Fresh Hope for Mental Health

 Lindsay Hausch answers the question, "what if our anxious thoughts can be the place, we draw closer to God?" Her book, "Take Heart: God's Comfort for Anxious Thoughts" explores this question. Lindsay is a mom of three, a pastor's wife, an author, speaker, and also struggles with OCD and social anxiety. www.lindsayhausch.com She was a contributor writer for Pastor Brad's blog: bloghttps://pastorbr...

David Culkin, Ph. D., is a professional adult educator currently serving as a qualitative methodologist in graduate degree programs for the U.S. Army University in Kansas serving primarily mid-career military officers. He earned his doctorate in Adult Education from Kansas State University, and his autoethnographic dissertation addressed his identity development as a person living with OCD. He has...

Key Ministry was founded to help churches welcome families of children with hidden disabilities. Since 2002, we've provided knowledge, innovation, and experience to the worldwide church as it ministers to and with individuals and families of kids with hidden, developmental, and physical disabilities. In addition to being a disability inclusion ministry resource, we find ourselves uniquely called a...

Julie Thomas is a wife, mother of two, life coach and author. After the birth of her second son, Julie battled a severe case of postpartum depression. For years, emotions of anxiety, confusion and shame consumed her life, leading to isolation and suicidal thoughts. In her darkest hour, she felt God's undeniable call to share her story with others. With the release of her novel, HOPE Inside Out, an...

Pastor Brad talks about our upcoming "Celebration of Hope, with special guest Sandi Patty". He also Talks about other Freh Hope ministries.  We encourage you to share this podcast with your   friends via your social media connections. After listening to this podcast, we encourage you to email us at info@FreshHope.us with a comment or question that we will share on our next podcast.   If you are li...

Nick Jonsson is the co-founder and Managing Director of one of Asia's premiere networking organizations, Executives' Global Network (EGN) Singapore — a confidential peer group network providing more than 600 senior executives and business owners a safe haven to share their challenges, receive support, and learn from each other. His passion for mental health awareness through his life experiences p...

In this episode Pastor Brad interview Chris Grainger. Chris is the host of 'The Lion Within", a Christian men's podcast. They discuss men's mental health. check out his podcast here: www.thelionwithin.us     We encourage you to share this podcast with your   friends via your social media connections. After listening to this podcast, we encourage you to email us at info@FreshHope.us with a comment...

Worship leader and author, Scott Box, talks about his book, Heroic Disgrace, available now. www.heroicgrace.com We encourage you to share this podcast with your   friends via your social media connections. After listening to this podcast, we encourage you to email us at info@FreshHope.us with a comment or question that we will share on our next podcast.   If you are listening to this podcast on iT...

Until now, we've had this exclusive interview that Pastor Brad had done with Naomi Judd just prior to the pandemic lockdown in 2020.  We had yet to release the interview in the anticipation that we would be having Naomi speak at a Night of Inspiring Hope in the near future and would release the interview at that time.  However, due to Naomi's death we have decided to release the interview. We do s...

In this podcast episode, Pastor Brad interviews Erin Ramachandran, award- winning author and co-founder of Mental Health Strong. Erin wrote a Christian's Guide to Walking Resiliently Alongside Your Spouse with a Mental Health Condition.  Brad and Erin discuss the importance of supporting the partners and spouses who are walking alongside those with mental health or addiction challenges.  Erin and...

"I will turn your mess into your message". That's what the Lord told me He was planning to do back in the days when I had just recently been diagnosed with bipolar disorder and my hope tank was empty. Years have gone by since I first came to know Fresh Hope and I have seen this promise come true for me once, and again! and again!   Not only did the Lord redeem my pain and give me a new reason for...

Refocusing Widows is a faith-based ministry initiative under the umbrella of Fresh Hope for Mental Health. Imagine a kaleidoscope: a slight twist and a beautiful design suddenly blurs. However, with another slight twist, everything comes back into focus in a lovely new design. This describes becoming a widow. Everything suddenly goes out of focus. Because only another widow can truly understand al...

