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Trauma Healing for Christian Women - Regulate Emotions, Intrusive Thoughts, Nervous System, Anxiousness, Overthinking, EMDR
By Michelle Croyle, Licensed Professional Counselor, EMDR Therapist, ChristianHealth & FitnessMental HealthReligion & SpiritualityChristianity
Trauma Healing for Christian Women - Regulate Emotions, Intrusive Thoughts, Nervous System, Anxiousness, Overthinking, EMDR episodes
- Should is a four letter word - Flexible thinking without shame, guilt, and frustration
The words should and shouldn't are beneficial when related to matters of sin, such as we should follow God's ways, and we should not sin. However, when it pertains to comparison, expectations for accomplishments by a given point in time, and other such things, should is not your friend. Listen in for a more flexible way to think.
11 min - Scripture Meditation - Matthew 11
Jesus is a powerful healer and has gentleness and care for you. Today's scripture meditation focuses on this peaceful truth that can help with anxiety, depression, and whatever other burdens you carry.
6 min - Why Does Depression Happen? And 8 Things Not To Do When You Have Depression
Have you ever wondered what causes depression? Well, it's like a recipe with a bit of this and and a bit of that, but unique to each person. In this Mental Health for Christian Women podcast episode, Michelle talks about what causes depression and 8 things you don't want to do if you have depression or depressive symptoms. Listen in.
13 min - 7 Easy Living Tips for Managing Living While in a Depression
Living through a bout with clinical depression is hard enough. In today's episode, 7 simple tips for making living with depression much more manageable and doable. These tips are great when dealing with depression, anxiety, or even regular every day life. Listen in.
11 min - How Depression Is Treated
In part 2 of our series on depression, we cover the general areas that go into a plan of care for treating depression and depressive symptoms. There is help to heal from depression and anxiety.
9 min - Do I Have Depression? It's Not Sin - It's Clinical
What is the difference between sadness or grief and clinical depression? What are the symptoms of depression? Do I have depression? Is depression sinful? These are some of the questions you may be wondering about, and the answers are in this episode. This is Part 1 of a series on the topic of depression.
21 min - Scripture Meditation - Psalm 121
Today's Scripture meditation is to bring you peace from anxiety and worry, and to let you know that you have a Creator who is your ever present helper.
7 min - Love - Acts of Kindness and Mental Health
Loving others is a Biblical directive, and it blesses others as well as blesses the person who is acting in love. Acts of kindness are good for not only the spiritual soul but also for the mental and emotional benefits. Doing a kind act toward someone can actually help you to feel better. It's a win-win!
8 min - Love Instructions - For Best Results, Follow God's Instruction Manual
We all want to be successful in life but the only way to true success and fullfillment it to live life by God's instruction book. The Bible is the ultimate guide for living and living God's way provides peace.
9 min - Love Week - No More Harsh Expectations
Are you a harsh driver when it comes to the expectations you place on yourself? Do you try to do more and more to keep it all together but find you feel more and more like it is falling apart? Loving grace and compassion toward yourself can help you to keep your standards high but your anxiety and tension lower. Flexible thinking and intentional choosing of kindness toward yourself can help you to feel and live more in the love God has for you. He's not driving you so hard, why are you doing it to yourself?
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About Trauma Healing for Christian Women - Regulate Emotions, Intrusive Thoughts, Nervous System, Anxiousness, Overthinking, EMDR
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Do you love God deeply but still feel anxious, overwhelmed, or unable to experience the peace you know He promises?
Have people you trusted—relationships you valued, or even places that should have been safe—left you feeling deeply wounded, guarded, and unsure who you can trust anymore, including yourself or even God?
Have you tried to pray the pain away, do all the right things, push through it, avoid it, or outthink it, yet still feel something unsettled deep inside?
Do you wish you could calm your mind and emotions, reset your nervous system, and finally experience peace with yourself and with God again?
I'm so glad you're here.
In this podcast, I'll help you make sense of what you've been feeling and why it's been so hard to get unstuck. We'll explore how painful experiences can affect your mind, body, and nervous system—and why the reactions you've been having actually make sense.
You don't have to figure this out alone. In each episode, I'll come alongside you, sharing insights from evidence-based, trauma-informed psychology thoughtfully integrated with the truth of the Christian faith. Together, we'll bring clarity to what you're experiencing, normalize the struggles you may have been quietly carrying, and explore practical ways to move toward the peace, emotional safety, and deeper connection with God that your heart longs for.
Hi, I'm Michelle.
I'm a wife, a mom, a dog mom, and a lifelong Christian, having been saved at the age of five, but that's also around the time when anxiety took root inside me. As I grew older, intrusive and ruminating thoughts, OCD behaviors, nervousness, and even panic attacks interrupted my peace and kept my mind and body on high alert.
I tried thinking better thoughts, focusing on Bible verses, casting down the lies of the enemy, praying harder, and even tried traditional talk therapy, but I couldn't get past the feeling that I was spiritually failing or had somehow made God mad.
However, after years of internal struggle, I eventually realized the problem wasn't that something was wrong with me or with my faith. The deeper issue was unaddressed trauma in my nervous system.
You see, many of us can carry a tremendous amount of emotional, mental, relational, and even physical pain for a long time—until our bodies simply can't hold it anymore. The ways we learn to survive hard experiences often help us get through them, but they aren't always the same things that lead us into healing. And most of the time, we can't simply think our way out of it or pray our way through it alone. True healing often requires gently processing what our nervous systems have been carrying.
The beautiful part is that God designed our bodies with the capacity to heal. He created our minds and nervous systems with remarkable resilience, and over time, both science and Scripture have revealed wisdom that helps us participate in that healing process.
After becoming a licensed professional counselor and a trauma-informed, certified EMDR therapist—and after experiencing profound healing myself through excellent trauma therapy—I want you to know something very clearly: there is real hope for healing. And that hope is available to you, too.
Now, I have the privilege of helping Christian women just like you to find compassion and grace for themselves and as we work toward meaningful healing by helping you understand how your past experiences have shaped your present struggles, while also equipping you with practical tools and actionable steps to move forward with greater peace, clarity, and emotional safety in an environment where you are finally safe to be seen and heard just as you are, no shame, no guilt, just healing.
If you are ready to finally understand what's happening inside you and to break free from the deep wounds that have been holding you back, I'm ready to help.
So, grab your favorite beverage, a box of tissues, and kick your self-criticism to the curb. It's time to pay attention to what you and your nervous system need to heal.
If you're ready to honor the beautiful creation you are, embrace God's truth about you and how He designed your nervous system to care for you, and learn practical ways to pay attention to your needs so you can heal and finally experience peace, let's get started.
Next Steps:
Go to Michelle's Private Counseling Practice Website (for those in Pennsylvania or willing to travel to PA for the duration of therapy): https://www.abundantfreedomcounseling.com/
e-mail Michelle: [email protected]
This podcast is for informational and educational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional mental health advice, diagnosis, or treatment. The content shared reflects personal opinions and general information and should not be considered therapy or a therapeutic relationship of any kind. If you are experiencing emotional distress or mental health concerns, please seek out professional care from a qualified mental health professional, and if you are in crisis, please go to your nearest emergency room, or contact your local police department or crisis intervention team in your area.
Copyright 2026 [Abundant Freedom Counseling, LLC]
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