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Start / The Healing & Freedom Journey
The Healing & Freedom Journey
Encouraging insights to equip you in your healing and freedom journey.
300 avsnitt • Längd: 50 min • Veckovis: Onsdag
Om podden
Encouraging insights to equip you in your healing and freedom journey. Biblical and grounded perspectives for mental, emotional and relationship health.
The podcast The Healing & Freedom Journey is created by Mark DeJesus. The podcast and the artwork on this page are embedded on this page using the public podcast feed (RSS).
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🔴Sun Live: Life is in the Light | Fear of Falling Away | Fear of Being Esau
23 februari 2025 |
122 min
Join us for Sunday live, as Mark delves into 1 John and the biblical theme of walking in the light, while also discerning the influence of darkness. He also addresses questions addressing His work in church consultations and the need for church health. Mark also shares about a psychological concept called adolescent egocentrism and how […]
Grace Heals How You Relate to Weakness
21 februari 2025 |
48 min
How do you handle weakness in your life? What about in the lives of others? Today I want to talk about the perspective that grace brings to your weaknesses, which pushes against the cultural way that we relate to weakness in our journey. If you want to learn to experience grace more, you will need […]
OCD and the Struggle of Trauma
19 februari 2025 |
30 min
Why do those with OCD have such a difficult time processing thorugh trauma? The pain of trauma is already difficult in itself, but if someone has OCD struggles, it make working through trauma even more challenging. As I continue on The Trauma Healing Journey, I must address this factor, because so many of my viewers […]
🔴Sun Live: A Full Tank of Joy | Imposter Syndrome | Motivation and Desire
17 februari 2025 |
109 min
Join Melissa and I for our Sunday Live broadcast, where I teach a Bible study titled “A Full Tank of Joy” and then addresses questions on mental, emotional and relationship health. I also took some time to share about the importance of reflecting on your birth, and how Kind David experienced awe by understanding the […]
The Trauma Healing Journey: Understanding Its Impact
12 februari 2025 |
82 min
Join me on the Truma Healing Journey, where I will speak to this topic and help us get to the heart of trauma, PTSD, Complex Trauma and the overall struggle in working through painful experiences from the past. In this broadcast, I want to get into “Understanding the Impact of Trauma,” so that we can […]
🔴Sun Live: Experiencing Logos | Guilt About Being Sick | Trust Issues and Uncertainty
9 februari 2025 |
116 min
In this transformative Sunday Live, join Melissa and I as we share the wisdom we have learned along our journey, while also addressing your mental health questions. Mark continues his Bible study on 1 John by teaching on “Experiencing Logos” and take in the living, powerful Word of God. Learn how to engage with Scripture […]
Grace is Not Afraid of Your Sin
6 februari 2025 |
39 min
Grace is not sloppy, nor is it irresponsible or careless. But grace is not afraid of our messiness. In fact, where things get messy, grace has an ability to work powerfully. Today I want to get into understanding this: that while we may struggle with condemnation, fear and shame regarding our sins and struggles, grace […]
The Fruit of the Spirit and a Nurtured Mind
5 februari 2025 |
34 min
When I first began this journey of healing and freedom with my mental health, one of my goals was to learn how to relate to all my disturbing, embarrassing, conflicting, depressing and anxiety ridden thoughts. But in the long run, what I really learned was how to relate to ALL my thoughts in a renewed […]
🔴Sun Live: Mark Reflects on the Journey | 1 John Intro | Rejection Mindset Struggles
2 februari 2025 |
128 min
Join us as we celebrate an incredible milestone of 1,000 videos on YouTube! As a part of this episode, Melissa asked Mark some questions, reflecting on the journey, the challenges that were face and the wisdom gained along the way. This Sunday live begins a new feature that many of you have asked for: a […]
2 Enemies to a BOLD Relationship with God
31 januari 2025 |
32 min
Grace makes way for a BOLD relationship with God, which speaks of a confident interaction with God. God calls us as His children to come before Him and to practice it confidently, as the grace of Jesus Christ provides us that confidence. This confidence is not based on what we have done, but on what […]
How to Relate to Your Thoughts, Emotions and Feelings
29 januari 2025 |
21 min
Join me as I delve into the intricate relationship between our thoughts, emotions, and feelings and how to relate to them in fruitful ways. Many admit to a lack of training and equipping when it comes to working through their emotions and feelings. I will show you the tight connection that thoughts and emotions have, […]
🔴Sun Live: Social Anxiety, Getting Older and the Decision to Marry and Have Children
26 januari 2025 |
93 min
Join us in this insightful Sunday Live broadcast, as Mark and Melissa have an engaging discussion covering a range of important topics related to mental, emotional, and relationship health. Mark provides thoughtful guidance to viewers struggling with social anxiety, depression, and the decision to get married or have children. Melissa offers relatable perspectives on the […]
The REAL Struggle of Intimacy with God
24 januari 2025 |
42 min
While the subject of intimacy with God is often discussed and taught on in Christian circles, we are not always honest about the struggle that many have. Many believers wrestle with a sense of disconnection when it comes to relating to God and they can feel very alone, even isolated in the struggle. Today I […]
The Gentle Redirect of Your Thoughts
22 januari 2025 |
15 min
Today I want to share with you a helpful practice for dealing with intrusive thoughts that I call the “gentle redirect.” This will not only help you in working through intrusive and unwanted thoughts, it will also help you to relate to all your thoughts in a more fruitful way. Watch on YouTube: Watch on […]
🔴Sun Live: The Afterlife | Compulsive Apologizing | Procrastination
19 januari 2025 |
93 min
Is ok for Christians to think about the afterlife, judgment or end times, or is that an OCD thing? How do you work through compulsive apologizing….with God….with other people? How do you work through panic attacks when you are becoming an empty nester? Is it ok for me to model or become a social media […]
Grace and the New You
17 januari 2025 |
29 min
In our journey of experiecing the grace of Jesus Christ, how does it impact how you see yourself and your identity? Referencing 2 Corinthians 5 and Romans 8, I want to bring out how the power of God’s grace brings to us a whole new world of living–a new Father, a new family, a new […]
Whats in the HEART of an OCD Struggler?
15 januari 2025 |
18 min
Those who struggle with OCD are often wondering what is going on within their heart. They can often get lost in unproductive and unfruitful examination of what is happening in their heart and mind. In this video, I will break down, “What is actually going on in the heart of an OCDer?” Allow me to […]
🔴Sun Live: Spouse Has Black and White Thinking | Roommate Marriage | Suffering
13 januari 2025 |
91 min
Sunday Live Questions: How has Mark handled birthdays over his journey of growth? Also, how does He deal with OCD spirals around his children? How do you put your OCD subject on the side burner when you are a pastor? My husband has black and white thinking and insists that I practice wearing head covering. […]
Healing Through RELATIONSHIP OCD (Q&A) Part 6
9 januari 2025 |
127 min
In this live broadcast on Relationship OCD, I will shares my personal journey and insights into the complex world of ROCD, providing a roadmap for those seeking to break free from its grip. With a unique blend of biblical insight and practical strategies, we will walk through more of your questions that arise in the […]
Reading the Bible When You Have OCD
8 januari 2025 |
47 min
Reading the Bible and taking in the Scriptures is an important aspect of the Christian life. But when you have obsessive-compulsive struggles, this can be very challenging. When you have OCD issues, reading Scripture can trigger a lot of anxiety and distress. If you struggle when it comes to your Bible reading, you are not […]
🔴Sun Live: My Claustrophobic Panic Attack | Grandiosity | Writing | Body Shame
5 januari 2025 |
130 min
Join us as Mark and Melissa address numerous questions on all things mental, emotional and relationship health. Our passion is to help believers experience healing and freedom by becoming rooted in the love of the Father and the grace of Jesus Christ and to experience the truth that sets us free! This is a jam-packed […]
🔴Saturday Live: End of Year Question and Answer
15 december 2024 |
143 min
Join Mark and Melissa for a final Q&A of this year as we address questions on all things mental, emotional and relationship health. Our passion is to help believers experience healing and freedom by becoming rooted in the love of the Father and the grace of Jesus Christ. Watch on YouTube: Watch on Rumble: Recommended […]
How to Set Healthy Boundaries
13 december 2024 |
44 min
When setting boundaries, many times people rush to discover the perfect rule to apply to their given situation. When in reality, boundaries are an invitation to learn new relationship mindsets. There are ways of how we approach relationships that can be modified. Sometimes even the smallest modification can make the biggest difference in your relationship. […]
Why Are Boundaries So Challenging?
13 december 2024 |
24 min
Boundaries are so important to develop in our lives. But why are they so challenging to practice? Why do we find it so difficult to implement and stick with healthy boundaries? Today I want to get into the heart of the struggle so we can begin to understand what prevents us from taking healthier steps. […]
What are Relationship Boundaries and Why Do We Need Them?
11 december 2024 |
36 min
As a part of your healing journey, it will be important to understand how to live in healthy boundaries, because healthy boundaries help us to experience the best out of our relationships. Healthy relationships provide the best environment for us to heal and grow in our mental health. However, healthy relationships do not flourish without […]
Struggles with Mental Health While on Vacation
11 december 2024 |
24 min
Taking time off for time away for vacation or holiday to visit with loved ones or to enjoy a special location can be great for mental health. It can refresh the heart and mind, while recalibrating your emotions and perspectives. But for many, vacations can be tough times on their mental health battles. I have […]
🔴Wed Live: Confusion Over Taking Thoughts Captive, Mindfulness, Judgment and More
4 december 2024 |
122 min
Join me in this live Q&A as I address questions that have to do with confusion over the subject of taking thoughts captive, mindfulness, meditation, judging, the bema seat judgment, “heaven’s promise” cognative distortion and narcissism. “My question is the line between letting thoughts float by vs “taking every thought captive to the obedience of […]
Safe Relationships that Restore those who Fall (Galatians 6)
3 december 2024 |
39 min
How should we as believers conduct ourselves when another believer is caught in a sin, trespass and pattern that is drawing them away from the ways of Christ? Many times the deep dysfunction amongst Christians shows up the most when sin and brokenness reveals itself. We don’t know how to handle it effectively. On top […]
🔴Sun Live: Addressing a Pastor’s Unhelpful Mental Health Advice
1 december 2024 |
93 min
Join us as Mark and Melissa address numerous questions on all things mental, emotional and relationship health. Our passion is to help believers experience healing and freedom by becoming rooted in the love of the Father and the grace of Jesus Christ. Today I take some time to address an email from an Independent Fundamental […]
🔴Sun Live: Vow Confusion | Chronic Fatigue and Lyme | Demons and Trauma
24 november 2024 |
97 min
Join us as Mark and Melissa address numerous questions on all things mental, emotional and relationship health. Our passion is to help believers experience healing and freedom by becoming rooted in the love of the Father and the grace of Jesus Christ. “I made a vow that I will never get married, but now I […]
The Christian and Healing Our Sexual Struggles – Part 2
22 november 2024 |
153 min
Join me as I going into a part 2 of addressing your questions on struggles many have regarding sex and sexuality. I will spend time covering more of the battleground of sexual addiction, porn, OCD, sexually intrusive thoughts and more. Watch on YouTube: Watch on Rumble: Watch Part 1 Healing Our Sexual Struggles To support […]
🔴Sun Live: Acountability | Woke Ideology | Psychosis & Confusion
17 november 2024 |
118 min
Join us as Mark and Melissa address numerous questions on all things mental, emotional and relationship health. Our passion is to help believers experience healing and freedom by becoming rooted in the love of the Father and the grace of Jesus Christ. What is accountability? Is it being a “Holy Spirit Fruit Inspector”? What is […]
🔴Confusion Over the Goodness of God, God’s Anger and Lukewarmness
14 november 2024 |
109 min
Join me in this live Q&A as I address questions on the struggle of connecting to the goodness of God, wrestling with God’s anger and even confusion surrounding the subject of lukewarmness. How does one process the goodness of God when you are struggling with infertility? Do you struggle with reading about God’s anger in […]
How to Cultivate Relationship Safety
13 november 2024 |
26 min
God designed us for safe relationships, where we can experience love and edification in dynamic way. As many look around and see the relationship pain people are experiencing, the need for safe relationships is more important than ever. So how we can begin to experience safe relationships? Whether you’re seeking to improve your existing relationships […]
🔴Sun Live: Prosperity Gospel | Obsessive Buyer’s Remorse | Masculine Christianity
10 november 2024 |
101 min
Join us as Mark and Melissa address numerous questions on all things mental, emotional and relationship health. Our passion is to help believers experience healing and freedom by becoming rooted in the love of the Father and the grace of Jesus Christ. How do you deal with intrusive dread that shows up when you have […]
I Address Your SCRUPULOSITY Questions!
