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Victorious Living Christian CounselingNever Lose Your SoulToday’s podcast is titled “Never Lose Your Soul”. We find our true identity and our complete fulfillment in an intimate and loving relationship with God and His son Jesus! However, we live in a world that is constantly working overtime to pull us away from the fulfiller of our needs, Jesus Christ himself. As we struggle through life, circumstances, people, and material goods often threaten to steal our joy, and cause us to feel like we’ve lost our soul. In today’s podcast, I, discuss what it means to lose your soul, and ultimately how to find your soul, your...2022-12-0233 minVictorious Living Christian CounselingHappy Thanksgiving! Joy in the Midst of SufferingHappy Thanksgiving! Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays and I love how it brings family together. I especially, love how it is a time for us to pause and thank God for the blessings that he’s given. As, I sat with my family, and while we are personally walking through a difficult trial. I was reminded of the importance of learning to find joy in the midst of suffering. The holidays are wonderful, but tend to bring up a lot of unwanted emotions for many people, especially when you’re currently walking through a difficult time. In this podc...2022-11-2528 minVictorious Living Christian CounselingGetting out of the Pit; Depression, Anxiety, Trauma, and Broken PlacesMany of us have found ourselves, feeling stuck in our lives, feeling like we are stuck in a dark well, or a deep pit. In this pit, it feels hopeless, broken, and powerless. In the pitch, as when Satan works the hardest to cause us to lose focus, hope, and to turn our hearts from God. This podcast will help you to recognize if you’re in a pit, gain a new and healthier perspective on how to overcome it, and will help you to finally learn the tools and resources to get out of the pit. Will show you ho...2022-11-0233 minVictorious Living Christian CounselingLiving Fearlessly; Overcoming Anxiety & Fear to Achieve Your DreamsFriends, are you able to face life courageously, and step out in faith to accomplish the dreams and goals that God has placed on your heart? Or do you find yourself, struggling and suffering in fear and anxiety, unable to take the necessary steps to step out in faith, to achieve the life, goals and accomplishments, that your heart so desperately desires? this podcast is for you! How can we overcome, anxiety and fear in order to be able to have the God-fearing life that we desire? How can we stop the spiral of living in fear and live with...2022-10-2935 minVictorious Living Christian CounselingStop Living In the PastHave you found yourself wishing for life before Covid? Life before losing a loved one? Life before unemployment or a lost relationship? Life before a divorce? Me too! In fact, the past several weeks in prayer God revealed my true self-thoughts “God please bring back life before Covid? Before losing loved ones? Bring back the 80 & 90’s before our nation was overwhelmed with political tension, complete lack of disrespect, and a sense of safety. I long for yesterday!” As I thought and prayed through these thoughts, God gently said “Stop Living in The Past”! We need to properly grieve what and who we los...2022-09-1939 minVictorious Living Christian CounselingThe “Savior Complex”; The Struggle of Trying to Save Others, Without Losing YourselfToday’s podcast is on the Savior complex. What is a savior complex? How did we develop the Savior complex? Where did originate? How do we recognize it in our life? Most importantly, how do I heal from this desperate need to save other people? Have you ever been there? Where you’ve been so hurt, sad, angry, and overwhelmed by the decisions that your loved ones around you are making and tried desperately to talk them out of their son and to get them help. But somehow, realize that it feels like you’re losing yourself in the process. This p...2022-08-2336 minVictorious Living Christian CounselingExperience True & Lasting Freedom in Christ in the Area of Food and Healthy Eating; Intuitive EatingBrittany Braswell is a special guest on today’s podcast. She is a Registered Dietitian and runs a private recovery coaching practice helping Christian women ditch food rules and negative body image so they finally get off the dieting hamster wheel and experience true & lasting freedom in Christ. Discussing the concept of intuitive eating and how to incorporate spirituality, faith, and Christ into our everyday relationship with food. How to overcome shame associated with unhealthy eating and discover healing in the area of food and health.2022-06-2340 minVictorious Living Christian CounselingFather’s Day Special; Overcoming Our