Healing, Hope, and Restoration

Send us a text if you enjoyed this episode! This episode is a discussion about how to assess your relationship with your job or career and how to keep it healthy. You are not what you do, but all too often we define ourselves by our vocations. How do you strike a healthy balance and enjoy the fruits of your labor, but not lose the ability to enjoy other aspects of your life? 

Send us a text if you enjoyed this episode! This episode is a discussion about our relationship with technology and how to keep it healthy. Technology is a seamless part of our world  and we can either use it well, or be ruled by it - the choice is yours!

Send us a text if you enjoyed this episode! This episode features a discussion about the importance of having a healthy relationship with yourself. Self-compassions is a skill that can be developed and is necessary if you want to have healthy relationships with others. This season of Healing, Hope, and Restoration will focus primarily on the nature of healthy relationships because "we are onl...

Send us a text if you enjoyed this episode! This episode is a discussion about the 7 A's of healing from a book called "When the Body Says No" by Dr. Gabor Mate. 

Send us a text if you enjoyed this episode! This episode is a discussion about vigilantly guarding what you allow to enter your eyes and ears; and being careful about what you say about yourself, others, and your circumstances. 

Send us a text if you enjoyed this episode! This episode is a discussion about how to thrive in this life.

Send us a text if you enjoyed this episode! This episode is a discussion with Pat Edwards, LCSW about how to cope with the process of aging. 

Send us a text if you enjoyed this episode! This episode is a discussion with Marty Hanson, LCPC who is a DBT expert about how to cope with situations that are outside of our control. Avoiding impulsive actions and practicing radical acceptance are a couple of  topics discussed during this episode!

Send us a text if you enjoyed this episode! This episode is a discussion about specific coping skills that you can add to your toolbox. Several clinicians share coping skills that they regularly use and teach to clients. 

Send us a text if you enjoyed this episode! This episode is a discussion about the nature of and need for coping skills.

Send us a text if you enjoyed this episode! This episode is a discussion about understanding the nature of anger and when it is biblically appropriate.

Send us a text if you enjoyed this episode! This episode is a reflection on the typical things that mommas say and why it's important.

Send us a text if you enjoyed this episode! This episode is a discussion about how stereotypes divide us among generational lines and ways to heal this disconnect. 

Send us a text if you enjoyed this episode! This episode is a discussion about the baggage we choose to leave in the past and the lessons we've learned that we'd like to bring into 2025. We hope 2025 is a year of cultivating or developing the ground you've gained. We encourage you to take a few moments of reflection and ask yourself, "What maladaptive mindsets or habits do you...

Send us a text if you enjoyed this episode! This episode is a discussion about the causes and psychological effects of political polarization during what may be one of the most divisive political seasons.

Send us a text if you enjoyed this episode! This episode is a discussion with our guest Brandon Hovey about the concept of reparenting. Many people struggle because they don't have a sense of personal identity which is often formed in relationship with our caregivers. Brandon shares his insights about how to heal from parent wounds and rebuild a sense of self.

Send us a text if you enjoyed this episode! In chapter 4 of their book "How We Love", Milan and Kay Yerkovich describe several lessons that if missed may hinder our ability to parent our children and love our mates well. This episode is a discussion about those life lessons and the importance of learning them, especially if they were missed in childhood.

Send us a text if you enjoyed this episode! This episode is a conversation with Josh Yetter, Clinical Director for the Center for Prevention of Abuse. If you have ever wondered why it is so difficult to break free from the cycle of abuse, or how you can help a loved one leave an abusive relationship, then this episode is for you!

Send us a text if you enjoyed this episode! This special episode is a series of reflections from several seasoned mothers who are also clinicians. Each person shares insights into how she has coped along the way in this journey called motherhood. As you listen remember, you got this momma! Happy Mother's Day!

Send us a text if you enjoyed this episode! This episode is a discussion with Maggie Classen, LCSW about developmentally appropriate expectations for your child's behavior. This is the first episode in our series about "Life and Relationships.

Send us a text if you enjoyed this episode! This episode is part 1 of a conversation with Michelle Krieger, a licensed professional counselor that specializes in the treatment of eating disorders and trauma. 

Send us a text if you enjoyed this episode! This episode is part 2 of a conversation with Michelle Krieger, a licensed professional counselor that specializes in the treatment of eating disorders and trauma. 

Send us a text if you enjoyed this episode! This episode is a conversation about school safety with Mr. Demario Boone, Director of School Safety for Peoria Public Schools District #150.  If you have ever worried about sending your child to school, or  your child has been anxious to go to school because they feel unsafe, this episode is for you. Mr. Boone shares valuable insights about building rel...

Send us a text if you enjoyed this episode! This episode is an interview with Funeral Director Jessica Huffines. Jessica shares her experiences and insights about working with people who are grieving the loss of loved ones and the role funeral preparations play in the process.

Send us a text if you enjoyed this episode! This episode is a discussion about the effects our core beliefs have on our lives and how they are established.