More and more kids and adults are being diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder and other types of neurodivergence. If you love someone on the spectrum, you might wonder how he or she processes concepts like salvation or the church. How can parents help autistic kids come to know and love Jesus? Larah from @raisingautisticdisciples is here to encourage parents on this journey. Larah Roberts has worked in ministry since college, but it was when her son was diagnosed with ASD as a young child that...
Mar 11, 2025•46 min•Season 1Ep. 121
Sexual addiction is a cry for intimacy and connection that has gone awry. The betrayal a partner feels is excruciating. So how can couples heal, move beyond addictive behaviors, and find true intimacy? Matthew and Joanna Raabsmith are here to share their journey and how they are helping couples heal and discover new levels of intimacy. Matthew and Joanna Raabsmith are a Coach-Therapist team with seminary backgrounds who offer coaching, retreats, and more, including small groups and a book --all ...
Feb 25, 2025•46 min•Season 1Ep. 120
We never want our children to suffer, but tragedy can strike any family. How do you talk to your kids about death? How do you lead them through grief when you are grieving yourself? Erin Nelson and Colleen Montague are here to talk about Jessica's House , a grief center serving families in Central California, and their new book, When Grief Comes Home: A Gentle Guide for Living Through Loss While Supporting Your Child . Erin Nelson is the founder of Jessica's House and Colleen Montague is a licen...
Feb 11, 2025•49 min•Season 1Ep. 119
When a life-altering tragedy, or even just a big disappointment, threatens to derail your hopes and dreams, you might need a little bit of hope to believe that God plans to get you through it. After her husband's death, Tricia believed that her life was over, but God showed her that she could have "another beautiful life." Today she shares about how you can find peace, gain confidence, and transform your mind. Tricia Zody is a Christian life coach, speaker, and podcaster, and now the author of h...
Jan 28, 2025•49 min•Season 1Ep. 118
After a traumatic divorce, Kathy struggled to find the support she needed as a Christian woman, so she created it! In this episode, Kathy shares her pain, hard-won wisdom, and compassion for those who are navigating being divorced with all the changes to social life, church community, sense of self, and parenting. Kathy Kaspar is a certified coach, writer, speaker, and leader of the Success After the Storm community for Christian women coming through divorce. Find out more at successafterthestor...
Jan 14, 2025•58 min•Season 1Ep. 117
It's a new year and we're being bombarded with messages about goals, resolutions, and transformations. It's high time that we get practical about setting goals in a way that works with our brains and honors God. In this episode, Renee Booe helps us to understand that we first consider who we want to be before we can decide what we should do. Renee Booe is a Biblical Brain-Based Life Coach and host of the Personal Growth for Christians podcast . You can find out more about coaching based in neuro...
Dec 31, 2024•49 min•Season 1Ep. 116
ADHD brains are fascinating, creative, and capable of amazing things, but if you or someone you love struggles with the difficult parts of ADHD, this episode is for you. Chad Potts is back to talk about lifestyle changes, parenting strategies, and how pharmaceuticals can offer support. Chad Potts is a pharmacist, pastor, coach, and host of the RevRx Podcast. Find out more at www.therevrx.com and get his newsletter to be notified when the 40 Grit Challenge returns in 2025. Follow @soulgritr...
Dec 17, 2024•58 min•Season 4Ep. 115
If you were a youth group kid in the 90s, you are already familiar with the movement now known as "Purity Culture," a social, political, and religious movement aimed at pushing young people to "save" themselves for marriage. While there were biblical roots to this idea, many young people suffered trauma, shame, and misshapen sexual identities from some of the tactics. Dr. Camden Morgante is a psychologist who writes, speaks, and counsels people who want to recover from damage done by Purity Cult...
Dec 03, 2024•39 min•Season 4Ep. 114
The holiday season is often a mix of stress and joy, but if you've lost someone, you might be dreading it. Bart Blair lost his teen son in 2021 and is using his experience in pastoral ministry to process through the complicated feelings of grief during the Christmas season. Trigger Warning: Teen suicide. Bart Blair is a pastor, author, and podcaster who specializes in church marketing and growth. Check out his new book Grief Makes Christmas Complicated and head over to his website makemorediscip...
Nov 19, 2024•47 min•Season 4Ep. 113
What does neurodiversity mean in the context of your family? Why does God allow some of us to suffer more than others? How can we think biblically about the the different ways our brains work? Emily Flowers is a blogger and a mom to a neurodivergent child who suffers with a psychiatric diagnosis. Through years of struggling, she is discovering how Jesus makes her radiant as she looks to Him. Find her on IG @neuro.radiant and on her blog at neuroradiant.blog . Follow @soulgritresources &nbs...
