Mental Health Episodes

Some years pile everything on at once. Aaron and Jennifer Smith called 2024 "whiplash." In this episode, discover what Psalm 55:22 says to the person who is overwhelmed and running out of their own resources.

When someone else gets what you've been praying for, something in you twists. In this episode, discover what Asaph did with his envy, and why bringing it to God finds a different home than burying it in private.

Every year, 2.7 million Americans stop going to church. Most walked away from something that wounded them. In this episode, discover what God says to the person whose church let them down, and where the road back actually starts.

There's a kind of grief that comes from watching someone you love suffer and knowing you can't make it stop. In this episode, discover what Job 2 says about presence, and why staying in the room is often the most loving thing you can do.

Most of us wait until the work slows down before we rest. It never slows down. In this episode, discover what Genesis 2 and decades of workplace research say about rest as something you were built for, not something you earn. Two researchers named Charlotte Fritz and Sabine Sonnentag spent years tracking what happens to workers who never fully stop. Study after study showed the same pattern: the workers who protected their off time and fully disengaged during evenings and weekends came back mor...

Most of us know what it feels like to carry something unresolved for longer than we should. In this episode, discover what Acts 24:16 says about a clear conscience, and what it costs to get one back.

Some losses come with a casserole and a card. Others you carry alone because the world doesn't have a name for them. In this episode, discover what Psalm 34:18 says about which broken hearts God draws close to.

There's a loneliness that comes with being the person everyone leans on. In this episode, discover what God said to Moses when he hit his limit, and why the load He designed for you was never meant to be carried alone.

Most of us carry a picture of what our lives were supposed to look like by now. In this episode, discover why the gap between that picture and your life produces grief worth naming, and why God's plan fits better than the one you drew up.

Most of us were taught that anger at God is off-limits. In this episode, discover why the Psalms say otherwise, and how bringing your fury to God is an act of faith rather than a failure of it.

Most of us aren't confused about whether we're holding a grudge. We know. In this episode, discover what bitterness does to the people carrying it, and why letting go is an act of self-preservation.

When someone you love is caught in addiction, you're carrying a grief most people around you can't see. In this episode, discover what God says to the ones who keep loving, keep praying, and keep standing at the door.

There are moments when what God seems to be asking feels like more than you can offer. In this episode, discover what it looks like to keep moving toward God when the ask feels like too much, fear and all.

Many believers carry low-grade guilt every time they say no, even when the request is more than they can give. In this episode, learn what Jesus shows us about setting limits, and how to say no without feeling like you're letting God down.

Some regrets don't fade with time. In this episode, discover what God says about the mercy that covered your sin, and why you can start moving forward before the regret is gone.

There's a particular weariness that comes from praying for someone you love who remains far from God. In this episode, discover why the silence isn't absence, and what God asks of you when you can't see what He's doing.

A lot of people stay away from God longer than they need to because they're waiting until they feel worthy enough to return. In this episode, discover why you don't have to get right before you come back. Coming back is how the getting-right starts.

Most of us worry about the sins we commit. Fewer of us stop to consider the good we never did. In this episode, discover why indifference is not neutral, and what Jesus said about the people who walked past someone bleeding on the road.

There are moments when following God means losing something you love. In this episode, discover what it looks like when obedience stops being a concept and becomes a cost, and why God has never failed anyone who said yes.

Looking back, most of us can point to a prayer God said no to that we are now grateful He didn't answer. In this episode, discover why God's refusals are not rejections, and how His no is often the most loving thing He does for us.

What do you do when the person who hurt you never apologizes, never acknowledges the harm, or has already passed away? In this episode, discover why forgiveness is not for them. It is for you.

Spiritual pride doesn't look like arrogance. It looks like conviction. In this episode, discover how theological knowledge can quietly make you superior rather than compassionate, and what God says about it.

Do you minimize your pain and carry things alone because you don't want to be a burden? In this episode, discover why that belief is not just unhelpful, it's wrong, and how letting others in is exactly what God designed.

Most believers don't walk away from God in one dramatic moment. They drift. In this episode, discover how the slow, silent drift happens, and how to find your way back one small step at a time.