Soul Grit

Your career is one of the central aspects of your adult life. If you love it, you're probably feeling great, but if you're missing one of the "career factors," your overall wellness might be suffering. And if you're depressed or anxious or struggling in relationships, your career will suffer, too! Sam Feeney is a career coach and author The Career Factors: Unlocking Fulfilling Work...Right Where Y...

Substance abuse and other addictions can hit any family at any time. Do you know the warning signs you might miss with the young people in your life? Rick Capriola is a Licensed Addiction Counselor out of Texas and the author of The Addicted Child: A Parent's Guide to Adolescent Substance Abuse . Rick shares with us the most common addictions plaguing our kids, the warning signs we can look for, a...

How can churches and therapists connect in ways that are mutually beneficial for the people they both serve? What's the difference between pastoral and clinical counseling anyway? And what's so important about therapists bringing faith into the counseling room? Whitney Owens is a therapist, consultant, and host of the Wise Practice Podcast, helping therapists grow faith-based practices. Click here...

It's normal to have worries and even seasons when we feel more anxious. But sometimes a pattern of anxiety reaches a clinical level. On top of that, some anxiety is actually Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Therapist Carrie Bock is here to help us understand the differences and to offer hope for those living with these disorders. We talk about why it may be especially hard for Christians to reach ou...

A panic attack as a young mom led Andrea Nyberg to realize that she had been struggling with anxiety and depression for a long time. Now she uses her experiences to help women understand that there is hope and that they are not alone. Andrea's book I'm Such a Messterpiece releases March 28, 2023. Visit https://andreamnyberg.com/ for special perks for launch team members and other information about...

What do Christians need to know about mental health for our brothers and sisters of color? Do issues of mental health affect you differently if you're not part of the dominant culture? Our guest today is passionate about helping therapists and lay-people develop insight beyond basic cultural competency. Shawn LaRe Brinkley, LMFT is a therapist, speaker, and trauma specialist in Encino, CA. Connect...

Even if we know the Bible says our Christian lives will involve suffering, we still seem to be surprised when it happens to us. Whether you've suffered physically, emotionally, or spiritually, you may have asked God some big questions. Karis Meier didn't set out to be an expert on suffering, but as her life unfolded, she saw more and more opportunities to walk with others in shared experiences of...

You've been bombarded by programs offering you quick results to make you "healthy" this post-holiday season. But Christian health coach Kate Muesing is certain that God cares more about your heart getting free than having you following one more failed diet or fitness plan. Kate never planned on being a health coach, but after exercise helped her overcome depression twice in her life, God revealed...

If you have any of the so-called "invisible illnesses," you know that it's hard to explain to others how you must budget your energy for every day tasks and activities. Since having a stroke in November 2022, Ann has a new appreciation for the mental, physical, and spiritual drain daily life has on her stores of energy. In this episode, Ann and Jess explain "Spoon Theory" and how it relates to men...

Everyone has a perspective on his or her body, and some of us spend quite a bit of time thinking about it. Having the wrong perspective about your body can actually be very dangerous, as we will hear with our guest today. But God can transform your perspective and lead you to a healthy relationship with Him and with yourself. Our guest Hannah Richey struggled with Anorexia Nervosa from the age of...

Last week our host, Ann Taylor McNiece, suffered a medical crisis, which seems like odd timing, since we just started talking about our bodies. In this brief episode, Ann will update listeners on the event and what to expect for the podcast in the coming weeks, as well as reflect on the body. This crisis has revealed the fragility of the body and the weight of living in a fallen world. Follow&nbsp...

Your body is a gift given to you for a purpose and a mission. When it's not functioning well, you can be off mission and your mental health can take a hit! In this episode, Ann and Jess host an introductory conversation to a new miniseries about the body and its role in mental and spiritual health. Follow  @soulgritresources  on FB and IG and email your questions and comments to  in...

Ann and Jess are back to talk about how we can actually start making new patterns of rest and connection for ourselves and our families. In this episode, you'll hear about Jess's forced rest (surgery) and Ann's failed attempt at family connection on the Sabbath (bake off). We'll bring it back to how you can connect with the Holy Spirit and a trusted Christian counselor to help you figure it out. H...

