LDS Mental Health Podcast

Send us a text message if you have a question you want answered on the podcast. Do you find yourself only praying for things you can’t do on your own? When you think about your day and you begin to pray, do you only think about asking for help with those things that seem bigger than you and your abilities. Doing that isn’t necessarily a “bad” thing, but you are leaving a huge source of power on th...

Send us a text message if you have a question you want answered on the podcast. “To have communion with God, through his Holy Spirit, is one of the noblest aspirations of life.”  ~ David O. McKay I absolutely agree. In addition to my daily prayer routine I often have a prayer in my heart.  Multiple times a day. I ask for God’s help with my work or family. I offer gratitude even for the smallest of...

Send us a text message if you have a question you want answered on the podcast. David A Bednar taught, “Every sincere prayer is heard and answered by our Heavenly Father.” I agree! All of our prayers are heard and answered. However, sometimes those answers don’t come as expected or at the time we are wanting but they do come. The key is to find a time and place for prayer that works for each of us...

Send us a text message if you have a question you want answered on the podcast. I love General Conference time! I didn’t always love it though. In fact, when I joined the church when I was 19 I thought that there was just one session and they replayed it 5 times so you only needed to watch one of the sessions. I remembered how shocked I was when I found out it was in fact 10 hours of talks all in...

Send us a text message if you have a question you want answered on the podcast. Have you ever noticed that kindergarteners can consume a lot of information and quickly grasp a new concept? One of the reasons is because teachers use a lot of different learning styles to teach them. Erin Ropelato, a retired kindergarten teacher. She teaches that we each have different ways of learning and when appli...

Send us a text message if you have a question you want answered on the podcast. Recently on the podcast I have been talking about the natural man and how we all experience it. It can be deception, overwhelm, not measuring up to perceived standards, silent suffering, despair, irrationality, and abandonment from God etc. So today I want to talk about how those emotions can trigger that natural man s...

Send us a text message if you have a question you want answered on the podcast. President Nelson has said, “Our Father knows that when we are surrounded by uncertainty and fear, what will help us the very most is to hear His Son.” We are most definitely surrounded by uncertainty and fear these days so hearing Him becomes even more vital. However, Hearing Him can be difficult even if you are active...

Send us a text message if you have a question you want answered on the podcast. I was invited to join Laura Cragun on her podcast, Latter Day Intuitive Eating. She believes women hold incredible power in their thoughts and knowing who they are on the inside will reflect who they are on the outside and the light they can shine. Today I am sharing that episode with you. Laura asked me to share a lit...

Send us a text message if you have a question you want answered on the podcast. Women want to help their loved ones. So much so that they often feel overwhelmed, anxious, inadequate, drained, and fearful as they try to do that. They try to take it all on and fix everything for those they love.  There is certainly nothing wrong with wanting to do that but we as humans cannot do it alone. It is not...

Send us a text message if you have a question you want answered on the podcast. On this episode of the Meaningful Minutes Podcast I welcomed Aubrey Grossen the creator of ANYA, A New You Again. It is a space for women and moms to share and support each other in their struggles with mental health. Today she shares her own struggle with postpartum depression, anxiety and what guided her to create th...

Send us a text message if you have a question you want answered on the podcast. Mathew 11:29-30 reads, “Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light” Jesus is offering us a yoke to help make our burdens easier and lighter. You are carrying many loads in your life that are causing you to...

Send us a text message if you have a question you want answered on the podcast. Making decisions in your life can often feel anxiety-provoking, confusing, or overwhelming. Even small ones can sometimes make you feel that way. Making decisions is interesting because we aren’t always faced with a clear good option and bad option. Sometimes we are faced with all good options or all bad options then w...

Send us a text message if you have a question you want answered on the podcast. I did it! I hiked the Grand Canyon. Rim to Rim in ONE day. I have shared in past episodes the spiritual lessons I was learning as I prepared myself physically for the hike and now I am sharing about the hike itself. I am not an avid hiker so this was definitely out of my comfort zone and it was so worth it. We left ear...

