Friends, my book launched this week! " Delay and Pray™: Permanent Weight Loss through Spiritual Fasting " is available for purchase on Amazon. Publishing a book is not for the faint of heart, and it is a difficult challenge, but I did it, and I cannot believe it! The Blessed Mother called me into this mission a long time ago, and it has taken me so long to answer the call to Spiritual Fasting. The book itself is an inspirational summary of my online course, and a companion piece to this podcast,...
Apr 25, 2024•26 min•Ep. 75
Theresa Eppich is one of my brilliant clients who is also a peer coach and kindred soul who wrote her book along with me writing my book, and we were able to complete them at the same time - publishing both in the last 2 months. In this episode, we discuss our unique journey of coaching, writing, and achieving spiritual and physical nourishment through Catholic teaching. Theresa shares her experience with spiritual fasting, finding balance in life, and the inspiration behind her book, "A Legacy ...
Apr 18, 2024•47 min•Ep. 74
Holy Spirit Knowledge is what my friend and client, Carrie Hansen probably knows best. She is a 2nd-year Encounter Ministries student, has been involved in JPII Healing the Whole Person training, Unbound training, and is a certified Catholic Coach through Metanoia Catholic. In this episode, we delve into the transformative power of spiritual fasting and its connection to Catholic beliefs. We share personal experiences and insights on addressing emotional attachments, embracing spiritual growth, ...
Apr 11, 2024•49 min•Ep. 73
Happy Easter! Hallelujah! Lent is over and the Easter season has arrived! This was seriously the busiest, but most joyful Lent for me. I had a perfectly imperfect Lent, filled with a little hunger, making some extra physical space for the Holy Spirit to do His work. And He did it. Be assured of this - even if you didn't do everything perfectly. Perfect doesn't matter with Christ. Intention counts - especially if you are out of your normal pattern. And then Easter comes - so we feast in celebrati...
Apr 04, 2024•29 min•Ep. 72
Spiritual Fasting has absolutely changed my life for the better and I want to pass on to you five of the amazing categories of benefits today. Jesus intermittently fasted, Mary fasted, and the Jewish people before Jesus fasted. They had particular fasting days and were perfectly capable of going long periods without food. They ate sparingly, the food was basic and healthy and there was not an abundance of it. Fasting was expected in most religious cultures in the past. The secular culture of tod...
Mar 28, 2024•28 min•Ep. 71
It's time to wrap up our 3-part series with Fr. Logan Parrish on our discussion on the quote from St. Peter Chrysologus, as we unpack the final part of the quote -- Mercy! Prayer knocks, fasting obtains, mercy receives. We pray, and then we add fasting, which increases the power of the prayer, and then we blast that prayer up to heaven by adding mercy to the mix. But whose mercy are we talking about? My mercy? God’s mercy? Or is this another “Both-and” that Fr. Logan likes to discuss? I bet you ...
Mar 21, 2024•26 min•Ep. 70
This week, we are back with Fr. Logan Parrish for part 2 of our 3-part series to continue our discussion on the second part of the quote from St. Peter Chrysologus -- Fasting! Prayer knocks, fasting obtains, mercy receives. Fasting with Prayer is a miraculous combination. Fasting without prayer is wasteful in my book. In this episode, Fr. Logan shares why fasting obtains miracles . He talks about how we are created - that we are bodily beings and what we consume matters. He also shares insightfu...
Mar 14, 2024•21 min•Ep. 69
I am very excited about the next series of podcasts that I am recording with one of my favorite priests, Fr. Logan Parrish. We are going to discuss this amazing quote: Prayer knocks, fasting obtains, mercy receives. -- St. Peter Chrysologus This will be a three-part series as we divide it into three natural parts -- beginning today with Prayer and how it is literally our survival kit for life! Next week we continue with how Fasting obtains and we then round out the third week with a fascinating ...
Mar 07, 2024•20 min•Ep. 68
Have you read the book The Gap and The Gain by Dan Sullivan and Dr. Benjamin Hardy? Although I read it a long time ago during my Life Coach Schooling, the Holy Spirit worked through family members and clients on three separate occasions recently to ask me if I'd read it. I took it as an invitation to re-read it and create a comparison to see what the Holy Spirit was prompting me to find. In one column, I wrote what the book had to offer me in Gap/Gain language , and in the next column, I re-wrot...
Feb 29, 2024•31 min•Ep. 67
Have you ever considered how fasting prepares our hearts to receive God's grace? And how, by disciplining our bodies, we can weaken sinful tendencies and open ourselves to the transformative power of the Holy Spirit? Through spiritual fasting, I have discovered true hunger - the body and blood of Jesus Christ . I had no idea I was stuffing myself with sugar, flour, and alcohol, instead of going to Him in prayer and sacraments. I was seeking comfort from the world - not the actual True Food that ...
