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Strong Tower Mental Health Podcast187. 6 Myths of Vulnerability Do you wonder how some people seem to do “authenticity” so well? Or they just seem so confident and sure of themselves but it’s not fake? In this episode you will hear the 6 myths of vulnerability based on the research by Brene Brown. Heidi is a Certified Daring Way Facilitator and teaches groups like Daring Greatly and today you will get a little piece of this work. It's world changing and head tipping. Why does vulnerability make you authentic? Because Jesus was authentic. Jesus cried, wept, was angry and had compassion. He was real. And sometimes we need to lit...2024-09-0226 min
Strong Tower Mental Health Podcast185. EMDR Therapy: What It Is and What a Session Looks LikeHave you heard of EMDR therapy or had someone recommend it to you? Do you wonder what it actually is and what happens in a session? Is it like hypnosis? In this episode, you will hear the details about what EMDR therapy is, who it’s recommended for and what it does. It stands for Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing. You will learn what happens in an actually session and the pros and cons of it. As a Christian trauma therapist, Heidi is certified in EMDR and integrates it in her therapy with clients who could benefit from it an...2024-08-1926 min
Strong Tower Mental Health Podcast157. Brave Encouragement for Yourself and OthersHave you felt discouraged lately? Do you have circumstances and people in your life that have drained you and brought you down? We can get so discouraged by the situations that don’t go our way, and it can be hard to see God’s perspective. Sometimes we just need a little boost, a re-focus and shift to bring us back to the plumbline of Jesus Christ. In this episode you will be encouraged yourself. Heidi goes through some of the teachings from her book The Brave Encourager and speaks life into the listener for themselves and others. You will...2024-02-0525 min
Strong Tower Mental Health Podcast152. Finding Hope in Transition for 2024Has 2023 been a tough year for you? Are you currently in transition? I feel like many of us are in some sort of transition from the end of 2023 to the beginning of 2024. IN this episode, you will hear candidate raw vulnerability of a desire to seek God’s face only when there is a lot going on. As a podcast host I am personally going through a lot of transition myself and I’d like to share how you can gain God’s insight through whatever you are going through. Hear some prophetic encouraging words for 2024 that will help put yo...2024-01-0133 min
Strong Tower Mental Health Podcast151. Grief, Loss and Pain with Candy McVicarHave you ever felt like God has abandoned you? Have you difficult circumstances or loss causes you to question God? Candy and her husband experienced a stillbirth of their first-born named Grace. At the time she didn’t feel like she received enough support and resources so she started the non-profit called Missing Grace Foundation. She also co-authored the book Holding on to Love After You’ve Lost a Baby with Dr. Gary Chapman. She is a sought after speaker, author and advocate for families who are grieving a baby or child. She share her intimate experience with finding God...2023-12-2535 min
Strong Tower Mental Health Podcast150. Does God Care About Our Emotions?Have you heard someone say that emotions lie? Or that truth is more important than emotions? Just focus on Jesus! While this may make sense in our brain, we then leave “feeling” pain, hurt, confusion and more disconnected from God and hope. In this episode, you will hear some of the myths and thoughts about emotions and truth that can cause us more pain. Our body feels those emotions you are supposed to ignore. You will hear what is the purpose of emotions and how the are connected to our body. This episode briefly touches on some therapeutic techniques that...2023-12-1825 min
Strong Tower Mental Health Podcast149. Eating Disorders and Soul Deep Beauty with Melissa Johnson LMFTDo you spend a lot of time and energy on beauty? Do you struggle to be satisfied with your body on a regular basis? In this episode, you will hear about the huge topic of eating disorders and the hidden damage culture lies about beauty. Michelle Johnson is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist who found herself in her own therapist’s office being told she has an eating disorder herself. She then went through intensive treatment to heal her heart from what she had no idea that she had. Her personal experience, along with being a mental health th...2023-12-1137 min
Strong Tower Mental Health Podcast148. Gossip Separates us From GodDo you tend to gossip? Are you around others who gossip a lot with you? Gossip can rile up your emotions, change your mood and impact your thoughts about yourself, other people and the world. Even if it’s not true, the impact of engaging in the conversation affects your soul. They may seem harmless. But if this is what you engage in day in and day out and not realize it’s gossip, it can go beyond affecting your soul, it can also affect your body too. In this episode you will hear the destruction of gossip, what it i...2023-12-0426 min
