Journey On My Mind

Journey On My Mind
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Dec 3, 2024 • 18min

Short Journeys: Anger Unplugged

Host Dave Verhaagen shares how his recent decision to pause social media interactions has improved his mental health. Pastors Kevin Dixon and Sam Barnhart discuss their own strategies for online news and information. - - - Do you have a comment or question about mental health and spiritual issues? Join the discussion: Text us at (615) 861-9503. If you would like to talk with someone, you can email Journey's care pastor, Sam Barnhart, sam@journeytn.com.
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Nov 19, 2024 • 29min

The State Of Our Hearts

As Journey On My Mind returns from its break, therapist Dave Verhaagen interviews pastors Kevin Dixon and Sam Barnhart about the most prevalent counseling concerns in today's church. The concerns they're most hearing—fear, loneliness and disconnection, anger—help to set our agenda for future episodes. - - - Do you have a comment or question about mental health and spiritual issues? Join the discussion: Text us at (615) 861-9503. If you would like to talk with someone, you can email Journey's care pastor, Sam Barnhart, sam@journeytn.com.
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Oct 15, 2024 • 35min

The Gratitude Attitude

There are amazing health benefits of being grateful. Our therapists, Dave Verhaagen and Lauren King, join pastors Kevin Dixon and Sam Barnhart to share the amazing research and talk about their own practices for thankfulness. - - - Do you have a comment or question about mental health and spiritual issues? Join the discussion: Text us at (615) 861-9503. If you would like to talk with someone, you can email Journey's care pastor, Sam Barnhart, sam@journeytn.com.
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Oct 1, 2024 • 40min

The Psychologically Healthy Church, Part 3

Continuing our discussion of healthy churches, host Dave Verhaagen explores relational health through Journey Church's practice of The Table. Each month, community members gather in each others' homes with no agenda other than getting to know each other and share a good meal. Pastors Kevin Dixon and Sam Barnhart explain how it works. We also look at behavioral health in the context of relationship. - - - Do you have a comment or question about mental health and spiritual issues? Join the discussion: Text us at (615) 861-9503. If you would like to talk with someone, you can email Journey's care pastor, Sam Barnhart, sam@journeytn.com.
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Sep 17, 2024 • 31min

The Psychologically Healthy Church, Part 2

Therapists Dave Verhaagen and Lauren King meet pastors Kevin Dixon and Sam Barnhart to dig deeper on what makes a church healthy. This episode, the focus on cognitive and emotional health. If belief is a cognitive process, how do churches like Journey encourage critical thinking? And, how can they build an emotionally supportive environment in their communities? - - - Do you have a comment or question about mental health and spiritual issues? Join the discussion: Text us at (615) 861-9503. If you would like to talk with someone, you can email Journey's care pastor, Sam Barnhart, sam@journeytn.com.
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Sep 4, 2024 • 43min

The Psychologically Healthy Church, Part I

Host and therapist Dave Verhaagen and pastors Sam Barnhart and Kevin Dixon examine what it means for a church community to be emotionally, spiritually and cognitively healthy. But, first special guest Suzie Lind brings some inanity and hilarity from our sister podcast, JourneyNOW, to the roundtable. - - - Do you have a comment or question about mental health and spiritual issues? Join the discussion: Text us at (615) 861-9503. If you would like to talk with someone, you can email Journey's care pastor, Sam Barnhart, sam@journeytn.com.
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Aug 20, 2024 • 46min

Can Wealthy Be Healthy?

Journey On My Mind returns from summer hiatus to examine the psychology of wealth. Can it be mentally healthy to be wealthy? And, how does the church manipulate those with wealth? Psychologist Dave Verhaagen joins pastors Sam Barnhart and Kevin Dixon to explore the subject. - - - Do you have a comment or question about mental health and spiritual issues? Join the discussion: Text us at (615) 861-9503. If you would like to talk with someone, you can email Journey's care pastor, Sam Barnhart, sam@journeytn.com.
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Jul 23, 2024 • 33min

Power And Control In The Church

Churches should be centered on Jesus, but sometimes instead they revolve around authoritarian leaders. Psychologists Lauren King and Dave Verhaagen join pastor Kevin Dixon to look at the psychology of power and how it can be misused to control faithful. - - - Do you have a comment or question about mental health and spiritual issues? Join the discussion: Text us at (615) 861-9503. If you would like to talk with someone, you can email Journey's care pastor, Sam Barnhart, sam@journeytn.com.
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Jul 17, 2024 • 37min

Creating A Healthy Mindset: Part 2

Pastor Suzie Lind joins psychologists Dave Verhaagen and Lauren King and fellow pastors Kevin Dixon and Sam Barnhart as we conclude our in-depth conversation on growth mindsets versus fixed mindsets. This week: How the psychology concepts of growth and fixed mindsets apply to faith. - - - Do you have a comment or question about mental health and spiritual issues? Join the discussion: Text us at (615) 861-9503. If you would like to talk with someone, you can email Journey's care pastor, Sam Barnhart, sam@journeytn.com.
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Jul 9, 2024 • 41min

Creating A Healthy Mindset: Part 1

Psychologists Dave Verhaagen and Lauren King explore growth and fixed mindsets, relating them to faith. They discuss the importance of teaching children about growth mindset, breaking away from fixed beliefs, and the value of grace in living morally.

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