God Hears Her Podcast

What Do You See When You Look in the Mirror? 

If your first instinct is criticism, you’re not alone. Research shows that 97% of women experience at least one “I hate my body” moment every single day. But what if the mirror could show you something different? In this episode of God Hears Her, hosts Elisa Morgan and Eryn Eddy Adkins dig into one of the most personal struggles women face—body image—and bring it straight to Scripture. Together, they explore what it really means to be made in God’s image and how that truth can interrupt the negative thought patterns we’ve carried for years. This isn’t a pep talk. It’s a Bible study, and it might just change how you see yourself. 
 
Notes and Quotes:  
“We are the temples of the Holy Spirit so that people have access to the God that dwells in us.” —Elisa Morgan 
 
“I am going to stand before You and let You be enthralled by the beauty You have created in me.” —Elisa Morgan 
 
“Just embrace the presence of yourself, of your body and whatever it looks like: big, small, wide, skinny. Just be here and know how wild He is for you.” —Eryn Eddy Adkins 
 
Verses:  
Genesis 1:26-28 
1 Corinthians 6:19-20 
John 1:14 
Psalm 45:9-11 
 
Related Episodes:  
GHH Ep 118 – Reimagining Age: https://godhearsher.org/podcast/reimagining-age/ 
GHH Ep 195 – Created in God’s Image with Ellen Wildman: https://godhearsher.org/podcast/created-in-gods-image/ 
 
Links:  
God Hears Her website: https://go.odb.org/sign-up-ghh 
Subscribe to the God Hears Her YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@GodHearsHerODBM 
Already Whole by Ellen Wildman: https://www.amazon.com/Already-Whole-Devotions-Being-Home/dp/1640703977

When was a time when you felt disqualified? The CEO of the MomCo, Mandy Arioto, wants women to understand how Jesus calls and uses people and especially moms who feel disqualified. Mandy has cast her vision for creating honest, healing community for moms while developing them as leaders. Join hosts Elisa Morgan and Eryn Eddy Adkins as they talk about a mom’s influence in families, faith, and society, and address why many moms still feel insignificant. You don’t want to miss this encouraging and powerful Mother’s Day conversation on God Hears Her. 
 
Guest Bio: Mandy Arioto is the President and CEO of The MomCo and is widely known for her unique takes on parenting, relationships, spiritual and cultural issues. Through MomCo, which influences millions of moms through thousands of groups internationally, Mandy serves as the voice of one of the most influential mothering organizations in the United States and around the world. She and her husband, Joe, live in Denver, Colorado, where they love rock climbing and adventuring with their three kids. Mandy’s most recent book, Have More Fun: How to Be Remarkable, Stop Feeling Stuck, and Start Enjoying Life, is available wherever books are sold. 
 
Notes and Quotes:  
“There’s this secret society of moms that nobody actually knows about. It happens underground. And there are sacred conversations that we have as moms that are very rarely brought to light. They happen on the sidelines of soccer practice. They happen at kids drop off after the kids have all gone into class. They’re honest, vulnerable conversations where you’re thinking . . . ‘I should never have said that out loud.’ And someone else says ‘me too.’” —Mandy Arioto 
 
“That’s what MomCo is about: having honest conversations that we’re afraid to have as women, bringing them to light and recognizing that this is a holy space where God swoops in to heal the parts of our lives, fear, trauma, or inadequacy that we feel.” —Mandy Arioto 
 
“I think that motherhood is incredibly rad, a sisterhood unparalleled, and the place that God uses to form us in ways that we could never have imagined beforehand.” —Mandy Arioto 
 
“There is something unique that God does in moms that makes them influential in the kingdom.” —Mandy Arioto 
 
“Our identity is in how faithful we are to what God asks us to do, how faithful we are to listening and knowing God’s voice, being trustworthy in what He’s entrusted us with, and recognizing that the outcomes of that can look all kinds of different ways.” —Mandy Arioto 
 
“Our worth is not measured by how well our kids turn out.” —Mandy Arioto 
 
“We don’t have to qualify our wants; we can put our needs before God.” —Mandy Arioto 
 
Verses:  
 
Matthew 1:1-17 
 
Related Episodes:  
GHH Ep 124 – Celebrating Mother’s Day with Mary Jo Clark: https://godhearsher.org/podcast/celebrating-mothers-day/ 
GHH Ep 156 – Felt Needs for Moms: https://godhearsher.org/podcast/felt-needs-for-moms/ 
GHH Ep 187 – Building Community as a Mom with Tara Edelschick and Kathy Tuan-MacLean: https://godhearsher.org/podcast/building-community-as-a-mom/ 
 
