Eryn Hall is a Jesus-loving wife and mom, sharing stories of hope and encouragement, and making the most of every day. Her writing/work has been featured in Craving Connection, and CSB (in)Courage Devotional Bible, as well as the Declare devotionals, Honey, This is Where you Start, and Heart of a Warrior, but finds the most joy in serving her family. She is the founding Host of the Declare community and conference that equips Christian communicators globally.
What we chat about:
Marginalizing our impact
Realizing others are watching our daily discipline
The Declare community and conference
The surrendering and the filling up in Eryn’s life
Eryn’s childhood with divorced parents and the way God protected her heart at an early age
Even when Eryn didn’t know God, He knew her
The culture that surrounded and influenced Eryn to think that she needed to be an “ideal” woman
Counting calories, over-exercising, needing to see a certain number on the scale, and the restriction of specific foods
Full blown anorexia and body dysmorphia
Not wanting to taking up too much space in the world
Brokenness and healing
The picture that Eryn has as she looks back on an eating-disordered life
The freedom that she feels now that she is out of the prison
Mental muscle, habits, routines, and cleaning house
The transformation of the Holy Spirit that Eryn received without counseling
The guilt that Eryn feels when she goes back to the same behaviors
Thinking long-term about health and being available to other people
The fight that was almost harder than the disorder itself
Being able to see other people in the same prison that you were in
Intercedeing for others freedom, revelation, and healing
Beginning to see how God saw you
Being bound up by your own self-centered pain
The way that God interceded in Eryn’s life when she and her husband went to the doctor to discuss family planning
Feeling exposed and called out
The way that other people responded to her weight loss with praise
Dealing with body image issues daily and the denial of it
Deinal only serves as a setback that puts her back into the cycle of believing lies and lying to herself
Triggers, boundaries, and guarding your heart
Owning the struggle and staying there
Choosing a different legacy and overcoming, fighting for freedom
How Eryn is preparing herself for a Godly life
How Eryn’s stubborness has been channelled into fierce determination
Protecting peace in her family and in her home
Evaluating the parts of life that disturb the peace
How God can take things that weren’t favorable and allow them to be the new foundation for something good
Standing firm in the faith
What keeps Eryn in a good place mentally and spiritually
Prayer, cleaning out of triggers, and being intentional about friendships and who she engages with
How Eryn staffs her weaknesses and surrounds herself with healthy people
The difference between a flame fanners vs. a fire extinguisher
Not everyone is meant to be your friend. You can love people well, and not be their friend
There is so much freedom when we trust God with our lives
Eryn’s word of encouragement for listeners
Tap into and pray for the fierce determination
There is freedom on the other side, and it is worth fighting for
Words that Eryn posted on social media @mamahall:
“i hear that a lot- that social media is a highlight reel, snapshots of our happiest, picture-perfect, and ideal moments.
well, this isn’t my highlight reel.
this is my B-roll. supplemental footage to help tell my story.
social media isn’t getting the highlights of my life. (or the low lights, either, for that matter) i’m not staging my life for likes. social media isn’t the space i go to to share the special or the sacred. it’s not the place for the picture perfect moments of my life. there are details undocumented. you don’t get to see the best parts of my days. #sorrynotsorry
my highlight reel is tucked deep in my heart. framed on the walls of my home. sent in text messages. told in stories across tables. shared in real time, face to face. it’ll be handed down to my children and grandchildren in tangible traditions and cherished memories.
this here is just the B-roll. because the hearts that matter most to me are the ones offline.”
“Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made your good confession in the presence of many witnesses.”
1 Timothy [6:12] NIV
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