Strong Tower Mental Health Podcast147. You Gotta Get Up with Real Talk KimHave you felt like you’ve been knocked down? Left out? Held back? You were not meant to be small! You will be inspired in this encouraging interview with Real Talk Kim as she is candid in this interview about her life, career and personal choices. Even though she grew up as a PK (pastor’s kid), she struggled to make the choices she was advised to make and walked through a divorce at the age of 36. Kimberly Jones is known as Real Talk Kim, is a mother, pastor, entrepreneur, mentor, motivational speaker, entertainer and best-selling author of several book...2023-11-2731 min
Strong Tower Mental Health Podcast146. Spirit-Led Living With Stephen StrangAre you looking to walk in more confidence even when things feel like an upside down world? Stephen Strang, the founder and CEO of Charisma Media, is a journalist, publisher, and best-selling author, usually writes about politics and current events. But throughout his incredible career, he has learned the value and importance of living a spirit-led living no matter what is happening in this world. Stephen has had a very interesting career and has even interviewed 4 US presidents and has been featured on all the major news channels for years. You will hear about the importance of goals, connecting...2023-11-2033 min
Strong Tower Mental Health Podcast145. Apologetics, Curiosity & Imagination with Brian GodawaAre you creative and imaginative and wonder how it has to do with the Bible? Do you know what apologetics is and why it’s important? Brian Godawa is a best selling author and Hollywood filmmaker for over 20 years. He has created some controversial films like My Son Hunter and written creative books like Chronicles of the Nephilim. His recent book, Cruel Logic, is unlike any other than he has done before. It’s based on his frustration with the absurdity of atheist ethics. The reality is that ideas have consequences. He features deep thought, high suspense, and pulse-pounding chil...2023-11-1348 min
Strong Tower Mental Health Podcast144. Peace in the Midst of ChaosHave you found yourself really tired lately? Do you feel like you take on the world’s problems without releasing it? Many of us have such huge hearts and compassion for others in the world but we don’t know how to funnel this love. Jesus didn’t get exhausted – he went off to be alone with his heavenly father. How do we live like Jesus with peace and joy in such a difficult world? How do we find peace when there is war in Israel and other countries around the world? In this episode, you will hear wisdom and reve...2023-11-0624 min
Strong Tower Mental Health Podcast143. Tribes Arise with Genevieve DawnHave you believed the lie that you were worthless? Have you been looking for a purpose in your life? Genevieve Dawn is a member of the Oglala Lakota Sioux Tribe of South Dakota. She grew up in a home where her dad was an alcoholic and drug addict and there was a lot of upheaval in her home. Her mom got saved and filled with the Holy Spirit when she pregnant with her. She would drag her to a very religious church, which caused her to rebel. She was a teen mom, gave up another child to adoption and...2023-10-2944 min
Strong Tower Mental Health Podcast142. From Chronic Pain to Healing Rain with Sue DetweilerHave you been seeking healing for yourself or your loved ones? Do you continue to hit walls of resistance as you pursue healing? Sue Detweiler, author and international speaker, shares about the true power and authority God gives us to receive healing. She wrote the book Healing Rain and talks about how we each can experience the healing God intends for us in mind, body and spirit. We need to position ourselves to immerse ourselves in Christ’s love to find wholeness in mind, body and heart. Many of us struggle to position ourselves to receive. Sue talks about fa...2023-10-2341 min
Strong Tower Mental Health Podcast141. Panic Attacks to Curious Wonder with Matt Beckenham Have you found yourself questioning faith, God, the Holy Spirit and the Bible? Do you wonder where the tangible experience and truth is? From Australia, Matt Beckenham grew up a pastor’s kid and went on to pastor for 20 years. At the age of 38 years old, his marriage and life fell apart and he found himself at ground zero. He experienced anxiety and panic attacks and had to learn how to present in each moment. He didn’t shift overnight but experienced hour by hour revelations and changes. He started asking God real and practical questions. He wanted to get...2023-10-1652 min
Strong Tower Mental Health Podcast140. God’s Mercy and Compassion for YOU FirstDo you sometimes find yourself judging or being too critical of others? In one moment do you have compassion and the next you are frustrated? Understanding God’s mercy can be difficult when we have experienced pain that goes deep and has lasted a long time. We can forgive and let go of resentment but to actually have compassion is a different story. In this episode, you will hear about the powerful reality of God’s mercy on us first so we can release it to others. You will hear about how the Old Testament story of Jonah and the...2023-10-0925 min
Strong Tower Mental Health Podcast139. The Domino Revival with Pastor Mike SignorelliDo we bow in fear or stand for truth? Do you believe that God can heal mental health and addiction symptoms today? God is doing things today that we have never seem before. Many are against what is happened and even say it’s not God. Pastor Michael Signorelli, pastor of V1 Church in New York, one of the fastest growing churches in America, takes us on a journey with his new movie coming out October 24, 2023 called Domino Revival. As the hunger for the supernatural and spiritual significance in our society continues to grow, and many turn to new ag...2023-10-0242 min