6 november 2024 |
95 min
Join me in this live Q&A as I addressed the struggle of scrupulosity, which can also be called religious OCD. In this broadcast I will address your questions about the healing and freedom journey when it comes to working through obsessions that involve aspects of your faith. I will specifically show how the seven distortions […]
6 Traits for Empowered Relationships
5 november 2024 |
45 min
We all want to have safe and empowering relationships. So we need to know some important things that make up loving relationships that are empowering. In this broadcast, I will call out six important traits that make up empowering relationships and how we can implement them into our life and journey. May these insights breathe […]
🔴SNL: Confusion Over Restitution, Love, Sexuality, Hebrews 6:4, Laziness and More
4 november 2024 |
103 min
Join us as Mark and Melissa address numerous questions on all things mental, emotional and relationship health. Our passion is to help believers experience healing and freedom by becoming rooted in the love of the Father and rhe grace of Jesus Christ. A lot of questions I address in this broadcast have a similar theme, […]
Healing Through RELATIONSHIP OCD (Q&A) Part 5
31 oktober 2024 |
113 min
Join me in this live Q&A as I will be addressing a very specific battle of OCD that impacts relationships, especially romantic ones. It is often called relationship substantiation or relationship OCD. In this episode I talk about some common ROCD hangups that you need to be aware of and some helpful pathways to experience […]
6 Draining Relationships and What to Do About Them
30 oktober 2024 |
35 min
We all have our own personal encounters with people who are emotionally draining. What are the signs of a draining relationship and what do we do about it? In this broadcast, I want to share about six types of draining relationships and give you some practical insights you can put into practice today to help […]
🔴SNL: What is Discipleship | Finding Relationship After Leaving Legalistic Church | Writing a Book
28 oktober 2024 |
87 min
Join us as Mark and Melissa addressed numerous questions on all things mental, emotional and relationship health. Our passion is to help believers experience healing and freedom by becoming rooted in the love of the Father and rhe grace of Jesus Christ. I open up with a question from a sister who struggles to recieve […]
🔴Wed Live: Mold in House | Adult Children of Addicts | Evil Thoughts
24 oktober 2024 |
90 min
Join us as Mark and Melissa addressed numerous questions on all things mental, emotional and relationship health. Our passion is to help believers experience healing and freedom by becoming rooted in the love of the Father and rhe grace of Jesus Christ. Today I bring a strong exortation about mold in the house and how […]
3 Forms of NEEDINESS that Make Vulnerable Sharing Unhealthy
22 oktober 2024 |
30 min
You want safe relationships right? Be is neediness getting in the way? We long for meaningful interactions and safe relationships. However, within our deep wounds, we can develop an intense and excessive neediness that will take over in our relationship interactions and become a driving force. We all have a need for loving connection and […]
What is Grace? Part 14: The Gateway to Experiencing Grace
17 oktober 2024 |
15 min
The grace of God involves God’s relational empowerment, divinely working and through your heart, based on the work of Jesus Christ. But how do you experience grace in a meaningful way? Today I want to talk about the key gateway to experiencing grace and how you can open your heart to up to it more […]
2 Things to DISCERN Before You Vulnerably Share
15 oktober 2024 |
22 min
One of the great aspects of a safe relationship is that you can be vulnerable, where you are able to share the good, but also the challenging aspects of your journey. But within it all, love and grace remain in the picture. But sometimes we want vulnerable connections so bad, we end up sharing vulnerable […]
🔴SNL: When Will I Arrive? | Chastening | Forgiveness
14 oktober 2024 |
98 min
Join us in our live Sunday broadcast as we addressed questions on mental, emotional and relationship health, helping believers to experinece healing and freedom in their life. Our passion is to ground believers in the love of the Father and the grace of Jesus Christ. I open with a question from someone feeling burnout and […]
11 Mindsets to Help You Minister to Others Without LOSING HEART
11 oktober 2024 |
73 min
It is such a common occurance today for those who are involved in ministry to encounter weariness, burnout and exhaustion. We were designed to minister to others, but not in constant burnout and exhaustion. So what are the factors that are contributing to losing heart and what can be done about this? Based on the […]
11 Things Unsafe People Say
8 oktober 2024 |
25 min
As we learn to develop our discernment for what safe relationships are, its important to identify what an unsafe person is like. Unsafe people make healing and freedom more challenging. When you interact with an unsafe person, it reveals that the person is not emotionally healthy. They are not a person to go to with […]
🔴SNL: News and HSPs | Climate Obsession | My Kids Don’t Have Friends
7 oktober 2024 |
95 min
Join us in our live Sunday broadcast as we addressed questions on mental, emotional and relationship health, helping believers to experinece healing and freedom in their life. Our passion is to ground believers in the love of the Father and the grace of Jesus Christ. How do you process watching the news of hurricanes and […]
13 Signs of Safe People
1 oktober 2024 |
27 min
Mental health is enhanced through safe relationships. But how do find safe people? What are some the important things to look out for when it comes to identifying them? Safe relationships are loving relationships where we are edified through our interactions with safe people. They are powerful connections where we can heal and practice our […]
🔴SNL: Autism | Compuslively Giving Up Things You Like | Superstitious Faith
30 september 2024 |
91 min
Join us in our live Sunday broadcast as we addressed questions on mental, emotional and relationship health, helping believers to experinece healing and freedom in their life. Our passion is to ground believers in the love of the Father and the grace of Jesus Christ. How do you walk a mentally health journey when you […]
What is Grace? Part 13: God at Work Through You
26 september 2024 |
72 min
It is by the grace of God that we love, bless and minister to other people. But have we made ministry so complicated that we do not see the beauty of God’s work in everyday, ordinary moments? What about our calling and destiny? Should we spend all this time trying to figure out our calling […]
Discerning Love Bombing
24 september 2024 |
32 min
Are you someone who love bombs? Have you been under the influence of someone else who was love bombing you? What is love bombing and how does it get into our lives? Because of woundedness and a lack of emotional equipping, our definition of what love looks like can become distorted. This can open many […]
🔴SNL: Falling Back | Conviction Confusion | Delayed Gratitification
23 september 2024 |
83 min
Join us in our live Sunday broadcast as we addressed questions on mental, emotional and relationship health, helping believers to experinece healing and freedom in their life. I talk about ministry projects and where we feel to have our ministry right now, as well as addressing material for kids. What do you do when you […]
Your Need for Total Unconditional Loving Acceptance
19 september 2024 |
21 min
We say this all the time: God loves you, right where you are. Receive Christ. Then we receive Christ, for many, a whole yoke of performance and perfectionism gets thrown onto our backs. We strive and perform and wear ourselves out trying to fix ourselves and make ourselves lovable. We end up walking past His […]
12 Ways We Practice Emotional Avoidance
17 september 2024 |
27 min
One of the patterns I see quite often is the amount of avoidance that comes up in our mental health struggles. At first, avoidance shows up as a protective coping mechanism, but over time, we need to see where avoidance is getting in the way of our healing and freedom. In today’s broadcast, I want […]
🔴SNL: Attention Seeking | Limerence | God’s Anger
16 september 2024 |
83 min
Join us in our live Sunday broadcast as we addressed questions on mental, emotional and relationship health, helping believers to experinece healing and freedom in their life. I start off addressing a question sent in about the need to be seen, attention seeking and how that impacts online interaction. Also, are some people just too […]
Healing Through RELATIONSHIP OCD (Q&A) Part 4
11 september 2024 |
110 min
Romantic relationships can be a mindfield when obsessive-compulsive influences get into the picture. The constant doubts, anxiety, compulsive need for reassurance, the fear of making the “wrong” choice and missing “the one that God has for me” is enough to keep someone in fruitless spinning. Join me in this ROCD Q&A where I dive into […]
Mental Health Needs Practice
10 september 2024 |
21 min
One of the top problems that people have when it comes to experiencing greater mental health is that we do not give ourselves room to practice. Mental health is really about emotional health, and emotional health is developed as we learn to practice and develop renewed ways of thinking and relating. But new thought patterns […]
🔴SNL: Getting Scammed | Work Out Salvation or Ruminating | Perfectionistic Preaching
9 september 2024 |
88 min
Join us in our live Sunday broadcast as we addressed questions on mental, emotional and relationship health, helping believers to experinece healing and freedom in their life. We address a question about healing from being financially scammed while sharing our own experience of seeing this happen to loved ones. Mark also responds to a question […]
🔴SNL: Prayer Confusion | Distortions About God’s Peace | Anger and Irritability
2 september 2024 |
82 min
Join Mark in a Sunday Night Live solo episode, where I address questions about mental, emotional and relationship health: The end times has made someone very impatient and black and white about their journey. How do I deal with friends who are into Harry Potter and Dungeons and Dragons.? Expressing the damage of spiritual abuse […]
🔴Wed Live: Female with Masculine Tendancies | OT vs NT | Idol Obsession
28 augusti 2024 |
105 min
Join us as Mark and Melissa addressed numerous questions on all things mental, emotional and relationship health. How do you work through church social anxiety, especially when you were raised in a church where you were taught to sweep the mess under the rug? Helping other stuck in a cult? OCD about fasting and doing […]
Empower Your Mental Health by Deciding
27 augusti 2024 |
17 min
In the early days of my mental health journey, I realized that I woke up in the morning with two unhealthy patterns that I would follow. The first one is that I would insessantly check how I was feeling first thing when I awoke. Secondly, I would let how I was feeling dictate my actions […]
Suicidal Thoughts
22 augusti 2024 |
144 min
The very mention of suicide and suicidal thoughts can bring about discomfort and fear for many. It can be an awkward subject to talk about. The subject of suicide can trigger emotional alarm bells, maybe regarding the pain of suicide that took place in the family history or memories involving someone they know. Many do […]
🔴SNL: Healing Perfectionism | Progressive Christianity and Deconstruction | Celebrating Holidays
19 augusti 2024 |
86 min
Join us in our live Sunday broadcast as we addressed questions regarding mental, emotional and relationship health. Mark responds to a question from someone expressing the frustration of trying to heal through perfectionism, but doing it with perfectionism, which is making it so much more challenging and confusing. Mark also took some extended time to […]
Healing SELF-HARM
13 augusti 2024 |
48 min
