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

Send us Fan Mail Belief is a powerful tool we can use in our treatment arsenals.  But belief is a two way street.  The placebo effect can occur both in positive and negative ways.  As we navigate our mental illness, it is important to see the Anti-placebo Effects in our lives.  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Our memory is an interesting part of our lives and incredibly important to the present but it can also be a hindrance to our present happiness. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail It is a psychological fact that given a forest where you cannot see a distant marker, you will walk in circles.  Interestingly enough it is not just a physical thing. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Sometimes we need to be more than just suicide aware. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Sometimes we need a story to remind us who we really are. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Sometimes in our maddening search for relief, we must work through the process of truth.  While we tend to believe that we evaluate truth methodically and scientifically, the reality is that much of what we believe depends upon our trust in the source. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail The widow in the story of the widow's mite has a much broader story to tell.  Her sacrifice provided a fitting story in which to place ourselves. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Just a few impressions and thoughts. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Have you ever got a song stuck in your head?  We are consistently bombarded by subtle influences in our lives and its important from time to time to evaluate those motivations. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail While mental illness might bring challenges and trouble, it also brings with it a unique perspective and some surprise benefits.  What we find is that those benefits can be very important if you want to change the world. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail We all experience coming to the end of our rope and feeling like we have nothing left to give.  What we don't often see in those moments of extreme emotion is the power of a breaking point to teach, change and mold our lives in the pathway the savior has chosen rather than our own. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Sin is often a problematic struggle when we talk about mental illness.  So many individuals suffer in some ways needlessly.  The Lord will never weaken our resolve through illness and then in the same breath judge us because of our illness.   Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Our mind is a wonderful thing.  It is built to seek joy and happiness but also pleasure.  In the sense of joy, it is incredibly important that one understand the difference between joy and pleasure and how to provide for a health balance to ensure that our seeking of pleasure does not destroy joy. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Relationships tend to be one of the most difficult issues faced by anyone who suffers and this is especially true for the youth.  Understanding the why and how can be critical to helping youth develop and maintain positive and health relationships. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail For many members of the church who suffer mental illness, a faith crisis is a common experience.  So common that it would be unusual for someone with mental illness to avoid a faith crisis.  It is crucial to understand how mental illness leads so often to a faith crisis and what to do when it happens. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Youth with mental illness and who have experienced trauma need help understanding what is happening in their lives mentally and emotionally.  Often youth do not understand their emotional experiences and the journey that is healing from trauma and mental illness.  This episode explores many of those issues and concerns and how we can help. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Sometimes the theory and the reality of the gospel collide and we find ourselves struggling to understand the why. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Last week we discussed the three spiritual pillars of celestial life.  This week's episode discusses the importance of mortal body chemistry and how that chemistry interacts and influences or emotional state and how we can influence that chemistry for good. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Youth are especially vulnerable to emotional difficulties and providing help and support can and often is critical to spiritual and emotional success in life. Part II covers the nature and concerns around spiritual emotional health. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Youth are especially vulnerable to emotional difficulties and providing help and support can and often is critical to spiritual and emotional success in life. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail One of the most comforting doctrines of the atonement of Jesus Christ is the doctrine of grace.  It is also one of the most misunderstood.  Grace provides the divine help needed to live with and manage our illness and avoid toxic perfectionism. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail As much as we don't like to admit it, it can be almost impossible to feel love when mental illness come into our lives.  Love is one of the most profound and influential emotions in our bodies.  We hunger and yearn for it and when we struggle to feel it, we can become despondent and desperate grasping at anything that resembles it.  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail One of the greatest obstacles to our learning is a long memory.  This is where our past failures cause present and future failure.  Learning to have a short memory is one of the best ways to learn to love ourselves. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail In order to see miracles, we need to see the Savior in the Details of our lives. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Far too many times in our lives we have heard someone say that, "You Need to Just Get Over It".  And those words have left us buried in emotional distress and turmoil.  The truth of the matter is that no one can really "Just Get Over It" and if they could they would have already done so. Support the show