Father WoundsHappy Father’s Day! Father’s are important to the healthy upbringing of children and loving father’s make a huge difference in our children’s lives! Sadly, this is not the story for the majority of us. Many of our father’s have hurt us, rejected us, or neglected us. How do we heal from the wounds our earthly father’s left us with? God is our Heavenly Father and because of His unconditional and perfect love, healing is not only a dream, but a promise to those who love and surrender their heart to Him! Listen to today‘a podcast to l...2022-06-2035 minVictorious Living Christian CounselingVictorious Marriages; Applicable Couples Counseling Techniques & Biblical Steps to Marital HealingGod’s plan for marriage is beautiful, wonderful, and a place to find a safe haven in a world full of chaos! Our marriages are intended to be our safe places and where we can find security, a place to belong, feel loved, and stable. Sadly, many marriages are rampant with conflict, insecurity, and instability. This podcast discusses God’s plan and purpose for marriage. Offers hope, encouragement, understanding, solutions, and solid techniques to helping your marriage be the safe haven God intended it to be. Professional therapist shares couples counseling techniques, how to build a strong foundation in the marr...2022-06-1330 minVictorious Living Christian CounselingDepression & Isolation; One of Satan’s Greatest TacticsDepression is one of the hardest and most miserable illnesses. One area that Satan uses to spiral depression into the darkest possible pit, is isolation! This podcast explains the danger of isolation and how to be aware of and stop Satan’s tactic in it’s track! Be aware and refuse to allow Satan this foothold in your life! Also, I explain how to recognize signs of depression and isolation in your loved ones and interventions you can use to help break the cycle. Depression is overwhelming, but it is quite treatable with proper treatment. It is vital to understand how...2022-05-1625 minVictorious Living Christian CounselingOvercoming Procrastination Through the Art of Delayed GratificationDo you struggle with procrastination? Procrastination is something I have struggled with my entire life and some thing that I help many clients process through. The most helpful technique I have learned in helping me better manage procrastination, is the art of delayed gratification. Check out this podcast to learn a technique that may in fact change and alter your life for the better.2022-04-2726 minVictorious Living Christian CounselingOvercoming Rejection By Finding our Identity In ChristHave you ever been rejected? Struggled with feeling someone or some people don’t like? Has Satan attacked your self-worth and caused you to feel lonely, insecure, defeated, down, anxious, or depressed? Check out today’s podcast and learn how to overcome rejection and find healing by knowing who you are in Jesus! This podcast will help you in your struggle with anxiety, depression, and social anxiety.2022-04-1927 minVictorious Living Christian CounselingThe Misuse of Sarcasm and the Negative Impact it Has on RelationshipsIn today’s episode I will discuss my view and understanding of what occurred on a deeper emotional level between Will Smith & Chris Rock! In addition, we will talk about inappropriate and harmful sarcasm. We will discuss how unhealthy communication, belittling, and putting others down has become “popular” in modern day America and the damage that’s being done in our culture, homes, and communities. We will learn the art of healthy Biblical relationship building to begin offsetting the damaging impact and how to have victorious relationships through Christ!2022-04-0829 minVictorious Living Christian CounselingBeing Still in Times of Waiting and UncertaintyHow to live victoriously for Christ in times of painful waiting! Waiting is one of the hardest aspects of our lives, because of the uncertainty we feel! This is where Satan attacks the hardest through discouraging and negative thoughts about God, ourselves, and the world. Thankfully, God provides truths in His words for handling these difficult times of waiting!2022-03-0914 minVictorious Living Christian CounselingSuffering Victoriously & With Eternal Purpose; Overcoming Life’s Most Painful Trials With JesusSuffering is difficult and we’re collectively facing extreme levels of suffering today! Where is our hope in the midst of suffering and pain? How can we find peace and purpose when we face the most overwhelming & difficult moments of our lives? The Ukrainians have been such an amazing example of suffering victoriously! Today’s podcast is dedicated to the Ukrainians fighting for their freedom!2022-03-0325 min
