#50 How Faith-Filled Fasting Heals Our Attachments --- With Denise Jelinek

Send us Fan MailWhat if the moment fasting feels hardest is the moment you’re closest to freedom? We sit down with Catholic weight loss coach Denise Jelinek to unpack why cravings spike, motivation dips, and self-judgment roars right when we try to detach from food, screens, wine, or the bathroom scale. Denise shares her journey from secret bingeing and shame to a surrendered, grace-led approach that honors both neuroscience and the soul, and she explains how to recognize spiritual attacks without fear or drama.Across our conversation, we map five common traps—intensified cravings, subtle vainglory, burnout and discouragement, identity lies, and ungodly self-reliance—and pair each with concrete practices. You’ll learn how to pre-plan gentle replacements for trigger times, add physical comfort to reduce friction, and use a simple reframe—by the grace of God—to keep wins rooted in humility. Denise’s two rescue questions, “What do I know now?” and “Where do I need more care and support?” turn setbacks into formation and end the shame spiral that keeps so many stuck. We also dive into emotional literacy with 60-second pauses that ask, “What do I feel?” and “What do I need?” so true needs can be met without running back to old habits.Lent becomes a training ground for lifelong freedom: check with God first about what to fast from, replace white-knuckled rules with patient detachment, and consider fasting from the scale if it has become a noisy idol. Surrender shifts the focus from outcomes to obedience, from striving to trust, from control to communion. Listen to find practical tools, spiritual clarity, and a calmer way to pursue temperance that lasts well beyond Easter. If this speaks to you, subscribe, share with a friend who needs hope, and leave a review to help more listeners find the show.To find out more about Denise and her work:https://weightlosswiththeholyspirit.com/Click the link below to set up a free discovery call to begin your transformation today.  Or email me @ [email protected] to find out more about how I can help.  https://calendly.com/smurph923-sm/discovery-callhttps://sharonkcoaching.com/https://subscribepage.io/The-Five-Things-Your-Adult-Child-Needs-to-Hear-From-You