Counseling Corner

The Bible tells us in Job 12:12 that getting older is a blessing and a reward. Yet many of us would struggle to agree. In this episode, Isaac shares with us practical ways we can, not only grow old gracefully, but see aging as an opportunity rather than a setback.

Humility has received a bad rap over the years, where people have perceived being humble as somehow being a pushover or a doormat. But when we view humility through God’s eyes, it becomes a powerful tool that God can use to protect us, make us more attractive, free us, and allow us to be used significantly in life to do amazing things.

Like Job in the Bible, many of us have experienced painful and overwhelming circumstances in our lives, that felt unwarranted or simply pointless. We ask God, “Why did I have to go through this?” and He often does not seem to give us a satisfying answer. In this episode, Isaac shares four, practical reasons why God doesn’t always give us the WHY and that God’s reasons are more loving than we think...

In this, the last episode of this three-part series, Isaac shares his final marital joy-killer and practical steps we can take to prevent it from getting into our relationship, or defeat it if it has already taken root.

In this episode Isaac shares with us the second of his three Marriage Joy-Killers and what practical action steps we can take to identify and defeat it in our relationship.

Too many marriages these days are not experiencing the joy and passion God intended. In this three-part series Isaac shares with you the three, Marriage Joy-Killers he has discovered, in working with hundreds of couples as a marriage counselor, and what action steps you can take to mitigate them in your relationship.

In this episode Isaac shares the Five, Side-Effects of Maturity, that many of us are caught off guard by, and ways we can recognize and manage them more effectively. If you have any feedback for Isaac, you can email him at isaac@lifespringak.com . And please write a review or share this podcast.

So often we mistake the challenging situations in our lives as punishment from God or evidence that we’re going in the wrong direction. But what if God is using these hardships to protect us from ourselves? In this episode Isaac uses 2 Corinthians 12:7-8, and examples from his years as a counselor, to illustrate practical ways God often uses uncomfortable situations in our lives to protect us from...

All emotions have the potential to be destructive, when we don’t manage them effectively, but Loneliness seems to be the most dangerous. In this episode, Isaac explains why this is, and shares steps we can take to make loneliness work for us instead of against.

None of us want to relive trauma from our childhood, yet God often takes us back to those unsealed places because He wants us to learn the lessons now, as an adult, that we were unable to learn as a child. In this episode, Isaac gives personal examples, as well as stories from others, to show us why God doesn’t prevent pain in our lives, and how God uses childhood trauma to mature us spiritually a...

One of the main reasons we get frustrated with loving people in our lives is because our focus is on how our act of kindness benefited them. We want them to show appreciation, mature, or reciprocate. But this kind of approach, though natural, can make us bitter and unintentionally manipulative. In this episode, Isaac shares with us God’s design for love and ways loving others can be more fun and p...

One of the areas where Satan has gained significant ground in the last couple of generations is getting men to believe that they don’t matter, and convincing women that they don’t need men. In this episode, Isaac shares the critical role God designed men to play in their marriages and families and how they can start actively walking in that role today.

Prayer is one of those things that many of us do but few of us really understand. As a result, many of us relegate prayer to something we do out of desperation, or to cross off our spiritual list each day, instead of seeing it as an opportunity to converse with the Living God and move Him to act on our behalf. In this episode, Isaac gives Five Reasons why prayer matters and why we should want to b...

The number one factor that will determine whether we will succeed or fail in life is our ability to manage our emotions. In this episode, Isaac explains why our feelings are a blessing but can also be a stumbling block and practical things we can do to manage our emotions more effectively, so they work for us instead of against us.

Dating can either lead us to the person we want to spend our lives with or create heartache and hopelessness, it’s all in how we do it. In this episode, Isaac gives us four dating principles that we can use find our happily ever after, and enjoy the ride along the way.

Just like our physical bodies need vitamins and minerals to operate at peak performance, our souls require Spiritual Gatorade to restore lost hope, joy, trust and connection with God. In this episode, Isaac explains the difference between relief and restoration and practical things we can do to daily restore our souls.

Projection is a negative, relational dynamic, where we unintentionally try and punish the person in front of us, for the sins of someone from our past. This can tear a relationship apart and stunt our emotional development. In this episode, Isaac explains projection and gives us four, practical steps we can use to keep it from preventing us from having the healthy and mature relationships God inte...

In this episode Isaac shows us that there is a positive payoff for every negative emotion, and how we can learn to lean into and learn from our negative feelings so they can work for us instead of against us.

People like to tell us they’ve changed, so that we’ll forgive them, reconcile with them, or stop holding them accountable. But how do we know if they have really changed on the character level or if they are just telling us what we want to hear? In this episode, Isaac gives us five characteristics of real, genuine change, that we can use to determine the real deal from the counterfeit.

Since about 10% of us will experience a major depressive episode in our life, knowing how to be proactive and manage depression is essential. In this episode Isaac shares a unique perspective regarding depression and practical strategies we can implement to deal with depression more effectively.

One of the issues in marriage that can be extremely destructive, but is not talked about that often, is the issue of Reactivity. Reactivity is when one person in marriage reacts immediately, almost involuntarily, to the other person’s mood, behavior, or beliefs. It usually escalates in a negative way and creates resentment and wounds, for no good reason. In this episode, Isaac Johnson shares what...

All of us have bad habits, and all of us have tried all kinds of things to break or eliminate them. In this episode, Isaac Johnson explains how habits form and how can use biology to help us get victory over unwanted behaviors in our lives.

There is an epidemic that is wreaking havoc in our society and has even infiltrated the church. It is destroying relationships and is behind much of the violence we see on the news or social media. And unlike Covid, there’s no vaccine. It is the epidemic of offense. In this episode, Isaac Johnson tells us some of the root causes of this epidemic and gives us action steps we can take to eradicate i...

Tolerance is a word that gets thrown around a lot these days on social media and even in the church. But is it really something God wants us to practice. In this episode, Isaac uses the Bible and science to show us why tolerance is not only unbiblical but psychologically unhealthy.

Many of us believe we are special, but for negative reasons. In this episode we look at three Lies of Identity Satan uses to tear us down, and we refute those lies with psychological and biblical evidence.