Victorious Living Christian CounselingSeasonal Affective DisorderWhat is Seasonal Affective Disorder? Do I have it? How do I know? What are the symptoms? Find answers on the Victorious Living Counseling podcast! Today we discuss SAD and how to recognize, heal, and overcome the negative impact in your life and the lives of your loved ones. We discuss recognizing the symptoms in ourselves, our friends, our spouses, our children and how to gently and in love assess and talk about our concerns. Most importantly, like always we talk about how to overcome SAD through Christ to empower and equip us to live victorious and abundant lives through Christ2022-01-2432 minVictorious Living Christian CounselingSteps to Overcoming AnxietySteps to overcome anxiety to live a victorious and abundant life! Each step utilizes scripture and psychology techniques to help stop the spiral of anxiety in it's tracks! I came up with these steps to help clients struggling with anxiety and use them in session with clients on a regular basis. I hope and pray they help you gain victory over anxiety! 2021-11-1137 minVictorious Living Christian CounselingLiving Victoriously by Learning How to Respond to the Anger of Other PeopleAnger is a universal emotion! We all have to live with anger. Whether an angry driver that cuts you off in traffic, angry children, spouse, parents, sibling, friends, or co-workers. Anger is all around us! Since we will never be able to get rid of anger, seems to me we need to learn how to live with it! Which in turn, can help keep anger more controlled! Listen today as we discuss Biblical, psychological, and emotional techniques to help us cope with the anger surrounding us!2021-10-0827 minVictorious Living Christian CounselingLiving Victoriously by Overcoming AngerAnger is a powerful emotion. Everyone experiences anger, it is universal. What is anger? What causes anger? How do we learn to overcome anger and live more freeing, carefree, and joyful lives? How can we manage our anger in a way that is pleasing to God? We will answer all these questions in today’s podcast addressing anger.2021-09-0830 minVictorious Living Christian CounselingLiving Victoriously by Learning to Understand and Manage LonlinessLoneliness is a universal emotion. Everyone feels lonely occasionally. What is loneliness? What causes loneliness? How do we handle loneliness when it comes our way? Loneliness comes from many origins. In fact, as believers we will experience some level of loneliness until we get to our eternal home in glory. There’s a longing in every believer for our heavenly home.2021-08-3130 minVictorious Living Christian CounselingThinking About Your Thinking; Managing AnxietyThinking about your thinking is the first step to getting anxiety under control. Managing anxious thoughts requires replacing with positive thoughts. God’s word is the very best tool for positively altering defeating thoughts.2021-08-2430 minVictorious Living Christian CounselingCheck The Fear At The CrossThe nation is in a detrimental place. Covid is a real fear and seems more scary now than when it all began. We're all scared. How are we called in God's word to handle the fear that we face? That is the focus of this podcast! Not to push any agenda, but to communicate directly to the fear we all fear, empathize, and in love point you to the scriptures regarding fear. Listen and share with all your friends. We're all scared and instead of checking it at the cross, we're projecting it onto others and it is creating an even...2021-08-1730 minVictorious Living Christian CounselingOvercoming Fear & Anxiety, to Live a Victorious Life!Fear is a human emotion that all feel. Anxiety can be overwhelming and crippling! How can we handle fear emotionally, physically, and spiritually? How can we gain control over our emotions and be more able to handle anxious and fearful thoughts? In this episode I will break down fear and help you develop very real techniques to better be in control of fear, rather than fear controlling you!2021-06-2239 minVictorious Living Christian CounselingLiving Victoriously Through Life’s Greatest HardshipsHow do we handle life’s most heart-breaking moments? How do we endure when the hardships aren’t short-lived but last weeks, months, and even years! What about when you step out to follow God’s will and it feels everything crumbles around you? How to continue to trust God when the doubts pile up? In this episode we address these questions and much more.2021-06-1429 minVictorious Living Christian CounselingLiving Victoriously Through Traumatic Brain Injury: Guest Speakers Patti Foster & Dr. Deanna AndrewGuest speakers Patti Foster & Dr. Deanna Adams join the podcast to discuss their passion and life work surrounding Traumatic Brain Injury. These women are amazing! You DO NOT want to miss this episode! The love these