Strong Tower Mental Health Podcast138. Secrets to Generational Curses with Dr. Alexander PaganiDo you desire advanced revelation? Did you know that science supports generational curses? Do you believe in generational curses and demonization? Be encouraged with much revelation in this interview with well-known demon slayer, Dr. Alexander Pagani, and mental health therapist Heidi Mortenson. Nothing is held back in this rich in-depth interview about deliverance, generational curses, mental health, epigenetics, arrested development, doing your own work, trusting the Holy Spirit through people and Biblical revelation. Alexander Pagani came from a single parent home in the south Bronx in 1970s, gang and drug culture. He was in a juvenile detention...2023-09-2548 min
Strong Tower Mental Health Podcast137. Keys for Mental Health FreedomDo you need some refreshment? Do you feel like you’re far away from your goals and your purpose? Sometimes we just need to be reminded of the things we are doing well at, and a few tips and tricks to help us be in a better mind space. Or we need a little help to be re-directed to where God designed us – right where we are. We can beat ourselves up so much that God doesn’t get an opportunity to get space to speak. In this episode, you will hear some keys to mental health freedom that Licens...2023-09-1826 min
Strong Tower Mental Health Podcast136. Faith over Rebellion with Terry Minor Jr.Are you a Christian parent with a teenager who is rebelling? Are you worried about your teen or child wanting to find out what is outside of Christianity? Listen to Terry Minor Junior’s powerful testimony of being raised in the church then struggling with suicidal thinking, pornography and fornication. He shares how his parents stood firm on God’s word and God’s love. He was taught by the Holy Spirit how to love God for himself. He eventually obeyed his call to ministry and now preaches, creates music and raps! Terry grew up as a PK (pr...2023-09-1147 min
Strong Tower Mental Health Podcast135. What Happened to You? How to Be Trauma InformedWould you prefer the question what happened to you verses wrong is wrong with you? Do you know what it means to be trauma informed? We may believe that we do a good job of being somewhat aware of trauma, but there are things we could be missing. When we aren’t properly trauma informed, we can cause other’s lives to be even more traumatized without even realizing it. AND, we can be even more traumatized ourselves. In this episode, you will hear about what it means to be trauma informed and what we can do to be more...2023-09-0427 min
Strong Tower Mental Health Podcast134. Cast It Out with Pastor Greg LockeCan we just get partly delivered? How do we experience demons coming back 7 times worse than before? What is demonic compounded interest? In this fascinating interview with pastor Greg Locke, from Global Vision Bible Church, he talks about his new book “Cast It Out”. Nothing is held back in this interview, and topics such as what he actually thinks about mental health, how we get some Bible verses wrong, why he does mass deliverance, repeat customers and more. You will come to more of an understand of the power and purpose behind deliverance and why all followers of Christ are...2023-08-2847 min
Strong Tower Mental Health Podcast133. Are we Twice Dead? with Angela GreenigAre you finding yourself distracted and not feeling like praying? Is there a demon behind every rock? How do we discern if we need to close a door that was open to demonic influence? Hear this powerful interview with Angela Greenig, a seer, prayer intercessor and a violet warrior for God. She has been in ministry for over 40 years. She grew up poor, experienced sexual abuse and was doing drugs at a very young age. By the time she was 16 she was a stripper and a prostitute and was a junkie. She has been shot and stabbed. She was...2023-08-2134 min
Strong Tower Mental Health Podcast132. The Truth about ControlHave you experienced a controlling person? Or are you someone who like you have control? Control is something that can be “relieving” for some people and scary and abusive for others. How do we get to this place of control? What does Jesus say about it? And is there a connection between anxiety and control? Hear this powerful episode about the impact and connection between anxiety and control. I share examples from people who have gone to extreme measures to “control” their own life. I also share regular examples that we do every day and not even realize it. Being in...2023-08-1430 minStrong Tower Mental Health Podcast131. Uncovering the Seeing Gift with John Saltekoff and Dave EberlyDo you believe you have a gift but also feel like you’re loosing a grip on reality? Have you felt a dark presence in the world and not sure how to handle it? If you have struggled with depression you may have a spiritual seeing gift that has been untapped. There are many who have mental health struggles like depression, anxiety, schizophrenia and others who are unaware of how to utilize the seeing gift God gave them. Hear this fascinating interview between seer prophet John and his friend Dave, whom Heidi went on a mission trip with. John us...2023-08-0744 minStrong Tower Mental Health Podcast130. Power of PermissionDo you feel stifled? Do you feel like there is more to who