In this midst of pain and struggle, the mental and emotional pain can feel so overwhelming that some can turn to self-harm as a way to cope. For those that struggle with this behavior, it can seem like one of the only ways to express the pain or gain a sense of sanity within the […]
🔴SNL: Keys to Our Marriage Journey | Obsessive About Salvation Prayer | Brain Fog
12 augusti 2024 |
94 min
Today we celebrate 18 years of marriage and invite you to celebrate with us, as we talk about our marriage journey and take your questions on mental, emotional and relationship health. Melissa and I talk about things that terrified us in chilldhood that we can (somewhat) laugh about today. Mark also addresses a number of […]
What is Grace? Part 12: Grace and FAITH
8 augusti 2024 |
60 min
As we learn to be people who embrace the grace of Jesus Christ and let it have a work in our lives, what relationship does FAITH have with grace? Today I want to bring out what faith is and how it relates to recieving grace, while giving some perspectives you can put into action to […]
Healing Through Food Issues and Eating Disorders
6 augusti 2024 |
73 min
Today I want to talk through the spiritual and emotional issues that drive many food issues and eating disorders. I want to get to what drives these struggles and how we can practically walk in new directions. It seems that if you take a moment to look around, there are so many who are struggling […]
🔴SNL: Church Reviews | Happiness vs Joy | Body Image Struggles
5 augusti 2024 |
86 min
Join us for our live broadcast as we addressed questions on mental, emotional and relationship health and had a little fun along the way. In this broadcast, Mark had some fun in reading some church reviews, while Melissa and Mark shared on some family happenings. Mark addressed a question on a couple working through OCD […]
How Attachment Styles Impact Your Relationships and Mental Health
1 augusti 2024 |
35 min
Addressing your attachment style and how it impacts your ability to connect, bond and relate can be incredibly helpful for your healing and freedom. Our mental health is deeply impacted by our relational world: how we experience relationships, how well we are equipped in relationships and how we relate to God, ourselves and the world […]
Healing Through Depersonalization and Derealization
30 juli 2024 |
31 min
In our journey of healing through mental health battles, many can find they are struggling to connect to their emotions and even to the world around them. Within my battles of obsessive-compulsive anxiety, I felt like I was watching the world live their lives, but I wasn’t connect to it. The way I describe it, […]
🔴SNL: Anger and Change | Numb Emotions | Trust Issues
29 juli 2024 |
95 min
Join us for a live broadcast as we take questions on mental, emotional and relationship health and have a little fun along the way. Watch on YouTube: Watch on Rumble: Recommended Resources: To support future broadcasts:
Healing Through RELATIONSHIP OCD (Q&A) Part 3
23 juli 2024 |
94 min
Join me in this live Q&A as I will be addressing a very specific battle of OCD that impacts relationships, which is called relationship OCD. This obsessive-compulsive battle tagrets romantic relationships. It is also often called relationship substantiation or relationship OCD. In this broadcast, I address many questions that have been sent in from a […]
SNL: Rejecting the Fathers Love, Sexsomnia, Women in Ministry and More
22 juli 2024 |
95 min
Join us for a live broadcast as we take questions on mental, emotional and relationship health. We address a number of questions on a variety pof topics. How do you handle another Christian who rejects that believers need to experience the Father’s Love? What about intrusive thoughts that say “You are gay?” What should I […]
The Damage of Deliverance Dysfunction and Abuse Part 2
17 juli 2024 |
68 min
This is a part 2 live broadcast on the the subject of deliverance dysfunction and many unhealthy avenues that can be promoted in the name of deliverance. I will share more of my experiences while also giving you examples of dangerous and even abusive ways deliverance gets used. I also bring out an audio messaged […]
10 Spiritual Warfare Reminders for My Mental Health
17 juli 2024 |
48 min
We are in a war, a spiritual battle that impacts all of us in a variety of ways. There are battles that are waging over nations, people groups, towns, churches and families. Then there are also battles you face in your daily life. The battle wages over the thoughts and beliefs of our hearts. You […]
The Damage of Deliverance Dyfunction and Abuse Part 1
15 juli 2024 |
87 min
In this live broadcast, I will be taking questions on all things mental, emotional and relationship health. I will also spend some time addressing an email sent to me on someone who experienced a lot of unhelpful things from an intense deliverance ministry. I will address this plus more questions that address spiritual abuse, legalism […]
Healing Through Relationship OCD (Q&A) Part 2
10 juli 2024 |
87 min
Join me in this live Q&A as I address a very specific battle of OCD that impacts relationships, especially romantic ones. It is often called relationship substantiation or relationship OCD. In this broadcast, I talk about the overview of Relationship OCD, the nervousness involved in moving towards marriage and the concerns I have with the […]
10 Struggles of the Heart with Scrupulosity and Religious OCD
7 maj 2024 |
15 min
In recognizing the obsessive-compulsive patterns that impact your faith walk, allow me to encourage you on a journey that will help nurture the areas of your heart that need attention. I know that a specific religious issue may be screaming at you, but allow me to gently redirect your awareness to underlying themes of the […]
Hope for Scrupulosity Strugglers (Religious OCD)
26 april 2024 |
102 min
If you battle with obsessive-compulsive struggles in how you relate to God, the Bible and Christian living, you are not alone. Many influential people have had this battle and many in the church today struggle with scrupulosity or religious OCD. You are not alone in this battle. There is hope. Sometimes we can think that […]
The Struggle of Religious OCD | Scrupulosity
17 april 2024 |
120 min
Are obsessive-compulsive when it comes to your spiritual life? Is it possible that scrupulosity may be influencing how you relate to God and how you live out your Christian walk? Today I want to get into the subject of scrupulosity or religious OCD–the battle that takes place when obsessive-compulsive struggles invade your faith walk. I […]
Do You Have a Quick Fix Mentality with Your Mental Health?
16 april 2024 |
27 min
Are you chasing a quick fix mindset? In our struggle with mental and emotional health, we can put a lot of pressure on ourselves to hurry up, “fix” ourselves and fix ourselves quickly. “Fix it. Fix it quickly. Hurry up! Get me to the solution in the fastest way possible.” The problem is that mental, […]
Confusion About Obedience and Disobedience
10 april 2024 |
99 min
Obedience is an important precept taught in Scripture, but many believers struggle with it being burdensome, confusing and even at times tormenting. In my own experience, obedience and disobedience were distorted and gave fuel for anxiety, guilt and a heavy ladened spiritual life. As I have embraced my own healing journey, I’ve seen first hand […]
What is Grace? Part 11: The Journey from Condemnation to Grace (Romans 7 to 8)
26 mars 2024 |
89 min
I want to take you on a journey–one that has changed my life in profound ways and has broken so many chains of condemnation that I have carried in my life. This journey involves one from condemnation into grace. Allow me to take you on this journey by teaching you line by line the words […]
The Power of COMPASSIONATE GRACE for Mental Health
21 mars 2024 |
19 min
Your mental health journey will experience so much more fruit when you come to experience and practice compassionte grace. These two areas will revolutionize how you relate to God, yourself and the world around you. It will transform how you relate to your mental health struggles, but compassionate grace is something that we need to […]
What is Grace? Part 10: Grace vs Condemnation
20 mars 2024 |
69 min
In learning about the beauty of God’s grace, we have to discern the influence of condemnation that seeks to interfere. In working with Christians over the decades, it has been clear to me that what many consider to be God speaking or a direction given by God is actually the voice of condemnation. It’s the […]
The Christian, Mental Health and Medication
12 mars 2024 |
155 min
Should I just go on medication? Is medication wrong for a Christian? I feel like I am struggling with my mental health, is medication going to help cure me? These are common questions that arise when people find their mood, their thought-life and emotions out of control or challenging to manage. In a world where […]
What is Grace? Part 09: Grace vs Performance and Perfectionism
7 mars 2024 |
67 min
To understand the power of grace, you’ll need to understand how it contrasts with performance and perfectionism. Most would say this is really about grace vs law, which is true. But we don’t often see how law impacts us today. When most believers think of LAW, they often think of sacrifices, OT ceremonies and an […]
Biblical Mental Health Profile: Timothy
28 februari 2024 |
77 min
Join me as I take a journey in looking at mental, emotional and relationship health in the life of Timothy, a young leader in the church, who Paul mentored and fathered in the faith. In this broadcast, I will navigate through the books of 1 and 2 Timothy and observe some of the struggles Timothy […]
How to Stop Being a FIXER in Your Relationships
8 februari 2024 |
74 min
There are many who need this message: stop trying to fix people and let go of being the fixer. It’s hindering your journey, it is not improving your relationships, it’s wearing you out. Its fueling resentment, stress, weariness. And to top it off, it’s actually not letting God simply do the work He needs to […]
Are You Waiting on the Lord or Procrastinating?
2 februari 2024 |
28 min
Many times Christians can say things and they don’t even know what they mean when they say it. In addition, we often say things that become cliches and lose the deeper meaning. Furthermore, we can often say things that can be super spiritual covers for underlying fears and distortions. One common one that I want […]
Am I Living in My Strength or God’s Strength? (What Does that Even Mean?)
1 februari 2024 |
18 min
I like to address common statements that Christians say that often become cliche, but also don’t have depth of meaning and understanding. They become blanket statements that are overused without much thought. We often do not even know what they mean. One of them is, “You are doing this in your own strength, not God’s […]
Do I Need a Mental Health Diagnosis?
31 januari 2024 |
64 min
As you look at your mental and emotional health journey, you will come across many terms that are often used to diagnose someone. As culture becomes more aware of mental health struggles and the psychological terms with diagnostics that come along with it, many wonder, “Do I have that mental health struggle? Do I need […]
6 Common Church Trauma Reactions
29 januari 2024 |
31 min
In light of the ongoing crisis taking place at the International House of Prayer (IHOP/KC) involving Mike Bickle, I took a few moments to share about 6 common responses that we often have to traumatic experiences that take place within the church community. These responses are important to be aware of so that we can […]
What is My Conscience and How Does It Impact My Life?
25 januari 2024 |
94 min
What is the role of our conscience from a biblical standpoint and how can we learn to relate to our conscience in a healthy and fruitful way? How does it impact mental health, especially those who struggle with toxic guilt, shame and obsessive compulsive struggles? In order to address this, I need to bring out […]
Is OCD a Demon?
