a podcast at the intersection of Christianity & mental health.

Episodes

Recast - Black Mental Wellness, the Black Church, & Public Health (feat. Brandon Johnson)

Recast: This week we’re joined by Brandon Johnson, public health expert and creator of The Black Mental Wellness Lounge. We talk about why conversations specific to black mental health matter (including suicide prevention), how a public health lens helps, and the role that the black church can play.

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161 - Vulnerability vs. Exploitation & How We Find Our Self-Worth (feat. Eryn Eddy)

This week we’re joined by Eryn Eddy, founder of So Worth Loving! We talk about sharing our stories, when that can be unhealthy, navigating burnout & divorce, healing, and how we can find our self-worth along the journey. Eryn is also the author of So Worth Loving: How Discovering Your True Value Changes Everything.

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158 - Peace as a Practice (feat. Morgan Harper Nichols)

For our last interview of Season 6, we’re excited to have the return of Morgan Harper Nichols! She talks to us about her recent autism diagnosis, how viewing peace as a practice is helpful, and some ways to engage in that practice. Morgan is an artist, a poet, and the author of Peace Is a Practice: An Invitation to Breathe Deep and Find a New Rhythm for Life.

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157 - What If Our Pain Is Telling Us Something? (feat. Eric Minton)

This week we talk with writer, pastor, and therapist Eric Minton. He talks to us about his new book It's Not You, It's Everything: What Our Pain Reveals about the Anxious Pursuit of the Good Life. Why are we all so depressed and anxious? Are those things individual concerns or reflections of larger problems with our society? Eric gives us his thoughts from his years working in helping professions.

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156 - Navigating Depression & Doubt with Saints (feat. Diana Gruver)

This week we talk with Diana Gruver, author of Companions in the Darkness: Seven Saints Who Struggled with Depression and Doubt. She talks to us about the struggles of people like Charles Spurgeon, Mother Theresa, William Cowper, Martin Luther King Jr., and more. In the intro, Robert & Holly talk about historical figures that have shaped them.

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155 - Spirituality in Therapy Sessions (feat. Russell Siler Jones)

This week we’re joined by Russell Siler Jones to talk about his book Spirit in Session: Working with Your Client’s Spirituality (and Your Own) in Psychotherapy. He talks with us about why spirituality matters for all of us, some ways spirituality shows up in conversations, and why paying attention to our own spiritual journey is important to helping others.

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152 - How to Find Contentment (Instead of Happiness) (feat. Niro Feliciano)

This week we talk with Niro Feliciano about the difference between happiness & contentment (13:02), why happiness is so hard to find in the first place (17:37), and the 8 keys to contentment (24:11). These keys include things like connection (27:38) and present focus (33:34). In the intro, Robert & Holly talk about birthday parties for animals!

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149 - Black Mental Wellness, the Black Church, & Public Health (feat. Brandon Johnson)

This week we’re joined by Brandon Johnson, public health expert and creator of The Black Mental Wellness Lounge. We talk about why conversations specific to black mental health matter (including suicide prevention), how a public health lens helps, and the role that the black church can play. In the intro, Robert & Holly talk about famous people from their hometowns.

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Recast - Seeing the Sacred in Ourselves & Each Other (feat. Dr. Holly Oxhandler)

It’s book launch day for Holly’s brand new book The Soul of The Helper! To celebrate, we’re releasing the interview we did where Robert interviews Holly about it. In a really special intro, Robert’s copy of the book gets delivered (seriously) and Holly reads the Intention from the book for our listeners. (There’s a lot of Robert’s dog Nox in this intro.)

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