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Revelation Within On the Go!
by Heidi Bylsma-Epperson and Christina Motley
Revelation Within equips people with life-giving, grace-infused mind renewal tools to deepen their intimacy with Jesus so that counterfeit comforts (like overeating) lose their allure, and the joy and hope of Jesus fills their lives, satisfying their souls. In our podcast we talk about mind renewal, tips and tricks for getting and staying free from counterfeit comforts like overeating (over-scrolling, over-drinking, over-anythinging...) We began as Thin Within in 1975, a pioneer in intuitive, mindful eating back when diets were in their hey day! Thin Within has taught people how to tune in to their body's natural signals of hunger and satisfaction, remaining present with their meals and delighting in tastes and textures--and the Lord! In the 1980s, Thin Within became a Christian ministry, showing people that the emptiness that they have felt and often filled with food that their bodies don't require, was really placed in there to be filled ful
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Bringing Food to Jesus
Send us Fan Mail We’re exploring what it can look like to be led by the Holy Spirit in something as everyday—and sometimes complicated—as eating, body image, and the temptations we face around food. We know this area can feel too small to bring to God, especially when past experiences, fear, or...
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When the Scale Loses Power
Send us Fan Mail Many of us have experienced how a bathroom scale can become far more than a source of information. One number can suddenly seem to tell us whether we’re succeeding or failing, affecting our mood, our eating, our body image, and even how willing we are to bring our honest feelings...
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Coaching From the Inside Out
Send us Fan Mail We know that wanting to lose weight can sometimes feel like a spiritual problem, so in this episode we tackle the honest question many people quietly ask: “Is it wrong to want to lose weight?” We talk about how to hold that desire with open hands rather than allowing our weight…
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The Shape-Shifting Trap
Send us Fan Mail If you’ve ever believed that a smaller body would finally buy you peace, this conversation meets you with honesty and real hope. In this episode we talk about the desire so many women have to change their bodies, hoping a smaller body will finally bring peace. We don’t shame that...
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The Story Behind Our Name
Send us Fan Mail We’re sharing the story behind a significant change for us: why we let go of the name Thin Within and stepped into Revelation Within. We go back to Thin Within’s roots in the 1970s, when the simple practice of eating when physically hungry and stopping when satisfied offered a...
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Is Revelation Within For You?
Send us Fan Mail We know how easily dieting can pull us into an exhausting cycle of rigid control, inevitable slip-ups, and shame. In this episode, we take a clear and honest look at what Christian freedom with food can actually look like—and whether it’s really different from another diet plan...
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Guest Interview: Peace With Food
Send us Fan Mail We sit down with Michelle for an honest and encouraging conversation about what it looks like to find peace with food after decades of dieting, striving, and struggling with body image. Michelle shares how she first discovered Thin Within (later Revelation Within), walked away…
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What Are You Really Seeking?
Send us Fan Mail Sometimes our lives look “fine” on the outside while we feel ruled on the inside by pressure, cravings, people-pleasing, and the belief that we have to earn rest. In this episode, we get practical about boundaries as loving limits that protect our freedom—especially when food…
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Can Boundaries Set You Free?
Send us Fan Mail A boundary can sound like rejection, but we’ve discovered that it can also be an act of trust. In this episode, we take what we’ve learned about boundaries in Spirit-led eating and expand it into everyday life—our time, attention, relationships, rest, productivity, conversations,...
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What If You Stopped Dieting?!
Send us Fan Mail Diet culture can make eating feel like a courtroom, where every bite seems to prove whether we’re “good” or “bad.” We want something different. In this episode, we share a grace-filled approach to eating boundaries that doesn’t turn food into another diet plan or spiritual...
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Grace Changes Everything!
Send us Fan Mail Grace can feel like something meant for everyone else but not for us. If you've ever looked at your eating, your body, or your struggles with self-control and wondered what is wrong with you, we want to begin where Scripture begins—with who God says He is. Together, we explore...