24 januari 2024 |
17 min
A common question that arises with Christians and obsessive compulsive struggles is they often ask, “Is this a demon? Is this an evil spirit?” The feelings, emotions and disturbance that erupts with obsessions can make someone feel so overwhelmed that they wonder if the obsession is a result of spiritual warfare. In this broadcast, I […]
What is Grace? Part 8: Grace for the Single Person
19 januari 2024 |
91 min
What does grace look like in the life of a single person? Drawing upon my own single years and decades of working with others, I want to share some insights that can point you to the empowerment available in your single season. Singleness can often be seen as a liability but there are many opportunities […]
10 Ways Self Pity Will Destroy Your Mental Health
18 januari 2024 |
35 min
The insights I am sharing have saved my mental health, which has to do with discerning self-pity in my life. This monster wil seek to interfere in your ability to step out of imprisoning mindsets and behaviors. It will interfere in your ability to walk in greater mental health. Self-pity is a deceptive counterfeit to […]
Unhealthy Patterns Christians Believe About WORDS
17 januari 2024 |
135 min
There is a spectrum of dysfunctional beliefs that can hinder a healthy lifestyle regarding our relationship with our WORDS. I want to bring out ditches that we can ALL fall into when it comes to our words, with a goal of encouraging some healthy practices that are grounded. Watch on YouTube: Watch on Rumble: To […]
Love Identity Validation and Mental Health
12 januari 2024 |
78 min
Identity is developed and strengthened under the love, influence and validation that comes from Father God. Our journey of healing and freedom involves learning to experience the love of the Father. In The OCD Healing Journey, I write and teach about the importance of life transitions, seasons in our life where we need nurture and […]
The Christian and Healing Our Sexual Struggles
11 januari 2024 |
165 min
Join me as I take some time to address your questions on struggles and battles regarding sex and sexuality: how you think, feel, believe and behave when it comes to sex. Why do we have so many struggles in our lives when it comes to sexuality and how can we get to the heart of […]
Confusion About God’s Voice
9 januari 2024 |
134 min
There is so much confusion over the voice of God, hearing from God or discerning what God is saying. In this broadcast, I want to address some ditches that we can get stuck in when it comes to hearing God’s voice and some ways we can walk in greater health and wholeness. I will talk […]
What is Grace? Part 7: Effective Parenting Fueled by GRACE
4 januari 2024 |
68 min
God designed that His nature and power be experience in the home, through powerful marriages and parenting. As beleiving parents, we have a great responsibility in raising children in the ways of God, but we must be aware of God’s grace to empower our journey. I believe that the church is strengthened by powerful homes […]
4 Things You Need to Know About Your Intrusive Thoughts
4 januari 2024 |
17 min
What is going on with these intrusive thoughts I am having? They seem to come out of nowhere and are very disturbing? Why are they showing up and what do I do about it? In this broadcast, I want to share with you 4 things you need to know about intrusive thoughts, so that you […]
3 Things I Focus on for Mental Health
2 januari 2024 |
27 min
If I was to summarize three key areas that I focus on for my mental health, it would be found in this broadcast. While I have spent a lot of time teaching on areas I have had to let go of, getting freedom from and overcome, I also want to emphasize, “What do you focus […]
3 Major Breakthroughs that Empowered My Mental Health
14 december 2023 |
19 min
In looking back over my mental health journey, there are three very important areas that made a monumental difference in my life and journey. These areas are critical aspects that need equipping for our healing and freedom. Learning to become equipped in how I related to these three areas had a remarkable difference in empowering […]
How the Love and Grace of God Changes Unhealthy Behavior
6 december 2023 |
16 min
We often try to change while being influenced by condemnation, but it does not produce long-term change. Today I want to talk about the power of God’s love and grace to bring about dynamic change to behavior in our lives that is destructive and unhealthy. Watch on YouTube: Watch on Rumble: To support future broadcasts:
10 Things I STOPPED Doing that Dramatically Improved My Mental Health
30 november 2023 |
29 min
Are there some things you need to STOP doing that could really improve your mental health journey? I took some time to look back over my journey to discuss something I put a stop to that really helped my journey. These areas I believe can be a blessing to your healing and freedom journey as […]
Aspire to THIS Scripture and Your Mental Health Will Improve
29 november 2023 |
12 min
What is the message we convey to other believers about what an effective and healthy journey looks like? Today I want to give you some advice that may not neccesarily “trend,” but it will be powerful wisdom for your mental and emotional health. Based on 1 Thessalonians 4:9-12 Watch on YouTube: Watch on Rumble: Recommended […]
What is Grace? Part 6: A Real and Powerful Marriage
16 november 2023 |
62 min
What does it look like ot have God’s grace have a work in our marriage? Marriage, as designed by God, calls us into a journey of learning to love and experience the beauty of this union. Yet we are also set within a spiritual war that seeks to erode the life our of marriages. In […]
OCD and Confusion Over DENIAL
15 november 2023 |
10 min
The subject of denial is often a place of confusion for those who battle obsessive compulsive issues. Those who battle OCD are often in denial of the issues of their heart that need tending to. It takes time to realize the problem is not the problem. Yet their obsession convinces them that the topic or […]
What Starving Compulsions Has Done for My Life
10 november 2023 |
16 min
In working through obsessive compulsive struggles, starving the compulsion can be really challenging, but its a neccesary aspect of the healing journey. But there are great blessings in the journey when we learn to stop feeding compulsive behavior and tune into the new freedom that is available. In this broadcast, I want to share with […]
What is Grace? Part 5: Grace Transforms Relationships
7 november 2023 |
56 min
When the grace of Jesus Christ has an impact in your heart and life, one of the biggest areas it will show up is in HOW WE DO RELATIONSHIPS. Grace will transform how we perceive others, how we talk to them and how we talk about others. Living in grace sets the stage for people […]
OCD, Fear, Control and Exposure Therapy
2 november 2023 |
25 min
I want to address a question about exposure therapy to bring out how to work through control issues and the fear that drives control. OCD is rooted in control issues, which are driven by fear. Letting go of control is essential for facing fears and experiencing greater freedom. Exposure therapy, where individuals confront their fears […]
12 Insights About Your OCD Control Issues
31 oktober 2023 |
23 min
If you struggle with OCD, you will need to realize that intense control is a major factor that needs to be addressed. With OCD, you live in such a way that you need to maintain a high level of control, with your thoughts, your environment and even your relationships. These control issues keep us in […]
What is Grace? Part 4: The Power of Grace and Peace
26 oktober 2023 |
46 min
The apostles were immersed in the power of grace, to the extent that it permeated everything they wrote and expressed. They proclaimed the power of grace to keep us rooted in grace, to the point they expressed a specific phrase repeatedly. If there was a sentance repeated over and over again in the Scriptures, wouldn’t […]
What is Grace? Part 3: Grace in the Old Testament
20 oktober 2023 |
53 min
When we consider the word grace, we often reference the New Testament, especially Paul’s writings on grace. But the usage of the word grace is actually all throughout the Bible, even in the Old Testament. When we consider the Old Testament, many think of law, judgment and an intense standard of living that cannot be […]
Working Through Control Issues
18 oktober 2023 |
25 min
Are you aware that control issues may be hindering your mental health journey? The influence of control becomes place in our lives where we exert extensive effort, pressure, power or force to manipulate a situation or people. We can even have control issues with our own thoughts that send us into pressurized tailspins. I took […]
What is Grace? Part 2: Discovering Grace
12 oktober 2023 |
64 min
Grace invites us into a journey of discovery who Christ is and all that walking with Him means in our lives. I want to invite you into a deeper a personal experience with the grace of God. I have been deeply changed the love of the Father and the grace of Jesus Christ. I believe […]
What to Do When You Are TRIGGERED
10 oktober 2023 |
44 min
Triggering is a term that is used often in mental health, to the point that it has even become a cultural expression that many use. What does it mean to become triggered and what can we do to work through moments in our life when our emotions get bombarded in this way? When we are […]
What is Grace? Part 1
5 oktober 2023 |
71 min
The grace of God is absolutely amazing and life changing. But why is it that we struggle to connect to something that is so incredible? Has grace lost its meaning in our hearts, or are we realizing we never had a firm equipping as to what grace really looks like in the first place? Are […]
How OCD Infected My Pastoral Ministry
28 september 2023 |
23 min
What happens when you are in pastoral ministry, but you wrestle with obsessive compulsive struggles? It actually took me a long time to realize that I struggled with OCD and perfectionism. Looking back, it definitely took a toll on my daily sense of peace. In this broadcast, I want to share some honest struggles I […]
There is No Such Thing as a 20 Minute Call (And Other Helps for Your Journey)
27 september 2023 |
11 min
While addressing a question that came in, I took a brief tangeant to discuss some important things that can be helpful when it comes to our healing and freedom journey. When it comes to issues of the heart and working through our mental and emotional health, there is no such thing as a 20 minute […]
Are You Obsessive Compulsive About SIN?
26 september 2023 |
30 min
Do you find in your desire to honor God’s ways that you’ve become obsessive compulsive about sin, identifying sin and trying to get rid of sin in your life? I get many emails and questions regarding sin that have intense obsessive distortions. It drives people to compulsively check for sin and find out what things […]
Are You Battling Existential OCD?
22 september 2023 |
27 min
Is it possible that your existential deep dives are revealing the presence and influence of OCD? Are you obsessive about chasing doubts about your existence or God’s existence? Over my 30 years of ministry experience, I have observed many who get lost in certain questions related to life, death, existence, God, eternity and more that […]
Common Pitfalls of Relationship OCD
19 september 2023 |
35 min
If you’re constantly questioning your love for your boyfriend or girlfriend, wondering if they’re the right person for you, or feeling the urge to break up even though you don’t want to, you may be struggling with relationship OCD (ROCD). ROCD can cause significant distress and disruption in romantic relationships. I’ve seen it in dating […]
Working Through Thought-Action Fusion
12 september 2023 |
23 min
Do you connect that thoughts that arrive into your thinking are the same as acting on it. Thought-action fusion (TAF) is a fancy psychological term that simply describes a cognitive distortion that occurs when people believe that their thoughts are equivalent to their actions. This means that they believe that simply thinking about something bad […]
Healing Our Distorted “God Filter”
7 september 2023 |
33 min
Our mental health is deeply impacted by how we relate to God. When I sit down and talk with someone about their relationship with God, it doesn’t take very long to observe the lens by which they relate to God and how they see Him. How you see God is what I call your “God […]
9 Toxic Ways Obsessives Interpret their Thoughts
5 september 2023 |
23 min
Our mental health is not about what kind of thoughts arrive into our thinking, but more about how we RESPOND to our thoughts that is the issue. Working through OCD or any kind of mental health battle involves learning to heal how we interpret our thoughts and the meaning we give our thoughts. For many […]
Working Through Mood Issues and Irritability
31 augusti 2023 |
32 min
How do you work through mood issues and irritability that comes along with it? As many work through their mental and emotional health, they are recognizing a struggle with their overall mood. Struggling with mood swings can be a challenging experience. It can interfere with daily life and make it difficult to maintain relationships, and […]
Overcoming Overthinking
29 augusti 2023 |
24 min
Overthinking can be a problem for many who struggle with anxiety, OCD, depression or other mental health struggles. It can be easy to fall into the trap of overthinking, as we can believe that by overanalyzing or ruminating over something, somehow we may be able to solve the issue. But in fact, overthinking becomes a […]
The Freedom Journey from Toxic Guilt
2 augusti 2023 |
56 min
As many recognize that toxic guilt has infected their faith walk and mental health, how do we begin walking a freedom journey from the clutches of guilt that holds us back and steals our confidence? In this broadcast, I want to share with you some mindsets, perspectives and steps we can take to overcome being […]
12 Common Guilt-Based Compulsions
25 juli 2023 |
18 min
Toxic guilt will drive us into a compulsive lifestyle. When we act in compulsion, we are doing something to alleviate the feelings of guilt that rise up within us. But as we keep responding to guilt, we actually empower guilt to become a rising voice in our thoughts and emotions. Our decisions and actions can […]
8 Toxic Guilt Battles Christians Struggle With
19 juli 2023 |
26 min
As believers in Christ, we can experience a life that is not burdened down by constant guilt. Yet for so many honest Christians admit they deeply struggle with the influence of guilt over their mind and life. The work of toxic guilt infects so many areas of their life, keeping them bound in limitation, while […]
10 Reasons WHY We Struggle with Toxic Guilt
13 juli 2023 |
33 min
As we understand the work of toxic guilt, we will need to allow ourselves to learn about why we are so prone to becoming guilt ridden so easily. Many will jump to asking, “How do I stop getting pulled into guilt trips?” but they don’t take the time to understand the influential factors that pull […]
15 Reasons Why Toxic Guilt is Not of God
11 juli 2023 |
32 min
One of the traps that keeps us bound is the “God Label” that we put on many guilt ridden thoughts we get stuck in. We attribute God as the author of toxic guilt, which keeps us stuck in cycles that do not produce freedom. When I discovered that God was not hovering over me with […]
How Jesus Responded to Toxic Guilt
6 juli 2023 |
40 min
Observing the life of Jesus Christ, you will discover the divine compassion He lived by on a daily basis. But what you do NOT find is Jesus being driven by or manipulated by guilt, especially in how He interacted with people. We often tell believers we should “live like Jesus.” But if you watch the […]
Toxic Guilt and the Sin Cycle
29 juni 2023 |
24 min
Many believers get pulled into a toxic guilt cycle when it comes to their sins and mistakes in life. It keeps them in continual patterns of not experiencing freedom. Why do so many get locked into that pattern? In this broadcast, I want to show the difference between the toxic guilt cycle and the freedom […]
Discerning the Armor of Toxic Guilt
27 juni 2023 |
42 min
It takes discerning to see and understand how guilt has influenced your way of living. For many, it takes learning and relearning. Today I want to break down the armor of toxic guilt. When it comes your way, what kind of influences are coming along with it to keep you in bondage to chronic guilt? […]
The Power of Faith, Hope and Love for Mental Health
26 juni 2023 |
95 min
In my journey of navigating through seasons of anxiety and depression, I was brought back to the simple, yet powerful connection that faith, hope and love have in our lives. One day, my eyes were opened to the insight that these three powerful words can bring to your mental health. In the midst of struggles […]
12 Signs You Struggle with Toxic Guilt
22 juni 2023 |
14 min
For many believers, they are beginning to recognize that the influence of guilt has become toxic in their life. Toxic guilt can impact our relationship with God, ourselves and others in very unfruitful ways. It can bog down our minds with heaviness, anxiety and depression, while keeping us from being able to move forward with […]
Exposing the Influence of Toxic Guilt
21 juni 2023 |
56 min
A major aspect of my healing journey has involved learning to discern the workings of guilt and allow myself to walk free from a lifestyle entangled with toxic guilt. When you think about your spiritual journey, has anyone ever taught you how to discern what guilt means and how to work through it? Do you […]
The Power of God’s Love to Transform Your Mental Health
19 juni 2023 |
60 min
Every single one of us were created and designed to live in the power of God’s love for us, for it is His love that paves the way for our thoughts, emotions and relationships to experience greater health. It is my fundamental conviction that all mental health begins with learning to experience the power of […]
Biblical Building Blocks for Mental Health – Part 1
12 juni 2023 |
75 min
As you navigate your mental health journey, what are the important biblical building blocks that we can stand on to heal, grow and overcome? In this Sunday night live, Mark will take us on a series where he cover the important precepts we need to build to strengthen and empower our mental health. I also […]
Healing from Gaslighting
6 juni 2023 |
40 min
Gaslighting is a form of manipulative abuse, in which a person causes you to doubt your memory of experiences and past events as well as your perception, which can lead to doubt of reality and questioning of your own sanity. It is also used as a way to manipulate you into seeing a toxic and […]
Overcoming Grandiosity from a Narcissist Relationship
1 juni 2023 |
47 min
The influence of narcissism partners with a mindset of grandiosity, an extreme pattern of a self-importance or “specialness” that often leads to exaggerated boasting about accomplishments, status and image. As we all learn to heal and grow, God will lead us to see His greatness at work within us. We have areas of low thinking […]
Healing from a Narcissist When It is All About Them
30 maj 2023 |
17 min
Of the toxic ingredients that make up a narcissist, one of them is the pattern where they make everything in life about themselves. They direct conversations and attention to themselves in all things. It goes beyond selfishness, which we all have battles with and even self-centeredness. Narcissism is even more intense than that. They have […]
Healing from a Narcissist’s Lack of Empathy Towards You
25 maj 2023 |
22 min
In a series on healing from a relationship with a narcissist, I want to bring out what healing from the main narcissistic traits looks like. I first want to bring out the lack of empathy. How does that impact your mental and emotional health? How do you begin healing when you have been bombarded by […]
The Most Challenging Relationship in the Mental Health Journey
23 maj 2023 |
22 min
The most challenging relationship in our mental health healing journey is with ourselves. While many of us can talk about our struggle in relating and connecting to God in fruitful ways, while also struggling in relationship to others, the biggest trouble most people have is in how they relate to themselves. Most people do not […]
Strengthening Your Mental Health in the Midst of Storms
22 maj 2023 |
53 min
How do you handle a rough day, a bad week or even a rough season in life? While the storms of life hit everyone in various ways, how can we effectively help our mental health in the midst of it? It’s hard enough to deal with day to day mental health struggles, but what about […]
Have You Been Slimed by a SCORNER?