Feb 22, 2024•44 min•Ep. 66
Like many Catholics out there, Father Edward Looney has been accompanying me on my spiritual journey since I started Catholic Life Coaching, and I never even met him! This is because I have been listening to his Podcast, The Mystical City of God Podcast in a Year . The podcast recounts the amazing book with the same title: The Mystical City of God . This book literally changed my life and motivated me on a deeply spiritual level to fast for the intentions of the Blessed Mother and love her deepl...
Feb 15, 2024•28 min•Ep. 65
Lent is about caring for others and helping yourself to align with God‘s will, with commitment, courage, and capability - in that order. It’s not fun sometimes, but when you learn to get hungry for the 6 weeks of Lent with the Holy Spirit, and then arrive on Easter morning after you’ve slayed the sugar dragon, and walked with Jesus under the cross down the road of Calvary - it is simply transformational in body and soul. Lent is here to transform us. This adventure is not to be taken lightly but...
Feb 08, 2024•22 min•Ep. 64
Today, I am interviewed by Kylie Hein, a coach that is near and dear to my heart. She is a certified Catholic mindset coach on a mission to bring souls back to Christ through prayer, by combining mindset coaching with the rules of discernment for spiritual growth. In this episode, Kylie recalls a memory of me teaching the group at Metanoia Catholic what I call “ the water on the wood miracle ” that we should all be praying for. Why? Because sometimes we just need to be obedient to God, and do wh...
Feb 01, 2024•52 min•Ep. 63
My favorite scriptures in the Bible are about possibility, and that nothing is impossible with God . Do you make decisions from a place of POSSIBILITY or from a place of lack, doubt and scarcity? The mindset of possibility comes from a mindset of love and abundance, especially beginning with Christ. Today, I want to introduce you to Kelly Shoup. She is a child behavior specialist, a pediatric occupational therapist, and a certified Catholic mindset coach who possesses tenacity, deep spirituality...
Jan 25, 2024•40 min•Ep. 62
Have you taken the time to reflect on your blessings and accomplishments of the past year and discern your goals for this year yet? Beth shares her reflections in this episode, from the joy of welcoming new grandbabies to personal accomplishments in her spiritual fasting journey. With a focus on family, faith, and health, she unveils her ambitious plans for 2024, encouraging us to set our own goals and embrace commitment, courage, and the journey towards a fulfilling life and sainthood. Help Bet...
Jan 18, 2024•23 min•Ep. 61
In today's episode, we reflect on the transformative power of the Epiphany and the journey of the three wise men. Beth shares the touching story of the humble drummer boy and draws parallels between their gifts and our own actions in the past year and the goals we set for the year ahead. Join us as we explore the significance of the gifts of love, prayer, and sacrifice, and how they form the foundation for our spiritual journey in 2024. Get ready to slow down, reflect, and set meaningful goals f...
Jan 11, 2024•20 min•Ep. 60
Is 2024 the year you will grow in your relationship with Christ and be open to receiving all the graces and blessings that God wants to shower on you? Is it the year you will lose the extra weight? Today's conversation is with Jackie, one of Beth's star clients. Jackie enrolled in the Delay and Pray™ program in complete poverty of heart and soul - empty and willing to be filled with the Holy Spirit. She was a Catholic who had been away from the Church for about 25 years. She was 25 pounds overwe...
Jan 04, 2024•50 min•Ep. 59
In this final episode of 2023, Beth discusses weight loss and financial abundance. Have you considered your thoughts, feelings, and actions about money? Are they anything like your thoughts, feelings, and actions about your weight? Beth shares the thoughts she used to have about money and her guest, Joann shares a few thoughts she used to have about fasting. These thoughts didn't serve them. It's time to figure out exactly what we desire and how to achieve the results. Beth shows us that it is p...
Dec 28, 2023•51 min•Ep. 58
In this episode, Beth explores the importance of feeling and understanding our emotions , especially during the high-stress holiday season. She unpacks the Thought Model, emphasizing the link between our thoughts and emotions, and the impact they have on our actions and results. Beth discusses the significance of learning to process negative emotions without resorting to buffering behaviors such as overeating or overdrinking. Tune in to discover practical tips for navigating your emotions, leadi...
Dec 21, 2023•21 min•Ep. 57
In today's episode, Beth unpacks the challenges of maintaining weight loss, especially during holidays and special occasions, while emphasizing the role of faith in this journey. What if your weight loss is really about interceding for others and worshiping God at the same time rather than dieting and fitting into size 4 or 6? Drawing from her personal experiences and those of others, Beth discusses the spiritual and physical benefits of coming to a deeper understanding of weight loss as a means...
