Soul Grit

We each have a zone in which we function the best cognitively, physically, and emotionally. Trauma and stress can push us out of that zone, known as the window of tolerance. In this episode, Ann and Jess explain hyper- and hypo-arousal and how to come back into your window from either direction.

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Eye-Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing is one of the top methods for treating trauma. In this episode, Ann is joined by Monica Helvie, LMFT, a trauma specialist and EMDR Consultant. Monica explains how EMDR works and how Christians can tap into the natural healing that God created for our minds and bodies.

Find out more about Monica at www.monicahelvie.com and on Instagram @monicahelvielmft.

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Trauma is a buzzword in our culture today. But what is trauma really? And why should we care? In this episode, Ann and Jess break down what trauma is and how it effects us on mental, physical, and relational levels. This is Part 1 of a series that will continue this fall!

Resources mentioned in this episode:

ACES Questionnaire

The Deepest Well by Nadine Burke Harris

The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel Van der Kolk

Try Softer by Aundi Kolber

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We're back for Season 2! Listen in to hear about how you can know when you need a break and how that might look different than you imagined. You'll also hear updates and some new vision and features for the Soul Grit Podcast!

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This episode is the 1st Anniversary celebration! Ann is joined by her sister, Carrie Consalvi, to talk through highlights of the past year and reflect on moments that have been the most impactful. Ann provides a sneak peek at what's next for Season 2 and gives listeners an opportunity to make requests.

Make sure you're subscribed to the Soul Grit Podcast so you'll automatically catch it when we come back from summer break!

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When chronic pain changed the very nature of Tricia's husband, leading him to take his own life, she thought she would never live the life she dreamed of. God met her in her grief and sparked a passion to understand brain science and to help Christian women transform their lives. In this episode, Ann and Tricia talk about how pain changes the brain to make suicide seem like the only option. ***Although we do not talk about suicide in a graphic or detailed way, please use discretion if suicide is a sensitive topic for you.***

Find out more about Tricia on IG or at www.triciazody.com.

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Beyond lock-checking and hand-washing, OCD forced Ryan to drop out of seminary twice. In this episode, Ryan shares with Ann how he discovered he had some bad "habits," how he overcame the debilitating impact of OCD, and how he sees now that his faith is a gift.

Ryan Ragozine is the host of the Thinker Sensitive Podcast, where he helps Christians and skeptics alike develop "think better" and "think together."

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Last week we celebrated 50 episodes and next month we will have the first anniversary of the Soul Grit Podcast. It's time that Ann told you about her labor of love, an e-course designed to help therapists integrate their Christian faith into their practices. If you're a counselor (or in school to become one) this episode is for you! If you're not in the counseling field, you're welcome to listen in to hear Ann's passion, and pass the episode to a counselor in your community.

Find out more about the e-course Faith Integration for Therapists at https://soulgritresources.com/courses/.

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Christians deal with anxiety, just like anyone else. In fact, anxiety on the whole has been on the rise (can you guess why)? But Christians have power to overcome anxiety that the world doesn't have.

Healey Ikerd is a licensed therapist who wrote a book called Changing Your Feelings: A Workbook and Journal for Anxiety and Worry to help Christians manage anxiety with tools from both Scripture and the counseling field. In this episode, she shares some of the highlights from her book, as well as her calm and gentle personality! You can find out more about her at https://hopelifecounseling.com/.

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If you're a human, you are in relationship. Relationships are the domain of Marriage and Family Therapists, and one of the big issues we see in practice is the need to give and receive forgiveness.

We know that the Bible instructs us to forgive, but it doesn't really seem like it explains how to forgive. Author Janey Pitts helps us understand what forgiveness means in the Bible and offers some practical tips on how we can practice forgiving in our own lives.

Read the book Deeply Defined and find out more about Janey on her website www.janeypitts.com and follow her @officialjaneypitts.

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