Nov 05, 2024•38 min•Season 4Ep. 112
Psychiatrist, psychologist, or therapist? Which one should you see and when? Dr. Uejin Kim is a Texas-based child psychiatrist who started her private practice because she wanted to integrate her faith more authentically in her treatment of patients. In this episode, she discusses how her healing from church hurt and acknowledging her spiritual gifts has made her a better psychiatrist. Dr. Uejin Kim is the host of the Good New Mental Health Podcast and the owner of Restore Psychiatry located in ...
Oct 22, 2024•52 min•Season 4Ep. 111
Have you noticed how divided our country is feeling just weeks away from Election Day? How do you deal with anxiety related to politics? How do therapists keep it together in sessions when clients have different beliefs? How can our Christian identity help us face this political climate with faith and hope? In this solo episode, Ann talks through the reasons for so much political anxiety, how therapists are helping, and how our faith can overcome division and angst. Follow @soulgritresourc...
Oct 08, 2024•39 min•Season 4Ep. 110
How many feelings do you have in an average week? Probably a lot more than you acknowledge, express, or investigate! Depending on the culture and faith tradition that you've grown up in, you might not have learned how to think about your emotions, let alone talk to God about them. That can leave you feeling alone, awkward, and disconnected from God and others. Anjuli Paschall is helping us learn how to identify, describe, and surrender our emotions. Anjuli Paschall is an author, spiritual direct...
Sep 24, 2024•50 min•Season 4Ep. 109
We all became adults with quirks, hang-ups, and self-protective masks. But what if you could really let your essential self out of hiding, live in an integrated way, and pursue your dreams with new resilience? Dr. Merry Lin is here to share about her new book Rebecoming: Come Out of Hiding to Live as Your God-Given Essential Self , where she shows how personalities are developed--and hopefully re-made more authentically in adulthood. Dr. Merry Lin is a psychologist and author based in Toronto, C...
Sep 10, 2024•1 hr 2 min•Season 4Ep. 108
Whether you choose to drink or not, you have a relationship with alcohol, a readily available and socially acceptable substance that has the power both to add to celebrations and to destroy lives. If you're considering reducing or eliminating alcohol from your life, you will need support. Our guest today shares her story about why she chose to forsake alcohol and how she's helping others do the same. Tiffany Hopkins is a certified health coach, nutrition specialist, and a licensed independent so...
Aug 20, 2024•53 min•Season 4Ep. 107
Medications for mental health disorders can be a tricky subject, especially among Christians. If you've been prescribed something for your depression, anxiety, or mood, chances are your doctor didn't have time to explain to you how the medicine would work and what to expect. In this episode, we'll hear from Chad Potts, a pharmacist and pastor, about medicine and non-medical approaches to improving your mental health. Chad Potts is a pharmacist, pastor, coach, and the host of the new RevRX Podcas...
Aug 06, 2024•59 min•Season 4Ep. 106
Is stress just the standard mode of operation in our modern society? It seems like everyone you meet is "busy" or "overwhelmed." What if you could learn to use spiritual practices to have more of the rest and abundant life that Jesus talked about? Barb Roose is a speaker, coach, Bible teacher, and the author of the new book Stronger than Stress: 10 Spiritual Practices to Win the Battle of Overwhelm . Get a free gift at www.barbroose.com and follow along on Instagram @barbroose for more encourage...
Jul 23, 2024•44 min•Season 4Ep. 105
Many of us can improve our mental health by taking a few simple steps for our whole health--body, mind, and spirit. By working with an integrative health practitioner, you can find out how to get the bad stuff out and the good stuff in . Our guest today works with women from a Christian perspective on their physical, mental, and emotional health. Denise Sultenfuss, MA is a Certified Health-Wellness Coach and Certified Integrative Health Practitioner. Check out her FREE meal plan and other freebi...
Jul 09, 2024•41 min•Season 4Ep. 104
If your teen has strayed or struggled, you might feel very alone as a parent. Our guest today has experienced it all with her parenting journey: from adoption, to body image, to self-harm, to jail time, all contributing to her own struggling health and relationships. But she is here today to offer hope and encouragement to parents of teens in crisis with a message: "You are not alone." Stacy Lee Flury is a Christian author and speaker who supports parents of teens in crisis. You can find her two...
Jun 25, 2024•40 min•Season 4Ep. 103
Ever had a fight with your partner about finances? Or made a money decision that you didn't really want to share with your partner? Financial stress is one of the leading causes of relationship breakdown, so it's imperative that husbands and wives learn to talk about money and create a system that works. Karen Hackman is a finance coach who specializes in helping married couples get on the same page about money. You can find out more and get your FREE Happy Couples Budgeting Tool at www.moneyand...