Today Pastor Brad interviews Ryan Lefebvre. Ryan Lefebvre is an American sportscaster, best known as a play-by-play announcer for Major League Baseball's Kansas City Royals since 1999.He is the son of former Major League Baseball player and manager Jim Lefebvre. In 2006, Ryan made his struggle with depressive illness public. He also wrote a book detailing his experiences, The Shame of Me: One Man'...

In nearly two decades of vocational ministry, I've experienced the wounds and weariness that we pastors endure. Ministry hurts. It's hard to remain resilient. But, ministry itself is not the issue. It's the what, how and who. What patterns keep us healthy? How do we maintain a sense of hope? Who are the trusted confidants that come alongside to encourage and exhort us?   These are questions I expl...

If the Holidays are hard for you, you're not alone. In this edition of Fresh Hope for Mental Health Pastor Brad share some tips to help make the holiday season a little easier. We encourage you to share this podcast with your   friends via your social media connections. After listening to this podcast, we encourage you to email us at info@FreshHope.us with a comment or question that we will share...

On this edition of Fresh Hope for Mental Health Pastor Brad Hoefs talks about 5 things to quit doing now. We encourage you to share this podcast with your   friends via your social media connections. After listening to this podcast, we encourage you to email us at info@FreshHope.us with a comment or question that we will share on our next podcast.   If you are listening to this podcast on iTunes,...

  In this episode Pastor Brad Hoefs talks about this difference between thinking through something and overthinking.    We encourage you to share this podcast with your   friends via your social media connections. After listening to this podcast, we encourage you to email us at info@FreshHope.us with a comment or question that we will share on our next podcast.   If you are listening to this podca...

In this edition of Fresh Hope for Mental Health Pastor Brad talks 5 questions to ask yourself on a bad day. He talks about things to ask yourself to help get yourself through the hard days and not let yourself become stuck there.      We encourage you to share this podcast with your   friends via your social media connections. After listening to this podcast, we encourage you to email us at info@F...

On this edition of Fresh Hope for Mental Health, Pastor Brad Hoefs interviews Doug Beach, chairperson of the NAMI FaithNet advisory group, and president of NAMI San Antonio. They discuss to upcoming 6th annual Pathways to Hope conference Friday-Saturday August 27-28. Go to pathwaystohope.net to learn more.

In this episode of Fresh Hope for mental health Pastor Brad Hoefs speaks with Fresh Hope ambassador Kayla Warner   Kayla Warner is a Fresh Hope Ambassador and co-leads Fresh Hope and Fresh Hope for Teens groups online and recently began a Fresh Hope for Pre-Teens group that meets online. She is a Certified Health and Wellness Coach and enjoys helping others achieve health in all areas of life espe...

If your loved one suffers with mental illness, then Holding to Hope will speak directly to you. Brad and Donna Hoefs use their story of lived experience and realistic examples as they navigate readers through challenging emotions and self-reflection.  Loving someone with mental illness can be lonely and can leave you feeling hopeless, but this book validates the struggle and frustration while pain...

On this edition of Fresh Hope for Mental Health, Pastor Brad Hoefs interviews Rev. Sara Lund, author of "Blessed Union breaking the silence of mental illness and marriage". 

In this edition of Fresh Hope for Mental Health Pastor Brad talks about the global pandemic.  He talks about how important it is for all of us to process our feelings and what we have experienced over the past year.  This past year has been one of great stress, change, political stress, and racial issues, all of which can easily create a traumatic response within even the most laidback type of per...

In this edition of Fresh Hope for Mental Health, Pastor Brad Hoefs talks to Dr. Jocelyn Baily. Jocelyn will share some ideas on how to maintain your mental health while working on the frontlines in the medical field during this pandemic. If you know anyone working in health care in these crazy times share this with them.   We encourage you to share this podcast with your friends via your social me...

This edition of Fresh Hope for Mental Health is part of a three-part series in which Pastor Brad talks about how to keep sane during stress-filled crazy times as we find ourselves in with this global pandemic. In this edition, Part III, he will talk about some practical ways to maintain your mental health. Brad admits that he chose this topic and created these three editions because he needed them...