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Thick Girl Theology

Thick Girl Theology. Where bold body conversations collide at the intersection of race, faith, and womanhood. Hosted by Mia Deneen, we unpack beauty myths, body shame, and cultural expectations—both in the world and in the church—to reclaim the truth about who we are, whose we are, and why it matters. This is a safe space for us. To reclaim worth, walk in truth, and live fully and freely in the skin we are in.

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10:42

Thick Girl Theology Episode 19: Only Believe part 2

Thick Girl Theology ·

2025/12/23

Episode Description: Only Believe (Part 2) What happens when belief costs you comfort? In Only Believe (Part 2), we go deeper—past inspirational faith and into the kind of belief that has historically changed lives, challenged culture, and endured suffering. This episode confronts the subtle ways modern culture—even church culture—has taught us that faith should always feel safe, affirming, and convenient. We explore why belief begins to fracture when we expect God to operate on our timel...

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Thick Girl Theology: Only Believe part one. episode 18

Thick Girl Theology ·

2025/12/23

What do you do when God feels late? In this episode, Only Believe, we explore the sacred tension of waiting—waiting for answers, waiting for healing, waiting for change—and how faith is formed not in clarity, but in silence. From Lazarus raised four days late… to Abraham and Sarah waiting decades for a child… to the Messiah arriving after 400 years of prophetic silence… Scripture reveals a consistent invitation: believe. This episode gently weaves together faith, intuitive eating, and body ...

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14:54

Thick girl theology episode 17: Eat Pray Love

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2025/11/27

Sis… this episode is a whole word. We’re diving into the most overlooked — but most transformational — part of intuitive eating: satisfaction. Not dieting. Not guilt. Not “earning your food.” Not performing for anybody’s rules. ✨ Satisfaction. ✨ Peace. ✨ Presence. In this Thanksgiving edition, I walk you through the rhythm God built into your body — the gentle signals of polite hunger, the slow fade of satiety, and the sacred moment where your body says, “That was good, and I feel good....

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14:41

Thick Girl Theology Episode 16: Food Police

Thick Girl Theology ·

2025/11/15

Food Police — Silencing the Voices That Steal Our Peace Family, this one is personal. For so many of us, eating isn’t just about hunger — it’s about the voices we’ve been conditioned to follow. In this episode, I break down the “Food Police,” the inner voices that try to control our choices: ✨ The Inner Critic — the voice of diet culture, family pressure, and shame ✨ The Rebel — the “you can’t tell me what to do” voice that rises from restriction ✨ The Nutritionist — well-meaning, but e...

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24:43

Thick Girl Theology episode 15: The Last Supper

Thick Girl Theology ·

2025/11/09

What if the only thing standing between you and food peace is permission? In this episode, Mia Deneen dives into the third concept of intuitive eating — making peace with food — by unpacking what she calls The Last Supper Mentality: that all-too-familiar cycle of eating with urgency, guilt, and regret before starting over “tomorrow.” Through personal stories, biblical truth, and fascinating research, Mia explores why restriction never leads to control — only craving — and how God designed...

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11:13

Thick girl theology episode 14: Honor the wisdom within

Thick Girl Theology ·

2025/11/01

“Honor: The Hunger Within” What if honoring your body was an act of worship? 🙏🏽 One of the foundations of intuitive eating is learning to honor your hunger and your fullness. That means tuning in to what your body needs — not the clock, not diet rules, not guilt or groupthink. The Bible says, “No one hates his own body but feeds and nourishes it.” That means your body was designed with divine wisdom. It knows when it’s hungry. It knows when it’s satisfied. We’ve just been taught to

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18:36

Episode 13: The Diet is Dead

Thick Girl Theology ·

2025/10/26

In this episode of Thick Girl Theology, Mia Deneen lays the diet culture to rest once and for all. Remember the “dab” dance that took over around 2015? Everybody was doing it — in the clubs, in the streets, even in the kitchen. Diets had that same kind of hype — trendy, contagious, and short-lived. But the truth is, diets were never designed to heal you; they were designed to sell you. Mia breaks down why chasing smaller doesn’t lead to freedom, how the body’s natural set point protects you...

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11:59

Thick Girl Theology episode twelve: intuitive eating...

Thick Girl Theology ·

2025/10/17

Before we ever counted calories, we counted bodies. In this opening episode of Intuitive Eating for the Soul, Mia Deneen exposes the political and spiritual roots of diet culture through the lens of history and faith. Drawing on Sabrina Strings’ Fear of the Black Body, she unpacks how racism, religion, and body bias became tangled — and how reclaiming our God-given appetite is an act of holy rebellion. Listen, share, and remember: the politics of thinness were never about health — they were a...

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17:16

Thick Girl Theology episode 11: Earning vs learning

Thick Girl Theology ·

2025/10/10

Have you ever found yourself trying to earn what God already gave you? Love, validation, peace — even permission to rest? In this week’s episode of Thick Girl Theology, Mia Deneen explores the tension between earning and learning through the lens of identity. From a late-night conversation about being “tired,” to a deep revelation about Jeremiah 1:5, Mia reminds us that we had purpose before we had a body — and that identity isn’t something we create; it’s something we receive. Inside thi...