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Loud Longings, Part 9: Abiding in His Presence
Send us Fan Mail In this final episode of our Loud Longings, Holy God series, we bring everything back to the truth we've been discovering together: our deepest longings were always meant to lead us to Jesus. We talk about why cravings, emotional eating, scrolling, shopping, striving, and the...
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Loud Longings, Part 8: Abiding in God's Comfort
Send us Fan Mail In part 8 of our Loud Longings, Holy God series, we explore the difference between chasing quick relief and receiving the lasting comfort God offers. Together, we talk about why we often reach for food, scrolling, overspending, busyness, or other coping mechanisms when life feels...
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Loud Longings, Part 7: True Comfort For Real Longings
Send us Fan Mail In this seventh episode in our Loud Longings, Holy God series, we explore why our search for comfort is a universal part of being human and why longing is not a sign that something is wrong with us. Together, we talk about how shame can lead us to hide our desires instead of...
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Loud Longings, Part 6: Learning to Abide
Send us Fan Mail In this sixth episode of our Loud Longings, Holy God series, we explore what it means to stay with Jesus when cravings, difficult emotions, or overwhelming situations make us want to escape. Beginning with a simple breath prayer and Jesus' invitation in John 15 to "abide in Me,"…
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Loud Longings, Part 5: When Surrender Feels Scary
Send us Fan Mail In this fifth episode of our Loud Longings, Holy God series, we talk honestly about why surrender can feel so difficult, especially when we're letting go of the very things we've relied on for comfort. We begin with a breath prayer from Psalm 73—“You are the strength of my…
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Loud Longings, Part 4: What Are You Trusting for Comfort?
Send us Fan Mail In this fourth episode of our Loud Longings, Holy God series, we explore what happens when our hearts attach to things other than God for comfort, security, and relief. We share a simple breath prayer—“You alone” on the inhale, “are my portion” on the exhale—and reflect on Psalm…
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Loud Longings, Part 3: When a Part of You Is Hurting
Send us Fan Mail In this third episode of our Loud Longings series, we explore a different way of understanding cravings, urges, and unwanted behaviors. Instead of seeing them as proof that something is wrong with us, we consider the possibility that they may be coming from a single part of us…
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Loud Longings: Part 2-The Story Behind the Craving
Send us Fan Mail In this second episode of our Loud Longings series, we explore how cravings are often about much more than food. What looks like a desire for sugar, bread, or chocolate can sometimes point to a deeper longing for comfort, safety, peace, or connection. We begin with a simple…
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Loud Longings: Part 1 – What Are You Really Thirsting For?
Send us Fan Mail In this first episode of our Loud Longings series, we explore a different way of looking at longing. Instead of treating it as a problem to fix, we ask what if that ache is actually pointing us toward something deeper. We share a simple breath prayer—“Lord Jesus” on the inhale,...
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Embodied and Honest: Part 4
Send us Fan Mail In this final episode of our Embodied and Honest series, we talk about how easy it is to slip into autopilot when life feels overwhelming. We have both experienced what it is like to disconnect from our bodies, ignore our needs, and quietly cope through food, distraction,...
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Embodied and Honest: Part 3
Send us Fan Mail We have both learned that what looks like “bad choices” on the outside is often our nervous system trying to survive. In this episode of the Revelation Within podcast series Embodied and Honest, we talk honestly about what it looks like to push through exhaustion, numb ourselves...
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Embodied and Honest: Part 2
Send us Fan Mail In this second episode of our series on living life fully embodied, we talk about what it feels like to move through life physically present but emotionally and spiritually disconnected. We share how disembodiment can quietly shape everyday life through ignoring hunger and...
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Embodied and Honest: Part 1
Send us Fan Mail In this first episode of our four-part series on living embodied, we explore what it means to stop disconnecting from our bodies and start living with honesty before God. We share how many of us learned to survive hard seasons by numbing out, pretending we’re okay, and pushing...
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Hidden Agreements
Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we explore how we can be disciplined, prayerful, and grounded in Scripture, yet still feel pulled back by patterns we don’t understand. We talk about hidden agreements—the quiet beliefs we’ve mistaken for reality—that shape how we respond, what we expect, and…
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When You Feel Undone
Send us Fan Mail When everything feels like it’s slipping and we’re trying to hold it together on the outside, the strain can be exhausting. We’re talking to those moments when we feel undone, overwhelmed, and one pull away from unraveling—not with quick fixes or pressure, but with honest…
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“But What About…?”