19 maj 2023 |
26 min
In the Old Testament Scriptures on wisdom, the Bible brings out the toxic influence of narcissism within the profile of a SCORNER. Within the description of the scorner, you see the narcissistic traits manifesting. They leave a trail of strife, confusion and broken relationships behind them. It is important that we discern when we are […]
4 Signs You Are NOT a Narcissist
17 maj 2023 |
19 min
One of the common things that can happen for many when they hear about the toxic influence of narcissism is they ask themselves, “Am I a narcissist?” Many obsessive compulsives will hear the traits and start to panic, thinking they are narcissistic and spiral into catastrophic thinking. But it can be helpful to look at […]
Why is it Hard for Christians to Accept that Narcissists Will Not Change?
12 maj 2023 |
17 min
One important step in healing from a relationship with a narcissist is accepting they will not change. This helps us to let go of the dysfunctional ways we learned to relate and cope. But for many Christians, this can bump up against some of our spiritual perspectives that have become distorted. In this broadcast, I […]
How Christians Can Heal from a Narcissist Relationship
9 maj 2023 |
33 min
The journey towards healing from a narcissistic relationship can be a daunting and challenging experience for anyone. However, for Christians, the pain and trauma experienced in such relationships can be compounded by certain ways we process the Bible, love and relationships in dysfunctional and distorted ways. Narcissism is an issue that many area needing to […]
The Christian, the Bible and Narcissism
8 maj 2023 |
73 min
What does the Bible have to say about narcissism? There is so much talk about narcissists in psychology, but is it actually something the Bible mentions? If so, how can we discern its work in our upbringing, our relationships, churches and communities? In this broadcast, I will address what narcissism is and how to pick […]
The Christian Mental Health and the Workplace
5 maj 2023 |
38 min
What does it look like for a believer to walk a journey that is mentally, emotionally and relationally healthy within the context of the workplace? With all the complications that can arise, how do you navigate your mental health healing and growth journey, while at the same time, working in an environment that isn’t that […]
Healing & Freedom to the Heart of an Artist: My Interview with Matt Tommey
3 maj 2023 |
41 min
It is a joy to introduce you to a good friend of mine, Matt Tommey, an author, artist and mentor to thousands of thriving artists who have been equipped to know who they are, develop their artistic craft and walk in meaningful purpose. I have been personally blessed by the faith and learning that Matt […]
Mental Health and Hearing from God
1 maj 2023 |
46 min
There has been an increased awareness of the importance of mental health, both in the Christian community and in society as a whole. As Christians, there can seem to be an added dimension to our struggles, which is the desire to hear from God. Many people who struggle with mental health find it difficult to […]
Healthy Servants of God in a World Filled with STRIFE
1 maj 2023 |
68 min
What does it look like to maintain a healthy journey while interacting with a world around you that is engulfed in strife? In this broadcast, Mark will walk you through biblical instructions that will point you towards living from a place of divine wisdom and helping you discern how STRIFE works, so that you do […]
Keeping Your Sanity in a World of Lawlessness
24 april 2023 |
64 min
What is lawlessness and how can we be discerning about the growing influence of lawlessness in our world? How can you navigate your mental health and maintain your sanity in the midst of a world that wholeheartedly embraces lawless living as a way of life? Video Broadcast: Watch on Rumble: To support future broadcasts:
Fight Mental Health Battles with Compassion
21 april 2023 |
21 min
Mental health has long been a misunderstood and stigmatized topic. Many Christians fear admitting their mental health struggles, due to shame and or being seen as weak. To many fight their battles in silence, while they also struggle with feeling defeated, condemned, stressed and overwhelmed. What we all need is compassion, which involves connecting to […]
Compulsively Checking Your Feelings
20 april 2023 |
26 min
Do you find yourself compulsively checking your feelings, to make sure you REALLY feel a certain way? For many obsessive-compulsives, they are often checking how they feel on a regular basis to make sure they feel a certain way. But they end up endlessly checking their feelings in an endless loop of their emotions very […]
What the OCD Healing Journey Looks Like
19 april 2023 |
17 min
Allow me to be a tour guide to help you understand what some of the stages of healing from obsessive and compulsive patterns looks like. There are some important markers along the way that I need to mention and help equip your heart. One stage that I want to highlight and speak to is what […]
Myths That People with Relationship OCD Believe
18 april 2023 |
25 min
Many of us have heard of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), but few may be aware of relationship OCD. I know I had no idea what it was, but struggled with it deeply for a while. It is a type of OCD that involves intrusive and unwanted thoughts or obsessions about relationships, usually romantic ones. Those who […]
The Struggle with Self-Condemnation
17 april 2023 |
20 min
Everyone has areas of our past that are not perfect, but for those who struggle with perfectionism and OCD, self-condemnation can be a daily struggle and wrestling match. Condemnation drives us to dwell on the past in such a way that leaves us feeling broken and hopeless. The struggle with self-condemnation often leads to depression, […]
Mental Health and the End Times
17 april 2023 |
96 min
I have never heard the end times and mental health talked about in the same talk. But today, I want to talk them together, so we can navigate our journey in a healthy and fruitful way. In this broadcast, I will describe “5 Types of End Timers,” four of which can be detrimental to your […]
When Your Spouse Has OCD
14 april 2023 |
48 min
How do you navigate a healthy marriage when one or both of you has obsessive-compulsive struggles? Living with a spouse who has obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) can be challenging and overwhelming. The constant need to perform rituals or engage in specific behaviors, coupled with intrusive and distressing thoughts, can take its toll on both the individual […]
Obsessive Compulsive SERVING and GIVING
13 april 2023 |
44 min
Serving others is how we can bless the hearts of others with the compassion, grace and love of God. But have we become so obsessive about serving that the subject of serving has become distorted? Many believers are admitting that they have been living a performance driven life, which caused the subject of “serving” to […]
Obsessive Compulsive FASTING
12 april 2023 |
20 min
Fasting can be a valuable experience in the Christian life. But I have bumped into a number of believers who have became obsessive compulsive about the practice of fasting. Here are some thoughts and feedback on the issue and how to navigate it in a more healthy way. Video Broadcast: Watch on Rumble: Recommended Resources: […]
Working Through Health OCD
12 april 2023 |
33 min
I address a question about health OCD and how to navigate through the struggle of being obsessive-compulsive about disease, illness and sickness. Video Broadcast: Watch on Rumble: Recommended Resources: To support future broadcasts:
Developing Empathy Balance
10 april 2023 |
32 min
Empathy, the ability to connect with what someone else is feeling and going through is so important to a fruitful mental, emotional and relationship journey. But what do you do when you notice that your empathy levels seem to go off the rails and it causes you to spiral in your own life? Do you […]
Does This Thought Mean I am Lusting and Committing Adultery?
6 april 2023 |
30 min
I respond to a question by someone who struggles with OCD and has a hard time applying the words of Jesus regarding lusting after a woman, as shown in Matthew 5:27-28. How do you process this Scripture when you see an attractive person? When have you crossed the line into lusting and committing adultery? It […]
On Fire for God or Obsessive Compulsive?
5 april 2023 |
35 min
For Christians, a passionate relationship with God through Jesus Christ is talked about, taught and emphasized. But what happens when obsessive-compulsive influences get into the mix? In this broadcast, I want to bring out some signs that OCD is infecting someone’s faith, that while they come across as being “on fire for Jesus,” the person […]
How Religious OCD GROWS
4 april 2023 |
15 min
Today I address a question on religious OCD and scrupulosity that shows how an obsessive subject grows and expands. This will be a real life example. I will lay out step by step how an intrusive thought grows into an anxiety filled distortion. You will also receive some practical insight on how to walk into […]
How Certain Christian Denominations Can Influence Religious OCD & Scrupulosity
3 april 2023 |
68 min
Does your Christian church upbringing have an influence on where your religious obsessive-compulsive thoughts go? How much does your denominational affiliation influence scrupulosity in your life? I want to use my pastoral experience and passion for mental health to speak into various denominations I have experienced and how they contribute to where OCD struggles often […]
Do You COMPULSIVELY CHECK Your Believing?
30 mars 2023 |
40 min
The subject Belief or believing is an important aspect of learning and growing in the Christian faith. But when you have OCD, this can get off the rails very easily. One of the common patterns of religious OCD and scrupulosity is the compulsive pattern of “checking” your believing….checking, checking and rechecking, with a distorted sense […]
The Struggle to Rest and Relax in God’s Love (Nurture)
29 mars 2023 |
19 min
I first intended on making this video for those who struggle with OCD, as they often wrestle with being able to rest in God’s love. But as I taught it, I definitely sensed this video applies to everyone. So many believers share their frustration with not being able to settle in the love of God. […]
Why Giving Scriptures to Religious OCD Strugglers Can Seem to Backfire
28 mars 2023 |
15 min
It happens all the time, especially with those who struggle with religious OCD and scrupulosity. You have someone come to you for help and you begin sharing Scriptures with them. Maybe you know they have OCD or you don’t. Of course, this is an important aspect of the Christian journey–to allow God’s Word to renew […]
The Story Behind the Book: Melissa Interviews Her Husband
24 mars 2023 |
69 min
Melissa DeJesus interviews her husband Mark about his latest book, The OCD Healing Journey.
2 Reasons Christians Get Off Track with Intrusive Thoughts
23 mars 2023 |
7 min
Everyone experiences intrusive thoughts, but for those who struggle with OCD, they can easily get lost in examination the thought and reacting to the thought in ways that are compulsive. There are two reactions to intrusive thoughts that Christians with OCD can fall into that drive them off track. Do you find yourself falling into […]
12 Reasons OCD Gets Worse
22 mars 2023 |
14 min
Have you ever felt like the spiraling of OCD is getting worse? What do we do when we feel like our obsessive-compulsive struggles are getting worse and more intense? Today I want to bring perspective on some things to consider when you feel like things are getting worse than getting better. Video Broadcast: Watch on […]
The 7 Distortions of OCD
21 mars 2023 |
14 min
OCD wants you to think the problem is whatever you are obsessing about. Yet you need to understand that “the problem is not the problem.” The issue you are “spinning” about is not the issue. It is more about HOW you relate to your thoughts that is really what needs to be addressed. With obsessive-compulsive […]
What is OCD? Part 2: Compulsions
20 mars 2023 |
26 min
To understand OCD and obsessive-compulsive struggles, we have to gain an understanding of compulsions. If you want to understand how OCD operates, the world of OCD really manifests through compulsive living. Compulsions are the manifestation of OCD. The word compulsion involves an irresistible and persistent urge or impulse to alleviate the disturbance of an obsession. […]
What is OCD? Part 1: Obsessions
17 mars 2023 |
28 min
There is a lot of misunderstanding when it comes to OCD. Many see it only as a cleanliness and order issue, but it is much more than that. Today I want to get into what OCD is by first explaining what obsessions are, how they show up and what topics are often material for the […]
Take a Tour of The OCD Healing Journey Chapters
14 mars 2023 |
55 min
Join me as I provide a tour through The OCD Healing Journey, to give you an overview of the chapters in the book. Video Broadcast: Click Here to Go to Broadcast Recommended Resources: To support future broadcasts:
New Book: “The OCD Healing Journey” Available Now!