women have for Jesus and His children is simply amazing! The light they share with everyone around them is contagious! I was personally blessed after meeting these dear women at the American Association of Christian Counseling and they personally helped me process a traumatic brain injury accident with a family member. So thankful! So excited!2021-05-081h 15Victorious Living Christian CounselingMisuse of Power in the Church ~ Spiritual AbuseDr. Diane Langberg is a guest speaker discussing her latest book “Redeeming Power Understanding Authority and Abuse in the Church”. Spiritual abuse is a real concern and needs believers to be aware and equipped to stand up against the abuse within Christian systems.2021-04-297h 05Victorious Living Christian CounselingHelping Our Children Through Difficult Relationships At SchoolMy sweet daughter joins me for this podcast to talk about a situation she endured at school, when she got caught up in a difficult relationship. How I helped her work through this difficult situation and hearing the storybfrom2021-04-2120 minVictorious Living Christian CounselingOvercoming the Anxiety & Fear of UncertaintyUncertainty is a very real part of our everyday lives. At certain times in life, uncertainty is more intense and thus anxiety and fear become overwhelming. How can we manage the anxiety and fear of uncertainty and live victoriously for Jesus!2021-04-1600 minVictorious Living Christian CounselingPart 2 ~ June Hunt guest speaker discussing Domestic Violence & Spiritual AbuseJune Hunt is our guest speaker today and she is a world renown speaker, author, Biblical counselor, & the founder of Hope for the Heart and Hope in the Night radio host. June joins me to discuss the very real concern of domestic violence and how it sadly often used to perpetuate abuse by people in the church.2021-03-261h 00Victorious Living Christian CounselingPart 1. Guest Speaker June Hunt on Domestic Violence and Spiritual AbuseGuest speaker June Hunt is a world renown Biblical counselor, speaker, author, and amazing woman of God. She joins the podcast to discuss the serious concern of domestic violence and spiritual abuse. You won’t want to miss this episode!2021-03-2651 minVictorious Living Christian CounselingLiving Victoriously By Sharing Our StoriesWhy is it important to share our story? Why is it important to listen to others as they share their story? This is the first and most important aspect to healing and finding victory in Jesus Christ.2021-03-1919 minVictorious Living Christian CounselingLiving Victoriously By Finding Beauty in Our Selfies “Focusing on God’s blessings, rather than flawsI am overly critical of myself. Most of us struggle with this. I have a hard time with taking selfies of myself, because I see all the flaws. What if we focused on God’s blessings, rather than our looks, fame, success, and imperfections? Learn how to thank God for the good things and focus on His blessings! Let go of the criticism and find joy in Jesus!2021-03-1820 minVictorious Living Christian CounselingLiving Victoriously by Overcoming Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)... TraumaWhat is PTSD? How does it develop? What are the steps to healing? Listen and learn about trauma for yourself and how to help others who are living with PTSD.2021-03-1821 minVictorious Living Christian CounselingLiving Victoriously By Finding Peace with Your Financial SituationToday I have a longtime friend of 20 years who is a Ramsey Preferred Coach. She shares her story and how she came to find peace in her financial situation. In addition, she offers encouragement, advice, and information to help others overcome the bondage of financial stress.2021-03-0552 minVictorious Living Christian CounselingOvercoming Depression & Anxiety By Praising God through PsalmsIn this episode we learn that the antidote to depression and anxiety is praising God. Together we will read Psalms together and I model this process in person.2021-03-0210 minVictorious Living Christian CounselingLiving Victoriously By Overcoming DepressionIn today’s episode we discuss the topic of depression. Depression is an ever-increasing concern in our nation and all over the world. We discussed the depression and depth, what causes it, what are the symptoms, and what are the necessary steps to overcoming at. Utilizing the Holy Spirit and God’s word as tools and encouragement for overcoming the darkness.2021-03-0137 minVictorious Living Christian CounselingLiving Victoriously By Applying God’s Word to Your Life & To The Healing Process, with Guest Speaker Pastor Greg MethvinIn today’s episode we are discussing the importance of incorporating God’s word into the healing process. Pastor Greg Methvin “Spiritual Coach and Biblical Counselor” with Hope Works Counseling joins