Old School Food Freedom

About Old School Food Freedom

In today’s diet-culture society, food issues and body hatred have become the norm. But you were created to be FREE. Welcome to Old School Food Freedom, where we go back to the basics, God’s basics, for how we view food, our bodies, and our worth. Hosted by FINDINGbalance Executive Director Chrissy Kirkman, this podcast features Biblically-sound experts, thought-leaders, artists, and everyday people who will inspire you to interrupt negative cultural soundtracks and rediscover God’s original design for your relationship with food and your body. This show will deliver practical, faith-filled insights on how to break free from diet culture and body shame through the lens of scripture. If you’re looking for guidance on how to heal your relationship with food while deepening your faith, you're in the right place. We’ll answer questions like What does the Bible say about food freedom? How can I overcome an eating disorder or disordered eating with Jesus? What is the biblical perspective on diet culture? How can I find peace with food as a Christian? What does it mean to treat your body as a temple in relation to eating? How can I break free from diet culture with Jesus? How can I align my eating habits with biblical teachings? What are the first steps to finding food freedom in Christ? This podcast is for anyone ready to walk away from diet culture and into the freedom that Christ offers. Whether you’re recovering from an eating disorder, disordered eating, wrestling with body image, or simply craving a more peaceful relationship with food, this space was made for you. If you want to experience true food freedom with Jesus, this podcast will give you the encouragement, truth, and tools to do just that.

Publisher

FINDINGbalance, Inc., Christ-Centered Food Freedom Support

Category

health & fitness · religion & spirituality · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

10 Oct 2022

Latest episode

20 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

2 of 106 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   20 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   93: Prevent Relapse After Residential Care Through Virtual Transitional Living w/ Paige VanNorman, MS, LLP and Laura Griffin, RD

   Chrissy interviews clinical health psychologist Paige VanNorman and registered dietitian Laura Griffin on preventing relapse after residential care through virtual transitional living.

2. 

   6 Oct 2026

   92: GLP-1 Medications and Faith: Deciding Without Guilt or Shame w/ Liesel Maddox, RDN, LD, CEDS

   Registered Dietitian Liesel Maddox, RDN, LD, CEDS, guides listeners through the complex intersection of GLP-1 medications, faith, and eating disorder recovery.

3. 

   22 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

   91: Jesus Heals the Shame of Weight Stigma w/ Anna Marie Long, MS, RD, LD, CEDS-C

   If weight stigma has ever made you afraid to walk into church, or to trust that Jesus wants you exactly as you are, this conversation is worth your time. Anna Marie Long is a registered dietitian and certified eating disorder specialist who brings both her clinical training and her own story of learning that food, body, and faith were never meant to be separate. She walks through what real healing from weight stigma looks like: grieving the years spent at war with your body, letting scr...

Inside a recent episode

93: Prevent Relapse After Residential Care Through Virtual Transitional Living w/ Paige VanNorman, MS, LLP and Laura Griffin, RD

Published 20 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] Whereas when you have an outpatient team, generally that's kind of set to those sessions. So this is additional support that someone can receive on a more ongoing basis throughout their week to continue to keep them on track with their goals with their team. We also have a licensed psychologist. We have registered dietitians on our team as well that we all kind of work together and contribute different things to the program. within our scopes. So that's a little bit more about it. It still feels like an overview, you know, but that is kind of the gist of what we provide as a program. I mean, I know I'm hearing the high level overview, but it sounds like it was so well thought out and you're covering so many of the potential struggles and helping. […]

Who has been a guest on Old School Food Freedom

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Paige VanNorman
• Laura Griffin
• Liesel Maddox

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

359,524

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

24 ratings

Spotify

4.9 / 5

14 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 56 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

30

Social presence

94

YouTube

82

Engagement

77

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Guest appearances

Does not typically book guests

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