This week, I’m sharing something a little different: 5 Biblical Wellness fails from my actual week. 😅 Including the moment I realized I had checked my abs before I checked my heart. I was feeling puffy. Judging myself in photos. Skipping travel workouts. Struggling to rest. And yes… even putting Doritos on my salad. 😂 So this week’s message digs into 1 Samuel 16:7 and what it teaches us about: - Health - Biblical Wellness - Christian body image - And what God is actually looking at. Because while the world trains us to constantly check the outside... God keeps inviting us to check the heart. 🩵 🎥 Watch Episode 72 on YouTube + subscribe so you don’t miss the weekly Biblical Wellness conversation: https://youtu.be/yJ1jfxVeu9A?si=w0c_--8gEoh9wUe_ 📖 Read the Substack + subscribe for a free Biblical Wellness resource delivered every week: https://open.substack.com/pub/wholehardy/p/i-checked-my-abs-before-i-checked?r=1w211n&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true Choose your favorite way to consume it—or be an overachiever and do both. 😉 Drop a 🩵 below if you’re checking your heart before your abs with me this week.

Hey ladies of Healtheology 👋 How has your summer been so far? June wasn’t all that bad for me if I’m being honest. But - I don’t think I was all that intentional about it either. Like, a lot of great things & busy things went down. But I can’t really say whether it felt messy, joyful, heavy, or unfinished. So, I’m praying this over you & me to help us notice when we start to feel… •Judgey •Pressurey •Rushed •Annoyed •Behind •Puffy •Delusional •Over it New months can remind us God is *always* willing to begin again & again & again & again with us. He wants us to try Him on like a brand new fit 👗 💁‍♀️ So let’s encourage each other to: ❌ Ditch the regrets ❌ Release the shame ✅ Embrace the freedom ✅ And love our people like heck Let’s walk a little closer to how Jesus would walk. And our July just might be a little more memorable than… wait what month did we just finish? 😛

🩵 Healtheology Verse of the Week 📖 1 Samuel 16:7 -- "People look at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart." What if 1 verse could completely change the way you approach your health this week? So many of our wellness struggles begin because we're looking at the wrong thing. 🪞 We check the mirror ⚖️ We check the scale 🧮 We check our calories 👙 We check our clothes But how often do we stop to check our hearts? Biblical Wellness reminds us that culture got health backwards. >>> Our goal is to get Healthy to Help, not skinny to socialize. <<< As you move through this week, let this verse become the filter for every health decision you make. This week's "Biblical Wellness Workout": ✅ Memorize 1 Samuel 16:7 🚶‍♀️ Meditate on it during a walk 🙏 Ask God to search your heart >>> Honestly reflect: How often do I check my body compared to how often I check my heart? <<< I'd love to hear from you in the comments: 1. What stood out to you from this verse? 2. What is one way you'll practice it this week? I'm meditating on this Scripture as well and really look forward to hearing what you guys think about how it impacts how we health. Love & Light, Katie

Call me crazy but taste isn’t my main reason for food selection (if it were I’d be eating ice cream all day. Trust.) 🍦 I choose primarily God Grown Goods not just because of how they make ME feel, but how me feeling phenomenal makes OTHERS feel. Here me out: ➡️ How we health either can help or hurt people. It’s true. The health status of our bodies, minds, faith, and relationships impacts everyone we come in contact with. ➡️ We project outside what’s happening inside. So, eat for how you want to look? How’s that goal going for ya? 😉 Eat for how you want to treat people. Because love is the most powerful goal Jesus gave us. ✝️

I’m am convinced that Biblical physical wellness has way LESS to do with becoming the skinniest version of ourselves… …and way MORE to do with becoming the most AVAILABLE version of ourselves. Episode 7️⃣1️⃣ of the Healtheology Podcast digs into health giving us the capacity to be: 🩵Available to love 🩵Available to serve 🩵Available to show up with energy, patience, strength, and presence for the people God placed in front of us Because when your body constantly feels depleted, inflamed, exhausted, overstimulated, or neglected… everything feels harder than it needs to. This doesn’t mean we worship health. And it doesn’t mean we obsess over our bodies. 👉 It means we steward them. (steward = taking care of something that isn’t ours) ❌Not for vanity ❌Not to earn approval ❌Not to become “the fit friend” But for **capacity** Healthy to help. Not skinny to socialize 🤍 What’s your opinion on this?