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Strong Tower Mental Health Podcast

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Strong Tower Mental Health is an authentic and encouraging podcast hosted by Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Heidi Mortenson. Get ready for heaven to be unlocked in your soul with real life stories, skills, and amazing guests who will inspire you. Topics on this podcast include vulnerability, authenticity, how to have difficult conversations, keeping healthy boundaries with others, marriage, depression, anxiety, addiction, co-dependency and more. You will learn how to pull the gold from yourself and others, and walk in freedom no matter the circumstances surrounding you. Learn more at https://heidimortensonlmft.com/
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203. Endings | New Things | It’s About Jesus

Do you feel like God is doing a new thing in you? Have you felt like you’ve been in transition? I have been in a transition season this past year after selling my business and I am sensing God drawing me into His heart in a deeper way than I’ve ever been before. I am sensing that I need to lay down the podcast for a season until I have the green light again. Normally I am a big dreamer and have all sorts of ideas but right now I don’t have anything. I am trying to listen to God and what He has f...

Dec 16, 202428 min

202. Seeing Angels and Demons with Micah Turnbo

Have you seen angels and demons? Do you sense things in the spirit? In this encouraging episode with Seer and Prophet Micah Turnbo, you will be drawn into the heart of God and a relationship with the Holy Spirit. As a child, Micah could see angels, demons and other spiritual creatures. This episode will dive into many great topics, including when to seek counseling even when you have spiritual gifts. Often people are diagnosed with mental illnesses when they have spiritual sensitivities and gift...

Dec 09, 20241 hr 16 min

201. Addiction Is Not a Disease with Melissa Huray

Have you felt ashamed of your addiction? Do you want to experience God’s empowerment instead of judgement? Melissa Huray with an author and host of the Hope Report. She challenges our typical belief in addictions and shifts us to think of the radical hope of being free because of Jesus. Many think addictions are a disease but Melissa challenges us to see it as an attempt to solve a problem. In this episode you will hear about some of the controversial topics around addiction, deliverance, and me...

Dec 02, 202440 min

200. Witchcraft, Affairs and Magic with Amanda Hirdler

Are you still dabbling with the world and Christianity? Are you all in for the Kingdom of God? Amanda grew up in a Christian home but wasn’t buying it and she rebelled against her parents. She experienced a traumatic moment with a friend who became paralyzed by diving into the water but grew a weird savior complex that she was better than him. She started having affairs, dating and living with other man while still being married. They got divorced and she got involved in crystals, tarot cards, h...

Nov 25, 202438 min

199. Hope After Church Hurt with Joe Dobbins

Church hurt is a word that has been used quite a bit lately but what does it mean? And if we have been hurt by a church, what does Jesus want for us in response? What we often don’t see when we are hurt is that it is the people of God who hurt us, but God’s heart is for us to be healed. Pastor Joe Dobbins is the lead pastor of Twin Rivers Church in Missouri, USA, and he write a book called “Hope After Church Hurt”. He talks about 8 unique hurts from the church and how we can find a unique path f...

Nov 18, 202436 min

198. Moving Forward After Messing Up with Dr. Chris Rappazini

Have you felt stuck because of messes in your family? Do you believe some areas in your life are beyond repair? There is a new future with a God of second chances. Dr. Chris Rappazini is an author, speaker and life coach who takes us into his journey. He shares about his own brother’s addictions, where he had misses himself and could have been Jesus where he wasn’t. He talks about how both him and his brother can move forward but not after accessing God’s grace. Our God delights in forgiveness a...

Nov 11, 202430 min

197. False Prophets and Psychological Control with Dr. Mark Chironna

Have you experienced false prophesy and psychological damage from it? Have you had a leader in your church demand that you listen to them even though their character was tainted? In this revelatory episode, you will hear the brilliant Dr. Mark Chironna talk about the biblical intention of prophesy and how we have gravitated towards trinket show prophesy instead of Jesus. He talks about the shift in the church of egos wanting to be praised instead of seeking the real savior in Jesus Christ. We al...

Nov 04, 202451 min

196. The Satanic Church to Jesus Encounter with Riaan Swiegelaar

Riaann Swiegelaar was one of the founders of the Satanic Church of South Africa and was radically transformed by the love of Jesus. In the middle of a sacrifice, Jesus came into the room. He shares his powerful testimony of transformation through real love. Riaann is candid and talks about how we, as Christians need to trust in the power of the Holy Spirit to transformation people, instead of controlling them. We need to understand the battle that is around us instead of ignoring it and looking ...

Oct 28, 202459 min

195. Confronting the Thief with Jane Hamon

Do you feel like you are under attack lately? Do you feel equipped to take on the enemy? Many Christians operate with a “this is life” mentality and don’t know how to truly utilize the power of God within them. Renowned minister, author and pioneer of faith, Jane Hamon, shares some powerful strategies of how we can overcome the enemy. Jane has overcome much in her life and has paved the way for many of us to know what to do. In this powerful episode, you will hear how we can take back what the e...

