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Embodied Care Workshops

The philosophy behind Embodied Care is that humans are soul and body beings whose spiritual and physical needs reflect that reality. Ministering to an embodied being requires a framework for soul care that recognizes the importance of body care. These workshops are designed to enhance your ministry by ensuring that the biblical concept of embodiment informs your care.
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Embodied Care is essential because Christianity finds expression through the body. It is an embodied faith.

Embodied Care workshops will help you minister to those under your care with a view of embodied reality from creation to resurrection.

Workshops can vary based on your time, topic of interest, and are available in person or online. A theology of the body and embodiment provide foundational elements for the other topics listed below.

Workshop Topics

Theology of the Body

Biblical & theological foundations for the body

Embodied Beings

God’s good design to flourish as soul and body beings

Ministry Burnout

Guard against spiritual, physical, mental, and emotional exhaustion

Body Image

Building God-honoring thoughts about the body

Proper Nutrition

God designed you to require certain nutrients

Sufficient Exercise

God designed you to improve with exercise

Adequate Rest

God designed you with physical limitations

Limiting Stress

God designed you with psychological limitations

These topics can vary based on your setting.The full content is presented in 3, 45 minute sessions but can also be limited to 2 sessions or even 1, hour long session. Workshops available in person or online.

Not only do Christians need to recover a biblical understanding of the body, but we also need the ability to articulate a pro-body view from Scripture while living in the midst of an anti-body culture. This ability is even more important for those in ministry who care for others walking through the difficulties of life that impact them as embodied beings.

Enhance your care by addressing the whole person and helping others learn how to glorify God in their bodies.
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Reviews

I invited Dr. Greer to speak to a group of pastors about a theology of the body. It was clear, compassionate, and immensely helpful not only for knowing how to pastorally help those in our churches who struggle with body image issues, but also for us to be healthy ourselves. I highly recommend her as an expert on this important topic!

Nathan

Executive Director, Chicagoland Baptists
You’ll appreciate the depth of Lainey’s training and experience and the value it brings to her mission and materials. Her thorough and needed overview complements the biblical counselor’s task of soul care in reminding us of the biblical mandate to carefully steward our bodies as part of our worship of the Lord. I am confident that her years of personal and ministry experience will be a valuable resource for many.

Biblical Counseling Center in Illinois

Lainey Greer is doing groundbreaking work in the biblical counseling movement. Her writing and teaching challenge us with a robust theology of the body, from which we can more effectively care for people as physical & spiritual image-bearers. With clarity & depth, she connects our understanding of our bodies to the storyline of the Bible, culminating in Christ, who took on flesh to restore us body & soul. And because theology is always practical, she provides a wealth of wisdom on its application for nutrition, exercise, body image, gender issues, and much more. Our team of counselors have benefited greatly from Lainey's work!

Anchored Virtual Counseling

We were grateful to have you. I have had several follow up conversations with our team about your content, particularly around the body image struggles of some of our clients. I’ve even been sharing some of the data you mentioned about the correlation between obesity and religion. That was a very insightful and affirming stat for the work we do with a lot of pastors and church leaders. A lot of church leaders don’t realize the negative effects their vocation is having on their bodies, and can easily turn all their focus and energy towards spiritual and mental health while neglecting their physical health. Maintaining such a high view of spirituality and the soul really can lead to some dangerous and detrimental consequences on our bodies.  Your content was very helpful for us as we consider a holistic view of care for people. Thank you!

Better Days Counseling

Lainey communicates in a clear, accessible way that draws you in to know more about what God says about our bodies. We were astonished by how much the Bible speaks about this topic that we had missed! So incredibly important for holistic discipleship.

Young Adult Pastor, Tennessee

As a missions agency, one of our goals is to help future missionaries think biblically about stewarding their health and well-being. Lainey struck the perfect balance of theological framework and practical instruction.

Reading and Teaching International Ministries

Thank you so much for your teaching. The Lord has used your teaching in a very significant way for me. It has been nothing but answered prayers since I put your teaching into practice. And I'm thankful to the Lord for you and your willingness to put in the work to come up with that.

Todd

I spent the weekend in Lainey's workshop, Your Body Matters, and cannot begin to describe the gift it was. We covered theology of the body, biblical foundations, stress, adequate sleep, nutrition, exercise, etc. I've been eating terribly over the past month, and am thankful that this helped me get back on track. I wish our local churches would spend more time discussing human embodiment.

Amanda

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The material in these workshops are meant to equip you with a biblical and theological understanding of the body. That knowledge is then extended into practical realities of stewarding your body to the glory of God. Each topic is pertinent to biblical counselors who are seeking to care for their counselee as an embodied being.

I have spent over ten years working in the local church in addition to twenty years as a personal trainer. My educational background includes a bachelor’s in exercise science, masters in Christian leadership, and doctorate in systematic theology with a minor in biblical counseling.

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