Strong Tower Mental Health Podcast

In this opinionated and divided world, it can be hard to know how to response to the transgender issues in a Godly and honoring way. How do we continue to love those and walk in the healthy choice? Known as "The Truthful Therapist", Pamela is a licensed social worker who has experience on both sides of opinions with transgender issues. She calls the current transgender craze we are in as the "mode...

Do you something wonder if your prayers are working? Have you been feeling the need to pray more? I think we can forget the power of prayer and get lost in our daily shuffle too often. I personally have struggled with prayer and haven't felt like I was "good" at prayer. Have you? Did you know there is not wrong way to pray? Honestly prayer is like talking and being yourself. In this episode, you w...

Did you know that your sex life has a story to tell? Many of us avoid the topic of sex, but our avoidance says more about a key to our freedom that we need to get curious about. It's an invitation to know God more deeply and authentically. Carol Tanksley, MD, DMin is a licensed ob-gyn physician and wrote a book about the expectations of sex. In this episode you will hear the insights of how she di...

Do you feel constantly overwhelmed? Do you feel trapped in overwhelm and don't know how to get out? God does not want us to live in this emotional space of overwhelm. How can we get out of it and how can we live daily in peace when we have difficult things that we are managing? In this episode, you will hear practical tips on how to manage overwhelm. Some of the tips will be starting with basics l...

Isn't Christianity supposed to look leaps and bounds different from any other religion? Why do so many of us look the same as every other religion? The Apostle Paul said that we are to be transformed by the renewal of our minds. In this energizing episode, you will be encouraged to hear Luke Palasz share is testimony of knowing and walking in the simplicity of the gospel every day. He has seen tho...

Do you think your mental health diagnosis is helping or hurting you? Has your mental health diagnosis controlled your life? We can get controlled by our circumstances instead of God, and our diagnosis can be one of them. Sometimes people in the church ignore symptoms in the name of healing and sometimes people outside the church focus on their diagnosis too much. We need balance and we need God's...

Does is seem hard to parent in today's culture? It seems no matter where we turn there is something fighting against what Jesus intends for us as parents. How do we parent well as Christians? In this episode, you will hear author Steve Hines, as he shares his insights about parenting well no matter what is going on in the world. He shares personal experiences as a father and grandfather. He guides...

Do you struggle with managing your emotions? Do you think we have a choice with our feelings? In this episode, you will hear about how to be more skillful with your emotions. You will find out what good emotions are and their purpose. Also there will be very helpful and specific skills and handling emotions. This is a 3rd of a series called DBT (Dialectical Behavioral Therapy) series – the 1st one...

Do you ever wonder what your dreams mean? Is God speaking to us in our dreams? Many of us have no clue what our dreams mean or even realize that God could be speaking to us. Hear this incredible interview with pastor, author and speaker Demontae Edmonds. As a child, he had dark and demonic experiences in his sleep and wasn't sure what to do with them at the time. There was a significant calling on...

Have you found yourself in crisis situations over and over? Does it feel like you can't catch a break? Sometimes we just need some quick and basic skills to help be effective when we are in a stressful situation. In this episode, you will hear some basic Distress Tolerance skills taken from DBT (Dialectical Behavioral Therapy). This is a curriculum that was developed by Marsha Linehan. Distress To...

Are you controlling your destiny over God? Are you wanting to overthrow past mindsets and get unstuck? We need to have honest and difficult conversations with God but we often stay comfortable with the safety net of our hurt and pain. There are dreams and goals we all have but often don't get there because we are victimized by our mindset and limitations. Teresa is a speaker and growth coach who s...

Do you struggle in your conversations with others? Do you wish you could improve with your skills in communication? Sometimes we just need some quick and simple basic skills to help be effective with other people. In this episode, you will hear some basic Interpersonal Effectiveness skills taken from DBT (Dialectical Behavioral Therapy). This is a curriculum that was developed by Marsha Linehan. M...