13 mars 2023 |
9 min
My latest book project is one that is near and dear to my heart, as it is a struggle I have had to personally face and learn to work through. As I proclaim the message of healing freedom in the areas of mental, emotional and relationship health, The OCD Healing journey is meant to encourage […]
Processing Parental Wound and Family Brokenness
10 mars 2023 |
37 min
All of us have to come to terms with our family history and understand how our parental relationship influenced our mental and emotional health. As many confront their mental health struggles, addictions and relationship patterns, we have to learn how to process through what influenced many of our thinking and behaving patterns. We often carry […]
10 Struggles that Reveal You Had Emotionally Immature Parents
9 mars 2023 |
17 min
There are certain patterns that manifest in those who were raised with emotionally immature parents. In this broadcast, I want to bring out some of the struggles a person can have that reveal the emotional limitations in their upbringing. Do you find these symptoms in your life? Video Broadcast: Watch on Rumble: Recommended Resources: To […]
12 Signs You Were Raised By Emotionally Immature Parents
6 mars 2023 |
20 min
Your emotional development or lack thereof, forms out of your relationship with your parents, which in effect, greatly impacts our mental health. But what about if your parents were emotionally immature? How do you even understand this and learn to heal? In understanding your upbringing, have you come to discover that your parents were emotionally […]
5 Types of Dysfunctional Families
3 mars 2023 |
20 min
As you become aware of how your upbringing impacted your life, it can be helpful to understand some themes of dysfunction you may have grown up with. Today I want to talk about dysfunctional families and five types that I have seen impact the mental and emotional health of people negatively. Video Broadcast: Watch on […]
10 Reasons You Need to Understand Your Relationship with Your Parents
27 februari 2023 |
20 min
If you want to experience greater mental, emotional and relationship health, it will be important to understand your relationship with your parents. A healthy upbringing contributes to greater mental health. Studies have shown that a strong parent-child relationship leads to a healthy sense of identity and how to relate to your thoughts and emotions. On […]
The People Pleasing Healing Journey
24 februari 2023 |
45 min
What does it look like in day to day life to work through people pleasing struggles? Melissa and I take some time to give examples of how people pleasing has impacted our journey and preventing us from experiencing greater mental and emotional health. We talk through some of the factors in our upbringing that contributed […]
Discerning the Traps of the Inner Critic
23 februari 2023 |
17 min
The inner critic seeks to block and create resistance to the work of love and grace in your life. It is the voice in our thoughts that constantly judges our thoughts, behaviors, decisions, and emotions. Learning to recognize and discern the inner critic can be a powerful tool in helping us to become more self-aware […]
8 Ways You Become an Enemy to Yourself
20 februari 2023 |
22 min
Are You at War with Yourself? Many are noticing that within their struggle to heal and overcome, they have become an enemy to themselves. The brokenness of our hearts has driven us into living with a lie that being an enemy to yourself is the way to live. Too many are in a war called […]
Healing the Heart of a People Pleaser
16 februari 2023 |
50 min
In order to break through patterns of people pleasing, we have to learn how to help the heart of a people pleaser to experience healing and find new directions that are healthy and empowered. Today my purpose is to look at your heart and equip you to walk away from the trap of pleasing and […]
Discerning the Bondage of People Pleasing
13 februari 2023 |
80 min
To break free from people pleasing, we have to become self-aware and discern its patterns in our life. What does the life of a people pleaser look like and why do so many get trapped underneath this bondage? in this broadcast teaching, I will share about patterns of people pleasing so that you can discern […]
Compassion and Grace Towards the “Old You”
10 februari 2023 |
45 min
As we grow in our walk with God, many share a struggle they have in working through the past. In our discussion, we want to bring out the journey of healing and growth regarding the “past you.” Not just the “you” before you accepted Christ, but even the “past you” as a believer, the immature […]
When Others Lack Compassion & Grace for the Old You
9 februari 2023 |
19 min
How do you practice compassion on your past mental health struggles? How do you also deal with people who hold you to the “old you” and the old issues of the past? How do you walk into the new when people around you are holding you to the past? In today’s broadcast, I address the […]
Do You Ruminate About the Past?
6 februari 2023 |
37 min
Do you struggle with ruminating about the past and have a hard time letting go? Today’s broadcast involves addressing a question that was sent in, asking about how to deal with past events recall that triggers rumination. I will answer the question by walking through healthy perspectives about your past and how to relate to […]
Do You Talk About Mental Health Too Much or Too Little?
3 februari 2023 |
66 min
Welcome to our conversation, as Mark and Melissa have a discussion around sharing of mental health struggles? Do you find that you talk about mental health too much? Do you share too much? Or not enough? As we discuss this issue, we will highlight some example we have observed and what it can look like […]
Religious Perfectionism and Prayer
1 februari 2023 |
28 min
Do you feel a pressure that works in your prayer life, where you feel a constant guilt about not praying enough or “just right.”? Most likely, you are under the influence of religious perfectionism. When it comes to prayer, many believers can be highly influenced approach spiritual routines as perfectionists. We want our prayers to […]
2 Unhealthy Responses to Shame Attacks
30 januari 2023 |
31 min
When we are under the influence of a shame attack, our emotional response typically ends up going into two unhealthy directions that do not allow us to remain in sobriety. They can keep us stuck in patterns of denial, stubborn and defensiveness or drowning despair and hopelessness. In today’s broadcast, I want to spend some […]
What Does It Mean When You Feel Stuck Are a Broken Record or Going Around the Mountain?
25 januari 2023 |
14 min
Do you find that you constantly feel stuck? Are you observing that you keep repeating the same story, like a broken record? Do you feel discouraged, feeling like you are going around the same mountain? Today I want to share with you about what these things can mean and how we can approach it more […]
The Biblical Importance of Living SOBER
23 januari 2023 |
48 min
When we think of the word “sober,” we often equate it solely with describing a person who has substance abuse issues, specifically alcohol. We think of sobriety only from a view of someone who is not drunk or intoxicated. But from a biblical perspective, there is so much more to what living sober means. Sobriety […]
Take Back Your Joy from Perfectionism
20 januari 2023 |
31 min
The influence of perfectionism can be so all-consuming, it can leave us ultimately feeling joyless. One of the biggest manifestations of perfectionism is the pressure it brings and the joy it steals. If you find yourself constantly striving under the pressure of perfectionism, it may be time to take back your joy. Video Broadcast: Watch […]
10 Signs of a Shame Attack
16 januari 2023 |
25 min
When you experience a shame attack, you may feel like you are not good enough or that you are unworthy of being loved. A tremendous weight of embarrassment can fall on your emotional state. These feelings can be overwhelming and can cause you to feel like you are not worthy of love or respect. Today […]
46 Years of Learning (Birthday Q&A)
13 januari 2023 |
130 min
Join in the celebration as I take some time on my 46th birthday to address questions you may have about my journey. Video Broadcast:
Bible Reading and Religious Perfectionism
11 januari 2023 |
26 min
Is religious perfectionism stealing the fruit of enjoying the Scriptures and your Bible reading experience? Are you trying to read the Bible “just right,” but its the influence of perfectionism? Today I want to talk about some ways that we can get bogged down by perfectionism when it comes to engaging the Word of God […]
7 Questions to Enhance Your Mental Health Journey
6 januari 2023 |
67 min
Start off the new year with a live broadcast, where I address the importance of addressing the questions you ask yourself. We ask ourselves, others and God questions all the time. Many of them leave us disempowered. We are often asking question that lead us into destructive paths and dead ends. Today I want to […]
10 Ways Gratitude Can Help Your Mental Health
23 november 2022 |
25 min
Giving thanks is an overlooked, yet powerful experience that add so much value to your mental and emotional health. Yet it is something we easily forget about. In fact, we overlook the power of gratitude quite often. But in my journey of learning to cultivate a healthy emotional journey, I discovered that practicing gratitude and […]
I Address Your OCD Questions Live! #12
21 november 2022 |
127 min
Join me in this OCD Live Q&A as I address the questions you have sent regarding obsessive compulsive struggles and the battles that surround the healing and freedom journey. Video Broadcast: OCD Help Page Mental Health Resource Page Recommended Resources: The Heart Healing Journey God Loves Me and I Love Myself! Restoring the Power of […]
Failure, Fear of Failure and Advice I Would Give to Moses
19 november 2022 |
40 min
In response to a question that was sent in, I want to address the subject of failure, the fear of failure and what would I say to Moses when He finds out he is not going into the Promised Land? Here is the question: “I wonder if you would be able to address when we […]
6 Tips to Help You Stop Spinning
16 november 2022 |
26 min
One of the questions I get from those who are working through their mental and emotional health is, “How do I stop SPINNING?” What they are describing is continual spiral of thoughts they get lost in, to the point that they feel trapped by the anxiety and even despair the thoughts produce. It can produce […]
7 Misunderstanding About Acknowledging Emotions
14 november 2022 |
17 min
Have you been taught perspectives about emotions that have distorted how you relate to yourself and what you are going through? Today I want to share seven misunderstandings that we can often believe that prevent us from acknowledging our emotions and working through them in a healthy and productive way. Video Broadcast: Watch on Rumble: […]
Our Perfectionism Healing Journey
11 november 2022 |
60 min
Perfectionism can manifest in a variety of ways, which you will see in our discussion today, as Melissa and I share our healing journey working through perfectionism struggles. in this broadcast, we will share how we dismissed perfectionism at first, but how we came to understand its deceptive influence. We also talk about what the […]
10 Things You Need to Know About Your Emotions
9 november 2022 |
21 min
Are you able to navigate the life of your emotions with fruitfulness and effectiveness? In all honesty, most of us have not had the kind of training and equipping that would help us navigate the thoughts and emotions that come our way. Today I want to talk about emotions by emphasizing ten things that are […]
All or Nothing Thinking, Perfectionism and Our View of God
7 november 2022 |
32 min
Is “All or Nothing” thinking impacting your journey? In today’s broadcast, I want to address some questions about perfectionism and show you how the “just right, but never enough” mindset can drive us into black and white, otherwise known as “all or nothing” thinking. As we begin to discern the distortions of these mindsets, it […]
What Trials Bring Out in Perfectionists
4 november 2022 |
22 min
The deeper issues of a perfectionist’s heart really come out in the midst of trials. The difficulties we face bring out how we see ourselves, God and the world around us. They are seasons where we need to heal and mature in deeper levels, but perfectionistic ways keep us stuck in staring at what we […]
What is the Opposite of Perfectionism?
