DEPRESSION, BIPOLAR & ANXIETY - LIVING AS A LATTER-DAY SAINT, LDS

Send us Fan Mail Mental Illness takes its toll on our future.  Our future is most often perceived through our present.  When that present is anxiety or depression, the future is often viewed through a dark lens.  This episode discusses the power of positive experiences and lightening and brightening the future when everything seems hopeless. Support the show

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Send us Fan Mail The Lord does not give spiritual weaknesses but he does bless us with physical, mental and environmental weaknesses.  He gives us these weaknesses that in the end we might qualify for eternal life.  While in the difficult moments it might not seem that celestial changes are taking place, but spiritually if we rely upon the Lord and his mercy.  The fiery trial that is mental illnes...

Send us Fan Mail While we all deal with anxiety in our lives, there is a significant difference between nervousness giving a talk a church and the paralyzing effects of Anxiety Disorder.  The disorder can and does invade every portion of a person's life and can cause significant concerns in church life and experience.  This episode is a discussion of those concerns and how they affect those w...

Send us Fan Mail Everyone who has ever experienced mental illness and desires to discuss it with someone who has not, faces the inevitable media and social biases common to our society.  This episode discusses those biases and some questions we should ask as we begin to think about who we should tell, why we tell them and when we should tell them. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail There are many reason why we pass through bouts of mental illness.  One of the more difficult external  causes is abuse.  Abuse can come in many forms and almost everyone is affected by it at one time or another in their lives.  Mental Illness often flows about of abuse as a direct cause and for healing to begin and mental illness to be removed, the abused needs to be addressed by...

Send us Fan Mail Sometimes difficult discussions need to take place.  Suicide is one of those discussions. How do you talk about it?  What can you do to help someone?  This podcast talks about this difficult discussion and what one can do to discuss it with someone and how to help. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail This podcast is a little different from those previously done.  It is done in the form of what might be termed a fireside without and audience.  The intent is to provide leaders, families and individuals the opportunity to talk about mental illness and the effects on the lives of those who suffer.  It also discusses the ways that we can help those who are suffering.  Support the s...

Send us Fan Mail No matter how hard we try and work to management our mental illness, life happens and it is going to bring with it some of those symptoms that breakout of the best management practices.  If we plan for these outbreaks and episodes and use effective coping mechanisms we can gain a far greater control over our illness and life in general.  We also need to understand our capacities a...

Send us Fan Mail Sometimes in life we are going to need to break out of our shell and talk to someone about or mental illness. The decision to do so is very personal and there are many considerations you might want to think about before you do. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail We know that the Lord teaches us line upon line and in small moments.  However, that knowledge can come in many ways and that might include mental illness. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Why is it so difficult to change habits and routines?  Why are we so unsuccessful when it comes to New Years Resolutions?  Why do my routines and habits change when I have an episode?  Our brains are unique in many ways and understanding how and why the brain creates habits is critically important to changing them and understanding the changes that happen in our mental illness liv...

Send us Fan Mail This year has definitely been one of reflection and trying to understand the whys. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail We all have burdens in our lives ones we can control and those we cannot.  This episode is about those we cannot. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Repentance from the perspective of a change of nature can be a very difficult problem for someone who is dealing with the emotional realities of a mental illness.  This episode provides for a perspective of repentance through the eyes of someone who has experienced it and understands those difficulties. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Anxiety creates all kinds of difficulties in our spiritual lives.  This episode talks about the three most important ones and how one can overcome some of those major difficulties when you suffer with anxiety disorders. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Anxiety occurs in all of us but sometimes the protective defense system of the body goes awry and long term anxiety takes hold of ones life.  While this can happen at any time in one's life, it is most often felt during the teenage years, when the complexities of the mind are developing.  This podcast and the following one discuss anxiety and its affects upon teenage life. Su...

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Send us Fan Mail Obtaining a testimony of the gospel of Jesus Christ and his atonement can be a daunting task when afflicted with a mental illness.  This podcast talks about my own experience with obtaining a testimony and how I found the method by which the Lord could speak to me despite my illness.   Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Statistics show that the odds of mental illness in adults is somewhere between 20-25%.  It is by far one of the most common illnesses that occurs in adults and yet we speak so little about it.  How do we deal with mental illness as members of the Lord's church when it comes upon us later in life?   Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Teenage emergence of mental illness is one of the most baffling, frustrating experiences of life.  This episode seeks to simply help those suffering and those who love them to know that they are not alone.  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Childhood anxiety is probably one of the more difficult, frustrating and exhausting issues that a parent can face.  This episode seeks to help the parent who is struggling with the moderate to severe form of this problem and illness. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail When mental illness rages and the feelings of hopeless despair set in, it can feel as though Lucifer has walked right through our front door.  While it is probably not true that Lucifer has gained greater access, he does take advantage of our weakened state.  The intent of this episode is to bring some understanding and hopefully help those who have and do experience this problem....

Send us Fan Mail Suicide is a complex issue many of us would prefer to tuck into the corners of our lives and never touch.  In many circles including church ones, the subject is taboo.  The reality is that more people have thought about it than you might expect and that includes many members of the church. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Mental illness is fertile ground for murmuring and complaints.  It can be one of the more difficult problems in the life of one who is suffering.  This episode explores what it is to murmur and complain and what it is to have an honest conversation with the Lord. Support the show