Journey On My Mind

Psychologist Dave Verhaagen and pastors Kevin Dixon and Sam Barnhart answer listener questions on emotional abuse and over-identification with mental health issues. Also: How can healthy boundaries be compatible with faith's radical call to generosity and hospitality?

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Do you have a question for Journey On My Mind to address on a future episode? Join the discussion by texting us at (615) 861-9503. If you would like to talk with someone, you can email our care pastor, Sam Barnhart, [email protected].

What are the roots of our mental health? Turns out, the answer is complicated.

Join psychologists Dave Verhaagen and Lauren King and pastors Kevin Dixon and Sam Barnhart as they discuss the influence of upbringing, environment, biochemical and faith on our psyche. The group uses examples from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), anxiety and eating disorders to frame their discussion.

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Do you have a question for Journey On My Mind to address on a future episode? Join the discussion by texting us at (615) 861-9503. If you would like to talk with someone, you can email our care pastor, Sam Barnhart, [email protected].

Are Christianity and psychology compatible? In this special event, recorded live at Brentwood, Tennessee's Journey Church on July 2, 2023, Dave Verhaagen and Kevin Dixon examine spiritual and clinical approaches to mental health. Are they incompatible, or can we integrate spirit and psyche? The hosts also take questions from the audience.

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Do you have a question for Journey On My Mind to address on a future episode? Join the discussion by texting us at (615) 861-9503. If you would like to talk with someone, you can email our care pastor, Sam Barnhart, [email protected].

Psychologist Lauren King joins Journey On My Mind as a regular panelist. Hosts Kevin Dixon and Dave Verhaagen learn more about Lauren's journey and explore the relationship and conflicts that can occur when spiritual and psychological practices collide.

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Do you have a question for Journey On My Mind to address on a future episode? Join the discussion by texting us at (615) 861-9503. If you would like to talk with someone, you can email our care pastor, Sam Barnhart, [email protected].

In part two of our series on rethinking faith, hosts Kevin Dixon, Dave Verhaagen, and Sam Barnhart discuss how changing your mind can change--and challenge--relationships. What happens when you shift your understanding and those you are close to don't? Kevin, Dave and Sam also look at how rules and relationship affect how we parent.

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Do you have a question for Journey On My Mind to address on a future episode? Join the discussion by texting us at (615) 861-9503. If you would like to talk with someone, you can email our care pastor, Sam Barnhart, [email protected].

Hosts Kevin Dixon, Dave Verhaagen, and Sam Barnhart expore questions about questioning faith? Why does rethinking, questioning and being skeptical sometimes make us feel bad? Why are some people pre-disposed to deconstruct their understanding of God, while others remain comfortable? Is it just human to doubt, and how risky is it for our mental health?

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Do you have a hard question for Journey On My Mind to address on a future episode? Join the discussion by texting us at (615) 861-9503. If you would like to talk with someone, you can email our care pastor, Sam Barnhart, [email protected].

Psychologist Dave Verhaagen leads Kevin Dixon and Sam Barnhart through an exploration of how our individual personalities and life experiences affect our perception of the world. How can two people see the same event or set of facts and experience it so differently? And, how do these differences affect our understanding of communities, faith and God?

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Do you have a question for Journey On My Mind to address on a future episode? Join the discussion by texting us at (615) 861-9503. If you would like to talk with someone, you can email our care pastor, Sam Barnhart, [email protected].