you are but aren’t sure how to get there? There could be something you need to give yourself permission for. The original design of how God made us is to be SEEN and KNOWN. When something goes against this, it impacts us to not feel worthy and thus, in relationships we can become defensive and not loving. Due to our inability to not give ourselves permission, we end up becoming less than God designed for us to be and thus does not give glory to Go...2023-07-3124 minStrong Tower Mental Health Podcast129. Breathing Under Water with Margaux NelsonDo you see or hear things in the unseen world? Or have you desired the deeper things of God but are not sure how to learn about without feeling like you are weird? Margaux Nelson has learned how to listen and partner with God with difficult circumstances. She has always been an emotionally sensitive and spiritually sensitive person. She had many deep experiences she had no language for. She finally realized there wasn’t something wrong with her and she wasn’t “weird”, but she learned that there is a real spiritual realm and the things she was sensing and feel...2023-07-2444 minStrong Tower Mental Health Podcast128. Breaking Mental Health Generational CursesAre we doomed to struggle with depression because our great-grandma and grandma and mother did? Or have anger issues because it’s in the family? When you go to the doctor, they often ask you what is in your family. It’s automatically assumed that if it’s in your family you have a chance you will get it. Science supports this. What about generational curses? Are they a thing? What does God say about it? In this episode you will hear about mental health issues running in the family and when to tell if something is a generational curse...2023-07-1732 minStrong Tower Mental Health Podcast127. Strong in Battle with Susie LarsonAre you struggling with insecurity and fear? Do you give more than you take? Susie Larson learned the devil was real at a young age at the hands of abusers that left her confused and full of fear. She has also experienced many attacks from health issues, bill collectors and hurtful comments from others. She got to a place where she was just trying to get through the days. Fortunately, God came through a powerful word of encouragement that Jesus was giving her a platform that He was building with her pain. She was to lean in and learn...2023-07-1047 minStrong Tower Mental Health Podcast126. Emotional Abuse and Boundaries ConnectionDo you ever feel like you can’t truly be yourself, but you can’t quite figure out why not? We hear about boundaries a lot. We also hear about emotional abuse. What about the impact of boundaries and emotional abuse together? When it comes to boundaries, it gets really difficult when others don’t respect ours and we are forced to have to keep a healthy boundary ourselves. It takes emotional maturity to recognize this, and it can be PAINFUL. Boundaries are there for a purpose and Jesus had healthy boundaries. In this episode, you will learn about unheal...2023-07-0327 minStrong Tower Mental Health Podcast125. Soul Care Renewal with Dr. Rob ReimerDo you get frustrated when you want to change but seems that you still struggle with what you think you need to do? Do you start praying for your loved ones to change when they are driving you crazy? We often don’t know the true way to transform and really live the out the way God intends for us. Unfortunately, the church teaches us how to behave instead of how to change. Dr. Rob Reimer was focused on what to do like read his Bible and pray but he wasn’t seeing any transformation and his marriage. At the...2023-06-2642 minStrong Tower Mental Health Podcast124. Comfort of DeliveranceHave you felt discouraged by the slow process of change? Have you felt like maybe God left you out and forgot about you? We hear about the power of deliverance ministries and how someone was miraculously saved and delivered at the same time. Why didn’t that happen to you? We often miss the importance pieces of deliverance that God desires us all to know: deliverance is comfort. The Holy Spirit is our comforter. This IS what deliverance truly us. This IS what mental health counseling truly is. Jesus is our true counselor, and He is comforting when He he...2023-06-1925 minStrong Tower Mental Health Podcast123. Freedom from Bondage with Rafe RonningMany people don’t discern that there are demons in someone. Bible colleges don’t always teach deliverance and aren’t clear on Christians having a demon. Our worldview in the west doesn’t always line up with the Bible. There are also people who understand deliverance but are afraid of what people think of them because of what they do discern. Churches are often run like a business and don’t want to take spiritual risks. Rafe Ronning has a powerful testimony of getting free from alcohol and porn addiction. It is unique because the power of God came upon...2023-06-1238 minStrong Tower Mental Health Podcast122. From Defensive to CuriousDo you find yourself being defensive with others? Do you seem to turn to blame and get emotionally hooked? You might have others getting defensive with you as well. This can turn to manipulation and even gas lighting. In this episode, Heidi talks about how to not be so defensive. You will hear how to get at the root of the issue, identify the emotional hooks, and respond with curiosity instead. When we know who we are in Christ, we are confident with ourselves, there is no need to be