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Welcome Christian Body Image and Identity podcast! I'm Olivia Cagle — Christian Body Image and Mindset Coach — and in this episode I'm sharing exactly where I'm coming from and why I started this podcast.

I'm 51 years old, I've gained about 25 pounds over the last few years, and I haven't lost all of it. I'm not talking to you from the other side of a transformation photo — I'm talking to you from the middle of one.

In this episode, I open up about the season I couldn't look at myself naked in the mirror, what happened when my husband asked me to stand there and say "I love you" to myself, and why — even as a mindset coach with years of inner healing training — I still couldn't make myself believe it.

I share how I stopped trying to manufacture self-love and started letting God love me instead, what it looked like to curl up in His lap and ask, "What do You think about me?", and how sexual abuse, narcissistic abuse, and 17 years of betrayal in my marriage shaped the way I got my identity from my body for so long.

You'll hear why I still want to lose weight and still care about my health — and why that no longer means hating myself along the way. I also introduce what's coming on this podcast: mindset tips, inner healing, nervous system regulation, hearing God's voice for yourself, and my own FASTer Way to Fat Loss journey, which I'm walking through in real time, alongside you.

In this episode:

• Why I'm starting this podcast now, in the middle of my own journey — not after
• The mirror moment that changed how I eventually saw myself
• What I learned about manufacturing self-love vs. receiving God's love
• How my identity got tangled up in my body — and how I'm untangling it
• The "if I could just..." thought loop so many of us get stuck in
• What this podcast will cover each week

Mentioned in this episode:

• Free guide: 5 Questions to Ask Before Starting a Weight Loss Journey — https://oliviacagle.com/questions-before-weightloss
• FASTer Way to Fat Loss — https://oliviacagle.com/your-body

Connect with Olivia:

• Come Home Coaching — https://oliviacagle.com/coaching
• Instagram — https://www.instagram.com/oliviacaglecoaching
• Want me to be a guest on your podcast? Contact me here; https://oliviacagle.com/contact