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Strong Tower Mental Health Podcast

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Nov 24, 2022 • 32min

93. God’s Original Design for Health with Melissa Brennan, DC, FICPA

God is in the business of “health care”, not “sick care”. Listen to this powerful interview with chiropractor Melissa Brennan who is also certified in nutrition, acupuncture, and brain-wellness services. Her testimony is evidence of how God can heal in unconventional ways. She shares her personal story of God healing her from complete kidney failure. She focuses on treating the root causes of health issues through wellness techniques and guidance of the Holy Spirit. dream is to build Cornerstone Health, a blueprint for faith-based healing, patient-empowered health solutions, identifying root causes of health issues, assisting the body to heal itself, and educating about sustained health for generations. Holistic services will include chiropractic, acupuncture, massage, spa, oral surgery, optometry, counseling, naturopathy, nutrition, physical therapy, functional medicine, dentistry and more.  She believes our purpose is to restore God’s original design for health. Be inspired and encouraged as you hear her beautiful heart for God’s people.   Melissa’s Website: https://brennanhealth.com/ If you are in crisis, help is available by call or text 1-800-273-8255 24/7. You can also visit https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org. You are loved!
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Nov 21, 2022 • 30min

92. Hearing God’s Voice for our Mental Health

We may believe in God, but does He talk back to us? What are the ways that God speaks to us? We need to know how to operate listening to our Maker, the God of this mighty universe. When we can lean into His voice and what He has to say, wisdom comes, we are encouraged, and the noise of the world goes away. We hear His wisdom over mental health struggles and our life choices, not the world. We then can handle situations with more peace, clarity and strength. In this episode you will increase your confidence with hearing the voice of God and leaning into the messages He gives you. You will learn the ways that He speaks like through His still small voice, the Bible, dreams, visions, our senses and even in music and movies. Be encouraged to align yourself with the voice of God for your life. “My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me”. ~John 10:27 Find more about Heidi: www.heidimortensonlmft.com Purchase the book The Brave Encourager: https://www.amazon.com/Brave-Encourager-Power-Encouragement-Changes/dp/B09TN45H36/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3HGP5FPY2E5GD&keywords=the+brave+encourager&qid=1646608516&sprefix=the+brave+encourager%2Caps%2C223&sr=8-1 Join my mailing list: https://landing.mailerlite.com/webforms/landing/t5u2y5 If you are in crisis, help is available by call or text 1-800-273-8255 24/7. You can also visit https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org. You are loved!
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Nov 14, 2022 • 30min

91. Dealing with Trust Issues

Do you feel like sometimes you don’t listen to your close loved ones? But then someone else will say the same thing and you listen to them – because maybe you don’t trust the 1st person? If you’ve experienced hurt, pain, lies and trauma from that loved one, it’s hard to trust them. How do we deal with our loved ones when we have trust issues with them? We need to align from God and listen to Him. God will use many people to speak to us, we need to be open to hear what God has to say. There are messages to us all the time and we block them off because of trust issues. In this episode, you will hear the elements of trust and how to align yourself with God to navigate tough relationships. “Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore, be wise as serpents and harmless as doves.” ~Matthew 10:16 Find more about Heidi: www.heidimortensonlmft.com Purchase the book The Brave Encourager: https://www.amazon.com/Brave-Encourager-Power-Encouragement-Changes/dp/B09TN45H36/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3HGP5FPY2E5GD&keywords=the+brave+encourager&qid=1646608516&sprefix=the+brave+encourager%2Caps%2C223&sr=8-1 Join my mailing list: https://landing.mailerlite.com/webforms/landing/t5u2y5 If you are in crisis, help is available by call or text 1-800-273-8255 24/7. You can also visit https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org. You are loved!
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Nov 10, 2022 • 35min

90. Feeling and Seeing in the Spirit with Marie Larson

Are you emotionally exhausted? Do you believe that everything you are feeling is actually your emotions? Marie struggled with high anxiety, physical issues, and exhaustion. She wondered what was wrong with her. She felt shame and condemnation. Until she realized that she had a gift and just didn’t know how to use it. She realized that not everything she was feeling was “hers”. She was picking up on everything from everyone else and carrying it as hers and felt like the hunchback of Notre Dame. In this episode, you will learn about how we can go from being a thermometer to being a thermostat in the environments that we are in. We need to learn how to protect ourselves, push off, brush off emotions from others, and release the positive opposite. We also need to recognize if we have anger, unforgiveness or something else that we need to deal with. We need to know how to deal with our own stuff so we don’t take on other’s stuff. Be encouraged to learn how to feel and see in the spirit and change the atmospheres around us! “Therefore, I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in needs, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ’s sake. For when I am weak, then I am strong.” ~2 Corinthians 12:10 Marie’s website: www.vibrantlifeconsulting.com If you are in crisis, help is available by call or text 1-800-273-8255 24/7. You can also visit https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org. You are loved!
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Nov 7, 2022 • 30min

