Journey On My Mind

Dave Verhaagen, Lauren King, Suzie Lind and Sam Barnhart conclude their two-part conversation on lonliness by asking how we can find and nurture friendships as an adult. - - - 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.

Coping isn't always bad. We all have strategies to work through the stress of life. How do we know when coping is healthy and when it's a problem? Therapist Dave Verhaagen and pastors Sam Barnhart and Kevin Dixon share their personal experiences and professional insights. - - - 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.

In this first part of a two-episode conversation, Dave Verhaagen, Lauren King, Suzie Lind and Sam Barnhart look at the growing epidemic of loneliness in our culture. - - - 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.

Aging comes with serious mental health and spiritual challenges, as we discussed in our previous episode. But, caregivers have equally daunting issues. How do we help our loved ones and also maintain our own health? What boundaries should we set, and how can we negotiate the feelings of loss and limitation in the last years of life? Pastor Suzie Lind joins Journey On My Mind regulars Kevin Dixon, Dave Verhaagen and Sam Barnhart for the second part of this special conversation series. - - - Do you have a comment or question about aging or other 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.

Sooner or later, we all find ourselves caring for aging loved ones. Or, we're the aging ones ourselves? How do we best navigate the physical, emotional, cognitive and spiritual aspects of that last chapter of life? Pastor Suzie Lind joins Journey On My Mind regulars Kevin Dixon, Dave Verhaagen and Sam Barnhart for part one of this special conversation series. - - - Do you have a comment or question about aging or other 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.

Happy New Year from the Journey On My Mind team: pastors Kevin Dixon and Sam Barnhart, and psychologists Dave Verhaagen and Lauren King. We start 2024 with a look at the psychology of goals and change. - - - What's your goal for 2024? Share it with us or join the discussion with your other comments and questions about faith and mental health. Text us at (615) 861-9503. If you would like to talk with someone, you can email our care pastor, Sam Barnhart, sam@journeytn.com.

Following up on last episode's description of personality disorders, we look today at four specific unhealthy personality types: antisocial, borderline, histrionic and narcissistic. How can we recognize these behaviors in our personal relationships, and how does narcissism, specifically affect the American church? Books and other media mentioned in the discussion: Stop Walking On Eggshells: Taking Your Life Back When Someone You Care About Has Borderline Personality Disorder by Paul T.T. Mason How White Evangelicals Think by Dave Verhaagen The Rise And Fall of Mars Hill (podcast) - - - Do you have a question for Journey On My Mind to address on a future episode? Join the discussion by texting us at (615) 861-9503. If you would like to talk with someone, you can email our care pastor, Sam Barnhart, sam@journeytn.com.

How do we define personality (it's a long-standing pattern of relating to others)? Can our personalities change over time? And, what are the major types of personality disorders? Psychologists Dave Verhaagen and Lauren King join pastors Kevin Dixon and Suzie Lind for a discussion at the intersection of faith and psychology. The book Suzie recommends in this episode is Try Softer: A Fresh Approach to Move Us out of Anxiety, Stress, and Survival Mode--and into a Life of Connection and Joy by Audi Kolber. - - - Do you have a question for Journey On My Mind to address on a future episode? Join the discussion by texting us at (615) 861-9503. If you would like to talk with someone, you can email our care pastor, Sam Barnhart, sam@journeytn.com.

Wars. Rumors of wars. Mass shootings. Political division and online hate. There's a lot out there to cause us stress and anxiety. Psychologists Dave Verhaagen and Lauren King join Pastor Kevin Dixon to explore strategies for dealing with the pain of life. What can we do when events frighten us? And, how do we cope when there's nothing that can be done? - - - Do you have a question for Journey On My Mind to address on a future episode? Join the discussion by texting us at (615) 861-9503. If you would like to talk with someone, you can email our care pastor, Sam Barnhart, sam@journeytn.com. 

Pastor Kevin Dixon and psychologists Lauren King and Dave Verhaagen continue their discussion about how psychology and faith can address body image issues. - - - Do you have a question for Journey On My Mind to address on a future episode? Join the discussion by texting us at (615) 861-9503. If you would like to talk with someone, you can email our care pastor, Sam Barnhart, sam@journeytn.com.