1 november 2022 |
42 min
Perfectionism is the mindset of “just right, but never enough,” a cycle of living that produces pressure, stress and bondage. Yet many sincere hearts will ask, “What is the opposite of perfectionism?” In others words, they are asking, what does it look like to break free from perfectionism? Today I want to give you some […]
I Address Your OCD Questions Live! #11
28 oktober 2022 |
116 min
Join me in this OCD Live Q&A as I address the questions you have sent regarding obsessive compulsive struggles and the battles that surround the healing and freedom journey. Video Broadcast: Submit a Question OCD Help Page Mental Health Resource Page Recommended Resources: The Heart Healing Journey God Loves Me and I Love Myself! Restoring […]
Mental Health for Christian Introverts
26 oktober 2022 |
74 min
What does it look like for a Christian to navigate their mental health journey while realizing they have introverted tendencies? What does it even mean when the words Christian and introvert come together? Today I want to talk about the life of introversion and what living mentally healthy can look like. Video Broadcast: Watch on […]
12 Limiting Beliefs that Can Hinder Your Mental Health
24 oktober 2022 |
38 min
Limiting beliefs can be perspectives we carry that create limitations to our journey. They can hinder us from experience the healing and freedom that is available for our journey. These mindsets can lay underground, at times undetected, but can prevent us from developing new and empowered perspectives for our healing journey. Video Broadcast: Watch on […]
Our Journey through Shame, Abandonment and Perfectionism
21 oktober 2022 |
49 min
Working through the mindset of “just right but never enough” that perfectionism creates, keeps us from seeing the shame and abandonment we carry within. Today we want to reflect on recent broadcasts on shame and abandonment, while talking through how we are processing healing in our own journey. Video Broadcast: Watch on Rumble: Recommended Resources: […]
Healing the Stress Response of a Perfectionist
19 oktober 2022 |
31 min
For the perfectionist, I believe they are in a constant state of fight AND flight, where their stress response is in overdrive. Their constant busy living and avoidance keeps them from dealing with matters of the heart that need compassionate healing and grace. In this broadcast, I want to lay out how the stress response […]
The Root of Abandonment and “Shame Attacks”
17 oktober 2022 |
26 min
Have you ever had a “shame attack” and did not even know it? Today I want to bring insight into the deepest root issue in our healing journey–abandonment. Most of the roads of our brokenness lead to abandonment. And when shame and abandonment connect, it can trigger a chain reaction with our hearts that can […]
3 Responses to Intrusive Thoughts and Religious Obsessions
14 oktober 2022 |
36 min
How do we respond to these intrusive thoughts that create so much disturbance within us about our salvation, our standing with God and our sense of peace? How can we respond in a fruitful way that will actually help me overcome? Many get stuck in their obsessions because they compulsively argue, research, debate, ruminate, seek […]
Nurturing the Heart of a Perfectionist
12 oktober 2022 |
23 min
One of the greatest needs that perfectionists have is nurture, the need to find comfort through unconditional loving care. Perfectionists have an inner critic that drowns out the nurturing voice they need. It amplifies criticism, shame and judgment. So we continue to live in with a ball of emotional pressure on a daily basis. Instead […]
4 Blocks that Keep Perfectionists from Healing
10 oktober 2022 |
21 min
The mindset of perfectionism drives a message of “just right” but “never enough” that seeks to infiltrate how we think, believe, act and process relationships. Yet in the healing process, I have found there are four blocks that often get in the way of healing the perfectionist’s heart. I have observed them in my own […]
7 Things We Need to Let Go Of
4 oktober 2022 |
18 min
There are things we need to embrace as we learn and walk our healing and freedom journey, but there are also things we need to learn to let go of, they get in the way of fruitful healing and growth. Each of us has to learn how to let go of things in our life […]
What Influence Do Demons & Spiritual Warfare Have on OCD?
3 oktober 2022 |
92 min
I receive numerous questions about the role of evil spirits, demons and spiritual warfare and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. This week I received a question, asking to understand how the spiritual battles we face can impact someone who struggles with OCD. In this broadcast, I will be address the subject of spiritual warfare within the context […]
Parenting While Working Through Your Own Brokenness
30 september 2022 |
43 min
How do you navigate parenting while you are aware of your own need for healing and freedom from broken patterns in your own heart? In today’s broadcast, we want to have a discussion about this and how we process our own healing journey within the context of also being parents. Video Broadcast: Watch on Rumble: […]
Learning to Say NO
27 september 2022 |
33 min
If you want to make room to invest in what matters most in your life, you will have to learn to say NO. In fact, healthy people have learned to say NO and say it a lot. Practicing saying NO helps you get clear on what your YES is. But in order to experience this, […]
Discerning the Shame that Drives Perfectionism and OCD
27 september 2022 |
17 min
Those who battle with the influence of perfectionism and obsessive compulsive struggles are not typically aware of how much shame actually drives their life. In this broadcast, I want to peal back the layers of OCD and perfectionism, to get to the heart of the shame battles we carry that need acknowledgement, grieving and healing. […]
God’s Love Wins: Learning to Mature in Love
23 september 2022 |
37 min
As we discover, “What Does Love Look Like?” I pray you have discovered that learning what love is, while untangling what love is NOT, is a journey. This is a lifelong discovery. For the rest of our lives, we will explore the depths, breath and beautiful meaning of God’s love for us. Today is a […]
Religious OCD: The Guilt and Confession Cycle
22 september 2022 |
39 min
One of the common patterns for Christians with OCD, is the compulsion of excessive confession of something that disturbs your spirituality. There can be a nagging sense that something is not right in your stance with God or there is some specific issue that needs to be dealt with and remedied. Confession to God, repentance […]
5 Forms of Biblical Meditation You Can Practice
20 september 2022 |
69 min
As I encourage, equip and empower the mental health of my brothers and sisters, the first thing I emphasize is the power of slowing down. Within the context of slowing down, I have personally learned to appreciate the God given practice of meditation as a habit that can recalibrate my heart and mind into the […]
7 Reasons We Cannot Emotionally Settle
19 september 2022 |
14 min
When many talk about their struggle to slow down and walk a more heart aware life, they often mention the inability to emotionally “settle.” In today’s video, I want to share about seven reasons why we can’t seem to settle and what it means for our journey. Video Broadcast: Watch on Rumble: Recommended Resources: […]
I Address Your OCD Questions Live! #10
17 september 2022 |
131 min
Join me in this OCD Live Q&A as I address the questions you have sent regarding obsessive compulsive struggles and the battles that surround the healing and freedom journey. Here are many of the questions I cover in this episode: Religious OCD About Missions Work What About Living In Boldness Contamination OCD OCD & Getting […]
I Address Your OCD Questions Live! #09
8 september 2022 |
84 min
Join me as I address the questions you have sent regarding obsessive compulsive struggles and the battles that surround the healing and freedom journey. Here are many of the subjects and questions I addressed: Intrusive Thoughts Against God Child Obsessed with Video Games OCD & In-Laws Fear That I Was Never Really Saved Relationship OCD […]
Sharing Our Personal Struggles – Part 4
25 augusti 2022 |
52 min
How do you deal with the emotional weight and burdens that come your way? What do you do with the pull of emotion energy from family members, people you help and those you serve? What about all the energy from world news and events that pulls on your empathy and overwhelm your emotional capacity? Today, […]
Spiraling in Overwhelming Anxiety, Religious OCD and Pain
22 augusti 2022 |
55 min
In this broadcast, I will be responding to an audio message of a cry for help in the midst of an emotional spiral. You will see the impact of religious OCD, unprocessed grief, phobias and anxiety that often leave us becoming angry with God and angry with ourselves. I pray that today you can experience […]
I Address Your OCD Questions Live! #08
19 augusti 2022 |
103 min
Join me as I address the questions you have sent regarding obsessive compulsive struggles and the battles that surround the healing and freedom journey. Within today’s broadcast, I will dive deep into a variety of subjects that relate to OCD, including: I Emphasizes The 7 Distortions of OCD Guilt Confession OCD about Relationships and Real […]
Love Hangs in There
18 augusti 2022 |
45 min
Love brings the power to endure, the ability to hang in there and remain in the journey. When I first began to seek deeper heart healing and freedom in my life, I realized very soon that I did not know how to experience God’s love. I not only needed healing in my heart with the […]
12 Ways Slowing Down Has Improved My Mental Health
15 augusti 2022 |
26 min
My first recommendation for those who want to experience greater mental and emotional health is to SLOW DOWN. This can be much easier said than done, as the world lives at such a high rate of speed. We feel that pull every day. But what I want to do is share with you some observations […]
Sharing our Personal Struggles – Part 3
11 augusti 2022 |
61 min
We continue our series on sharing some of the struggle we are navigating through by focusing in on the family dynamics that arise as you seek to navigate your healing journey. When we step into healing, all of us have to come to terms with what it means to “leave father and mother” and heal […]
10 Reasons Why We Do Not Slow Down
10 augusti 2022 |
13 min
We can all benefit from a healthy dose of slowing down. We know we need to, but what is preventing so many from living a better paced life of the heart? Today I want to bring out ten reasons why we do not slow down. See if you can discern what may be preventing you […]
Where Do I Start in My Heart Healing Journey?
8 augusti 2022 |
18 min
If I was to look back at the early stages of my healing journey and the lives of those I have seen pursue a heart healing path in life, there is something very important that needs to be embraced along the way. It cannot be overlooked. Those who truly learn to experience greater mental, emotional […]
What Makes Healing from Brokenness So Challenging?
5 augusti 2022 |
30 min
As I seek to help people through teaching and one on one work, there is often a statement followed by a question. “This is hard. Why is healing from brokenness so hard?” Today I want to address this question by providing eight perspectives that are important to keep in mind. Video Broadcast: Watch on Rumble: […]
Love Strengthens Hope
4 augusti 2022 |
41 min
This message is dedicated to all my brothers and sisters who are struggling with deep discouragement, weariness or even depression. I want to be a voice of healing and freedom for your life and speak to the heart of this issue, so that life can begin to reignite the power of hope within you. So […]
The ONE Scripture Saved My Mental Health
1 augusti 2022 |
12 min
This one passage of Scripture helped save my mental health and lead me into a whole new way of experiencing healing and freedom in my life. I pray that what I discovered and experienced will bless and encourage your journey. Video Broadcast: Watch on Rumble: Recommended Resources: Mental Health Resource Page OCD Help and Healing […]
Do You Compulsively Overshare?
29 juli 2022 |
31 min
Do you find yourself sharing too much too soon too often? If so, you are not alone, as many believers admit to over talking, over sharing and even over confessing. For many, it can even become a compulsive way of relating. You feel you need to get everything out to make sure you are ok […]
Sharing Our Personal Struggles – Part 2
27 juli 2022 |
56 min
You asked for it! Thanks to tall the kind and encouragement feedback we have received, we are continuing down a theme of sharing some of the recent personal struggles we find ourselves navigating through, as Melissa and I continue to experience healing and freedom. Today I get into a deep theme of perfectionism that has […]
Mental Health and Prophetic Ministry
25 juli 2022 |
77 min
In response to a question that was sent in, I want to address prophetic ministry from the perspective of mental and emotional health. What does it look like to relate to the ministry of prophecy or prophetic words when we are working through mental health battles like depression, OCD or anxiety? I pray this broadcast […]
I Address Your OCD Questions Live! #07
25 juli 2022 |
96 min
In this broadcast, I address many questions that have been sent in surrounding the struggles of OCD. In this broadcast, I dive into many different areas: What is life after OCD like? Salvation OCD Recognizing depression underneath OCD Performance, failure struggles and identity Intrusive harm thoughts How to be present while having OCD. What to […]
Church Transition & Finding Heart Healing Community
22 juli 2022 |
57 min
Today I am responding to questions about transitions that happen in church life, where friends move on from your church or you move on. What does it look like to navigate these changes? I also talk through the struggle that many experience to find genuine heart healing community. Video Broadcast: Recommended Resources: Healing from Spiritual […]
How Do You Relate to Yourself in Your Struggles?
