Mental Health Insights

Addiction Series: Porn

In this episode, I talk about how porn use can impact our mental health. This is important because of how prevalent porn use is and how it can impact our body and relationships deeply. I hope you find it helpful!

 

If you want to reach out for questions or episode suggestions, please email me at Craig@lifecarecounselingstl.com 

What is the Most Harmful Thing We Can do to Harm Our Mental Health?

This question was asked by a friend and I took some time to think it over and I believe you will resonate with the answer. Thinking of your own life, you will likely be able to pick out how you may do this very thing we discuss to harm your own mental health without meaning to. 

 

If you have any questions or suggestions for topics you would like to share, please feel free to email me at Craig@lifecarecounselingstl.com 

How To Increase Your Brain’s Processing Power

More processing power equals more ability to decrease the emotional volatility of an experience. Today we talk about how to increase you brain's processing power several times over to help you though tough experiences. 

 

Remember to give our other podcast a listen to, Mental Health Insights In the Bible! You can find some of those episodes on all major podcast apps and at: https://mental-health-insights.captivate.fm/mentalhealthinsightsinthebible 

 

If you want to reach out to me, my email is craig@lifecarecounselingstl.com

 

Take care!

A Relationship Ruptured In Eden

Here is an episode from our other podcast, Mental Health Insights In The Bible. This episode will be posted for a short while so feel free to listen as long as it is up. To listen more more episodes, please subscribe by following the link: https://mental-health-insights.captivate.fm/mentalhealthinsightsinthebible

 

Here are the show notes: 

Thank you for joining us on this journey! We go over Genesis one and start to unpack some of the biblical lessons from before the fall occurs in the biblical narrative. This is one of the most powerful examples of what life as a human would look like before sin and exile from the Garden of Eden occurs.

Lessons to Ponder

• We are an image of God
• Mental health issues caused by conflict with identity and purpose
• We are not meant to go through life alone
• The disconnecting damage of guilt and shame
• Communication issues at the very start of the biblical story

We hope you enjoyed the session! If you would like to reach out for questions, episode requests, or encouragement then please feel free to email us at mentalhealthinsightsinthebible@gmail.com

We love you very much!

How To Create Small Wins to Improve Your Mental Health

Small wins can take us so much further in our mental health journey because they normally come more frequently than larger ones. In this episode I talk about leveraging habits to create these small wins that yield big results. 

 

If you would like to check out our other podcast, Mental Health Insights in the Bible then here is a link: https://mental-health-insights.captivate.fm/mentalhealthinsightsinthebiblehttps://mental-health-insights.captivate.fm

 

If you would like to reach out, my email is Craig@lifecarecounselintslt.com 

 

Take care!

What To Do When You Are Suffering

In this episode we go over the steps to take when you are suffering and go through several examples to demonstrate them. The truth is, we have to do something because suffering is something we all experience or will experience. 

It has been almost a year since I have published anything while I worked on my other podcast Mental Health Insights In The Bible. Now that we have that off the ground I am happy to be back recording for this one again as well. If you want to check that other podcast out (we have some great things on that one too) then here is a link to some of the episodes: https://mental-health-insights.captivate.fm/mentalhealthinsightsinthebiblehttps://mental-health-insights.captivate.fm

I look forward to sharing more next time!

Understanding Relationships Part 2

In this episode we talk about distance in the relationship. Often when we feel distance (emotional rather than physical in this case) we will react in several ways. I break this down in the episode and start to give some ways of considering and talking about distance in your relationship. 

 

This episode is part of a series and is another building block so we can continue to more complex topics. We like to keep it simple so breaking it down and taking it slow is something we hope will help really soak in the understanding and ability to take action on some of what we are discussing! 

Understanding Relationships Part 1

We are created to bond and connect with others. In this episode we talk about human attachment and responsiveness to give us a foundation to build upon as we further explore relationships and how they impact our mental health. 

 

In this episode I do not really talk about attachment styles as I feel like sometimes labels can restrict ways we think about ourselves. If labels help you more then I recommend you look some up since we all learn differently!

What To Do About Burnout

Burnout is a challenging feeling to contend with. Most of us will have to face it at some point or another and we need a strategy to get out of it and a more clear idea of what burnout actually is. Thank you for listening and I am glad to be back!

 

Does Time Heal All Wounds?

Emotional wounds can last a long time. With enough time, do they go away? In this episode, we explore this question and how we can work on helping emotional wounds heal.