 
Links:  
God Hears Her website: https://go.odb.org/ghh191  
Subscribe to the God Hears Her YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@GodHearsHerODBM 
Two-Minute Timeouts for Moms: https://www.amazon.com/Two-Minute-Timeouts-New-Moms-Devotions/dp/1640704469 
MomCo website: https://www.themom.co/home 
Bloodline and Backbone Podcast: https://www.themom.co/bloodline-and-backbone/

Guest Bio: Married since 1986, Ron and Nan Deal are the authors of the #1 Amazon bestselling book The Mindful Marriage: Create Your Best Relationship Through Understanding and Managing Yourself, as well as popular marriage conference speakers. Ron is the bestselling author of more than a dozen books and resources, a licensed marriage and family therapist, podcast host, and a Senior Director for the ministry of FamilyLife®. Nan retired from teaching after 25 years and currently works for a Christian non-profit ministry. They have three sons, a daughter-in-law, one grandson, and a golden retriever and live in Little Rock, Arkansas. 
 
Show Summary: Have you faced a breaking point within your marriage or a close relationship? How did you handle it? Ron and Nan Deal faced intense hardship when their twelve-year-old son passed away. As they’ve navigated the loss, they’ve discovered practical truths about marriage that they feel are important for everyone to know when it comes to approaching relational hardship. Join hosts Eryn Eddy Adkins and Vivian Mabuni for this insightful God Hears Her conversation as they learn how to handle conflict and pain while trusting God.  
 
Notes and Quotes:  
“The flesh is the biblical word for that part of us that just goes into automatic reaction mode. We now know, neurologically, that there’s a whole lot of stuff going on inside the brain. The body keeps the score and the brain tells the body how to make sense of that score so anytime you feel any threat to not feeling loved or not feeling emotionally safe in a relationship, it taps into some things that are hardwired into your brain and body by the time you’re an adult—probably hardwired by the age of two.” —Ron Deal 
 
“Your body may keep the score, but your mind gets to tell you how to respond to the score.” —Ron Deal 
 
“What God is inviting me to do is to be self-controlled, to discipline me, and bring a better me to our us.” —Ron Deal 
 
“With God’s help, I can live out of His spirit. But I’ve had to ask and pray and surrender.” —Nan Deal 
 
“It truly is a work that He will do in you. Five to six years ago, I was a slave to my emotions and my circumstances. I listened to the enemy and I believed the lies and then the lies became truth. It’s not an easy fix or an easy unraveling, but it’s a daily walk now.” —Nan Deal 
 
“You have to figure out . . . who is this God and how do I serve Him when I hate my circumstances?” —Ron Deal 
 
“What I know is that God has been there every second. Even when I turned my back on him and said, ‘You are untrustworthy, I don’t love you anymore, I’m doubting in you, where were you, you didn’t show up the way I wanted.’ Even in all of that, when I hit bottom and surrendered, He said, ‘I never left you. I love you. Please let me show you that. We’re going to go now on a journey of you learning to trust in me . . . holding my hand even if life doesn’t look the way you want it to look.’ That’s my God.” —Nan Deal 
 
 
Verses:  
Romans 12:2 
 
Related Episodes:  
GHH Ep 188 – Grace in Marriage with Chelsea Damon: https://godhearsher.org/podcast/grace-in-marriage/ 
GHH Ep 198 – Unexpected Grief with Dawn Mann Sanders: https://godhearsher.org/podcast/unexpected-grief/ 
GHH Ep 214 – Refining A Broken Marriage with Justin and Trisha Davis: https://godhearsher.org/podcast/refining-a-broken-marriage/ 
 
Links:  
God Hears Her website: https://go.odb.org/ghh191  
Subscribe to the God Hears Her YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@GodHearsHerODBM 
The Mindful Marriage by Ron and Nan Deal: https://rondeal.org/channels-resources/the-mindful-marriage-conference 
Coping Style Quiz: https://www.worthypub.com/assessment 
Not Easily Broken by Joyce and Steven Dinkins: https://www.amazon.com/Not-Easily-Broken-Wisdom-Marriage/dp/1640704566

Guest Bio: Masey McLain is an actress, screenwriter, and producer best known for her leading roles in I’m Not Ashamed and the hit Amazon Prime series The Baxters. She’s also one half of a powerhouse creative team alongside her writing and producing partner, Taylor Kalupa. They are currently developing a television series with Jon Erwin’s The Wonder Project (I Can Only Imagine, House of David). They’re also set to adapt and produce a #1 New York Times bestselling novel alongside producer Roma Downey. Off-screen, Masey is a sought-after speaker known for inspiring women to step boldly into their purpose. 
 
