Hayley, Garrett and Deepak interview Abby Wedgeworth (author of best-selling book HELD) about how to care for women who have suffered from a  miscarriage. 

Resources Mentioned:

Held: 31 Biblical Reflections on God’s Comfort and Care in the Sorrow of Miscarriage by Abby Wedgworth

Ours: Biblical Comfort for Men Grieving Miscarriage by Eric Schumacher

Dark Clouds, Deep Mercy: Discovering the Grace of Lament by Mark Vroegop

Hayley, Garrett and Deepak offer 5 Do's and 5 Don'ts in coming alongside those who have suffered with infertility or miscarriage.

Hayley, Garrett and Deepak consider the painful experiences of infertility and miscarriage, and how the Lord walks with us in our grief.

What do you do when you're feeling stuck in counseling?  How do you help someone when it feels like nothing is changing? Hayley, Deepak and Garrett offer eleven suggestions on how to get unstuck!

Hayley and Deepak talk with Ellen Dykas about the problems of relational idolatry. What can you do when you turn an important relationship into an idol? How can you find satisfaction in Christ rather than a person in your life?

• 31 Day Devotional on Toxic Relationship
• Sexual Sanity for Women
• Sex and the Single Girl
• Harvest USA

Article: Close Friends and Entangled Hearts: Dykas and Powlison.

Garrett, Hayley and Deepak interview the  Dunhams about their journey through Krista’s eating disorder. Dave and Krista explain how she let go of control, sorted through all of the unhelpful things she was told, and in the end, centered her life around Christ.

Garrett, Hayley and Deepak explore 12 principles that people struggling with eating disorders should follow, like facing their shame, turning down the outside cultural influences, fighting against perfectionism and pride, addressing ungodly fears, and much more!

Garrett, Hayley and Deepak think about how pastors can care for a member who confesses a battle with an eating disorder. What are the theological, medical and practical considerations? How does the gospel change this dilemma?

Garrett, Hayley and Deepak think about what the Bible has to say about food and our relationship with food.

Related resources:

• Helping Bulimics by Elyse Fitzpatrick
• Helping Anorexics by Elyse Fitzpatrick
• Disorderly Eating... for the Rest of Us by Elyse Fitzpatrick

The decision to bring the counseling process to a close is sometimes clear, but often not. In this episode of Counseling Talk, Deepak Reju, Garrett Kell, and Hayley Satrom talk about how to end counseling sessions.

Related resources

• The Discipleship River by Steve Viars