Send us Fan Mail Those “but what about” questions can get loud when you’re trying to stop dieting and start listening to God and your body. What about sin? What about nutrition? What if I take this freedom too far and end up worse than before? In this episode, we wrestle honestly with questions...
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Discomfort As An Invitation
Send us Fan Mail In this candid episode, we talk honestly about how quickly discomfort can take over—how one moment we feel fine, and the next we’re reaching for anything that helps us avoid what’s rising inside. Instead of rushing past it, we slow that moment down and offer a different lens:...
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Deep Dive Into Psalm 77
Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we sit with Psalm 77, a passage that begins exactly where many of us have been—awake at 2 a.m., exhausted, anxious, and wondering if God has gone quiet. As we walk through the psalm together, we make space for its honest questions without shaming them or building…
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Conviction Or Shame?
Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we wrestle with a question many of us quietly carry: what if the harsh voice in our head isn’t the Holy Spirit at all? Together we explore how easily shame can masquerade as conviction and how that confusion fuels anxiety, diet spirals, and distance from God....
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Quiet The Mean Voice Inside: No Condemnation Here
Send us Fan Mail What if the voice we trust to keep us “on track” is actually the one stealing our peace? In this episode, we talk honestly about the inner critic that comments on aging, productivity, and performance—and how shame quietly shapes our choices. We name the ways it shows up: skipping...
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Loud Longings, Holy God
Send us Fan Mail What if a craving isn’t something to conquer but a message to understand? In this episode, we challenge the old script of more rules and stronger willpower and instead choose compassionate curiosity that settles the nervous system and restores choice. As two coaches, we share…
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Radiant Grace: Part 4
Send us Fan Mail In this final episode of our Radiant Grace series, we talk about what it feels like to sprint toward change while our souls lag behind. We’ve both lived the pressure that masquerades as discipline, only to find it backfires. Drawing from Scripture, coaching experience, and our…
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Radiant Grace: Part 3
Send us Fan Mail As the house settles and the evening grows quiet, do you ever notice how the inner critic often gets louder? In this 3rd part of our 4-part series, we talk about why nights can feel especially vulnerable—how nervous system fatigue lowers our defenses and makes it easier for food,...
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Radiant Grace: Part 2
Send us Fan Mail In Part 2 of our Radiant Grace series, we talk about those late-night moments when the house is quiet, the day catches up with us, and the pantry feels like relief. We’ve both been there. Food soothes or distracts for a minute, but shame often follows and labels it failure.…
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Radiant Grace for Today’s Body
Send us Fan Mail In this first part of our Radiant Grace series, we explore what it means to practice peace in the bodies we live in right now. We share a tender conversation about trading self-critique for worship, replacing shame with gentleness, and learning to listen when our bodies speak...
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Love Soup And Honest Hearts
Send us Fan Mail We pull up chairs around a pot of “love soup,” a tired body after chemo, and the courage to admit we still wanted more—more comfort, more relief, more reassurance that we’re okay. In this episode, we get real about emotional eating, grief, and the pressure to be “fine” before our...
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Beyond Late-Night Cravings
Send us Fan Mail When the house finally quiets and the freezer starts whispering promises it can’t keep, we know that moment well. After a long day of decisions, kindness, and pressure, late-night eating can feel less like rebellion and more like protest—a longing for rest, agency, comfort, and...
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GLP-1s, Faith, And Freedom
Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we open an honest, shame-free conversation about GLP-1 weight-loss medications like Ozempic, Wegovy, and Zepbound, and why choosing—or not choosing—medical support doesn’t have to become a test of faith. Together, we explore the real questions many believers...