89: Staying Healthy in a Dysfunctional Family Systems

Do you feel like you have a dysfunctional family system but don’t know what to do about it? Do you feel guilty for things that you wonder why you feel guilty for? Do you feel like you are the odd one out? Often times when we recognize who God says about us, we can feel alone in our journey of healing as members of our family don’t seem to change along with us. However, when we truly allow God to transform us from within, we can be the catalyst of change the family needs, because Jesus lives inside of us. You aren’t the savior, Jesus is. But before we get there, we need to revelation of who God made us to be, and that means finding the right parenting, mentoring, or discipleship so we can truly grow and be who we are meant to be. God doesn’t want us drained; He wants us to be a light. In this episode, you will hear a response from a listener’s question about having a parent who is very controlling, understand what family systems theory is, how dysfunction can happen, and what the Bible says about family. For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out, “Abba, Father.” ~Romans 8:15 Find more about Heidi: www.heidimortensonlmft.com Purchase the book The Brave Encourager: https://www.amazon.com/Brave-Encourager-Power-Encouragement-Changes/dp/B09TN45H36/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3HGP5FPY2E5GD&keywords=the+brave+encourager&qid=1646608516&sprefix=the+brave+encourager%2Caps%2C223&sr=8-1 Join my mailing list: https://landing.mailerlite.com/webforms/landing/t5u2y5 If you are in crisis, help is available by call or text 1-800-273-8255 24/7. You can also visit https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org. You are loved!
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Oct 31, 2022 • 32min

88: Dissociative Identity Disorder

Have you found yourself missing time? Or know someone who you had a great time with but the next time you see them they act like they don’t know you? Dissociative Identity Disorder, or DID, is one of the most misunderstood and mis-diagnosed mental health diagnoses. Mental health therapists often miss it and don’t know how to treat it and people in ministry will often think these people are demonized and cause more trauma with an unhealthy deliverance. In this episode, you will gain an understanding of what dissociation is, what DID is, how to tell the difference between a demon and a part and gain more understanding of an importance piece of the broken soul. You will also learn other coping mechanisms we turn to in trauma, besides dissociation. Children are not meant to go through extreme trauma and the brain has a brilliant way of protecting itself to survive. When these children become adults, they need to learn a new way to cope, if they are in a safe environment and are not still being abused.  The Holy Spirit is our mighty comforter in times of need, and He will bring transformation no matter the trauma. God can teach us healthy coping skills and living in freedom is possible. The LORD is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit. ~Psalm 34:18 Find more about Heidi: www.heidimortensonlmft.com Purchase the book The Brave Encourager: https://www.amazon.com/Brave-Encourager-Power-Encouragement-Changes/dp/B09TN45H36/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3HGP5FPY2E5GD&keywords=the+brave+encourager&qid=1646608516&sprefix=the+brave+encourager%2Caps%2C223&sr=8-1 Join my mailing list: https://landing.mailerlite.com/webforms/landing/t5u2y5 If you are in crisis, help is available by call or text 1-800-273-8255 24/7. You can also visit https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org. You are loved!
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Oct 27, 2022 • 33min

87. Your Past Doesn’t Define You With Dr. Mike Hutchings

Are you struggling with intrusive thoughts, chronic anxiety, sleep issues or a sense of false identity? When you look into the mirror is your identity in your past or the things you’ve done? Dr. Mike Hutchings has created a powerful prayer model that has brought thousands free from the captivity of a shattered soul and the symptoms of PTSD. He has 35 years of experience in ministry and various leadership roles and currently is the Director of Education for Global Awakening and Founder and President of the God Heals PTSD Foundation. Sin, inequity and transgression shatters the soul. However, our soul is also shattered when we experience bad things as a child, or we didn’t get what should have gotten with love, comfort or sense of identity. When we experience trauma, our soul gets shattered and who we see in the mirror is a shattered image. Dr. Hutchings shows us that it is possible to live a life where the past and the trauma does not define who we are. Trauma is what happens to you but it is not who you are. Listen to this powerful interview and breakthrough prayer to set you free from the trap of old wounds and false identities. “The LORD is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.” ~Psalm 34:18 “He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.” ~Psalm 147:3 Dr. Mike’s website: www.godhealsptsd.com Global Awakening: https://globalawakening.com/mikehutchings To purchase Dr. Mike’s book: https://www.amazon.com/Supernatural-Freedom-Captivity-Trauma-Overcoming/dp/0768446279/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=mike+hutchings&qid=1666812506&qu=eyJxc2MiOiIxLjc5IiwicXNhIjoiMS42MyIsInFzcCI6IjEuNTgifQ%3D%3D&sr=8-1 If you are in crisis, help is available by call or text 1-800-273-8255 24/7. You can also visit https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org. You are loved!
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Oct 24, 2022 • 22min