defensive with others. “With all humility and ge...2023-06-0526 minStrong Tower Mental Health Podcast121. When Words Don’t Come Easy with Andy HowardHave you ever had a bad day become a bad week? And that bad week become a bad month and then a bad year? Andy “stumbled” into depression after the tough news about his daughter’s health at her birth. He was a pastor and would put a fake smile on his face. He was believing lies that he was left alone and forgotten by God. With the encouragement of his wife, he went to counseling. Like many people, he was hesitant to go. However, it was one of the best decisions he made. The counseling helped him to see th...2023-05-2935 minStrong Tower Mental Health Podcast120. Grunt Work Deliverance with Dr. Mark ChironnaBeing hit by panic attacks and extreme anxiety for three and a half years, Dr. Mark Chironna couldn’t run from the pain. He was forced to get healing from places he didn’t know needed healing from. He had to do what he calls grunt work deliverance. There are many in the church who believe in magical thinking that they will be healed in an instant. Dr. Chironna is an ordained bishop, author, has a master’s in psychology, and has been in ministry for almost 50 years. He was doing what many of us do – too much, too fast and...2023-05-2234 minStrong Tower Mental Health Podcast119. The Truth of How God Sees You – Ministry and PrayerWe like to beat ourselves up and we like to stay small. But God has different ideas. He is God no matter what we’re dealing with and the circumstances we are in. Neuroplasticity is the ability of our brains to change even if we’ve had difficult life situations. When we continue to focus on beating ourselves up, this change is hard. In this episode, you will experience ministry to bring yourself into a place of peace, joy, and value with an attachment to God. You will be activated in all your five senses to experience the truth of h...2023-05-1521 minStrong Tower Mental Health Podcast118. Mental Emotional & Spiritual Miracles with Tony KempTony Kemp operates in miracles, signs and wonders. Is this magical thinking or can this impact us with our spiritual emotional and physical healing? Tony shares many ministry testimonies of healings through the power of Jesus Christ and powerful stories from the Bible. He also shares his experiences with angels and seeing Jesus face to face. Tony also worked in the field of mental health before being calling into ministry full-time. He speaks around the world and has written many books. He knows how God can work miracles emotionally, mentally, spiritually and physically. We so often hold onto our...2023-05-0841 minStrong Tower Mental Health Podcast117. Shining Your Identity in ChristOur identity is currently being attacked in this world and it can be hard to field through the lies to truly know who we are. As Christians we should look different from the rest of the world but often times we don’t. I think some of the issue is that Christians lack a deep and intimate relationship with Father God. There is distance between God and we don’t believe He is close. However, the veil was torn and we can now go boldly to the throne of grace. In this episode you will hear some of the comm...2023-05-0124 minStrong Tower Mental Health Podcast116. Healing the Inner Soul with Teia MartinezIf we could heal ourselves we would have already done it! We need help from God to heal our inner soul even after salvation. Teia Martinez got pregnant at age 14 and got married at 15. She was not raised in church, nor did she own a Bible. By the age of 22 she had 3 kids. At the age of 19 she got desperate from being miserable and depressed. She started to cry out to God to find out if He was real. God started to speak to her in music, movies, and dreams in the night. She learned early on that God...2023-04-2437 minStrong Tower Mental Health Podcast115. How to Think Like God from Negative ThoughtsHave you been struggling with negative thoughts? There are times when we know what God says about us but we don’t feel it and our experiences seem to tell us a different story than what God says. The Bible says that we have the mind of Christ. If we have the mind of Christ, how can we struggle so much with negative thoughts? In this episode, you will hear common negative thoughts, “lies” or “negative cognitions” that can take over our mind. You will also hear the truth of what God does think about us so our mind can be ren...2023-04-1725 minStrong Tower Mental Health Podcast114. Self-Hate and Depression to a Renewed Lens with Jamie Lyn WallnauDo you struggle with self-hate? Do you believe that depression is a chemical imbalance? Are you marinating on thoughts of death and negativity? God has given author and speaker Jamie Lyn a gift to deliver heavier words in the Kingdom of God with humor, love and grace. She is the daughter-in-law of Lance Wallnau and married to Lance Wallnau Junior. In this podcast, Jamie Lyn shares about her testimony of being medicated for depression, feeling ashamed, and hiding it from her family. She was told it was a chemical imbalance, which was correct for the...2023-04-1035 minStrong Tower Mental Health Podcast113. Message to the Church from a Mental Health Therapist Our world is hurting, and we need the church to lead by showing how to truly be free. God can shine through healthy people who are free, not in bondage. When I got into ministry, I innocently was surprised by how many wounded people are in churches