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Freedom Is Choosing What Helps Your Body Heal
Send us Fan Mail What if the foods we reach for to feel better are actually adding to our pain? In this episode, we talk honestly about the pain–comfort–inflammation loop, sharing our own stories of mystery aches, stiff mornings, and the subtle clues our bodies were giving us all along. We…
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Hope In the New Year
Send us Fan Mail Welcome to a new year! We’ve learned that resolutions fueled by willpower alone don’t last, especially when it comes to food and body image. In this episode, we open a different door—one rooted in biblical hope and God’s nearness, not self-control or shame. We share an honest…
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When Intuitive Eating Isn’t Intuitive
Send us Fan Mail What if intuitive eating feels impossible not because of a lack of willpower, but because the body is trying to stay safe? Together, we unpack how trauma, chronic stress, and shame can reshape hunger cues and turn food into a fast-acting signal of relief. We talk honestly about…
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Walking in Freedom Before the New Year Begins
Send us Fan Mail We ask a simple but searching question: is a date on the calendar quietly running your spiritual life? Together, we talk about the common habit of waiting for January 1st—or Monday, or the “right time”—to finally change, and how that delay slowly erodes peace, fuels numbing...
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Finding Peace Beyond the Scale
Send us Fan Mail As we talk through this topic together, we name the tension we’ve both felt: wanting to lose weight while also craving real peace. We explore what we’ve believed weight loss would give us and what God actually says about those longings. Instead of rigid plans or giving up…
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Joyful Movement, Sacred Rest
Send us Fan Mail As we talk together, we share how movement has shifted from pressure to something much lighter—more like worship than work. Drawing from Acts 17:28 and Matthew 11:28–30, we open up about seasons of over-training, comparison, injury, cancer treatment, and the slow courage of...
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Hunger or Something Else?
Send us Fan Mail What if your strongest cravings aren’t about food at all? As we talk through this topic together, we admit how often our cravings have nothing to do with actual hunger. We share openly about the ways we’ve reached for food, scrolling, or constant busyness when what our hearts...
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Holiday Survival Guide: Part 3
Send us Fan Mail Holiday gatherings can feel like emotional minefields, and we know how easy it is to slip into using food as a buffer when old wounds or tense dynamics resurface. In this episode, we talk honestly about how we’re learning to stop hiding behind food and instead respond with…
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Holiday Survival Guide: Part 2
Send us Fan Mail Perfection cracks fast during the holidays—one party, one plate too many, one “I blew it” moment—and shame rushes in. In this episode, we take that story back. We talk about why God doesn’t turn away when we stumble with food, and how His Word re-frames failure through compassion...
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Holiday Survival Guide: Part 1
Send us Fan Mail The holidays can bring pressure from every side—food, family, spending, and the expectation to keep it all together. In this first episode of our Holiday Survival Guide series, we’re preparing our hearts before the holiday rush begins. Together, we’re learning to trade perfection...
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Tools Are Just Tools
Send us Fan Mail Everywhere we look, someone is selling the next way to change our bodies. We slow down that noise and ask a better question: what does it look like for us to make weight-loss decisions with God at the center—not guilt, fear, or marketing hype? We talk through GLP-1 medications,...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Revelation Within equips people with life-giving, grace-infused mind renewal tools to deepen their intimacy with Jesus so that counterfeit comforts (like overeating) lose their allure, and the joy and hope of Jesus fills their lives, satisfying their souls.
In our podcast we talk about mind renewal, tips and tricks for getting and staying free from counterfeit comforts like overeating (over-scrolling, over-drinking, over-anythinging...)
We began as Thin Within in 1975, a pioneer in intuitive, mindful eating back when diets were in their hey day! Thin Within has taught people how to tune in to their body's natural signals of hunger and satisfaction, remaining present with their meals and delighting in tastes and textures--and the Lord!
In the 1980s, Thin Within became a Christian ministry, showing people that the emptiness that they have felt and often filled with food that their bodies don't require, was really placed in there to be filled ful
HOSTED BY
Heidi Bylsma-Epperson and Christina Motley
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Revelation Within equips people with life-giving, grace-infused mind renewal tools to deepen their intimacy with Jesus so that counterfeit comforts (like overeating) lose their allure, and the joy and hope of Jesus fills their lives, satisfying their souls. In our podcast we talk about mind...
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