Do you think your partner might struggle with Christian narcissism? Have others told you that you that you maybe be in an emotionally abusive relationship? Christians often don't truly know what real hypocrisy is, and we just throw this word around, along with the narcissist diagnosis. In this episode, you will hear a deep conversation about a tough topic with pastor and author Jake Kail. Jake kno...

Are you worried about the mental health crisis in your community? We know we are saved when we give our lives to Jesus, but we may continue to struggle. We have depression, anxiety, relationship issues, eating disorders, addictions, emotional issues and many more. Why do we continue to battle as Christians? In this episode, I will dive into the statistics with mental health and the power of the go...

Are you struggling in your marriage? Do you feel like you continue to get offended at your spouse? For Brad and Marilyn, the honeymoon was over before the honeymoon was over. They both found themselves disillusioned and disappointed. So many of us live in a performance based marriage and focus on what we do or our spouse does. We also live too much on the surface and keep score. We need to shift f...

Have you felt discouraged lately? Do you have circumstances and people in your life that have drained you and brought you down? We can get so discouraged by the situations that don't go our way, and it can be hard to see God's perspective. Sometimes we just need a little boost, a re-focus and shift to bring us back to the plumbline of Jesus Christ. In this episode you will be encouraged yourself....

Do you have a child that has gotten far from God? Have you been praying for your prodigal son or daughter and are losing hope? This episode will give you hope! Jolene feist grew up in a Christian home but was in rebellion for 10 years. She felt it was easier for her to "fit in" than to be set apart with Christ. This led her to struggle with anxiety, depression, lust, suicidal thoughts and panic at...

Do you wonder if you should get counseling, life coaching, deliverance or inner healing? Is there a line between ministry and counseling? Can counselors and people in ministry do the same thing? In this episode, you will hear about the difference between mental health counseling, life coaching, inner healing and deliverance. You will hear specifics about which one to pursue and when. Sometimes we...

Have you felt like you have had shameful secrets that you kept hidden from everyone? Beyond the lights and the camera, Melissa Huray spent her nights in darkness blacking out in bars and was spiraling. What started as an escape from her oppressive childhood had become a crippling addiction to alcohol. She kept the secret hidden for 15 years. Along with alcohol, Melissa also would seek men for love...

As a Marine healed of PTSD and a burned out youth pastor, Jared is an example of someone who would not be on fire for God. But he is!! He says it's because of the baptism of the Holy Spirit. He wrote a book about it and has a podcast called Adventures in the Spirit. Jared grew up in a Cessationist church and started to have prophetic dreams and experiences that he knew was God. Jared talks about t...

Has 2023 been a tough year for you? Are you currently in transition? I feel like many of us are in some sort of transition from the end of 2023 to the beginning of 2024. IN this episode, you will hear candidate raw vulnerability of a desire to seek God's face only when there is a lot going on. As a podcast host I am personally going through a lot of transition myself and I'd like to share how you...

Have you ever felt like God has abandoned you? Have you difficult circumstances or loss causes you to question God? Candy and her husband experienced a stillbirth of their first-born named Grace. At the time she didn't feel like she received enough support and resources so she started the non-profit called Missing Grace Foundation. She also co-authored the book Holding on to Love After You've Lost...

Have you heard someone say that emotions lie? Or that truth is more important than emotions? Just focus on Jesus! While this may make sense in our brain, we then leave "feeling" pain, hurt, confusion and more disconnected from God and hope. In this episode, you will hear some of the myths and thoughts about emotions and truth that can cause us more pain. Our body feels those emotions you are suppo...

Do you spend a lot of time and energy on beauty? Do you struggle to be satisfied with your body on a regular basis? In this episode, you will hear about the huge topic of eating disorders and the hidden damage culture lies about beauty. Michelle Johnson is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist who found herself in her own therapist's office being told she has an eating disorder herself. She the...

Do you tend to gossip? Are you around others who gossip a lot with you? Gossip can rile up your emotions, change your mood and impact your thoughts about yourself, other people and the world. Even if it's not true, the impact of engaging in the conversation affects your soul. They may seem harmless. But if this is what you engage in day in and day out and not realize it's gossip, it can go beyond...