Jennifer Taylor Wagner

28/03/2023

Today on the podcast! 🎧

Imposter syndrome can make us doubt our abilities and feel like we don't have any place in doing what we’re trying to do.

But here's the thing: it's often a sign that we’re doing something we're truly skilled at!

So let's take a deep breath and remind ourselves that the very thing that makes us feel like a fraud is likely the thing we really shine at doing! 💪

In today’s episode of I’m pulling back the curtain on my own imposter syndrome moments, and ALSO helping you to understand that bad body image days are going to pop up out of nowhere. It doesn’t mean you’re not making big moves in your body journey. 🥰

Push play and enjoy! 🎧

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21/03/2023

Loved being on the Better Together podcast with Barb Rose!!

21/03/2023

I don’t usually share podcast stuff on Facebook! But this one is just tooooo good! It just dropped this morning and I’m already getting messages about how good it is, and I just know this topic can be so helpful to people. 🧡

It’s about emotions in the body. 🤯 How to process them, digest them, and move through them, so they don’t get stuck in the body! If you have experienced trauma, big or small, OR are wondering how to handle emotions… fins Your Good Body podcast on any platform and push play on episode 44!

Enjoy. 🎧

11/02/2023

Heyyyy friends!! Watch me be a total goofball and then come join the fun!! 😆

06/02/2023

Something tells me you're over it.

You've spent a lifetime loathing your body and you're DONE.

Well... good news. You're standing right at the edge of a turning point in your body journey.

Listen...

THIS is the body you'll be living in for the rest of your days on earth, so you might as well stop trying to force your body into some whimsical expectation. And instead maybe starting healing your RELATIONSHIP with your body.

Don't get me wrong--you can pursue your biggest health goals. And of COURSE you want to feel your best. And of COURSE your body will change, and fluctuate, and shift throughout different seasons of life. That's totally normal!

But let me ask you this... Do you really want to spend the rest of your life being at odds with your body? Picking apart all the things you don't like? Cringing at photos of yourself? Skipping experiences because you don't like the way you look?

The thing is... the answer isn't "fixing" all of those aspects.

You could change everything you don't like and you STILL won't be happy; We've got to dig waaayyy deeper.

We have to get to the root of WHY you believe your current body is so terrible and then flip the narrative so you're not living in body-loathing for the rest of your life.

This is a tricky subject, so join our Bootcamp and I will show you exactly how you can stop hating the reflection in the mirror and start living freely in the body you're in RIGHT NOW.

Being at peace with your body and having an incredible relationship with food, movement, and wellness is just within reach, and I'm going to show you how to flip the script on your inner narrative starting right away!

I'll see ya inside! ;)
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https://view.flodesk.com/pages/63d7febcecc6781900626f1c

19/10/2022

Here’s what I think is cool about telling your story…

In her book Honest As A Mother, my friend Erika uses her story of a ski slope experience to help women during the most challenging moments of motherhood.

Now let me ask you this. What in the world does a skiing experience (and that happened long before she ever became a mother) have to do with motherhood?! How on earth could the two overlap in meaningful way?

Well, friend… that’s the power of a story.

In this week’s episode of the podcast, we're dissecting the nuances of storytelling because as we learned in our episode a couple of weeks ago, there is magic in your story. ✨

If you've ever wanted to write a book, or start a podcast, or an Instagram page, or a Youtube channel, or simply know deep down that you have a story to share… this is your episode.

Whether your story is meant to be heard or read by thousands, or it's meant to fall into the heart of one single person… your story matters.

And it matters a lot.

This isn't the one to miss, my friend. Push play, and I'll see ya inside the pod. 🤗🎧

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/your-good-body-podcast/id1610393061?i=1000582873039

17/10/2022

You are going to L.O.V.E. this episode!!

I got to sit down with Sarajane Case who is full of wisdom and is just such a beautiful, kind, insightful, amazing human being! We talked about the Enneagram, coffee (of course!), and how we can cultivate a loving relationship with ourselves!

