“The word of God is power”- Actress Alexa PenaVega reveals how faith helped her overcome eating disorder

June 29, 2022314 views0

“The word of God is power”- Actress Alexa PenaVega reveals how faith helped her overcome eating disorder

2022-06-29T12:56:48+01:00

By Marie

Actress and author Alexa PenaVega opened up about the struggles she faced growing up in Hollywood and how faith brought her through it.Known for her role as Carmen Cortez in the Spy Kids film series, PenaVega, who released her new book, What If Love Is the Point?: Living for Jesus in a Self-Consumed World on Amazon talked about overcoming an eating disorder during an interview with Sadie Robertson Huff on the “Whoa That’s Good” podcast.She said her eating habits had such a tight grip on her, but once she started talking about the issue, it felt like “breaking off all those chains, it became this thing that no longer consumed me. Obviously, God did a whole number in my life to get me through the eating disorder.”She recalled how her mother warned her not to tell people she was dealing with an eating disorder. If she did, she warned, then people would only view her as someone with a disorder. “I know she meant it as a way of protecting me, but I really feel like the enemy took those words and just turned it into something that had a stronghold over my life, I just lived with my secret and it just tormented me for so long. And I think I also probably could have solved this much faster had I confided in the right people earlier on,” she recounted.PenaVega discussed the pressures that young people face today with social media and how it shows a filtered side of life. She said, “I think that’s where you really have to lean on God’s Word. Honestly, that’s what got me through my eating disorder. I had this faith my whole entire life. I craved a relationship with God and I knew it was deeper than what I had and I wanted to know more.”ALSO READ Parents told by a doctor to abort quintuplets make Guinness World Record