the discussion today to discuss how to apply God’s word to our lives and how the Bible aids in the healing process! “For the word of God is Alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword.” God’s word is powerful, it is how he speaks to the hearts of His children!2021-02-2650 minVictorious Living Christian CounselingPart II Living Victoriously By Surrendering Your Heart to JesusThis episode is a continuation of Part 1 Living Victoriously Through Jesus. In this episode we talk about the steps we take to actually live in Victory with Jesus! How to live fir Jesus Christ Alone and find peace, joy, contentment, and meaning in this life!2021-02-2013 minVictorious Living Christian CounselingLiving Victoriously By Surrendering Your Life to Jesus Part 1Today I share my testimony, my story, and how I found Jesus! I share how God called me into the counseling field and how he told me the name and mission for Victorious Living Counseling!2021-02-1932 minVictorious Living Christian CounselingLiving Victoriously by Building Awareness of Emotional AbuseThis episode focuses on building awareness of emotional abuse in relationships, especially in marriages. Teaches steps to overcome the prison of emotional / physical abuse!2021-02-1547 minVictorious Living Christian CounselingLiving Victoriously by Learning to Kick Shame to the CurbShame is a universal emotion, we all deal with shame on some level. In this episode we break down shame, where does it come from and what do we do about it! Together we learn Biblical strategies for getting rid of shame and learning to recognize and listening to Godly conviction!2021-02-0827 minVictorious Living Christian CounselingUsing Our Words to Bring Healing, Life, & EncouragmentToday's episode is on using our tongues, the words we speak to bring healing, life, and encouragement to others! Most of the work I do as a counselor is on helping people heal from emotional abuse. Emotional abuse occurs when people fail to exercise spiritual discipline, self-control, and compassion when communicating. Emotional abuse is on a spectrum of severity, regardless of the level of use, it is damaging to the mind, body, and soul. People who have been emotionally abused require great healing measures to find peace over these unfortunate and painful situations. Today we talk about what the Bible...2021-02-0418 minVictorious Living Christian CounselingLiving Victorious When Life Gets Hard / Real LifeHow to live victoriously when we are overwhelmed and stressed! When we feel like we get knocked down, every time we get back up! Life is hard! This session I show you how to take your trials to the rock that is higher than you!2021-02-0332 minVictorious Living Christian CounselingLiving Victoriously Over Negative Self-ThoughtsIn this episode we discuss our very own self-thinking patterns. We learn how to build awareness of and take captive negative thoughts. We learn how to speak truth over negative thoughts and misbeliefs, by speaking scripture over them and replacing them with positive thoughts from God himself!2021-02-0228 minVictorious Living Christian CounselingLiving Abundantly Without Anxiety & PanicAnxiety & Panic attacks make living abundantly impossible. We are called to live abundant lives in Jesus and not to just survive! This episode teaches about how to overcome anxiety and panic by growing in our relationship with Jesus! Also, teaches helpful psychology tools that help to overcome anxiety and panic.2021-02-0134 minVictorious Living Christian CounselingTo Live In a Pandemic with Fear or Healthy Caution.In the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, how to live cautiously, but not live in fear and panic!2021-01-2523 minVictorious Living Christian CounselingLiving Victoriously Through GriefLosing a loved one causes significant pain, turmoil, and confusion. I am a licensed Christian counselor in Missouri and Indiana. In this episode I discuss how I’ve personally run into grief recently, by losing my grandmother, my rock. I explain the stages of grief and what to expect when moving through your own loss(es).2021-01-1833 minVictorious Living Christian CounselingVictorious Living CounselingCrystal Ridlon is a licensed mental health counselor in the state of Indiana and a licensed professional counselor in the state of Missouri. She is the owner of a private practice called Victorious Living Counseling. In this podcast she discusses real life issues, as an extension of the work she does in a clinical setting. She will talk about real life struggles, such as anxiety, depression, trauma, addiction, relationship difficulties and much more. Her heart is to help lead people to the healing power of Jesus! The hope is that this podcast will help lead people to the healing power...2021-01-1800 min