Illuminated Soul with Craig Westhoff

Ep 92 - 3 Paths to Calm When Overwhelmed

We can meet the fatigue from being emotionally overwhelmed with 3 unique pathways. Find out what yours might be on today's episode of Illuminated Soul with Craig West!

Ep 91 - 3 Common Responses to Feeling Overwhelmed

How do you respond when fatigue sets in from being emotionally overwhelmed? Most likely it's one of 3 reactions. Understand your reaction so you can respond with better action!

Ep 90 - A Quick Way to Calm Down

Stressed? Anxious? Mental chatter at an all time high? Sounds like you need to get grounded. Here's one, simple and effective way to do just that!

Ep 89 - A Simple Question to Gain a Better Perception

The meaning you attach to something produces the emotion in your life and this feeds your perception. When your perception is distorted, here's a simple question to help broaden your imagination of what is happening to you.

Ep 88 - A Simple Way to Pause with Emotion

Can you spare 6 seconds? If so, this simple little practice can help you break through the emotional spirit and lend much to your peace of mind and heart!

Ep 87 - This Simple Definition of Depression Really Helped Me.

Part of the struggle with depression can be not knowing what it really is... what you're really dealing with. Years ago I was given a simple definition of depression that really helped me and provided a great question we can ask ourselves in our healing journey.

Ep 86 - Get in the BOAT this New Year!

Many mixed emotions pop up when entering the New Year. From anticipation and excitement to fear and reluctance. In this episode Craig shares a different way to approach the New Year. All you need is a BOAT.

Ep 85 - Ground of Your Longing

Enjoy this Christmas meditation that focuses on longing. We try to fulfill our longing for God through objects of attachment and that can create a lot of emotional pain. And in the midst of all of this, we have access to the ground of our deepest longing!

Ep 84 - Make Sure You Receive THIS Gift for Christmas!

There's a gift you can receive this year that will allow you to freely experience and express all emotions, feelings and thoughts!

Ep 83 - The Mind of Christmas

In this episode Craig shares an honest confession about how he feels about Christmas, an intriguing question, and a self-reflection exercise to help us maintain peace of mind during the holiday season.

Ep 81 - Take This For Your Emotional Health

There is something you can take right now that will benefit your emotional and mental health. And it's free!

Ep 80 - 3 Components of the Emotion of Gratitude

Gratitude is not just an attitude, but an emotion. Practicing these 3 components is an invitation to a new life!

Ep 79 - Name It to Tame It

Discover the calming power of simply putting words to feelings!

Ep 78 - This One Question is a Lifesaver!

When distracted by intrusive thoughts and feeling emotionally overwhelmed, ask yourself this ONE question.

Ep 77 - You Can Change Your Brain!

Tired of the way your brain operates at times? You can use your mind to rewire your brain to work for you and with your true self.

Ep 76 - The Quickest Way to Change Your Emotional State

Ep 75 - A Most Important Practice Jesus Gave Us

Of all the things Jesus gave His disciples to participate in while in the midst of confusion and pain, why was it this simple yet unbelievably powerful practice?

Ep 74 - Anxious? Help is Just a Breathe Away

In this episode Craig introduces a simple, yet powerful way of prayer when anxiety seems to ruling the moment.

Ep 73 - 3 Obstacles to Authenticity

What if a lot of the anxiety, depression, addiction, resentment, etc. could be in part to our fear of authenticity?

Ep 72 - A Simple Way to Get in Touch With Realty

When intrusive thoughts get the better of us, causing us to lose touch with reality, here's a simple way to get back in touch!

Ep 71 - Listen and Live: A Meditation

We are always listening to a voice. Always. Mindful listening precedes mindful living. May this short meditation with questions for self-reflection encourage you today!

Ep 70 - New Things Out of Chaos

In the midst of the internal and external chaos we can experience in life, something beautiful is longing to be formed. But, it's dependent on you and me being open to this one, necessary thing.

Ep 69 - The Serious Need for Play

Play is more than a particular activity and the emotional and mental health benefits are simply wonderful! Let's take seriously the need for play!

Ep 68 - A Different Take on Taking Thoughts Captive

Taking every thought captive sounds great! But how? It can seem more frustrating than freeing at times. Enjoy this unique perspective on taking a thought captive!

Ep 67 - Remain Here to Remain at Peace

Be this one thing and peace of mind will be readily available!

Ep 66 - How To Shake Off a Bad Mood

There is a way to shake off a bad mood instead of having that bad mood shake you up! Today... let's learn what makes up a bad mood and the simple, yet powerful ways we can shake it off.

Ep 65 - Accepting and Addressing Triggers

Triggers! They sneak up on us and often catch us unaware. I have a few helpful questions we can ask ourselves to help us navigate and respond well when that trigger is pulled.

Ep 64 - The Awesome Benefits of Awe!

Want to calm your mind, improve focus, decrease rumination? You'll be in awe over the benefits of awe!

Ep 63 - Destructive Urges? Try this!

Those destructive urges we all can experience can feel like they'll last forever! You'll be surprised how short their lifespan really is and what we can do to ride them out!

Ep 62 - Judge Not Your Feelings

We can be too quick to judge our feelings as bad or good. Let's look at how we do this and how we can put the gavel aside.