Oct 21, 202455 min

194. Prayer for Relationships and Difficulties - BONUS EPISODE

Looking for more prayer or ministry? This episode is a BONUS episode for prayer for our hearts in the midst of difficulties. There is a lot going on and we can get distracted away from God. “For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.” ~Ephesians 6:12 Find more about Heidi: www.heidimortensonlmft.com Purchase the book The Brave Encourager: h...

Oct 17, 202411 min

193. Impossible to Possible Relationships

When the trauma and pain others have that they aren’t deal with affects us, it gets really hard. We want to just check out or leave or not continue that relationship. This is how divorce and broken families happens. But what about what God can do? How do we allow God to move in dry and hard ground where there isn’t permission by the person? For example, a spouse who is not a believer and continues to struggle with addiction, abusive language and heart towards others? People may or not be aware o...

Oct 14, 202425 min

192. Don’t Stop in Defeat with Tyler Feller

Have you felt hardships holding you back to move forward? Are you wanting to move forward with what God has for you? God isn’t a cosmic coke machine! Too many of us settle for the mediocre when God desires for us to live a life greater than we could ever imagine. Pastor Tyler Feller shares his childhood story of being inspired by a teacher mistakenly calling him “preacher”, and his love of God brought him to learn the Truths of God’s kingdom. This interview is engaging and inspiring. You will he...

Oct 07, 202438 min

191. It Starts in the Heart | Mark 7

Do you feel like you have big emotions and can’t control them? Or you have people around you who continue to have big emotions and make unhealthy choices with them? We can speak all you we but if our heart is impure and defiled, what comes out of it won’t be good. We can get stuck in bitterness, fear, anger or unforgiveness and have spiritual blindness that we don’t want. The fruit that grows is more important that what is said. Jesus wants us to live with joy, vitality, peace and with a pure an...

Sep 30, 202427 min

190. Kingdom Culture Transformation with Luke Askew

Do you know where God wants you to transform culture? Do you know where your place is in the Kingdom of God? Jesus is about bringing heavenly culture to the earth, teaching us how to live and create His culture. Luke Askew is a Kingdom Coach from England. He grew up doing this his way and struggled with anxiety and depression. He came to the end of his own will and path. He found himself shouting to a God that he didn’t believe in. He had great parents with good morals, but did not know God or w...

Sep 23, 202438 min

189. Beat Worldly Distractions

Have you been getting distracted lately? Do you feel like God’s voice has been muffled a bit? In this political season, it can be hard to feel like you hear clearly from the Lord. There are so many stories that can get our attention and we can be sucked into the news and stay there. It’s not that these stories or the news are bad, but what stirs in our heart and mind afterwards can be. How can we identify if we are getting too distracted, and what can we do about this? In this episode, you will ...

Sep 16, 202427 min

188. Spiritual Family & Mental Health in the Church with Colette Toach

Do you believe that most trauma takes place in the home? What is God’s purpose for trauma? God doesn’t waste anything. This episode is rich with revelation, wisdom and trauma healing. Colette Toach and her husband are originally from South Africa and are in full time ministry all over the world. They saw miracles take place by walking through deliverance and trauma dealing at the dinner table. This beautiful conversation blends mental health in the church naturally. She was doing neuroscience be...

Sep 09, 202446 min

187. 6 Myths of Vulnerability

Do you wonder how some people seem to do “authenticity” so well? Or they just seem so confident and sure of themselves but it’s not fake? In this episode you will hear the 6 myths of vulnerability based on the research by Brene Brown. Heidi is a Certified Daring Way Facilitator and teaches groups like Daring Greatly and today you will get a little piece of this work. It's world changing and head tipping. Why does vulnerability make you authentic? Because Jesus was authentic. Jesus cried, wept, w...

Sep 02, 202427 min

186. Atheism, Kindness, Nobility and Wisdom with Carrie Lloyd

Are you frustrated by the divisiveness in the world? Do you desire a world of kindness and wisdom as a Christian? Carrie Lloyd is an author, pastor, foster parent and many other roles. She is from England and was an only child raised by 2 Baptist parents. She left her extremist faith and became an atheist after the death of her father. However, God pursued her in such a beautiful way through butterflies. She says that she “got fed up with being arrogant” and wanted to truly know what defines nob...

Aug 26, 202450 min

185. EMDR Therapy: What It Is and What a Session Looks Like

Have you heard of EMDR therapy or had someone recommend it to you? Do you wonder what it actually is and what happens in a session? Is it like hypnosis? In this episode, you will hear the details about what EMDR therapy is, who it’s recommended for and what it does. It stands for Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing. You will learn what happens in an actually session and the pros and cons of it. As a Christian trauma therapist, Heidi is certified in EMDR and integrates it in her therapy...

Aug 19, 202426 min

184. Judgement, Satanism and God’s BIG Love with Adele Vrey

Have you felt judged by other Christians? Have you secretly judged others for their choices or even how they look? Adele Vrey had her first experience of God during an abortion and was apart of the Satanic Church. She now loves other Satanists into the arms of God. God is not intimidated by our circumstances, secrets and sins. In this episode, you will hear Adele share the testimony of Riaan Sweigalaar, the ex-leader of the Satanic Church of South Africa. She was the person who loved him even th...

