are you tired of being sold a broken brand of beauty?

Amidst the increasing pressures of beauty culture to run from any hint of aging, it makes sense that cosmetic procedures and skincare products are surging in popularity. And, yet, I wonder if we might meet aging in a different way. And that’s where Joyce Ruppcomes in.

Joyce Rupp is the author of numerous bestselling books, an international retreat leader, a conference speaker, volunteered with hospice for fifteen years, and is a member of the Servites or Servants of Mary community. In this conversation, Joyce helps us see aging from a more life-giving perspective and expands our view of what beauty is and what role it plays in our transformation. Joyce also shares about her own faith journey and how she persists in knowing God as good and beautiful amidst a very broken world.

Jessica Setnick is a Registered Dietician and Certified Eating Disorder Specialist whose mission is to educate primary care professionals about eating disorders and dysfunctional eating behavior.

In my conversation with Jessica, she discusses how shame and fear-based messages in the health care field often make people's eating issues worse, as well as the normalization and prevalence of disordered eating behaviors in American society. Jessica also addresses recent food trends like orthorexia and clean eating and when trying to eat healthily becomes unhealthy.

Courtney Ellis is an author, speaker, pastor, and host of The Thing with Feathers Podcast. She holds a master’s degree in English literature from Loyola University, a Master of Divinity from Princeton Theological Seminary, and alongside her husband, she pastors Presbyterian Church of the Master in Orange County, California.

In my time with Courtney, we discuss her latest book, Looking Up: A Birder’s Guide to Hope Through Grief. Courtney shares how birding can be a gateway to a deepening awareness of beauty in the world, how it can lead us to hope, and why she sees birding as a spiritual practice.