and ministries. I thought they had it all put together. However, they are just like everyone else. But shouldn’t Christians look different than the rest of the world? In this message, I share the wisdom I believe the church needs to bridge mental health. I think there is much to learn and...2023-04-0327 minStrong Tower Mental Health Podcast111. Frustration with the Transformation ProcessDo you feel frustrated with the process of healing? Do you wonder why you still have depression and are taking medication and it’s been years? We can do all the things, read the books, take the classes and be in the best therapies, but still not get better. Why is this?? In this episode, you will hear about the process of change and transformation in the Kingdom of God. That sometimes there are hidden things that enemy keeps from us and other times we are actually doing better but we don’t realize it! Transformation does not happen over...2023-03-2028 minStrong Tower Mental Health Podcast108. Gen Z Mental Health and the Asbury RevivalTeen’s mental health has been an issue before the pandemic but grew to be even worse afterwards. There are so many stressors Gen Z has and adults can overlook it. We can often put judgments on them and not truly see them for how God does. What if Gen Z has a hunger that stirs the nations? As we have seen from the revival in Asbury University and the other schools, God is moving. The hunger is real, and they want authenticity. They are tired of the suicidality, depression, stress and polarized world. What if we lean into wh...2023-02-2726 minStrong Tower Mental Health Podcast107. God’s Design for Intimacy and Sex in Marriage With Ruth BuezisWe hear the myth that if you have more sex it will create more intimacy in your marriage. Or the myth that men want sex more than women. What does God say about this? What if you have a trauma history or had multiple partners or struggled with a porn addiction? In this episode, you will hear from the amazing and gentle teacher and author Ruth Buezis. She wrote the book Awaken Love and teaches classes to men and women about sex. She goes directly to the source, the Word of God and debunks the myths right away to r...2023-02-2041 min
Strong Tower Mental Health Podcast106. Secrets of the Secret Place with GodYou hear about needing to spend quiet time with God or the meditate on scripture, but how do you do that when your mind is racing? How do we actually slow down to “be still and know that God is God”? In this episode, you will hear about the secrets of the secret place, taken from the book by Bob Sorge. The term “secret place” appears in both the Old and New Testaments and is the way our soul (mind, will, emotions) is in relationship to God. You will hear why we need to take the time in the secret p...2023-02-1325 minStrong Tower Mental Health Podcast104. Depressed as a Christian? Listen to be Encouraged and Experience FreedomCan Christians be depressed? If you are does that mean you have a demon? How do you actually get free from depression? Many people are struggling with stress, depression and hopelessness, even as Christians. This comes from difficult circumstances like financial instability, relational stress, physical health issues, and general society issues. As Christians, is this okay and normal? There are some churches that say yes you can be a Christian and be depressed and some say that it’s impossible because you are now a new person in Christ. So what’s the truth? Hear hopeful revelation about depression as a...2023-01-3026 minStrong Tower Mental Health Podcast102. Heavenly Aligned EmotionsWe are made in the image of God but then why do we feel “off” with our emotions? It’s okay to not be okay. But as Christians, we don’t want to stay there. We need to learn how to access heavenly emotions and be aligned with what God intends for us, even when we experience pain. When we are born, we experience hurt, disappointments and abuse that can shift our emotional circuits to not be aligned with the way God intends. When life happens, we then get triggered more often because of our past. Our emotions essentially get high...2023-01-1621 minStrong Tower Mental Health Podcast100. Biblical New Year’s Resolutions for Increased FreedomI get it. You want to start of fresh and new. You want to hit your goals. You want to make New Year’s Resolutions and you want to hit by the end of 2023. In this episode, you will hear New Year’s Resolutions that are Biblical and you will receive increased freedom. You can pick one of them, some of them or all of them as long as you have a plan for the end of the year. Be encouraged as you step into the heart of God for your mental health and increased freedom for 2023! “Rememb...2023-01-0223 minStrong Tower Mental Health Podcast99. The Impact of Lukewarm Christianity on Mental HealthAre you ALL in for the Kingdom of God? Do you know if you are a lukewarm Christian? I had no idea I was a lukewarm Christian until I was forced to get on my face because I was struggling. I needed Jesus. Most people love Jesus and believe in Jesus but aren’t ALL in, surrendered for the Kingdom of God. They are essentially, lukewarm. This is a tragedy with our current world because it causes many to turn away from the faith and into new age activities because they have no clue it’s not from God. This...2022-12-2626 minStrong Tower Mental Health Podcast97. Life Priorities with God at the CenterAre you pouring your heart out on all the people in your