Victorious Living Podcast with Crystal Ridlon, LPC – Faith-Based Counseling & Christian Healing

Many of us have found ourselves, feeling stuck in our lives, feeling like we are stuck in a dark well, or a deep pit. In this pit, it feels hopeless, broken, and powerless. In the pitch, as when Satan works the hardest to cause us to lose focus, hope, and to turn our hearts from God. This podcast will help you to recognize if you’re in a pit, gain a new and healthier perspective on how to overcome it, and will help you to finally learn the tools and resources to get out of the pit. Will show you how to focus on Jesus, and look up as a means of getting out of that pit.

Friends, are you able to face life courageously, and step out in faith to accomplish the dreams and goals that God has placed on your heart? Or do you find yourself, struggling and suffering in fear and anxiety, unable to take the necessary steps to step out in faith, to achieve the life, goals and accomplishments, that your heart so desperately desires? this podcast is for you! How can we overcome, anxiety and fear in order to be able to have the God-fearing life that we desire? How can we stop the spiral of living in fear and live with peace, courage, and, take steps to achieve gods purposes in our lives? This podcast will help you walk through anxiety, depression, overcome, fearful, tendencies, and show you how to live a victorious and successful life through Christ.

Have you found yourself wishing for life before Covid? Life before losing a loved one? Life before unemployment or a lost relationship? Life before a divorce? Me too! In fact, the past several weeks in prayer God revealed my true self-thoughts “God please bring back life before Covid? Before losing loved ones? Bring back the 80 & 90’s before our nation was overwhelmed with political tension, complete lack of disrespect, and a sense of safety. I long for yesterday!” As I thought and prayed through these thoughts, God gently said “Stop Living in The Past”! We need to properly grieve what and who we lost. If we’re continually wishing for the past, we’re going to feel hopeless today! Listen and be encouraged on how to accept the reality of today and move toward healing with peace, healing, and contentment. This podcast will help you grieve in a healthy manner and move toward the future with hope!

Today’s podcast is on the Savior complex. What is a savior complex? How did we develop the Savior complex? Where did originate? How do we recognize it in our life? Most importantly, how do I heal from this desperate need to save other people? Have you ever been there? Where you’ve been so hurt, sad, angry, and overwhelmed by the decisions that your loved ones around you are making and tried desperately to talk them out of their son and to get them help. But somehow, realize that it feels like you’re losing yourself in the process. This podcast is what you’ve been looking for! Find the answers to how to regain control of your life and finally find peace, healing, and the ability to help others without harming yourself emotionally and the process.

Brittany Braswell is a special guest on today’s podcast. She is a Registered Dietitian and runs a private recovery coaching practice helping Christian women ditch food rules and negative body image so they finally get off the dieting hamster wheel and experience true & lasting freedom in Christ. Discussing the concept of intuitive eating and how to incorporate spirituality, faith, and Christ into our everyday relationship with food. How to overcome shame associated with unhealthy eating and discover healing in the area of food and health.

God’s plan for marriage is beautiful, wonderful, and a place to find a safe haven in a world full of chaos! Our marriages are intended to be our safe places and where we can find security, a place to belong, feel loved, and stable. Sadly, many marriages are rampant with conflict, insecurity, and instability. This podcast discusses God’s plan and purpose for marriage. Offers hope, encouragement, understanding, solutions, and solid techniques to helping your marriage be the safe haven God intended it to be. Professional therapist shares couples counseling techniques, how to build a strong foundation in the marriage, and applicable communication tools. In addition, this podcast discusses how singles can catch red flags before entering into marriage. Also helps engaged couples prepare for marriage to know first steps for when conflict shows up in the marriage. Praying this podcast blesses you, your marriages, and relationships! Blessings, Crystal

Depression is one of the hardest and most miserable illnesses. One area that Satan uses to spiral depression into the darkest possible pit, is isolation! This podcast explains the danger of isolation and how to be aware of and stop Satan’s tactic in it’s track! Be aware and refuse to allow Satan this foothold in your life! Also, I explain how to recognize signs of depression and isolation in your loved ones and interventions you can use to help break the cycle. Depression is overwhelming, but it is quite treatable with proper treatment. It is vital to understand how to recognize the progression of depression to heal or help guide loved ones to healing. In addition, it is essential to know and understand the necessary steps to overcome Satan’s spiral that leads to darkness, discouragement, and despair.

Do you struggle with procrastination? Procrastination is something I have struggled with my entire life and some thing that I help many clients process through. The most helpful technique I have learned in helping me better manage procrastination, is the art of delayed gratification. Check out this podcast to learn a technique that may in fact change and alter your life for the better.

Have you ever been rejected? Struggled with feeling someone or some people don’t like? Has Satan attacked your self-worth and caused you to feel lonely, insecure, defeated, down, anxious, or depressed? Check out today’s podcast and learn how to overcome rejection and find healing by knowing who you are in Jesus! This podcast will help you in your struggle with anxiety, depression, and social anxiety.

In today’s episode I will discuss my view and understanding of what occurred on a deeper emotional level between Will Smith & Chris Rock! In addition, we will talk about inappropriate and harmful sarcasm. We will discuss how unhealthy communication, belittling, and putting others down has become “popular” in modern day America and the damage that’s being done in our culture, homes, and communities. We will learn the art of healthy Biblical relationship building to begin offsetting the damaging impact and how to have victorious relationships through Christ!