The holiday season is often a mix of stress and joy, but if you've lost someone, you might be dreading it. Bart Blair lost his teen son in 2021 and is using his experience in pastoral ministry to process through the complicated feelings of grief during the Christmas season.

Trigger Warning: Teen suicide.

Bart Blair is a pastor, author, and podcaster who specializes in church marketing and growth. Check out his new book Grief Makes Christmas Complicated and head over to his website makemoredisciples.com where you can ask Bart to pray for you through the holiday season.

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What does neurodiversity mean in the context of your family? Why does God allow some of us to suffer more than others? How can we think biblically about the the different ways our brains work?

Emily Flowers is a blogger and a mom to a neurodivergent child who suffers with a psychiatric diagnosis. Through years of struggling, she is discovering how Jesus makes her radiant as she looks to Him. Find her on IG @neuro.radiant and on her blog at neuroradiant.blog.

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Psychiatrist, psychologist, or therapist? Which one should you see and when? Dr. Uejin Kim is a Texas-based child psychiatrist who started her private practice because she wanted to integrate her faith more authentically in her treatment of patients. In this episode, she discusses how her healing from church hurt and acknowledging her spiritual gifts has made her a better psychiatrist.

Dr. Uejin Kim is the host of the Good New Mental Health Podcast and the owner of Restore Psychiatry located in San Antonio, TX. Look this spring for new online courses that combine Dr. Kim's wisdom and efficiency at www.uejinkim.com.

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Have you noticed how divided our country is feeling just weeks away from Election Day? How do you deal with anxiety related to politics? How do therapists keep it together in sessions when clients have different beliefs? How can our Christian identity help us face this political climate with faith and hope?

In this solo episode, Ann talks through the reasons for so much political anxiety, how therapists are helping, and how our faith can overcome division and angst.

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How many feelings do you have in an average week? Probably a lot more than you acknowledge, express, or investigate! Depending on the culture and faith tradition that you've grown up in, you might not have learned how to think about your emotions, let alone talk to God about them. That can leave you feeling alone, awkward, and disconnected from God and others. Anjuli Paschall is helping us learn how to identify, describe, and surrender our emotions.

Anjuli Paschall is an author, spiritual director, and mom from San Diego, here to talk about her third book, Feel: A Collection of Liturgies Offering Hope for Every Complicated Emotion. You can find out more at anjulipaschall.com or on IG @lovealways.anjuli.

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We all became adults with quirks, hang-ups, and self-protective masks. But what if you could really let your essential self out of hiding, live in an integrated way, and pursue your dreams with new resilience? Dr. Merry Lin is here to share about her new book Rebecoming: Come Out of Hiding to Live as Your God-Given Essential Self, where she shows how personalities are developed--and hopefully re-made more authentically in adulthood.

Dr. Merry Lin is a psychologist and author based in Toronto, Canada. You can find out more at www.drmerry.com and on IG @drmerrylin.

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Whether you choose to drink or not, you have a relationship with alcohol, a readily available and socially acceptable substance that has the power both to add to celebrations and to destroy lives. If you're considering reducing or eliminating alcohol from your life, you will need support. Our guest today shares her story about why she chose to forsake alcohol and how she's helping others do the same.

Tiffany Hopkins is a certified health coach, nutrition specialist, and a licensed independent social worker in Ohio. You can find more about her sober coaching services at https://www.mindandbodyrestorationllc.com/ and on social media at Sober Is Beautiful - Sober Health Coaching for MOMS! and Tiffany Hopkins (@sober_isbeautiful). For counseling services for Ohio residents, click here.

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Medications for mental health disorders can be a tricky subject, especially among Christians. If you've been prescribed something for your depression, anxiety, or mood, chances are your doctor didn't have time to explain to you how the medicine would work and what to expect. In this episode, we'll hear from Chad Potts, a pharmacist and pastor, about medicine and non-medical approaches to improving your mental health.

Chad Potts is a pharmacist, pastor, coach, and the host of the new RevRX Podcast. Find out more at therevrx.com and grab his free devotional through the Psalms.

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