What It Means to be a Fully Feminine Woman?

Welcome everyone to episode one of the Becoming Fully Feminine podcast. I'm so glad you're here!

My name is Sara Childers and I am a holistic registered dietitian nutritionist who specializes in women's health. Over the last few years of my practice, I have been able to identify patterns and nuances with the women I coach. Believe it or not, most of us are going through the same things! But, Unfortunately, most of our struggles are norms, barriers, and lies set by modern society - which is what spurred me into creating this podcast. Teaching women how to become their fullest selves based on ancient wisdom in a modern world. We are talking all things women's health, functional wellness, and even getting into the mental and spiritual side of heath -- which can never be forgotten if you truly want to be Fully Feminine. Because your body is a vessel and reflection of your life. 

A little bit about me since that will reflect my worldview in this podcast. I am a Jesus follower, married hoping to soon start a family, I am a multi-passionate entrepreneur, former personal trainer. I love cooking, herbals, flipping houses with my husband, Pinterist, reading, and all things mind/body/spirit. 

Now enough about me.

Let's talk about you. About us. As women. 

A few weeks ago, I went on a no-laptop trip (which is huge for me!) to Europe. I found myself one day sitting on our balcony in Cinque Terre, Italy looking our at the Mediterranean and thinking about what the essence is of a "Fully Embodied Women" - the woman we all strive and want to be. The kind of women that God designed us to be. Then it came to me and I wrote it all down. Here it is:

What does it mean to be a Fully Feminine woman?

It means becoming. Becoming the resourceful, thoughtful, wise, nurturing, and intentional beacon for those around you.. It means starting with yourself. Your health, spirituality (Relationship with God), with your aspirations, and becoming the woman that you truly want to become before ever looking outside of yourself. 

Because womanhood radiates. It radiates into your relationships, career, community, children, and it is the preverbal mortar that helps to build the house of life. The house that is your life and even the life of your family and everyone that you invite into that house. 

Being fully feminine goes beyond the standard. It gets into the messy and groundbreaking. It is open to new thought patterns but rooted in wisdom -- metabolic, spiritual, intellectual, and interpersonal. 

Becoming Fully Feminine means that you question everything. Societal norms, your beliefs, your values, how you spend your days, what you consume, what your body is telling you, and who you surround yourself with. Because being a full embodied woman means cutting the clutter of a "normal" life and going back into our biological design that God made us for. 

Many of us women have started to wake up lately to the stirring in our spirits. That something is missing. That we are out of touch with our bodies, minds, and spirits. Which can be a struggle for those of us who follow Yahweh. Jesus. We wanted to be aligned with him in every part of our being. It is almost like we have made everything disconnected. As if God made us with no connection between body, mind, and spirit. I don't believe that. 

So much of that bleeds into diet culture, hustle culture, social media, and our relationships with ourselves. This is a huge piece of what I see in myself and the women that I worked with every single day. 

I want thing podcast to be a place where women realize their God-given power and nature. Now, don't get me wrong - I am just wise enough to know that no one, including me, has all of the answers. But I do have convicting thoughts. I believe that this whole process of breaking down the feminine woman is part of our sanctification. All parts of our lives bleed together. The mingling of the different parts of our lives show us a bigger picture. I don't think it is wise to believe that everything exists in a vacuum. God wants us to see His hand in everything. He wants you to no longer be life's victim. Starting with your health is a great way to change your entire life. Everyone I have worked with who has transformed their health, transformed their entire life in the process for the better. It's not just about you. The people in your life need this version of you as well. 

So let's get into what that actually looks like and how we will continue to break this down in the podcast. 

• BODY
  • [my specialty] consumption, nutrition, herbs, holistic medicine, movement, connection with nature, birth/prenatal/postnatal, etc. 
• MIND
  
  • mentality, mindset, relationship, mentoring, etc.
• SPIRIT
  • the Lord, the part women play in family, etc. 
• COMMUNITY
  • if this is something that people resonate with, I would love to make a community platform for it. that will honestly have to come with time though. 

Let me know what you think about this podcast. What you would like to hear me talk about and more. It's very broad but at the same time, it's not. I think those who get it, will get it and those who don't, won't. I think that this type of podcast is more so a reflection of belief systems rather than just information. We will talk more next week about the body, then touch on the mind and the spirit connection with the body in the episode after that. For now, keep becoming!!

xoxo,

Sara Childers, RD, LDN, CPT, HTMA-P