In this episode, Carly and Raleigh break down the Catholic perspective of wellness culture.

Carly shares her personal postpartum journey, touching on nutrition, exercise, yoga, and vegetarianism. Together, she and Raleigh examine how Catholics can approach wellness thoughtfully: discerning God’s will for the body, integrating healthy habits as spiritual practices, and staying aware of the cultural messages that shape our choices.

Main Question: What’s a Catholic to think about wellness culture? In what ways can fitness, nutrition, or homemaking become spiritual practices?

God’s Promises from 1 Thessalonians 5:23

“May the God of peace himself make you perfectly holy and may you entirely, spirit, soul, and body, be preserved blameless for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.”

Carly’s postpartum journey

• Navigating nutrition and exercise through a Catholic lens
• Questions around yoga, vegetarianism, and caring for the body
• Discerning God’s will in how we use our bodies
• Where wellness culture aligns with Catholic spirituality—and where it clashes

Reflection Question: Are there any dangers in following the classic sayings: “follow your heart” or “do what feels right”?

References:
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<>< Catechism of the Catholic Church 364 The human body shares in the dignity of "the image of God": it is a human body precisely because it is animated by a spiritual soul, and it is the whole human person that is intended to become, in the body of Christ, a temple of the Spirit...
<>< Catechism of the Catholic Church367 Sometimes the soul is distinguished from the spirit: St. Paul for instance prays that God may sanctify his people "wholly", with "spirit and soul and body" kept sound and blameless at the Lord's coming.236 The Church teaches that this distinction does not introduce a duality into the soul.237 "Spirit" signifies that from creation man is ordered to a supernatural end and that his soul can gratuitously be raised beyond all it deserves to communion with God.

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