293: Why Weight Loss Doesn't Heal Shame — And How Faith + Brain Science Creates Lasting Freedom

About this episode

Leanne Ellington discusses the disconnect between weight loss and healing shame, emphasizing the role of faith and brain science in achieving lasting freedom.

She lost nearly 100 pounds. And the shame stayed. That's where Leanne Ellington's story starts — and where most women's healing has never actually begun. In this episode, self-image scientist Leanne joins Dr. Tabatha to unpack why no diet can fix what's actually broken, what brain science and biblical truth do together that neither can do alone, and why you can't out-pray a pattern you're actively reinforcing every single day. This is the conversation the weight loss industry doesn't want you...

People in this episode

Host: Dr. Tabatha

Guest: Leanne Ellington

Topics covered

• weight loss
• shame
• brain science
• faith
• self-image
• healing

Keywords

• weight loss
• shame
• brain science
• faith
• self-image
• healing
• diet
• freedom

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