Send us a text message if you have a question you want answered on the podcast. Melinda Brown is the author of “Eve and Adam: Discovering the Beautiful Balance .” She loves deep discussions with faithful women of all ages trying to find joy, even amid life’s thorny patches. This week Melinda joins me on the Meaningful Minutes Podcast and shares her journey to writing her book and why she feels so...

Send us a text message if you have a question you want answered on the podcast. There are many spiritually strong and faithful people who seem to abruptly leave the Church. Now, I know it is never a quick or easy process for anyone, but I do want to know how people end up in those situations as I love being a member and want to continue pressing forward in my faith.  I have come up with 3 ingredie...

Send us a text message if you have a question you want answered on the podcast. It is common that people easily talk about their physical health. And thankfully, conversations of mental health are beginning to happen more regularly.  Yet we rarely talk about our spiritual health—which might be one of the most important health aspects to talk about. As a mental health therapist I can tell you that...

Send us a text message if you have a question you want answered on the podcast. I am finally hiking the Rim to Rim trail of the Grand Canyon. A 24 mile 6,000 ft elevation change hike in one day. I have been preparing for months and luckily I am taking my brothers and their spouses along with me so the prep work has been fun and encouraging. If you go back and listen to these episodes, you will see...

Send us a text message if you have a question you want answered on the podcast. Today I welcome Becky Squires. She is a wife, mother, writer, runner, and cheesecake-connoisseur. Becky also a business owner who believes in helping “women get the courage to use their spiritual gifts to be useful throughout the world.” Spiritual gifts are given to us from loving Heavenly Parents in order to help us b...

Send us a text message if you have a question you want answered on the podcast. Do you ever feel guilty about how much time you don’t spend in the scriptures? Do you beat yourself up when you can’t execute your plan for scripture study like you would want to? Are you feeling overwhelmed even opening the scriptures? Listen, you're not alone! Life is complicated and busy! So before you just bla...

Send us a text message if you have a question you want answered on the podcast. Unfortunately, many people hold the idea that all hardships and trials we face are a result of sin. But that does not align with the Savior’s teachings. He taught, in John 9:3, “Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him.” If we go about trying to prevent tho...

Send us a text message if you have a question you want answered on the podcast. David did something that fateful day that not everyone had the courage to do. HOW? He went WITH Christ, our Heavenly Parents and the Holy Ghost.  He allowed Them to help him defeat the giant. He didn’t dive in by himself or shrink to the task because of his feeling of inadequacy. He allowed Christ to author his story a...

Send us a text message if you have a question you want answered on the podcast. Why do I love what I do? Let me tell you. THESE WOMEN RIGHT HERE! In today’s episode I am sharing the thoughts of women who have actually gone through my Removing Roadblocks to Revelation Group Coaching Program. In their own words they share how the program has helped them to receive personal revelation, handle difficu...

Send us a text message if you have a question you want answered on the podcast. God has often introduced Jesus Christ as His Son accompanied by the phrase, “Hear Him.” This charge to follow the Savior and hear Him in our lives is one of great importance. It can also feel overwhelming at times. These are moments when I remember the teaching from the Book of Mormon, “by small and simple things are g...

Send us a text message if you have a question you want answered on the podcast. "I am going to do this for myself. I am going to hike Rim to Rim because I can. I want to prove to myself, to my body, that I am capable."  ~Abi  Join me today as I chat with the hilarious and inspiring Abi Ayres. In today’s episode she shares her experience of hiking in the Grand Canyon and how the physical...

Send us a text message if you have a question you want answered on the podcast. “Sometimes more is just more. Sometimes the solution is just less. That is going to get you further in life.”  ~ Amber On this week’s episode I welcome my first guest Amber Brueseke. I have been on her podcast twice before and today feels like catching up with an old friend! Fitness, business, and family. Amber does it...