🎙️ In this raw and powerful episode, Rachel Hansen shares her story of growing up in a high-control religious environment where a woman’s worth was tied to her weight—and her ability to have babies.What started as a quest for health spiraled into disordered eating, emotional trauma, and a 100-pound weight gain that had nothing to do with food—and everything to do with safety. From body image and spiritual gaslighting to food addiction recovery and generational healing, Rachel opens up about the emotional toll of trying to be “good enough” in a system designed to silence her body’s wisdom.✨ Topics We Cover: • Growing up Mormon and the pressure to be thin and holy • Disordered eating disguised as “health” • Emotional eating and subconscious weight gain • Why the body holds onto weight as protection • Attachment wounds, people-pleasing, and breaking free • Learning to love your body as a partner, not a project💬 “My body was never the problem—it was the one thing keeping me safe.”If you’ve ever struggled with your body, food, family expectations, or the haunting effects of religious trauma, this episode will speak to your soul.👉 Don’t forget to like, subscribe, and hit the bell so you never miss a conversation that changes everything.🔔 Trigger Warning:This episode includes discussions of suicidal thoughts, disordered eating, religious trauma, and emotional abuse. Please take care while listening.💛 If you or someone you know is struggling, help is available:📞 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline (USA) – Call or text 988 anytime, 24/7🌐 Or visit: https://988lifeline.org#BodyImageHealing #ReligiousTrauma #FoodAddictionRecovery #EmotionalEating #Deconstruction #WomensVoices #WholeLifeVitality

Is shame quietly running your life? In this powerful episode, Lauren Whiteurst and Adam Brooks explore how black-and-white thinking, perfectionism, and old belief systems can keep us stuck in cycles of guilt and burnout. They share personal stories, insights on balance and priorities, and how learning to live in the gray opens the door to grace, curiosity, and healing.

✨ Topics include:

• The difference between guilt and shame

• Why balance is an illusion

• Recognizing shame-based thinking

• Shifting from perfectionism to presence

• Embracing fluidity, joy, and self-compassion

This conversation is raw, real, and a loving reminder that you don’t have to do it all perfectly to be worthy. There’s freedom in the in-between.

Why do some people move through tasks like a checklist, while others bounce around like a ping pong ball? In this episode, Lauren sits down with Adam Brooks to explore how our “movement patterns” shape the way we clean, work, and function in daily life.

They dive into:

• The connection between story structure and productivity styles

• Neurodivergent brains and dopamine-driven momentum

• Body doubling, laundry hacks, and late-night engine swaps

• The power of grace when your process looks different from someone else’s

Whether you’re neurotypical, neurodivergent, or just curious about how your brain works, this honest and relatable conversation will help you embrace your unique rhythm—and maybe even stop judging your mess mid-process.

✨ It’s not about how you do it. It’s that you do it.