Sarajane is a trained Enneagram teacher, author of The Honest Enneagram and Host of the Enneagram & Coffee Podcast.

She works with the enneagram to help people find their perfect balance between self-care and growth so they can release shame on their path to doing less harm.

She also has a brand new book called The Enneagram Letters: A Poetic Exploration Of Who You Thought You Had To Be.

It’s sooooo GOOD!!!!! You’re going to love it!!!

https://traffic.libsyn.com/f1c47f14-a483-48de-a4a0-ef68755af509/SaraJane_Case_Cultivating_A_Loving_Relationship_WIth_Yourself.mp3

04/10/2022

It was almost my turn…

On the other side of the door was an editor from my dream book publisher and I'd have exactly fifteen minutes to pitch my book to her. A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity was just seconds away, and the butterflies in my tummy were more like dragons.

It was go time.

The hostess smiled and offered a soft, “you ready?” as she opened the door to let me in.

Ready? Hah! My mind went completely blank. I had absolutely no idea what in the world to say to this woman in this moment that I knew I couldn't waste.

So I walked in, sat down, and said, “Hi! It's so nice to meet you! I'm Jennifer and I used to weigh 336 pounds but this is not a book about weight loss.”

It was clunky. I was nervous. But from there I blurted out my story with as much passion as could pour out of my eager heart. Her jaw dropped as she listened to the quickest, most zealous depiction of my story, and before we knew it there was a knock on the door stating that my fifteen minutes was up.

I walked away hoping that she could see just how much I yearned to use my story to help someone else.

There was nothing that special about me. I didn't have a huge social media following. I wasn't the world's best writer. I didn't throw her a perfect book pitch in that short meeting. I didn't have an “in” or know anyone who could help me make a connection.

But what I did have was a story. And not just a story to tickle people's ears. A story that I knew could help someone else.

And though I wasn't the only human who had ever gone through what I'd gone through, there wasn't a single soul on the face of the planet who could tell my story like I could.

A few years later, that same woman took my story back to the Tyndale Publishing House team and I became a published author.

Now wait just a second because I'm not telling you this to toot my own horn (do people still say that these days? 😆)

I'm telling you this because I believe that you, too, have a story to share.

And that's what I've dedicated today's podcast episode to.

So go listen! No seriously, push play on this one, it’s a good one!!

Tag someone whose story you’re blessed by! 👇

03/10/2022

I DON’T have to… I GET to. 👟

I know what it’s like NOT to be able to move my body. There was a time in my life I could barely walk to the corner and back.

But one day I decided to put my shoes on and do what I COULD do. And here was are. Outside walking miles in the cold and rain and loving every second of it.

Because I don’t have to, but I’m so glad I get to. 🧡

29/09/2022

Here’s the problem…

You keep telling yourself that you're “being bad" when you eat something you think you shouldn't, but that's only sabotaging you.

Because inevitably and eventually you're going to eat that forbidden food, right? It's going to happen. But because you've now attached morality to that food, you're going to experience crushing guilt after you've eaten said food.

And then you're going to try even harder to avoid that food.

But inevitably… you're going to eat it.

And then feel guilty.

See where I'm going with this?

It's a cycle that we need to break.

Versus the other scenario which is that you give yourself unconditional permission to eat whatever foods you want, and therefore you don't feel out of control when you finally get to eat something yummy that you've been avoiding.

You just… enjoy it. You savor it. You can easily stop when you've had enough and you can still feel physically comfortable afterwards because the entire process is peaceful. It's not riddled in fear, stress, and anxiety.

That's what we're talking about on today's episode! Give it a listen!

You can listen to Your Good Body Podcast wherever you like to listen to podcasts or head to the link in my bio!

27/09/2022

Psst… Christian woman. Stop trying to improve your body image on your own!

There are so many promises in the Word of God that will lead you toward being totally free in your body journey!

For starters, Psalm 139 says “Body and soul, I am marvelously made!”

The body anxiety you’re feeling is only a distraction from the life of freedom that God wants you to live.

