JP Moreland shares how twice he was incapacitated for months by panic attacks and anxiety. His new book, Finding Quiet, seeks to make the most of his suffering, condensing the crucial lessons learned from his research. In this episode, JP underlines the importance of addressing both the mental and material aspects of inner disorder.

Show Notes

00:30 | Guest host Michael Keas00:54 | Introducing JP Moreland01:15 | The panic attack and recurrent nervous breakdown that led to JP’s journey to conquer anxiety03:30 | Writing Finding Quiet to redeem the suffering by sharing lessons learned04:00 | Why are many people of faith reluctant to take psychiatric drugs?06:00 | Medication is not unspiritual. Our souls have bodies.06:30 | A holistic, body and soul approach to anxiety07:20 | Not just medications but a multi-dimensional approach07:45 | Why think we have an immaterial soul? What difference does it make whether there’s a soul?09:20 | Freely using our minds to restructure and heal our brains.10:00 | Training our bodies as instruments of righteousness11:00 | Retraining our habits, triggers, and “neuron grooves”

Additional Resources

JP Moreland’s WebsiteFinding Quiet: My Story of Overcoming Anxiety and the Practices that Brought Peace by JP Moreland at Amazon.comThe Soul: How We Know It’s Real and Why It Matters by JP Moreland“On Anxiety Problems Today” at YouTube