86: God Reveals Hidden Parts of Selves to Heal Soul Wounds

Do you ever get triggered in the middle of a healthy conversation? Do you ever have times where you push your loved ones away and wonder why? Do you feel like you struggle with attachment wounds but aren’t quite sure how to get them healed? We all have hidden soul wounds from scattered or disorganized attachments that we often don’t realize. In this episode, Heidi shares a time where she got triggered and had a revelation of a “child part” who was still wounded. You will be led through an encounter where you identify parts of yourself that you maybe didn’t know were there. As you identify them you will move through worshipping Jesus with all of yourself. “May God be gracious to us and bless us and make his face shine on us.” ~Psalms 67:1 Find more about Heidi: www.heidimortensonlmft.com Purchase the book The Brave Encourager: https://www.amazon.com/Brave-Encourager-Power-Encouragement-Changes/dp/B09TN45H36/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3HGP5FPY2E5GD&keywords=the+brave+encourager&qid=1646608516&sprefix=the+brave+encourager%2Caps%2C223&sr=8-1 Join my mailing list: https://landing.mailerlite.com/webforms/landing/t5u2y5 If you are in crisis, help is available by call or text 1-800-273-8255 24/7. You can also visit https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org. You are loved!
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Oct 17, 2022 • 29min

85. The Power and Truth of Healthy Boundaries

What if the person you need to keep distance from is your mom? Or your sister? How do we navigate healthy boundaries with people that we have to keep in our life? Jesus healed ALL who came to Him, but not all came to Him, and He didn’t go out doing more things than He could handle. Jesus knew His Father’s voice and followed that. Hearing our Father’s voice is the key to not only healthy boundaries, but also expanding our capacity to do God’s will beyond ours. In this episode, you will learn why we need boundaries, how to increase in discernment to know how to keep healthy boundaries and the importance of teaching them to our children. “Boundaries define us. They define what is me and what is not me. A boundary shows me where I end and someone else begins, leading me to a sense of ownership. Knowing what I am to own and take responsibility for gives me freedom.” ~Henry Cloud Find more about Heidi: www.heidimortensonlmft.com Purchase the book The Brave Encourager: https://www.amazon.com/Brave-Encourager-Power-Encouragement-Changes/dp/B09TN45H36/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3HGP5FPY2E5GD&keywords=the+brave+encourager&qid=1646608516&sprefix=the+brave+encourager%2Caps%2C223&sr=8-1 Join my mailing list: https://landing.mailerlite.com/webforms/landing/t5u2y5 If you are in crisis, help is available by call or text 1-800-273-8255 24/7. You can also visit https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org. You are loved!
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Oct 13, 2022 • 33min

84. Healed, Saved and Set Free from OCD, Suicidal Thoughts and Rejection With Dr. Sasha Bruneau-Herman

Struggling with rejection from a young age, Sasha grew up a victim of bullying for most of her childhood. She was desperate to be accepted. Sasha developed OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder), eventually attempted suicide, almost died and was declared she would have brain damage the rest of her life. But God declared a better word over her life. God’s powerful hand saved her from death and healed her. After accepting Jesus as her savior, Sasha began a journey to learn that her value was not based on how people saw her, and that her worth was not a reflection of how others treated her. Sasha wore her heart on her sleeve and reached out for help but many people in the church did not understand mental health or realize that transformation can be a slow process. From her difficulties, she felt the Lord leading her to write a book on the power of God’s love in relationships, with powerful decrees to see transformation and breakthrough. Hear her powerful testimony and how the Lord led her to write the amazing book called The Love Key. Dr. Sasha Bruneau-Herman is a Clinical Psychologist in New Zealand. Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, “Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother or sister who sins against me? Up to seven times?” Jesus answered, “I tell you, not seven times, but seventy-seven times. ~Matthew 18:21-22 My words encourage and build others up. ~Thessalonians 5:11 Dr. Sasha’s website:  https://www.drsashabh.com To purchase The Love Key: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0473621355/ref=redir_mobile_desktop?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1654402901&ref_=tmm_pap_swatch_0&sr=1-1 Follow Dr. Sasha on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Dr.SashaBruneauHerman If you are in crisis, help is available by call or text 1-800-273-8255 24/7. You can also visit https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org. You are loved!

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