Aug 12, 202439 min

183. Insecurities and Struggling to Fit In

Do you feel like you don’t fit in? Have you felt like your insecurities keep you from completely being yourself? We weren’t meant to fit in! We were meant to stand out and be the vessel of the Kingdom of God. We often struggle to recognize this because of who and what is around us. The world can “feel” so much bigger. In this episode, you will hear a very vulnerable and authentic journal that was written 6 years ago that many of us might need today. Sometimes you need to get advice from yourself...

Aug 05, 202424 min

182. Does God Actually Care? with Patricia Olson, LMFT

Have you struggled to believe God actually loves you? Have you been angry with God? Patti Olson struggled with low self-esteem, teen pregnancy, rage, sexual abuse, partying and being angry with God. Now a licensed therapist and author, she shares her powerful testimony and how God healed her. We often try to avoid everything and everyone because they hurt us, but this doesn’t allow God into those spaces in our heart. If there is something you are believing that is not true, God wants to heal thi...

Jul 29, 202433 min

181. How to Handle Toxic Shame

Have you been dealing with toxic shame and feel like you are less than God designed? Do you have close people in your life who continue to toxically shame you? Are you toxically shaming yourself? We need to get a hold of unhealthy and toxic shame and instead behold The One who made us, Jesus Christ. This world has so much toxicity and polarity that it can be hard to field through where we end and toxicity begins. Jesus is the author of Truth and Life and He designed us to live in freedom. We nee...

Jul 22, 202430 min

180. Raising Prophetic Children with Debra Giles

Has your child had a bad dream? Do you sense your children have spiritual gifts but aren’t sure how to steward them? Do you want to integrate faith for your kids but aren’t sure how? Debra Giles did just that for 4 of her spiritually gifted sons and has written a book to share with us! Often our children share spiritual things with us but we don’t know how to steward what they are seeing or sensing. We just think they are creative and imaginative. What if they are sensing something from God and ...

Jul 15, 202448 min

179. Healthy Shame verses Toxic Shame

We hear the word shame and believe that it’s bad right? When we feel it we want that feeling gone, no matter how we can get it to leave. Is shame always bad? Is there such thing as healthy shame? We usually use church words such as condemnation or conviction. God can use neuroscience to help us understand relationships, connection and joy. In this episode, I will take from different sources, including the Bible, the book The Other Half of Church, Brené Brown and my personal experiences. When we ...

Jul 08, 202425 min

178. Biblical Masculinity with Jake Hamilton

Do you have passion for your family and your legacy to be in God’s will? Are you tired of the attack on marriage, gender and families? In this episode, you will hear an encouraging interview with well known worship artist and author Jake Hamilton. This conversation will lead you deep into the impact of story and what men truly need right now. Jake is honest and vulnerable as he shares his weaknesses and misses he has had himself. Self-confidence is found in self-awareness, asking questions, deal...

Jul 01, 202442 min

177. Whole Brain Christianity

Have you felt discouraged with your faith? Do you feel like you have a healthy community to grow in? There is revelation and hope in neuroscience for us to be encouraged, increase in joy and feel loved in our community. Spiritual growth is something that can be missing if we aren’t using our whole brain. We may not even realize that we are only using half of our brain. In this episode, I will take from the book The Other Half of Church and talk about the elements they identify are needed in the ...

Jun 24, 202428 min

176. Finding Audacious Boldness with Kim Maas

Do you feel like you don’t have the strength to fight the things in your life? Have you felt like you have low self-worth? In this episode, you will be encouraged to find audacious boldness that God gave you. Kim Maas didn’t have self-worth. Medication didn’t help. She was convinced SHE was the problem. She was married to an alcoholic and drug addict and filed for divorce. But she heard the voice of God and a miracle happened in her life. You will hear her compelling testimony and be encouraged ...

Jun 17, 202456 min

175. Sowing and Reaping For Mental Health

How do we grow good fruit, healthy emotions and mental health in our life? Conversations have been coming up in my sessions and I think I want to share it here. We hear about spending time with God and the need for this, but isn’t it hard to do? I feel like we can get caught in the wheel of our busy lives and much of this busy is good stuff. So we are doing good things but not taking the time to spend with God. There is a lot in the gospel about Matthew with seeds and the connection with our men...

Jun 10, 202424 min

174. Practical Ways to Hear God’s Voice with Sterling Harris

Do you want to hear the voice of God? Do you need practical ways to know how to engage with Jesus daily? Sterling is a formal NFL player and former federal prisoner. He fought anxiety and depression for a long time and listened to the wrong voices. Sterling “tried it all” by being religious, being worldly, partying, drinking, putting himself in business, being a workaholic, motivational speaker, serving God and being philanthropic. Religion, successful or church attendance cannot fill the void i...

Jun 03, 202435 min
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