Show Summary: When was a time that you had to be bold in your faith? Has your calling ever led to you to places where people don’t know God? Masey McLain began acting when she was in high school and she truly felt like it was her gifting from God. This gift led her to Hollywood where she deepened her trust in the Holy Spirit among nonbelievers. Be encouraged to strengthen your faith during this God Hears Her conversation with hosts Elisa Morgan and Eryn Eddy Adkins. 
 
Notes and Quotes:  
“I think that’s my natural bend . . . wanting to please God; wanting to be good enough. I want to hear at the end of my life ‘well done, good and faithful servant.’” —Masey McLain 
 
“When you’re doing something He’s gifted you with, you can feel the freedom in that.” —Masey McLain 
 
“God has used them [my gifts] to sanctify me.” —Masey McLain 
 
“One temptation in Christian entertainment is not using God to get to a means. I think it can be easy to want to use your faith so that you can be greater. You have to really check your heart. I’ve thought about that a lot . . . Am I using God to be greater?” —Masey McLain 
 
“If you go on a mission to do it yourself, if you go into your workspace to change it, anything in your flesh will be futile. We can’t operate like that. Just walk with God and those moments will be an overflow of what He does.” —Masey McLain 
 
Verses:  
1 Corinthians 3:9 
 
Matthew 25:14-27 
 
Related Episodes:  
GHH Ep 10 – A Contagious Faith: https://godhearsher.org/podcast/a-contagious-faith/ 
GHH Ep 53 – Pursuing A Courageous Faith with Dr. Debbye Turner Bell: https://godhearsher.org/podcast/pursuing-a-courageous-faith/ 
GHH Ep 220 – Let’s Talk About Spiritual Formation with Shalini Bennett: https://godhearsher.org/podcast/lets-talk-about-spiritual-formation/ 
 
Links:  
Soul on Fire Movie: https://soulonfiremovie.com/ 
God Hears Her website: https://go.odb.org/ghh191  
Subscribe to the God Hears Her YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@GodHearsHerODBM

Guest Bio: Anna Laura is an entrepreneur at heart. Her Grandmother’s story of waving a white tablecloth to avoid attacks by bomber planes during World War II inspired Anna to start White Flag. White Flag is a lifestyle brand aimed to spark conversations about Jesus Christ through simple designs inspired by biblical truths. She has worked with many artists and creators, including Lauren Daigle and Chip & Joanna Gaines, to bring White Flag out into the world. She is also a single mother of two in Nashville, Tennessee. 
 
Show Summary: Have you ever asked a question in church or with a mentor and felt like it wasn’t received well? Anna Laura was in high school when she started asking tough questions within the church. The reaction to her questions led to the forging of a new path in her life as a single mom and entrepreneur. Join God Hears Her hosts, Eryn Eddy Adkins and Vivian Mabuni as they learn the trajectory of Anna’s story and how God helped her to surrender her hurts and her doubts to him.  
 
Notes and Quotes:  
“A lot of what I heard growing up was that if you questioned or doubted, or you weren’t doing things a certain way or living thing a certain way, then you had ‘lukewarm Christianity.’”  
—Anna Laura 
 
“I look back at seasons where everything felt really hard as a single parent and the bits of life and the anchor in it all were the people who were the safe space.” —Anna Laura 
 
“The act of surrender has been a daily evolving process for me.” —Anna Laura 
 
“Get it all out on paper and watch God connect the dots right in front of you.” —Anna Laura 
 
“I can’t tell you how powerful it is to give yourself the freedom to share the entire spectrum of your emotions with God when you’re in the middle of it.” —Anna Laura 

 
Related Episodes:  
GHH Ep 33 – Adventurous Obedience with Kari Jobe: https://godhearsher.org/podcast/adventurous-obedience-with-kari-jobe/ 
GHH Ep 169 – Learning to Surrender with Tara Sun: https://godhearsher.org/podcast/learning-to-surrender/ 
 
 Links:  
White Flag by Anna Laura: https://www.whiteflag.org/ 
God Hears Her website: https://go.odb.org/ghh191  
Subscribe to the God Hears Her YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@GodHearsHerODBM