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20:01

Thick Girl Theology Episode 10: Finding You

Thick Girl Theology ·

2025/09/26

Sis, this one’s for the woman who feels like she’s been everything to everybody but herself. In this episode we’re talking real talk—about losing yourself in roles, relationships, and religion—and what it looks like to finally come back home to you. #ThickGirlTheology #BetterThanBeautiful #BodyFreedom #FaithAndFemininity #GodsWork

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Thick girl Theology episode 9: Colonized Beauty:...

Thick Girl Theology ·

2025/09/19

Colonized Beauty: Unlearning What History Taught Us In this episode of Thick Girl Theology, we pull the sheet back on the lies history fed us about race, gender, and worth. From slavery to modern body standards, we expose how “beauty” was colonized to control and divide. But the truth is this: God created you, and your body is good. Your race is good. Your gender is good. Your personhood is good—because it is usable in the Kingdom of God. We’ll confront how Christians, too, were tangled in t...

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13:21

Thick Girl Theology Episode eight: Better than...

Thick Girl Theology ·

2025/09/12

Sis, don’t get it twisted. Being wanted is not the same as being valued. All the pretty in the world won’t make a man see your worth if he can’t see precious. This week on Thick Girl Theology, we’re talking about the difference between being wanted and being valued. About why chasing “pretty” will never give you what you truly crave—real love, respect, and someone who sees God’s masterpiece in you. ✨ Listen to Better Than Beautiful, Part Two wherever you stream podcasts. 👑 And when it...

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Thick Girl Theology: episode 7: Better Than Beautiful

Thick Girl Theology ·

2025/09/07

Better Than Beautiful The world will tell you to chase “beautiful.” But beautiful can be surface, temporary, and defined by trends that shift with the wind. Precious is different. Precious is rare. Precious is protected, valued, and costly. Precious is who you are to God. In this episode, I’m breaking down why being “better than beautiful” means embracing your God-given worth — not as a prize on display, but as a daughter who carries eternal value. And here’s the good news: God has already gi...

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13:40

Thick Girl Theology Episode Six: The Idol in the...

Thick Girl Theology ·

2025/08/30

In this episode of Thick Girl Theology, we talk about body image issues not just as a personal struggle—but as an idol. Like Nebuchadnezzar’s statue in Daniel 3, today’s culture has set up its own golden image and dares us to bow. But sis, you weren’t made to worship a standard that keeps shifting. You were made to stand on what God already said. Because here’s the truth: Worth isn’t earned through appearance. It’s inherited by God. The world is still setting up golden images ___and ca...

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Thick Girl Theology Episode One: The Launch

Thick Girl Theology ·

2025/08/30

Episode 1: Welcome to Thick Girl Theology In this powerful first episode, we lay the foundation for Thick Girl Theology—a space where body, faith, race, and real talk collide. Join host Mia Deneen as she shares the heart behind the podcast, why women, women of color, and women of color in larger bodies need their own sacred space, and how this show will challenge cultural lies, church hurt, and the pressure to shrink—spiritually and physically. This is for the curvy and called. The brave and...

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16:29

Thick Girl Theology Episode 5: Two in Delulu

Thick Girl Theology ·

2025/08/22

In this raw and revealing episode, Mia Deneen dives into the two biggest fantasies that keep women stuck: the Disney delusion that says if we're small enough, we’ll be saved, and the God delusion that twists faith into performance, promising a perfect life in return. It’s time to detox from the lies and reclaim the truth: you don’t need to shrink or strive to be worthy. You already are. If you’ve been waiting for the fairytale, this episode is your invitation to walk boldly in reality—and fre...

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15:40

Thick Girl Theology Episode 4: You were Always Worthy

Thick Girl Theology ·

2025/08/15

In this powerful episode of Thick Girl Theology, we confront the deep wounds that make us question our worth—family wounds, rejection wounds, and the silent script of not being enough. Mia reminds us that people can’t heal spiritual wounds, only God can. Through scripture, truth-telling, and soulful reflection, you’ll be called back to the only report that matters: God said you were good from the start.

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12:48

Brave is a four letter word

Thick Girl Theology ·

2025/08/08

It's episode three of Thick girl theology! They call us “brave” when we wear the crop top, rock the bikini, or dare to love our bodies out loud in a world that told us to hide. But is it really a compliment—or a coded insult? In this episode, we unpack the loaded language behind the word “brave” and why it often masks discomfort with women—especially plus-size women—who break the rules and show up fully. It's time to challenge the backhanded praise and reclaim our right to take up space, unap...

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11:18

The Race Card

Thick Girl Theology ·

2025/08/02

Why do we need to talk about race when we talk about body image? Because for so many Black women, the battle with our bodies didn’t start in a mirror—it started in a world that taught us our hair was too nappy, our skin too dark, our noses too wide. Somtimes the shape and size of our body feels like the one thing we can control to help us fit in, survive, or belong. In this episode, we pull the so-called “race card” unapologetically and examine how growing up in a Eurocentric world ...

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