“Kinda Crunchy” is a lifestyle born out of collective burnout, Sister.

Negotiating the Standard of God is never a good idea. Not even when we find ourselves overwhelmed and thinking, “There must be an easier way to do this!” In fact, that’s the worst place to start to have a compromise in your spirit. We need to know how to identify the voice of the enemy when he comes with the questions that lead us into letting down our godly standards. This includes the standard we hold as we steward the health — spirit, soul and body — God has given to us.

I won’t argue you on the fact that the health and wellness space has been absolutely overrun by a spirit of perfectionism in the last generation or two. By the beginning of 2020, we were experiencing a worldly standard being set around how to steward health that had nothing to do with trusting or glorifying God, and everything to do with “keeping up with the Joneses” (or whichever influencer you followed and most related to over on social media). And I’m talking about faith-based health and wellness educators and influencers, too!

Stewarding health became an exhausting and overwhelming feat. And as a collective, it seems many of us decided to quietly compromise on the standard of how to care for the gift of health God had given us as we took to writing some “simpler” standards of our own:

• “You don’t have to be that strict about clean eating. It’s all too much. Just do the best you can.”
• “It’s so expensive to eat unprocessed, whole foods. Just do the best you can.”
• “And isn’t it so overwhelming to try to figure this all out at the same time? Balance, Sister. Just do the best you can.”

And with that, “Do the Best You Can” became the new standard. “Kinda Crunchy.” Even in Christian circles. In fact, I heard it the MOST from Christian influencers. Somehow we had become convinced that “being too hard on ourselves” was worse than the difficulty of upholding a Biblical standard. Not that the standard we were holding previously was Biblical, mind you. But instead of determining to find the real Biblical Standard and making that our guide and our goal, we just decided to “Do the Best You Can.” Honestly, I believe we took an unauthorized break. To me, that’s what “Kinda Crunchy” has come to mean.

On this episode of The Positioned to Prosper Podcast we’re chatting about the five main reasons I see for why we began to settle for this “kinda crunchy” and “just do the best you can” standard when it comes to stewarding our health, and then I’m sharing a simple Reset Roadmap you can follow to Biblically steward your health and wellness without overwhelm and burnout. Sound good? If so, I want you to — Grab your Bible, your journal and a pen, and . . . Let’s Go!

WANT A ROADMAP TO HELP STEWARD YOUR HEALTH WELL WITHOUT OVERWHELM? I’ve got you! I put together a free resource to help you start the journey of stewarding your health well in all areas. Just head over to ericapyle.com/starthere, and you’ll receive a link to a Guide that will lead you in setting up good habits and removing toxic products from your home over the course of the next 12 months. So good, right? Go grab the link to this powerful resource here.

SCRIPTURE REFERENCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:

Philippians 4:19
And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

1 Peter 2:24 (NKJV)
Who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness—by whose stripes you were healed.

Mark 16:15-18
And he said to them, “Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation. Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned. And these signs will accompany those who believe: in my name they will cast out demons; they will speak in new tongues; they will pick up serpents with their hands; and if they drink any deadly poison, it will not hurt them; they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will recover.”

John 16:13
When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come. 

1 Corinthians 6:19-20
Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.

LINKS TO RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:

WANT A ROADMAP TO HELP STEWARD YOUR HEALTH WELL WITHOUT OVERWHELM? I’ve got you! I put together a free resource to help you start the journey of stewarding your health well in all areas. Just head over to ericapyle.com/starthere, and you’ll receive a link to a Guide that will lead you in setting up good habits and removing toxic products from your home over the course of 6 or 12 months. So good, right? Go grab the link to this powerful resource here.

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Erica co-leads a local church alongside her husband, Doug, in Tampa, Florida called REVIVE Church of Tampa. You can visit the church’s website for more information about who we are, what we believe and how we show up as the Church in the heart of West Tampa and beyond.

REVIVE Church of Tampa

REVIVE Church of Tampa streams service live on Sunday mornings at 11am ET. You can find that livestream on our church Facebook page:

Live Service – Sundays at 11am ET

If you’re interested in joining the online campus of REVIVE Church of Tampa, you are welcome to join our community group on Facebook where we offer weekly discussion around the Friday and Sunday messages as well as discipleship Zoom groups and the opportunity to host others in your home as you stream services. You can find us here:

The ROCC: REVIVE Online Campus Community

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About this podcast:

Welcome to the Positioned to Prosper Podcast with Erica Pyle, where we dive deep into Biblical mindsets, strategies, and inspiration to help you thrive in every area of your life. Whether it’s faith, health, relationships, finances, business, or ministry, Erica’s here to equip you with the tools you need to get unstuck, overcome overwhelm, and avoid burnout as you pursue your purpose with intention.

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