Food Freedom Through Christ: Recent Episodes
Krista Fedorchak and Ancient Faith Radio
Fostering a Peaceful Relationship with Food Through the Wisdom and Practices of the Orthodox Church - This podcast is geared towards Orthodox and non-Orthodox Christians looking to break free from the distractions of dieting by rooting the pursuit of a healthy body and healthy soul in the person of Jesus Christ and the teachings of the Orthodox Church.
"And calling to him a child, he put him in the midst of them, and said, 'Truly, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.'" Jesus shows us that children have something that we need; they have something to teach us. In today's episode, we explore how children's innate ability to trust can help us with our own relationship to food and our bodies.
The typical summer change in routine can cause us to lose our spiritual focus. But for the first two weeks in August, the Church gives us a beautiful gift: the Dormition Fast! Here lies an opportunity to reorient ourselves toward Christ and His mother, the Mother of Life. In this episode, Krista offers some encouragement and nutrition tips for observing the Dormition Fast.
In today's episode, we discuss the "no eating after 8 p.m." rule, the self-proposed cut-off point for eating at night. We'll discuss why we might follow it, what ways it might be helpful and unhelpful, how we can redeem it in light of the Eucharistic fast prescribed by the Orthodox Church, and what to do instead.
In today's episode, we break down the clean your plate rule, the common automatic habit of eating everything on our plates. We'll discuss what it is, why we might follow it, what ways it might be unhelpful, both physically and spiritually, and how to combat it.
In this episode, Krista offers a three-part reflection on Lent, Holy Week, and Pascha. How have our hearts changed during Lent? How can we stay well nourished during a busy Holy Week? And what can we do to maintain a joyful Bright Week? What do we do if we overeat on Pascha?
In this episode, Krista Fedorchak unpacks the differences between the fasting mindset and the dieting mindset, so we can better understand and approach this ancient Christian discipline within the context of our current society's understanding of dieting.
In recognition of all the New Year's resolutions or intentions that may be set this year, today’s episode will focus on staying on track with your goals, and what the Orthodox Church offers us to help us in our efforts.
This episode continues the discussion around sweets and how to reintroduce them after Advent. Do you feel out of control around sugar? Is Christmas Day consumed with thoughts about how many cookies you’ve already had, and how many more you should allow yourself to have? Does your feasting plate come with a heaping side of guilt? If so, this episode offers three ideas for reorienting our celebration of the Nativity, and recapturing the joy of the Incarnation.
One of the most common fasting challenges we hear about during the Nativity fast is how to handle all the sweets! This episode discusses how to treat these sweets, how we might incorporate them into our celebrations with a fasting spirit, and what might help us fast from them so that we can prepare our hearts for the upcoming feast of the Nativity of Christ.
Many may enjoy a special dispensation to eat meat on Thanksgiving day, so Krista gives her top 5 tips for keeping the spirit of the fast on this joyous day.
People use the words “good” and “bad” to describe food all the time, usually in reference to a food’s nutritional value. But when viewed as a gift from God, all food has the potential to be good food. Listen to expand your definition of “good food.”
In this introduction to her new podcast, Krista explains how fractures in our relationship to food and our bodies can separate us from God. She also outlines the goals of the podcast, the most important of which is to help listeners cultivate peace with food