When the very structures meant to offer spiritual shelter become sources of emotional harm, disentangling authentic faith from institutional control can feel like an isolating battle.

Chris McClarney join pastor Kevin Dixon & therapist Dave Verhaagen to help pull back the curtain on the quiet mechanics of religious abuse, offering a compassionate, psychology-backed map to help you name your experience, establish healthy boundaries, & begin healing.

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Do you have a comment or question about mental health and spiritual issues? Join the discussion: Text us at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠(615) 861-9503⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. If you would like to talk with someone, you can email Journey's care pastor, Sam Barnhart, [email protected]. 

In part two of our series on the relationships between parents and their adult children, therapist Dave Verhaagen and pastor Kevin Dixon address kids who choose to cut relationship with their parents. Why is this phenomenon increasing? When is it a healthy decision?

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Do you have a comment or question about mental health and spiritual issues? Join the discussion: Text us at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠(615) 861-9503⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. If you would like to talk with someone, you can email Journey's care pastor, Sam Barnhart, [email protected]. 

In this two-part series, therapist Dave Verhaagen and pastor Kevin Dixon look at the relationships between parents and their adult children. This episode, we explore how adult relationships are formed by whether the family of origin was "centrifugal" (outward pushing) or "centripetal" (inward pulling).

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Do you have a comment or question about mental health and spiritual issues? Join the discussion: Text us at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠(615) 861-9503⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. If you would like to talk with someone, you can email Journey's care pastor, Sam Barnhart, [email protected]. 

Who are you? Is your identity created from birth or curated from experience? And how who you are integrate with your faith? Suzie Lind join regular pastors Kevin Dixon and Sam Barnhart and therapist Dave Verhaagen to discuss.

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Do you have a comment or question about mental health and spiritual issues? Join the discussion: Text us at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠(615) 861-9503⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. If you would like to talk with someone, you can email Journey's care pastor, Sam Barnhart, [email protected]. 

In the second part of our series on perfectionism, pastors Kevin Dixon and Sam Barnhart join therapist Dave Verhaagen to look at perfectionism in the church. How do we square the command to be perfect like our father with the imperfection of our humanity?

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Therapist Dave Verhaagen, together with pastors Kevin Dixon and Sam Barnhart, looks at perfectionism in this first episode of a two-part series. How can we identify perfectionism in our lives and in others? What strategies help us manage it? And can perfectionism ever be a good thing?

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Scott Allender is back this episode with regulars Dave Verhaagen, Kevin Dixon and Sam Barnhart. As a professional with a different background and practice, Dave asks Scott his toughest questions about the Enneagram. Plus: What number types were Kramer and Michael Scott?

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We continue our Enneagram discussion this week with author, coach and Enneagram expert Scott Allender and spiritual director Katie Mullin. They join pastors Sam Barnhart and Suzie Lind to explore the spiritual roots of the Enneagram and what makes this system different from other personality typing tools. They also share practices for using the Enneagram.

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Do you have a comment or question about mental health and spiritual issues? Join the discussion: Text us at ⁠(615) 861-9503⁠. If you would like to talk with someone, you can email Journey's care pastor, Sam Barnhart, [email protected]. 

Suzie Lind joins therapist Dave Verhaagen and fellow pastors Kevin Dixon and Sam Barnhart to examine the Enneagram, one of the most popular systems for determining personality types. They share what’s useful about the Enneagram, how it can inform relationships, and also what the limitations of the system are. 

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Do you have a comment or question about mental health and spiritual issues? Join the discussion: Text us at (615) 861-9503. If you would like to talk with someone, you can email Journey's care pastor, Sam Barnhart, [email protected]. 

On our last episode, we talked about forgiveness. This time, the focus is on reconciliation and restoration. What’s the difference between all those terms? Do we always need to reconcile when we forgive? What if reconciliation is impossible? And, how do we move towards restored relationships? Special guest  Suzie Lind joins pastor Kevin Dixon and therapist Dave  Verhaagen for the discussion.

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Do you have a comment or question about mental health and spiritual issues? Join the discussion: Text us at (615) 861-9503. If you would like to talk with someone, you can email Journey's care pastor, Sam Barnhart, [email protected].