life? Do you feel drained and not have much left? You could have your priorities off and maybe you need a heavenly re-alignment. Often as Christians, we think it’s humble and kind to put everyone else first and never take care of ourselves. The problem is that when we do this, we are left empty and don’t have enough to give. You will hear about a classic practice Heidi talks about with most clients, the order of priorities in our life. She lays out what God...2022-12-1925 minStrong Tower Mental Health Podcast97. The Bigger Christmas Story with Reverend Michael NortonDid you know there is a bigger Christmas story? One that includes the entire Bible starting with Genesis? Jesus didn’t just begin when the virgin Mary conceiving a son by the power of the Holy Spirit. The Preeminence of Christ was written about by Paul in the New Testament. Genesis mentions the first prophecy of Jesus. This is not to diminish the power of our current Christmas plays, but we must allow the whole Bible to give us the full revelation of what Christmas means. “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, ...2022-12-1237 minStrong Tower Mental Health Podcast95. Can you Self-Gaslight?Gaslighting has been a very popular word and the English language. So much so that Merriam-Webster announced that it was the word of the year for 2022. It is a psychological manipulation of a person over an extended period of time that causes the victim to question the validity of their own thoughts a perception of reality that leads to decrease confidence and self-esteem. It is very easy to identity when does this to us. But can we do it to ourselves? Yes we can. Self-awareness is key to identifying the roots of self-gaslighting. If we are denying our own...2022-12-0524 minStrong Tower Mental Health Podcast94. Staying Strong in the Journey – A Response to one Brave WomanAre you believing God to improve your situation, but you are right in the middle of it? Does everything seem unclear and blurry? In this episode, Heidi will respond to a listener’s question and cry out to God. This listener boldly shares her anger at the trauma she experienced. Why do those who have been traumatized have to do all the hard work of healing? It doesn’t seem fair at all! God’s desire for us is better than our current circumstances. You will hear about the importance of safety, getting the right support, the victim triangle, famili...2022-11-2827 minStrong Tower Mental Health Podcast92. Hearing God’s Voice for our Mental HealthWe may believe in God, but does He talk back to us? What are the ways that God speaks to us? We need to know how to operate listening to our Maker, the God of this mighty universe. When we can lean into His voice and what He has to say, wisdom comes, we are encouraged, and the noise of the world goes away. We hear His wisdom over mental health struggles and our life choices, not the world. We then can handle situations with more peace, clarity and strength. In this episode you will increase your confidence with...2022-11-2129 minStrong Tower Mental Health Podcast91. Dealing with Trust IssuesDo you feel like sometimes you don’t listen to your close loved ones? But then someone else will say the same thing and you listen to them – because maybe you don’t trust the 1st person? If you’ve experienced hurt, pain, lies and trauma from that loved one, it’s hard to trust them. How do we deal with our loved ones when we have trust issues with them? We need to align from God and listen to Him. God will use many people to speak to us, we need to be open to hear what God has to say...2022-11-1429 minStrong Tower Mental Health Podcast89: Staying Healthy in a Dysfunctional Family SystemsDo you feel like you have a dysfunctional family system but don’t know what to do about it? Do you feel guilty for things that you wonder why you feel guilty for? Do you feel like you are the odd one out? Often times when we recognize who God says about us, we can feel alone in our journey of healing as members of our family don’t seem to change along with us. However, when we truly allow God to transform us from within, we can be the catalyst of change the family needs, because Jesus lives insi...2022-11-0729 minStrong Tower Mental Health Podcast88: Dissociative Identity DisorderHave you found yourself missing time? Or know someone who you had a great time with but the next time you see them they act like they don’t know you? Dissociative Identity Disorder, or DID, is one of the most misunderstood and mis-diagnosed mental health diagnoses. Mental health therapists often miss it and don’t know how to treat it and people in ministry will often think these people are demonized and cause more trauma with an unhealthy deliverance. In this episode, you will gain an understanding of what dissociation is, what DID is, how to tell the diff...2022-10-3132 minStrong Tower Mental Health Podcast86: God Reveals Hidden Parts of Selves to Heal Soul WoundsDo you ever get triggered in the middle of a healthy conversation? Do you ever have times where you push your loved ones away and wonder why? Do you feel like you struggle with attachment wounds but aren’t quite sure how to get them healed? We all have hidden soul wounds from scattered or disorganized attachments that we often don’t realize. In this episode, Heidi shares a time where she got triggered and had a revelation of a “child part” who was still wounded. You will be led through an encounter where you identify parts of yourself that