You may know of sabbath as a day of rest or a day of worship. In today's busy age, it's pretty challenging to implement in our families! In this episode, join Ann and guest Lindsey Hornkohl for a conversation about what sabbath means for the modern family. Lindsey Hornkohl is an artist, a pastor's wife, a Revelation Wellness Instructor, adoptive mom, and homeschool mom. You can check out her work...

How can we make sure our families end up growing in the direction we choose? Ann covers what it takes to create intentionality in the family, with help from Bill Doherty's book The Intentional Family: Simple Rituals to Strengthen Family Ties . If you're a busy grown-up, you'll want to think through the ways you're connecting with the people who matter most to you, and you might not have time to re...

We constantly get the messages to do more and be more. We worry that our kids won't be successful if we don't have them in all the activities. We fear that we won't meet our goals if we don't hustle. But what is the impact on ourselves, our marriages, our children if we keep up this pace? Join Ann and Jess in this episode talking through the impact of busyness on our emotional, mental, spiritual,...

Drive-thru fast food meals, sleep deprivation, and the loss of free play are shaping how we live in families in modern times. But what is the cost to mental health for ourselves, our partners, and our children? What is the detriment to our discipleship to Christ? Ann and Jess talk through trends we're seeing in our communities that include over-scheduling, child-centered families, and lack of Sabb...

Pastors and ministry leaders have an opportunity to love and serve their people well by becoming trauma-informed. In our finale for the trauma series, Ann talks to Dr. Heather Gingrich, an expert on trauma treatment and trauma-informed care. Dr. Heather Gingrich is a therapist and professor at Toccoa Falls College in Georgia, where she is debuting a new certificate program to train counselors, pas...

Does the term Brainspotting sound really mysterious to you? Continuing in our series on trauma, Ann's guest Timothy Wong, LMFT teaches us about what brainspotting is, how it can help, and how Christians can experience healing through this natural, targeted way of recovering from trauma. Timothy Wong, LMFT is a therapist working with Kaiser Permanente in Northern California and a graduate of Wester...

We each have a zone in which we function the best cognitively, physically, and emotionally. Trauma and stress can push us out of that zone, known as the window of tolerance. In this episode, Ann and Jess explain hyper- and hypo-arousal and how to come back into your window from either direction. Follow  @soulgritresources  on FB and IG and email your questions and comments to  info@...

Eye-Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing is one of the top methods for treating trauma. In this episode, Ann is joined by Monica Helvie, LMFT, a trauma specialist and EMDR Consultant. Monica explains how EMDR works and how Christians can tap into the natural healing that God created for our minds and bodies. Find out more about Monica at www.monicahelvie.com and on Instagram @monicahelvielmft...

Trauma is a buzzword in our culture today. But what is trauma really? And why should we care? In this episode, Ann and Jess break down what trauma is and how it effects us on mental, physical, and relational levels. This is Part 1 of a series that will continue this fall! Resources mentioned in this episode: ACES Questionnaire The Deepest Well by Nadine Burke Harris The Body Keeps the Score by Bes...

We're back for Season 2! Listen in to hear about how you can know when you need a break and how that might look different than you imagined. You'll also hear updates and some new vision and features for the Soul Grit Podcast! Follow  @soulgritresources  on FB and IG and email your questions and comments to  info@soulgritresources.com . Sign up at  www.soulgritresources.com &nbs...

This episode is the 1st Anniversary celebration! Ann is joined by her sister, Carrie Consalvi, to talk through highlights of the past year and reflect on moments that have been the most impactful. Ann provides a sneak peek at what's next for Season 2 and gives listeners an opportunity to make requests. Make sure you're subscribed to the Soul Grit Podcast so you'll automatically catch it when we co...

When chronic pain changed the very nature of Tricia's husband, leading him to take his own life, she thought she would never live the life she dreamed of. God met her in her grief and sparked a passion to understand brain science and to help Christian women transform their lives. In this episode, Ann and Tricia talk about how pain changes the brain to make suicide seem like the only option. ***Alt...