{"podcast":{"title":"Delay and Pray","slug":"delay-and-pray-5848647","podcast_index_feed_id":5848647,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/delay-and-pray/","website_url":"https://thecatholicfastingcoach.com/","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/5df063d8-0095-4b9d-baf1-f6ce0d188243/u3C7C9Ng-AsEiaE40oW8RUhn.jpg","author":"Beth The Catholic Fasting Coach","episode_count":198,"summary":"Delay and Pray® is a weekly podcast about Spiritual Fasting especially true when it comes to losing weight permanently. Beth Bubik is the The Catholic Fasting Coach and she is an expert on the subject of Spiritual Fasting: Why to do it. How to do it. And, when to do it. It's all about delaying food for a spiritual purpose--especially sugar, flour, and alcohol. She coaches Catholics how to spiritually and physically fast to utilize their weight and food struggles as a gift to explode their own prayer lives while helping the souls of others. Every week, Beth will teach you how to literally live out St. John's scripture in every way: \"He must increase, but I must decrease.\" (John 3:30) Lose the weight and gain faith! Everyone is called to Spiritually Fast. Let's get going! Find Beth's Programs and Content on her website: www.thecatholicfastingcoach.com Keep up with the latest posts and information on a daily basis by joining her on Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn @thecatholicfastingcoach","last_synced_at":"2026-09-10T16:17:42.348841+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/delay-and-pray-5848647"},"episode":{"title":"The Truth About Hunger","slug":"the-truth-about-hunger","published_at":"2026-07-09T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/delay-and-pray-5848647/the-truth-about-hunger","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/delay-and-pray-5848647","url":"https://thecatholicfastingcoach.com/the-truth-about-hunger","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/3caf4f9b-3651-4a01-861c-a5519a2c6dec.mp3","summary":"What if your hunger is lying to you? Many people assume every urge to eat is physical hunger, but often it's something else entirely. Stress, boredom, fatigue, loneliness, and even procrastination can masquerade as hunger and keep us stuck in cycles of overeating. In this episode, Beth shares how to distinguish between physical hunger and emotional hunger using The Hunger Scale. You'll learn how to investigate your urges, invite prayer into moments of discomfort, and use spiritual fasting to grow in freedom, self-awareness, and self-control while pursuing permanent weight loss and deeper faith. Help Beth reach her goal of bringing 1 Million Catholics back to the Church: Please subscribe to the podcast and leave a review! Delay and Pray® Links: $1000 Delay and Pray Group Coaching Experience $10 Delay and Pray® Book Bundle The Catholic Fasting Coach Instagram Facebook LinkedIn","meta_description":"What if your hunger is lying to you? Many people assume every urge to eat is physical hunger, but often it's something else entirely. Stress, boredom, fat…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1207,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/delay-and-pray-5848647/episodes/the-truth-about-hunger/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/delay-and-pray-5848647/the-truth-about-hunger.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}