Jamie's Journey to Living Well In Spite of Her Mental Health Challenge

"When I went through surgery and recovery with my brain tumor people brought meals to the house, cards came in the mail, people called. But two years later when I crashed with depression I felt forgotten. Nobody called and someone in our Bible study group tole me that I just needed to get over it," said Jamie Meyer, author of Stepping out of Depression; Fresh Hope for Women Who Hurt. (Available on Amazon.com)  Unfortunately, her experience within her church is the what too many folks who have a mental health issue also experience.  That is, everyone is there with prayer, home visits and casseroles, but no one shows up following your hospitalization for depression.  On this edition of Fresh Hope for Mental Health Jamie and her husband Allen will be sharing their journey to living well in spite of the mental health challenge Jamie faced head on. This podcast is 42 minutes long. After listening to this podcast we encourage you to email us at [email protected] with a comment or question that we will share on our next podcast.  Or you can leave a voice message for us on the site: www.FreshHope4MentalHealth.com Pastor Brad Hoefs, host of Fresh Hope for Mental Health, is the founder of Fresh Hope Ministries, a network of Christian mental health support groups for those who have a diagnosis and their loved ones. In other words, Fresh Hope is a Christian mental health support group.  Brad was diagnosed with bipolar disorder in 1995. He is a weekly blogger for www.bphope.us(Bipolar Magazine). He is also a certified peer specialist and has been doing pastoral counseling since 1985. Brad is also the author of Fresh Hope: Living Well in Spite of a Mental Health Diagnosis, which is a available on Amazon or at: www.FreshHopeBook.com If you are interested in more information about Fresh Hope go to: www.FreshHope.us or email [email protected] or call 402.932.3089. For a complete list of where Fresh Hope groups are presently meeting go to: www.FreshHope.us and click on “find a group“.  Or you may attain an online group of meeting of Fresh Hope by going to: www.FreshHopeOnline.com If you are interested in starting a Fresh Hope group within your faith-community setting contact Julie at: [email protected] Fresh Hope for Mental Health is a production of Fresh Hope Ministries. Fresh Hope Ministries is a non-profit ministry.  The copyrights of this program belong to Fresh Hope Ministries and may not be duplicated without written permission. All of the podcasts of Fresh Hope Today as well as numerous other videos are all available on our YouTube channel: FreshHopeNetwork. Fresh Hope for Mental Health is on Facebook/FreshHopeforMentalHealth