What do you do when fear dominates your mind, stress piles up, and apathy creeps in?

In this powerful conversation, Brad Rhoads opens up about a difficult season marked by health scares, family stress, and anxiety, and invites therapist and pastor Nathan Thompson to walk him through it in real time. Together they explore how fear compounds on itself, why judging your emotions makes things worse, and how grace (not performance) becomes the lifeline in the middle of it all.

If you’ve ever felt stuck in worry or weighed down by apathy, this honest episode will remind you: you don’t have to fix yourself. God’s love is enough, even in the middle of your struggle.

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🔑 KEY IDEAS:
• Why judging your own anxiety makes it worse
• How grace frees us from performance-based living
• The role of lament and the Psalms in emotional health
• Apathy as a defense mechanism—and how grace breaks through it
• Practical ways to let God’s love (and others’ care) carry you through stress
• Why confession and reconciliation restore connection in marriage

KEY VERSES:
📖  1 John 4:18 – “There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love.”
📖  Psalm 34:18 – “The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.”
📖 Psalm 55:22 – “Cast your cares on the Lord and he will sustain you; he will never let the righteous be shaken.”
📖 Matthew 11:28–30 – “Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”

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