Jun 11, 2024•44 min•Season 4Ep. 102
A field of study is emerging around psychedelics, promising quicker resolution to trauma and relief from depression. But is it legitimate? Should Christians consider using ketamine, MDMA, or other varieties of psychedelics to heal? What spiritual implications, if any, should we consider? Amelia Mora Mars is a licensed therapist in Southern California who collaborates with medical staff to offer safe and productive Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP). Her interest in the field started with her ...
May 28, 2024•49 min•Season 3Ep. 101
Are you driven to rack up accomplishments, only to feel like you're never doing enough? Our guest Rachael Jenneman understands how it feels to look like you're doing all the things on the outside, but on inside you feel like an underachiever. She'll share how to find your purpose and how to be ok with exactly God's timing for your life. Rachael Jenneman is the host of Unique on Purpose and the author of the newly released Underachiever: Finding Contentment in an Achievement Obsessed World . You ...
May 14, 2024•1 hr 7 min•Season 3Ep. 100
Attachment refers to our styles of relating to our caregivers from our earliest moments. It shapes the way we carry out business, connect in relationships, and parent our kids. It even colors the way we connect to God. Reverend Summer Gross is here to show us how God offers us secure attachment and how we can turn towards Him. Summer Joy Gross is an Anglican priest, retreat leader, spiritual director, and author of The Emmanuel Promise: Discovering the Security of a Life Held by God . She hosts ...
Apr 30, 2024•53 min•Season 3Ep. 99
One in four pregnancies results in miscarriage, so chances are, you or someone you know has dealt with the specific, private kind of grief that comes from a lost pregnancy. How can we as Christians respond in a faithful, loving way to the reality of miscarriage? How does miscarriage impact our emotional and relational health? Cate Purvis is a mom and birth doula turned miscarriage support advocate and the creator of the Christian Miscarriage Co. Follow her on social media to find out about books...
Apr 16, 2024•46 min•Season 3Ep. 98
No one heads to the altar planning for a divorce someday. We think that as Christians we should be able to beat the odds. Our churches are not set up to minister to people going through this life-altering split. That's what our guest noticed when he was struggling through his divorce amidst the chaos of the COVID pandemic. Todd Turner created the Unyoked Podcast and workbook to help Christians facing divorce learn the milestones towards divorce recovery. You can find him at www.toddturner.com an...
Apr 04, 2024•57 min•Season 3Ep. 97
When life feels out of control and the pain in unbearable, some of us turn to self-injury for a sense of relief. Rather than wanting to die, many people with self-injurious behaviors simply want a reliable way to quiet the noise. Unfortunately, like other attempts at controlling our pain, self-injury can lead to serious problems, not the least of which is shame. Brittany Tinsley is a writer and self-injury support advocate here to talk with us about how we can understand and respond to self-inju...
Mar 19, 2024•51 min•Season 3Ep. 96
As a therapist, one of Ann's top skills is helping anxious and panicking people learn how to regulate their minds and bodies so that a "swirly" mind and edgy body don't interrupt life. In this solo episode, Ann unpacks the "first line of defense" against anxiety and shows you how to practice three techniques that will stave off a panic attack. If you try these techniques on yourself or with a friend, make sure to let us know how it went! Disclaimer: these are general techniques that are helpful ...
Mar 05, 2024•28 min•Season 3Ep. 95
Have you been told not to trust your emotions? Or have you inadvertently learned that your mind is more important to your faith than your feelings? Jesus actually has something to say about our emotions! He shows us His own emotions and shapes the emotions of His followers in the Gospels. Becky Castle Miller is a New Testament scholar, author, and emotions coach, here to help us make sense of how discipleship and emotional health go hand in hand. You can learn more about Becky at beckycastlemill...
Feb 20, 2024•46 min•Season 3Ep. 94
Most Christians know that Jesus talks about fasting in the Gospels, but many of us don't have a regular practice of fasting or even understand it. Dr. Tabatha was a conventionally trained OB/GYN struggling with her own health when she went back to study functional medicine. She realized that fasting is not only a spiritual discipline, but it is a superpower when it comes to our physical health and mental well-being. Dr. Tabatha Barber is the host of the The Gutsy Gynecologist Podcast, a tri...
Feb 06, 2024•54 min•Season 3Ep. 93
"Give yourself grace" is a common phrase in our culture, but how does it fit in with the biblical concept of grace? And does the modern psychology concept of self-compassion fit within a biblical worldview? Join us, two Christian therapists still figuring it out, as we explore these concepts. Kristina Tucker is a Licensed Professional Counselor and Christian Yoga instructor in Georgia. You can find her at https://healingroots.online/ where you can also link to her socials. Some resources mention...
Dec 12, 2023•41 min•Season 3Ep. 92
