Christian Faith and OCD, Scrupulosity, Intrusive Thoughts, Compulsions, ICBT

Today's special guest is a certified life coach, author and motivational speaker, Monica McLaurine. Monica and I had a great conversation about what self-care really means and why it's so important. Monica also shares some insights on how to help kids deal with bullying based on her book, I Told My Kid To Fight Back. 

What are examples of self-care?
Learning to do things a different way
Self-care is for everybody. How do men practice self-care differently than women? 
Counseling as part of self-care
Why self-care is important for Christians?
Jesus models self-care
Small ways to start practicing self-care

Links and Resources:
www.monicamclaurine.com
 
Books:
             Becoming Comfortable In My Own Skin: The Journey To Loving Me
              I Told My Kid To Fight Back

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Today, we are privileged to have pastor and author, Steve Hinton as our guest.  We had a meaningful conversation about doubt and faith.  Pastor Steve also shares his journey of finding hope in the face of doubt and childhood wounding experiences.

Doubt as a normal part of one's faith experience
What is the root of doubt?
Why wrestling with God is a good thing?
How to hear and discern God's voice in the midst of doubt?
Embracing the mystery of faith
Seeing God through pain and suffering 
How can we help those who are hurting see that God is good? 
Pastor Steve Hinton's book, Confessions: Finding Hope Through One Pastor's Doubt

Links and Resources:
www.stevehintonauthor.com
Book: Confessions: Finding Hope Through One Pastor's Doubt 

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I had the privilege of interviewing Brooke Randolph, a licensed mental health counselor and a Brainspotting trainer.  Brooke shares with us her insights and knowledge on Brainspotting.  She also gives some advice for those who are considering adoption based on her experience as a single adoptive mom and as a Brainspotting consultant specializing in adoption. 

What is Brainspotting? How does it work? 
How was Brainspotting developed? Who discovered it?
How can Brainspotting help with anxiety and OCD?
What happens during and after a Brainspotting session
Can Brainspotting be used with all ages? 
Brainspotting training
Comparison between Branspotting and other forms of therapy.

Links and resources:
brooke-randolph.com
 

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Today, we are privileged to have Dyana Robbins, M. Ed as our guest.  She shares with us her personal story of parenting a special needs child.

Dyana's journey of parenting a special needs child
How she managed challenging behaviors of her children
Emotional triggers that come with parenting a special needs child and how she dealt with them 
Being compassionate both with herself and her children
How dealing with her own anxiety helps communicate calm and steadiness to her children
Support system she found and created in her community
How her journey  impacted her marriage and faith

Links and resources:
www.risecounselingsg.com

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I had the privilege of interviewing Dr. Roseann Capanna-Hodge, a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), Certified Integrative Medicine Mental Health Provider (CMHIMP), and a Board Certified Neurofeedback Provider (BCN).  She is also the founder and director of The Global Institute of Children’s Mental Health and Dr. Roseann and Associates. 

Dr. Rosean shares with us her knowledge and clinical experience in treating PANS (Pediatric Acute-onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome) and PANDAS (Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorder Associated with Streptococcus).

What should parents know about PANS/PANDAS? What are its signs and symptoms?
How are PANS/PANDAS diagnosed? Is there a test for PANS/PANDAS?
What is the treatment for PANS/PANDAS?
PANS/PANDAS in the school setting
Dr. Roseann’s book: It's Gonna Be Ok

Links and Resources:
Dr. Roseann Capanna Hodge
Book: It's Gonna Be Ok

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This episode is for those who are curious about what it's truly like to be a therapist. People wonder things like, how can you listen to so many people's problems?   

Today’s show is also unique because my husband Steve took over my role for a day as a host and prepared the set of questions himself.  It's always fun and exciting to have him both on the show and in my life.  

What is it about therapy that I enjoy most? 
My life as a therapist and scope of work
Difference between private practice and working in a community mental health setting
How I get through my busy day feeling good
Balancing my analytical side and creative side
How I feel when I got to the end of the whole process with my clients.
My goal for my clients
Steve and Carrie share their most recent personal story of hope

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“I deal with anxiety almost every day at some level. And sometimes it's worse than, or sometimes it's better than other times, but anything to help people understand that they're not alone.”

Jeff Allen, a mental health advocate and host of Simple Mental Health Podcast shares his journey through anxiety, how he overcame shame and stigma around seeking help, and taking medication.

How Jeff discovered he had an anxiety disorder.
Backlash he received from churchgoers for opening up about his mental health condition.
Spiritual doubt process that he went through 
Prayer, medication and therapy
His journey of spiritual deconstruction and reconstruction
More about his podcast called Simple Health Podcast

Links and Resources

 www.simplementalhealth.me

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I had the privilege of interviewing John Stange, a lead pastor, professor, coach, counselor, certified speaker and author. John has written several books and his recent one is called "Dwell On These Things.”

Pastor John Stange shares with us his struggles with anxiety and his great wisdom and insight on overcoming negative self-talk through looking at God's perspective toward us. We also talked about dealing with perfectionism as I am also a recovering perfectionist. 

John Stange's personal journey through anxiety, having sleepless nights, negative self-talk and excessive worries about “what if’s.”
Analyzing the root of his anxiety and preaching the truth of the gospel to his own heart
Factors that make people who are serving the ministry quit their role after a short period of time
“Why walk a defeated life when Christ already secured victory over our sins?”
Questions to ask yourself if you really want to understand Bible scriptures
Helpful concepts about seeing yourself through God’s eyes based on John Stange's book, “Dwell On These Things”

Links and Resources:
desirejesus.com/johnstange

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In this episode, Lola Sodunke of Joy In Purpose Podcast shares her wisdom and insights about self-awareness and how it can lead to a greater connection with God.

By listening to our conversation, you will learn about:

Self-awareness and its importance
Setting boundaries and learning your values and beliefs 
Ways you can become self-aware as a Christian 
Involving God in your self-awareness process

Links and Resources:

www.facebook.com/joyinpurposepodcast

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I had the privilege of interviewing  Aron Strong, LMFT, a former pastor turned therapist.  Aron talks about how having a healthy theology about God and HIS feelings, helps us understand ourselves as we grow closer to God.  

Does God have feelings? What emotions does God feel?
The importance of knowing God and understanding His emotions
God is for us, not against us
Understanding human emotions
Why did God create emotions? 
To negate emotions is to misunderstand who God is. 
How to manage intolerable and overwhelming feelings
Brief overview of the modality created by Aron called Attuned Systemic Repair

Links and Resources:
https://inrelationship.us/aron-strong

Explore the Empowered Mind: Christian ICBT for OCD: https://carriebock.com/training/ 

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