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Why Depression and Anxiety Numb Your Faith
What you’ll learn:
The neurological explanation for why "spiritual numbness" occurs during mental health struggles and why it is not a sign of a weak faith.
How to reframe intrusive doubts and "God-silence" as a biological symptom rather than a spiritual failure.
Practical ways to engage with God when traditional prayer and Bible study feel emotionally "flat."
Why Depression and Anxiety Numb Your Faith
What you’ll learn:
The neurological explanation for why "spiritual numbness" occurs during mental health struggles and why it is not a sign of a weak faith.
How to reframe intrusive doubts and "God-silence" as a biological symptom rather than a spiritual failure.
Practical ways to engage with God when traditional prayer and Bible study feel emotionally "flat."
A View of Mental Wellness (start at 41:00)
Overcoming in mental health and life struggles with hope and joy.
(Start at 24:00) Kay Warren’s Hope for Mental Health: Mental Health as a Discipleship Experience (Joe Padilla | Grace Alliance)
How discipleship worked in ancient times and how it relates to mental health for today.
Peace of Christ: Insights for Anxiety and OCD
What you’ll learn:
How to distinguish between "spiritual conviction" and an overactive conscience or religious OCD (scrupulosity).
Evidence-based strategies to break the cycle of anxiety using both clinical tools and biblical truths.
The science behind how your brain processes fear and how the "Peace of Christ" applies to biological symptoms.
Understanding the Overactive Conscience
Cultivating Life with a Loved One’s Journey
What you’ll learn:
How to maintain your own emotional and spiritual health while supporting a family member through a mental health crisis.
Effective communication techniques that empower your loved one’s agency rather than fostering dependency.
Biblical encouragement for families feeling exhausted by the long-term nature of mental health recovery.
Empowering Your Loved Ones with Agency.
What You’ll Learn
Supportive Communication: Practical phrases to encourage your loved one’s decision-making with care.
Boundaries with Grace: How to set healthy limits while empowering your loved one.
Emerging with mental health resilience (Joe Padilla | Grace Alliance).
(Start at 26:00) The Church’s Solution to Mental Health Challenges (Joe Padilla | Grace Alliance).
Understanding & Managing Negative Thoughts.
Webinar explaining how to work through negative thoughts from the Thrive workbook.
Mental Illness is not your fault.
Webinar demystifying stigma (with Margie Atwood, Church advisor, Teacher/Pastoral Counsel, and Spiritual mother to Joe and many others).
Mental health tools for resilience.
Joe Padilla returns for another dialogue with Colleen Swindoll-Thompson in order to discuss extremely helpful tools and support mechanisms for those who are struggling with mental health battles.
The story behind Grace Alliance and how mental health recovery works.
Faith and mental health are more connected than we realize. Joe Padilla and Colleen Swindoll-Thompson for a powerful conversation exploring this vital intersection!