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July 25, 2024383 | When Your Child is Struggling: Listening and Learning Part 1
In this episode of our When Your Child is Struggling series, we’re sharing the first of two parts about how to navigate conversations with your child who is struggling, because as we discussed in the last episode, the way you respond to your child is key! In this episode, we discuss some important principles to keep in mind in these conversations so that you can love and support your child well, while encouraging them toward growth, healing, and freedom!
Also, in this episode…
How to assess your child’s struggle and ask the right questions
How to listen, engage, and stay present with your child
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23 min
July 11, 2024 382 | BONUS EPISODE: Kristy’s Story
On this episode of MercyTalk, you will be hearing the story of Kristy, who graduated from Mercy’s residential program in Nashville in the year of 2000. We were also excited to have Mercy Multiplied Founder and President, Nancy Alcorn, join us for this episode. We hope you’re encouraged by Kristy’s story and how God has powerfully moved in her life!
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50 min
June 27, 2024381 | When Your Child is Struggling: Your Response
In this episode of our When Your Child is Struggling series, we’re talking about how to respond to your child who is struggling, because the way you respond is key! We can get so caught up in saying and doing the perfect thing and forget that it’s actually the way we engage with a loved one who’s struggling that matters more than anything.
Also, in this episode…
A common parental response to a struggling child
Surrendering the need to understand your child’s struggles
Remembering that the issue you see isn’t the real issue
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42 min
June 13, 2024380 | When Your Child is Struggling: Are you Operating From a Place of Health?
We are so excited to be kicking off a new series entitled When Your Child is Struggling! As a parent, it is so hard to see your child struggling – whether that be with things like anxiety and depression or things like substance abuse and self-harm. In this series, Dr Brooke Keels and Melanie Wise discuss some of the key things that any parent with a struggling child should know. (And even though this series is directed toward parents, it will be helpful for anyone who has a loved one in their life who is struggling!) In this episode, we discuss the importance of being healthy and self-aware as the parent so you can navigate the situation with your child from a place of health.
Also, in this episode…
How to assess what’s happening inside of you as you watch your loved one struggle
Common mental and emotional challenges for parents of struggling children
How to process your emotions about your child’s struggles with God
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39 min
December 12, 2023 379 | BONUS EPISODE: Testimony Tuesday – Sky’s Story
On this episode of Testimony Tuesday, we hear the powerful story of transformation of one of our Residential Program graduates, Sky! At Mercy, we get to hear so many incredible testimonies from people who have gone through our counseling programs and our Keys to Freedom study. However, those outside of Mercy rarely have the opportunity to hear these stories, which is why we host Testimony Tuesday. We hope you’re encouraged by Sky’s story and how God has powerfully moved in her life!

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30 min
December 07, 2023378 | The Brain and Renewing the Mind
In this final episode of our “Train Your Brain” series, we discuss the topic of Renewing the Mind, specifically focusing on what is physiologically happening to our brains in the process of renewing the mind. This may be one of the clearest direct ties between neuroscience and the Word of God!
Also, in this episode…
Dr. Daniel Siegel’s concept of “mindsight” and how it connects to the biblical principle of “taking our thoughts captive”
The authority that we can take over our state of mind at any given moment
Practical steps for partnering with God in the health of our brain and neuropathways

Resources mentioned in this episode:
The Whole-Brain Child by Daniel Siegel, M.D. and Tina Payne Bryson, Ph.D.
Keys to Freedom by Mercy Multiplied

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39 min
November 30, 2023377 | Trauma, Memory, and the Brain
In this episode of our “Train Your Brain” series, we discuss the concept of trauma, memory, and our brains. We unpack how memory works, how we integrate memory, and how trauma affects our brains.
Also, in this episode…
The difference between explicit and implicit memory
Trauma and brain fragmentation
What is happening on a neurological level when we are “triggered”
How to prevent a potentially traumatic experience from impacting us long-term

Resources mentioned in this episode:
The Whole-Brain Child by Daniel Siegel, M.D. and Tina Payne Bryson, Ph.D.
The Place We Find Ourselves podcast (Adam Young)
The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel Vanderkolk
Keys to Freedom by Mercy Multiplied

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49 min
November 16, 2023376 | Let’s Talk Upstairs and Downstairs Brain
In this episode of our “Train Your Brain” series, we discuss the “upstairs” and “downstairs” of our brains. We unpack the functions of the frontal lobe (upstairs) and the limbic system (downstairs), what it looks like for these areas of our brains to be integrated, and why that integration matters.
Also, in this episode…
What’s actually happening in the brain when someone “flips their lid”
Strategies for building and reinforcing a metaphorical “staircase” between the upstairs and downstairs brain so they are more fully integrated

Resource mentioned in this episode:
The Whole-Brain Child by Daniel Siegel, M.D. and Tina Payne Bryson, Ph.D.

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35 min
November 09, 2023375 | Whole Brain Discipleship
In this episode of our “Train Your Brain” series, we’re talking about how understanding the functions of the left brain vs. right brain can have major implications when it comes to spiritual growth and discipleship. If you have found yourself frustrated by the lack of transformation you’re experiencing in your own life (or in the lives of those you lead), perhaps you’ve been neglecting the most important part of the brain for such transformation to actually occur!
Also, in this episode…
How character formation happens through the brain
The necessity of community for transformation
Practical ways to engage your right brain

Resource mentioned in this episode:
The Other Half of Church by Jim Wilder and Michel Hendricks

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49 min
November 02, 2023374 | Let’s Talk Left Brain and Right Brain
In this episode of our “Train Your Brain” series, we discuss the left and right hemispheres of our brains. We unpack the functions of each side of the brain and also discuss what it looks like for the right and left hemispheres to be integrated and why that integration matters.
Also, in this episode…
The importance of accessing both logic and emotion
A thought-provoking definition of “mental health” from Dr. Dan Siegel
Strategies for engaging both the right and left hemispheres of the brain

Resource mentioned in this episode:
The Whole-Brain Child by Daniel Siegel, M.D. and Tina Payne Bryson, Ph.D.

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36 min

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MercyTalk is a podcast presented by Mercy Multiplied that seeks to provide listeners with practical principles for growing in mental, emotional, and spiritual health.