Dec 14, 2023•19 min•Ep. 56
In this episode, we talk about the value of writing down your thoughts daily, especially during busy and challenging times. We explore the power of journaling, coaching, and spiritual fasting for a fulfilling life. The mind drama we have is “a war that is only won on paper” - Byron Katie Listen to this episode to learn how to corral your mind's drama, embrace discomfort, and achieve emotional balance through thought models and the sacraments. Discover the transformative impact of coaching, fasti...
Dec 07, 2023•30 min•Ep. 55
As we enter the new liturgical year, it's time to prepare ourselves for a spiritually fulfilling Advent season. In this episode, Beth shares her insights on embracing the joy of this season, while also emphasizing the importance of spiritual and physical preparation. “I imagine my body as a spacious stable open to the dwelling of the infant King as opposed to all the Inns of Bethlehem that had no room for him” - Beth Beth beautifully expresses her love for this time of year and highlights the si...
Nov 30, 2023•24 min•Ep. 54
In today’s episode, Beth shares the history of Thanksgiving and its Catholic roots, including insights about how the feast of Thanksgiving has become a symbol of abundance and religious freedom in America. “Blessed is the one who will dine in the Kingdom of God.” (Luke 14:15) She highlights the significance of the Eucharist in our lives and that we are invited to the Feast again and again. Beth explores GK Chesterton's words that "thanks is the highest form of thought" and reminds us that as Cat...
Nov 23, 2023•16 min•Ep. 53
Is it possible to spiritually fast during the holidays? Or, have you secretly decided to resume focusing on your health again in the new year? In this week's episode, a fellow Catholic Coach and teacher, Nikki D'Souza, shares her incredible journey through the Delay and Pray™ group coaching experience. We discuss her sugar cravings, the missing spiritual aspect in traditional diets, and how fasting for God and with God brought a beautiful change to her life. Nikki reflects on the lessons she lea...
Nov 16, 2023•42 min•Ep. 52
Have you ever considered the correlation between a woman's menstrual cycle and the Eat Fast Feast cycle? This week, I have Jane Snyder (aka Mama Jane) back on the podcast, except this time she is interviewing me! One of the questions she asks me is ' How do we feast well, without overindulging ? ' Mama Jane is a trained NFP Billings Instructor, certified Metanoia Catholic mindset coach, and host of the weekly podcast 'Cycles and Sanctity'. “It's a slow trajectory to sainthood. It's a slow trajec...
Nov 09, 2023•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 51
In this 50th episode of the Delay and Pray Podcast, Beth shares her interview by Megan Graupmann of the Fiat Institute. This institute is an education program for hormone coaches and they invited her to share the Catholic approach to intermittent fasting. “It is always better to focus on improving BOTH your body and soul rather than the race to be a certain size. Getting healthy in body and soul is so important to becoming a Saint — let’s do it together!” - Beth Bubik Beth shares how she came to...
Nov 02, 2023•48 min•Ep. 50
In today’s episode, Beth is interviewing Sam Kelley, an international presenter, author, and speaker, and the founder and president of Fierce Athlete Incorporated. “Our bodies are more sacred, holy, beautiful than the rest of creation, which is hard for us to internalize…It's hard for us to live out of that truth and place of freedom.” -Sam Kelley Through her business, she integrates highly-competitive athleticism with Theology of the Body, primarily in the highschool and college athletic arenas...
Oct 26, 2023•39 min•Ep. 49
In today’s episode, Beth is sharing the counterintuitive idea that exercise can actually make fasting easier ! “Do you not know that the runners in the stadium all run in the race, but only one wins the prize? Run so as to win.” (1 Cor 9:24) She describes the personal benefits she has experienced from exercising throughout her day, and shares multiple resources detailing the positive effect of exercise on our bodies, minds, and souls. But for those who associate the word “exercise” with dieting,...
Oct 19, 2023•27 min•Ep. 48
On this special episode of the Delay and Pray Podcast, Beth is sharing the ‘main course’ of her Hungry for God Virtual Dinner Party : an interview with Sr. Dede Byrne. “It’s before the Blessed Sacrament that I found the love of Jesus, and the power of that love.” -Monsignor Francesco Maria Greco This inspiring woman is the Mother Superior of the Community of the Little Workers of the Sacred Heart, a surgeon, and a retired US Army colonel. Throughout her various callings, Sr. Dede has maintained ...
Oct 12, 2023•38 min•Ep. 47
On this special episode of the Delay and Pray Podcast, Beth is sharing the ‘salad course’ of her recent Hungry for God Virtual Dinner Party. “You can do hard, and you don’t have to do hard full throttle at the beginning.”– Lisa Canning This was an interview with Lisa Canning (The Possibility Mom), and Erin Ingold (co-founder of Metanoia Catholic). In this discussion, Beth, Lisa, and Erin are covering everything about fasting: from thought work, to redemptive suffering, to failing forward. Whatev...
Oct 05, 2023•37 min•Ep. 46