27/09/2022

Two years ago on a nice fall morning, I decided to go for a run. I'm not a big runner, but I can appreciate a solid run on a cool day with some gorgeous scenery. I threw on my shoes, turned on an upbeat playlist, and headed to a long, paved trail in town.

I didn't have mileage in mind, or even speed. I just found a steady pace and decided to see where it took me.

For a couple of miles, I was feeling good! One mile led to the next, and then the next, and before I knew it I was nearly five miles from where I started!

Which, is really very far for someone who doesn't even run very often.

But then, I started getting tired. I started feeling aches, and pains, and muscle fatigue. And what had initially felt like an exhilarating run through the woods, now felt daunting. Only now, I couldn't just stop and be done with it.

I had to keep going.

I had two choices. I could turn around and walk at a snails pace alllllll the way back to my car. OR, I could push through the discomfort, put one foot in front of the other, and get back to my car a little sooner.

But either way, I had to go through those four-and-a-half miles before I could call it quits.

Sometimes we don't have the choice to quit. For me, that's been very true in my body journey.

I've wished it away, tried to “fix” my body, cried and screamed and kicked and melted to the floor hoping I could stop being in angst over my body… but all these years later I can tell you for sure, there was no way around this journey of mine.

I just had to go through it.

But there's victory in going through it. Just like there was on that fall morning run when I finished, having run further than I ever had in my entire life. The feeling of freedom and empowerment that came when I walked through my front door and held up nine fingers signaling to Phil that I had just run NINE MILES…. Jennifer, I cannot even explain it.

And the same is true in my body journey.

What started as a wish that I could make myself as small as possible, became a journey to freedom that the Lord and I have journeyed together, and it's been one heck of a ride.

We're talking about this on today's podcast episode, so I hope you'll join the conversation! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/your-good-body-podcast/id1610393061?i=1000580774309

23/09/2022

Hey hey my friends!! Here’s a new episode for you to listen to today!! Don’t forget to leave a review and send it to me so you can be entered into the giveaway!!

Intuitive Eating: Honoring Your Hunger🔥

Actually your body needs food. Like every single day. All day long. So instead of trying to hold off for as long as possible, or trying to ignore your hunger, or eating as little as possible, let's try honoring our hunger instead. In today's quickie episode we're talking about what hunger actually f...

13/09/2022

I was sitting by the pool deck this summer watching my kids swim and a mom came to me and said “Hi Jennifer—you don’t know me but I just wanted to let you know I found your podcast and I’ve been listening to it and it’s been helping me so much. I just wanted to say thank you.”

I regularly spread the news about my podcast in the online space but I totally forget to talk about it in person a lot of times. 😆 So I was surprised that this scenario happened a few times throughout the summer with different moms who live locally!

This podcast has a special place in my heart. 🫶

Not only do I love serving people by pouring out in this way, it’s gotten an incredible response… over 12k downloads in season one alone, which was 22 episodes!

So. If you didn’t know about it… here it is! You can find it on any podcast platform (Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Play, anywhere!) And here’s a direct download if you want it!

Happy listening, my friends. 🧡

Great news! God is not forcing you around like a big mean bully. He doesn't work that way. He's not going to magically zap your body OR your body image into alignment with Him, but what He WILL do is work within you as you walk out your freedom in Him. It's quite a beautiful thing.  In today's....

09/12/2021

Guys!!! We’re on the Bible app!! I know I’ve been MIA here on Facebook (come find me on Instagram) but I HAD to hop on and share this with you!! 😭🙌

My 7-day devotional is now live on the YouVersion app!! Go find it, and start Day 1 today!!! 🧡🧡 ALSO share it with someone who could benefit from it as well!! You never know who might really need it!

You have to download the free app called YouVersion (aka the Bible App) and then search “Body Image God’s Way”

Head here: https://www.bible.com/reading-plans/28964-body-image-gods-way

And if you haven’t pre-ordered my new book, coming soon, I’ll post the link in the comments but it’s available WHEREVER YOU LIKE TO ORDER BOOKS! 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

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