Streams for the Soul and Spirit: Recent Episodes
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In this podcast episode the conversation highlights the need to integrate faith and mental health to achieve wellness and wholeness, the role of the church's responsibility in providing resources and support for individuals facing mental health challenges.
Listen to this episode's guest, Kelly Diane Galloway, as she shares her healing journey, and the role therapy played in her process.
In this podcast episode, Francine Westgate shares her personal experience of surviving sexual abuse and how it impacted her mental health and identity. The conversation highlights the role of the church in addressing sexual assault, providing a safe space and supporting survivors in their healing journey.
Pornography is a pervasive problem within the Church that has become a tool the devil continues to use, like an undetected cancer, to silently bring destruction in the Body of Christ. There is a pressing need for churches to address this issue and bring it into the light.
By addressing pornography in plain language and equipping individuals to have open conversations, churches can create a culture of sexual integrity and protect the next generation.
In this episode, we talk with "Wailer", the Director of Outreach at Proven Men Ministries, a ministry dedicated to promoting sexual integrity and providing assistance to men struggling with pornography and other unwanted sexual behaviors.
In our 1st podcast episode of 2024, we engage in a conversation with our guest Dominique Wells, about navigating transitions and embracing new beginnings, as she shares some of her own personal experiences. We discuss the power of mindset and the importance of mental preparation, and we encourage listeners to embrace change with faith and intentionality. Tune in as we also discuss some exciting new plans for the Soul Care Ministry.
Our seasons of grief can seem unending and pointless but when we look to the Word of God, we find comfort and hope.
Overcoming addiction is a challenging journey that requires a multidimensional approach. The Church plays a vital role in fighting addiction by creating a culture of recovery and providing a safe space for individuals to address their struggles. By normalizing conversations about addiction and offering support groups, churches can dismantle the stigma associated with addiction, and help individuals find healing and wholeness.
Addiction does not have a face. The Church has a key part to play in fostering recovery by creating a safe space where people can share their struggles, and receive support without judgment.
The practice self-care should go beyond a list of things to do, to include paying attention to our way of thinking and being if we want to expand our capacity for what we can do in the world.
In honor of BIPOC mental health month, discussing ways to connect with and serve our communities of color based on common grounds.
Men need help too; but because they're been conditioned by a false narrative of what being strong means, a lot of men suffer in silence.
Taking a look at the issues Youth face in the Church when it comes to their mental health and what the Church can do to support them.
In this episode we turn the tables around on our counselors, and ask them to share their experiences and what it means for them to do this work of soul care.
Discussing the complexities of being a woman in today's society and the importance of healthy womanhood.
We are relational beings because God is a relational God. How we conceptualize and navigate our relationships can either bring God glory, and enrich our lives, or cause us to miss out on God's design for the relationships in our lives.
Knowing , and attending to our emotional needs is the path towards emotional and spiritual wholeness. When we meet our emotional needs we honor ourselves, love others better, and experience the fullness of the life God has for us.
Authenticity is a requirement for living an emotionally healthy and spiritually fulfilling life; It's how we truly reflect God's creative design in our lives, that is, how He uniquely made us to show His Glory. It's rejecting cultural norms that keep us trapped in false selves, pursuing unrealistic expectations, approval seeking, conforming, people pleasing and other unhealthy patterns.
Emotional health and spiritual health go hand in glove; how can you know God when you don't know yourself? Becoming self-aware opens the door to having a better relationship with ourselves, with others and with God.
A new year brings change, and new hopes for the future. Being intentional about the direction you set for the year and how you navigate your course will have an impact on how you finish.
The holidays tend to intensify feelings of loneliness. It's important to acknowledge those feelings and attend to them through spiritual connection with God and receiving support through connection with others.
"Griefkeeps its eyes in the rearview mirror...We can spend a lifetime with our finger on the rewind button...There is a place of completion for your grief, a place where God will repurpose your pain." -Francine Westgate
Memories are the evidence we have a history but there's a difference between healthy remembering and unhealthy remembering.
Shepherding and caring for the flock can take a toll on pastors . In today's episode we're posing the question: who cares for those who care for everyone else?
Who we are: Soul Care Ministry (SCM) is an extension of GOD's hands on His sheep. SCM aims to enhance the mission of the Church, and to remind each other that we are our brother's keeper.