and treatments and to empower everyone to reduce risk factors and join prevention efforts. Eating Disorders are real, life-threatening mental and physical illnesses…
Read MoreBody Image And The Media
A Christian Perspective On Body Image, by Jennifer Smith Lane More than 30 million Americans will struggle with a clinically diagnosed eating disorder in their lifetime while millions more will battle food and body image issues that have untold negative impacts on their lives. This is not simply a teenage issue. Onset can occur at…
Read MoreLife Repurposed Podcast: Disordered Eating
Tune Into the Life Repurposed Podcast In this episode of Life Repurposed, Michelle Rayburn and Jennifer delve into the root causes of disordered eating habits and body dissatisfaction, discussing the emotional and mental health problems that often give rise to eating disorders. Jennifer’s ministry work and use of biblical teachings as a source of emotional and…
Read MoreSet Free: An Eating Disorder Recovery Story
It was an honor to write this guest post for Grace McCready’s blog Tizzies Tidbits of Truth of my eating disorder recovery story. Grace is the author of Real Recovery: What Eating Disorder Recovery Actually Looks Like, a book about her eating disorder story and recovery. Jennifer’s Story You messed up again. I knew you…
Read MoreTransformed Spring Session
Stuck in eating and body image issues? You will be empowered by this biblically based virtual study designed to equip women 18+ to walk victoriously over their eating and body image issues and transform their thinking through scripture study and spiritual disciplines. The group will meet via zoom on Wednesdays 12-1pm starting February 10, 2021…
Read MorePodcast: Facing the Risk of an Eating Disorder for Your Child
I had the honor and privilege of being a guest on Rob and Joanna Teigen’s growing home together podcast this month as they explored the topic of facing the risk of an eating disorder for your child. I encourage you to click the link below to listen to our discussion and learn more about their…
Read MoreTransformed is going virtual
What a difficult season this has been as we face the unprecedented times of a global pandemic. Maybe you’re struggling with increased anxiety and fear about the future or catching the virus? Maybe you’re feeling lonely and isolated and the ongoing silence is deafening? Maybe you’re feeling overwhelmed balancing work and homeschooling kids? As quarantine…
Read MoreEating Disorders Awareness Week: Guest Blog
I had the honor and privilege of writing a guest blog for Christian Healthcare Centers for eating disorders awareness week. See the original post here.
Read MoreHow to Face the Risk of an Eating Disorder for Your Child
I am so thankful to Rob and Joanna Teigen who were gracious enough to have me be a guest blogger for their ministry to parents and families called growing home together. You can learn more and connect with them at growinghometogether.com Read the post here
Read MoreBitterness: The Heart’s Poison
by Jennifer Smith Lane If “For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of” (Luke 6:45 NIV), then bitterness is the heart’s poison. A trip to the jungles of Peru a few years ago broadened my perspective of God’s creation in unexpected ways. As I left civilization entering into the majestic unknown of the jungle,…
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