In today's episode, I talk with Alexandria Ford (Ed.D., A-CFHC, CPT). Alex wrote her doctoral thesis titled, "The Implications of an Evangelical Theology of the Body for Christocentric Spiritual Formation." at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.

We discuss why it's important to view the body as a holistic unit and why it matters that we are embodied beings.

You can follow Alex at her website, Cultivate Well, or on Instagram @cultivatewell.co.

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Personal Training Questions

• If you were stewarding your body well for your tasks, what would that look like in this season?

• What is your one small act of stewardship for today?

• Are there finances you could shift around to give yourself more of a health budget?

• Are there activities that you could cut out or shift around to give you more time for exercise, meal planning/prepping, etc.? Remember, before you schedule your workouts, put in your time with God.

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Personal Training Questions

• Do you have physical limitations in this season of life? What are they? Have you been using them as an excuse not to steward your body well? Are you often crushed with false guilt over not being as able bodied as someone else?

• Have you been placing too much hope in your current earthly body? Have you been trying to perfect your health or body in a way that is actually distracting you from the things God has commanded you to do?

• How might you better steward your body given these circumstances?

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Personal Training Questions

• Are you prone to hyper-productivity or laziness?

• How would taking a day of rest unto the Lord affect your life in positive and/or negative ways? What changes would have to happen for this day of rest to take place?

• Does your investment of time reflect your priorities in life? What areas of low importance are stealing your time and attention?

• Schedule an “ideal” day, based on your current season of life (you can’t skip ahead to retirement or neglect your responsibilities to your family). What things do you include? What activities are you excluding? In what ways can you shift your calendar to make more of these types of days a reality?

• How would you rate your sleep out of 10?

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• When it comes to working out, do you feel that good stewardship would mean doing more, less, or the same amount as you currently are?

• If you are just beginning, or restarting your physical activity, what are some different types of exercise you could try? What do you enjoy? What would help you become strong for your specific tasks?

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• What sort of food rules have you tried? How have those worked for you?

• Have you passed judgment on others for their dietary choices?

• Has food become a standard of morality for you? How so?

• Are there certain foods you are not free to eat because you are not free from eating them?

• How could you increase thankfulness for the foods you eat?

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Personal Training Questions

• What are your tasks in this season? How could better stewardship of your health help you accomplish these tasks more effectively?

• Looking ahead to the future, how could stewarding your body now help you attain those future goals?

• How do you feel that your current health and fitness has hurt your ability to perform your tasks? Or, how do you feel that your current pursuit of health has distracted you from the tasks God has called you to?

• How could you implement the “dial” thinking into the stewardship of your health instead of falling prey to the all-or- nothing approach?