20 juli 2022 |
56 min
Today I want to address a number of questions that have a common theme: how we relate ourselves in the midst of our brokenness, struggles and pain. If you are wanting to grow in your heart healing journey, what I share here the major importance of relating to yourself with greater kindness, patience and compassion. […]
I Address Your OCD Questions Live! #06
16 juli 2022 |
85 min
Today I address more questions relate to obsessive compulsive struggles, while also addressing questions in the comments section live. I talk about prayer, the Godhead, spiritual abuse, regaining identity, what it means to heal when you are involved in ministry, how to understanding God’s will and so much more! Video Broadcast: OCD Help Page Mental […]
Sharing Our Struggles
14 juli 2022 |
67 min
In today’s episode, we wanted to come back to our podcast and share from the heart, expressing our journey of healing and where Melissa and I are today. What are we currently working through, healing through and learning to practice? We pray that our heart felt sharing will be a redemptive blessing to your life […]
How Thoughts Impact Your Mental Health
11 juli 2022 |
17 min
If I can be a blessing and support to how you think, it can have a dramatic impact to your overall mental, emotional and relationship health. We can have tens of thousands of thoughts within the course of one day, but have we been equipped on how to work through our thoughts and emotions? In […]
I Address Your OCD Questions Live! #05
8 juli 2022 |
101 min
Today I address your questions that have been sent in regarding obsessive compulsive struggles. Video Broadcast: OCD Help Page Mental Health Resource Page Recommended Resources: The Heart Healing Journey God Loves Me and I Love Myself! Restoring the Power of Nurture To support future videos: Consider a one-time donation. Become a monthly supporter. Join a free month of […]
3 Tips for Renewing Your Mental Health
6 juli 2022 |
24 min
In my journey of working through anxiety, depression and obsessive compulsive struggles, I often found that small tweaks can make a big difference in my healing and freedom journey. Today I want to take a moment and share with you three tips that can make a big difference in your renewal if you will allow […]
Sabbatical Break (Update)
14 maj 2022 |
13 min
We are taking a sabbatical break and will be back with more teaching content in July. During this time, I will be doing some work on my next book, which will be on the healing and freedom journey regarding OCD. Please keep me in prayer as I work on this and also consider a follow […]
The Gospel: Grieving Pain in Your Life
13 maj 2022 |
57 min
Have you heard the good news of the Gospel brought in such a way that it helped you learn how to grieve? When you think of the Gospel does grieving ever come to mind? When the Gospel of Good News from a Good Father who loves you arrives into your life, does it eliminate your […]
Are You a Christian Perfectionist?
10 maj 2022 |
32 min
The words Christian and perfectionism should not go together, but you will find perfectionism amongst Christianity all around. Has its influence taken hold of how you practice your faith? You may need to ask yourself, “Am I a perfectionist?” Some see perfectionism as a completely admirable trait. Many fail to see the long term dangers […]
Love Empowers Belief
4 maj 2022 |
41 min
The power of God’s love has a way of enhancing our ability to believe. When we experience a deeper connection to love, the tank of our ability to believe gets filled and empowered. On the other hand, our ability to believe can feel like it is getting shipwrecked with our hearts are struggling with disconnect […]
Understanding Your Family of Origin
28 april 2022 |
42 min
If you want to experience healing and freedom in your mental, emotional and relationship health, you will at some point need to understand your family of origin and how it impacted your development. It is important to know where you come from and how it influences your current thinking, believing and style of relating. Your […]
Love Can Handle What You Are Going Through
27 april 2022 |
42 min
When we look on our journey, the people who loved us the most are the ones that added the most to our life. Those who showed that even through our hard times, in our struggles and in our brokenness, they hung in there with us. It can be life changing when someone simply lives out […]
The Gospel: The Opening of Prison
26 april 2022 |
28 min
The Gospel brings a massive revelation of a new journey to your heart and life, with an invitation to walk out of the imprisonment that keeps you bound. The question is, do we know what living outside of prison is like? Or do we find that even though we want to be free, we often […]
The Gospel: The Message of LIBERTY
20 april 2022 |
57 min
The Gospel is good news from a Good Father who sent His Son to proclaim a message of liberty. But have we actually heard this message? Does the life of a Christian today reflect a life of liberty? Do we even know what liberty is? Today, I want to dive into the beauty of the […]
Are You Stuck in the Past?
18 april 2022 |
33 min
Do you find yourself struggling with aspects of the past where you feel stuck? Do you find that this discourages you and makes you feel that you will never be able to gain freedom? Today I want to talk about what is often happening when you feel that you are stuck in the past and […]
10 Reasons Perfectionists Have a Hard Time Working Through Emotions
13 april 2022 |
31 min
To experience heart healing, you have to understand how to work through and navigate the emotional life of your heart in healthy ways. But if you have perfectionism influencing your life, the healing journey gets extremely difficult and even sidetracked. The perfectionistic mindset is always driving a pressure of “just right” that is never good […]
Working Through Accusation and Being Misunderstood
7 april 2022 |
64 min
Today we address a question that was sent in about processing through accusation that can be felt from family and the emotional spinning you can fall into when feeling you are being misunderstood. Video Broadcast: OCD Help Page Mental Health Resource Page Recommended Resources: Rejection Mindset To support future videos: Consider a one-time donation. Become a monthly […]
I’m Starving Compulsions…Now What?
6 april 2022 |
31 min
In the healing and freedom journey through obsessive compulsive battles, one will have to learn what it means to starve the compulsion they practice in trying experiencing peace. In working through OCD, we come to learn that compulsive behavior will only keep us bound and trapped. But as you practice starving the compulsion, what does […]
Healing Emotional Neglect and Perfectionism
31 mars 2022 |
44 min
What does emotional neglect have to do with perfectionism? And how does that effect your mental and emotional health at work? Today I will break down a question that was sent in about emotional neglect and how to heal through mental health and perfectionism, especially when it comes to the workplace. Video Broadcast: Recommended Resources: […]
The Gospel: Healing to Your Broken Heart
29 mars 2022 |
54 min
When we think of the Gospel, most believers automatically go to thoughts of going to heaven and forgiveness of sins. While these are incredibly important and critical aspects of the Gospel, do you ever hear about the experience of healing your heart as a major expression of the Gospel’s power? Why isn’t healing of the […]
Top 12 Reasons People Do NOT Empathize with You
28 mars 2022 |
37 min
Do you find it challenging to experience empathy from others when you share your journey? Today I want to look into the lack of empathy you may be experiencing by addressing a question that was recently sent in while also sharing with you twelve reasons people do not effectively empathize with you. Video Broadcast: Recommended […]
Healing Mother Wounds
24 mars 2022 |
41 min
The healing of mothers wounds often surrounds the importance of experiencing nurture. When we recognize the lack of nurture in our lives, we can often discover places in our heart that carry mother wounds that need tender healing. But mother wounds can often go undetected in our journey, even though we live in a time […]
Love Gets Happy About the Truth
23 mars 2022 |
68 min
As you grow in love, you will need to learn the relationship that truth and love have together. Because God designed them to be a powerful force in your life. But I also know that these two apart from each other can cause a lot of damage and unleash a lot of deception. If you […]
OCD and Depression
22 mars 2022 |
32 min
For many OCD strugglers, it can be evident that underneath all the constant obsessions and compulsions is a underlying depression that never gets addressed and nurtured. OCD is fueled by perfectionism and quite often, perfectionists have a depression that they try to “fix” by making sure their thoughts and actions are “just right,” yet they […]
Obsessive Compulsive about Anger (and Underlying Perfectionism)
15 mars 2022 |
59 min
Today I am responding to a question that was recently submitted about fear, anger, irritability and more. As I respond to the email, allow me to help bring insight and perspective to where we can actually become very obsessive compulsive about anger rising up or issues that trigger anger. Many people become obsessive compulsive about […]
Healing Father Wounds
11 mars 2022 |
56 min
The battles we struggle with are an invitation to experience the heart of Father God in a deeper and meaningful way. At the same time, this deeper journey leads us to heal through the father wounds we carry. Many of the struggles we have in our relationship with God mirror the wounds we carry from […]
The Gospel: Do You Actually Need It?
9 mars 2022 |
45 min
Are you aware of the need your heart has for a deeper work of God in your life? The power of the gospel is available for the one who realizes they have need. The gospel is freely available to the poor, but many do not actually realize that they are poor. When most people think […]
Do You Need Exposure Therapy?
7 mars 2022 |
34 min
Do you find that in your journey of working through anxiety, phobias or OCD that you need exposure therapy? I have quite a number of people who have asked me to address the subject of exposure therapy. What is it? Is it ok to do? In this broadcast, I want to talk about exposure and […]
Help with Salvation OCD
2 mars 2022 |
51 min
Of all the religious obsessive compulsive battles, the one that is often at the top of the list is a disturbance over the assurance of one’s salvation. What can seem to start off as an admirable question and spiritual inquiry can move into neurotic spirals and never ending searching for something that never quite resolves […]
The Gospel: Good News from a Good God
28 februari 2022 |
61 min
The power of the Gospel is the delivery of good news from a good God who loves you and has a new journey available to you. But as we navigate a healing and freedom journey, it is worth asking, “What gospel was I given?” Have our lives been taught and shown the powerful work of […]
Help Me See Through the Eyes of Love
24 februari 2022 |
61 min
The journey that every believer needs to experience is learning to see people the way God sees them. We need to see through the eyes of God. Our cry needs to be, “God, help me to see others the way you see them.” To experience this more, we have to be able to see through […]
The Gospel: The Father’s Heart for You
21 februari 2022 |
75 min
The message of the Gospel brings the heart of the Father towards you. But were you shown this in your Christian life? My life was propelled into a whole new direction when I was awakened to the heart of the Father in the Gospel message. I found that my struggles with mental and emotional health […]
Healing Family Wounds: What NOT to Do
17 februari 2022 |
52 min
While we teach a lot about effective ways to experience heart healing and freedom, we have also learned what NOT to do in the journey as well. We have learned through experience about what can be very helpful and what is not helpful in the journey. So today, we pray that our honest conversation can […]
The Gospel: Heart Healing & the Transformation Journey
15 februari 2022 |
51 min
Today launches a series of teaching insights around the power of the Gospel and it’s impact on heart healing and our transformation. I want to share about what the Gospel has to say about our mental health, our identity and the journey of the heart. For so many believers, the Gospel they have received is […]
Obsessive Compulsive About Relationship Conflict
10 februari 2022 |
44 min
Do you find that when it comes to conflict and relationships, you tend to obsess over them and compulsively try to over “fix” any sense of disturbance you feel in the relationship. Today I want to address a question that was sent in on this subject and share with you some very honest struggles I […]
Allowing God to Love You When You Are Afraid
9 februari 2022 |
16 min
Do you find that when you learn to receive God’s love and connect to how much He loves you, fear rises up? Do you find yourself realizing that the need to learn to actually let God’s love be received into your heart and mind? Today I want to address a question that was sent in […]
Healing Christian Compulsions
7 februari 2022 |
61 min
You can often begin to see where OCD has an influence in your faith journey in where you become compulsive. Compulsions in OCD involve following a forceful urge with the goal of alleviating inner conflict, guilt or anxiety. They can are often actions we take, but they can also me mental hoops we jump through […]
My Review of The Jesus Music Movie and My Journey with Christian Music
3 februari 2022 |
108 min
Today I want to share some content that may be different from what I often talk about, but it weaves in the principles of love, grace, healing and freedom throughout it all. It involves my experience watching The Jesus Music movie, which brought about so many memories of my journey with Christian music. Along the […]
Are You Obsessive Compulsive About “Fixing Yourself”?
1 februari 2022 |
17 min
Have you become so intense about your mental and emotional health that you have become obsessive compulsive about it? Today I want to bring about how important it is in our healing journey to actually have breaks from incessant reading and self analysis, how we need room for application and time to process out what […]
Loneliness Part 4: Learning to Minister to Yourself
28 januari 2022 |
73 min
The journey of loneliness can allow you to relate to yourself in a whole new way. Today I want to walk you through how seasons of loneliness can actually open up for new ways that you relate to yourself, to allowing greater healing and freedom to open up over your life. Part of this involves […]
Healing the Inner Critic
26 januari 2022 |
52 min
What is the inner critic and where does this come from? Do you find that when you try to walk into healing and freedom, you experience resistance and thought patterns that keep accusing you, pointing out flaws and disconnecting you from experience the power of love and grace? This internal wrestling is often called the […]
Loneliness Part 3: Interpreting Your Lonely Feelings
24 januari 2022 |
41 min
What do those lonely feelings mean? Remember, loneliness is a feeling that is very subjective, meaning it really comes down to how you perceive where you are and what you are going through. In other words, loneliness comes down to interpretation–the meaning that you give to what you feel inside. You may feel lonely, but […]
Loneliness Part 2: What’s Influencing Your Lonely Feelings?
21 januari 2022 |
57 min
If you are experiencing deep loneliness, today I to offer a coaching experience and walk you through the factors that can influence your lonely feelings and talk through some of the issues of the heart that can magnify and intensify loneliness. We often want quick fixes, but today I want to share about the real […]
Let’s Talk About Your Parents
20 januari 2022 |
41 min
If you are passionate about mental, emotional and relationships health, you will need to take the journey of understanding your relationship with your parents. Some avoid this at all costs. Others wash over it without healthy awareness. There is good, bad and even ugly that many experience when it comes to our relationship with our […]
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