Mindful Mondays : Recent Episodes
Madeline Worrell
Faith and mental health go hand in hand, let’s talk about it! This podcast is in memory of both my mother, and best friend who lost their battles with mental illness. Follow me on my journey of dancing through life’s storms, and growing in my faith. I am so happy you are here!
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On this episode I talk about the season of isolation that God has put me in. I've learned a lot in this season. I've had my fair share of hardships and yet also learned beautiful things in this season.
Taking the journey to become a better you is far from easy. It takes hard work, self discipline, and is time investing. Let’s talk about the hardest truths to accept when taking this journey.
As humans we are all evolving and growing at different rates. This can be beautiful, along with being challenging. Not fitting in with people or environments that you used to can be hard to understand. Change is difficult, but also necessary for growth.
Holidays may be most people’s favorite time of the year, but for those experiencing the loss of a loved one, the holidays can be a very hard time of the year. Join my sister and I in talking about our personal feelings with grief through the holidays. We also dive into tips and tricks to help manage grief during holiday seasons.
What type of thoughts are you using your energy on? Our mind and our thoughts are our biggest power. Let’s dive into talking about how to retrain your brains thought patterns, and how it affects your mental health.
Life brings trials and hard times to all of us. We can make plans but things often don’t go our way. When being able to learn peace, trust, and patience during tribulations; it can save us from the worry and fear based thoughts. Let’s talk about ways to practice this to carry us through our hardships and redirection.
Therapy isn’t just for those who have been through something traumatic. We all have bad days, bad seasons, and can be known to be our own biggest enemy. Making your mind a healthy and comfortable place to be is so important. You deserve to feel safe in your own mind, you deserve to be your own best friend. Therapy can help with that! Don’t be too quick to tell yourself that you don’t need therapy, just because you haven’t been through anything super traumatic.
Spiraling downwards can happen quickly, on this epsiode I share some of my favorite ways to get myself out of a negative spiral. Stormy seasons will not last forever, but let’s talk about how to manage and get through them when they are present in our lives.
September is National Suicide Awareness and Prevention Month. Suicide is not an easy topic to listen to or to talk about. However we have to be able to talk and listen to things covering this topic, as it’s the only way to raise awareness, end stigmas, and lessen the rates of lives lost to suicide. I encourage you to find a safe space to listen to this epsiode, and to share this epsiode with others. Throughout this epsiode I am remembering my best friend Jayden Hill, and my mother Tracy Worrell whom both lost their battles with mental illness. Resources for suicide and mental health are so important, look below to find ones that may help you, a loved one, or a stranger. National Suicide Hotline: Text or call 988 Ottawa County Suicide Prevention: https://miottawa.org/Health/OCHD/suicide_prevention.htm World Suicide Health Organization: https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/suicide Resources that can be found in your location: FindTreatment.gov Resources for low income: MHANational.org/find-support-groups National Alliance on Mental Illness: NAMI.org/findsupport
Routine can be easy to get stuck in. Just because something is comfortable doesn’t mean it’s benefiting our growth! Uncomfortable changes in your environment may be neseccary to benefit your mental health, your ambitions, and your goals.
This epsiode is a great reminder of reasons to stay. Our minds can convince us of so many negative thoughts, but we truly have the power to make our minds a better place to be. You’ve survived 100% of your bad days, please remmeber that. You matter, so so much. Thank you for staying 💜
TW: Self Harm, Suicide Highschool is often told to be the “best time of our lives,” however for many, it felt the opposite. The immense amounts of social media harrasment, bullying, and social standards that occur in todays society can lead to depression, anxiety, self harm, and suicide.
Is it really better to be with others while feeling lonely, than to feel full while being alone? If you tend to feel more alone with others than you do when being alone with yourself, this epsiode is for you!
When being in your 20s it seems to be everyone is on their own path. Comparison can often come into play when looking at your life to others your age. Let’s talk about different ways to navigate through this time period of life.
Life throws many unpredictable events at us. Grab an umbrella while we talk about learning to dance through life’s stormy seasons :)
Healthy isolation has many benefits! And what even is FOMO? After listening to this epsiode i’m sure you can answer that question.
Your relationship you have with yourself effects all others. Let’s talk about why it’s important to look within, and to do the inner work for the ability to have healthy relationships with those around you and yourself.
This episode features two guest speakers as we discuss men’s mental health. We dive into the stigmas placed around the subject, and the guest speakers share their personal experiences with men’s mental health.
When was the last time you asked yourself how you’re doing? On this epsiode I share ways that I’ve learned to be there for myself, and ways I’ve become more comfortable hanging out with myself. By doing so, I’ve become my own best friend.
This epsiode is in memory of my best friend Jayden Hill who lost her battle with mental illness on 04/03/22. In memory of her I share on this epsiode many of the things Jayden taught me, one of the biggest being to be a light for others in a world full of darkness.
Kindness goes so much further than we realize. Our words/actions can impact someone in either a good or bad way. We often forget that there is an immense amount power in our words.
TW: Suicidal ideations, Intrusive Thoughts, Gory deatials. In this episode, my dear friend Megan Carmona and I are very open and vulnerable about our experiences with grief. We have both lost loved ones to mental illness, and feel called to share our experiences with others. Through sharing, we hope to help others experiencing similar situations.
In this episode I am open about how challenging it can be to be honest and open about mental health. I discuss fears of opening up to others, and how to practice being honest with others about how you are doing, really.
In this episode I dive into how learning to trust in every aspect of life can be extremely bennefitting. I open up about some of the turns life has taken, and how everything happens to bring us to where we need to be <3
In this episode I elaborate on why it’s important to go through things, rather than going around them and falling into avoidance habits. Let’s look at how hard work on yourself can pay off :)
In this episode, a dear friend of mine De’Shawn Maurice joins me in discussing ways to advocate for yourself. We also go into talking about what “burn out” can often look and feel like.
In this episode, one of my best friends and also huge mental health advocate, Megan Pearce joins me in discussing what seasonal depression can look like. We dive into energy takers/givers and how to implement them and be mindful of them especially during this “dark” time.
In this lifetime we are with ourselves for every second of every day, lets make ourself a safe space to be :)
In this introduction episode I briefly explain my mental health journey, and elaborate on some tools that have helped me. I also talk about my reasoning for starting this podcast. I am so happy you are here to join the journey :)