you...2022-10-2422 minStrong Tower Mental Health Podcast85. The Power and Truth of Healthy BoundariesWhat if the person you need to keep distance from is your mom? Or your sister? How do we navigate healthy boundaries with people that we have to keep in our life? Jesus healed ALL who came to Him, but not all came to Him, and He didn’t go out doing more things than He could handle. Jesus knew His Father’s voice and followed that. Hearing our Father’s voice is the key to not only healthy boundaries, but also expanding our capacity to do God’s will beyond ours. In this episode, you will learn why we need...2022-10-1728 minStrong Tower Mental Health Podcast83. How to Have Difficult ConversationsDo you often avoid the much needed difficult conversations with your loved ones or employers? In this podcast, you will hear a different perspective and learn new tools on how to have difficult conversations. It’s not always what you think. Learning how to rumble with the unknown and vulnerable self-awareness is key. As well as being clear instead of unclear, getting curious and “wondering” instead of making assumptions. We need to be able to receive feedback well instead of getting offended. This powerful episode is rich with Kingdom principles for improving relationships in your life and your confidence as you...2022-10-1026 minStrong Tower Mental Health Podcast82. Being Courageous to NOT Avoid Difficult ConversationsDo you find yourself avoiding difficult conversations? Or have you accepted that you avoid conflict? God desires for us to be at peace with one another. Being at peace doesn’t mean avoiding. Often when we avoid, it’s because of fear. In this episode, you will learn what hard conversations are, why we avoid them, what happens when we do avoid, and how to step into being courageous instead. Some hard conversations are giving honest productive feedback, having hard meetings and emotionally charged decision making. We can often avoid because we are afraid of others’ responses, don’t want to b...2022-10-0322 minStrong Tower Mental Health Podcast81. Holy Spirit Transformation in Your Current Reality With Staci WallaceStaci has experienced suicidal depression, house fire and divorce. She has had a billion dollar success and was also waiting for which pink slip to pay. Staci now loves to help people make their set backs to become a come back. The chapter you are in is a CHAPTER. You just need to get past that chapter and turn the page. The pen is in your hand. What happened to you yesterday is only information that will lead to transformation. You can do one thing to get 1% closer to your dreams. Our emotions and our trauma cause us to...2022-09-2930 minStrong Tower Mental Health Podcast80. Encouragement for Your Heart and Mental HealthDo you need some encouragement? There are many of us who are on this rabbit trail of busyness and exhaustion, and we don’t know how to get free from it. Listen to this inspiring episode where you will hear encouragement no matter where you are at with your mental health. You will learn about the cognitive triangle – our thoughts, emotions and behaviors, and how a wrong thought can quickly exhaust us. We hold onto things that we think we need to hold onto, but God wants to take our burdens and encourage us. You are unique, special and amazi...2022-09-2624 minStrong Tower Mental Health Podcast79. Utilizing Prophesy during DifficultiesHow can we use prophecy? How can we go from heavy stuff to declaring what God says? When we have depression, anxiety or issues with people in our life, it can be hard to even pray during these times, let alone prophesy. In this episode, you will learn more about the gift of prophesy and how you can use it during struggling times. We can often shy away from these gifts because of what we grew up with, what people have said, or lack of understanding. But the Bible is clear: we are to seek the gift of prophesy...2022-09-1931 minStrong Tower Mental Health Podcast77. Deliverance 101 for Mental Health HealingWe hear the word deliverance thrown around and we either are very aware of it or we haven’t heard much. Or we’ve heard the doctrine that Christians can’t be demonized so we can just ignore any talk about deliverance. What is deliverance and do you actually need it? In this episode, I will give some basic deliverance 101 teachings, tips and prayers. When you turn a light on in a dark room, there is no more darkness. There is NO room for darkness in the light. We need to understand deliverance and the power of demons so we are...2022-09-1230 minStrong Tower Mental Health Podcast76. Do I Need Deliverance or Inner Healing? with Michael NortonWhat is the difference between deliverance and inner healing? How do we know if we have a demon or is it a behavioral issue? Michael is an ordained spiritual warfare minister, exorcist, spiritual director, and Christian counselor. He has experience in haunted houses, working with cult survivors, doing exorcisms, and seeing angels and demons. While these things may seem like they are way out there in the spirit, Michael brings it down to the most important thing in his life: having conversations with Jesus. In this episode, you will learn the difference between being psychic and prophetic and what...2022-09-0542 minStrong Tower Mental Health Podcast74. The Impact of the Religious Spirit on Mental HealthYou might hear that people are really religious or someone else has a “religious spirit”. The definition of religion is actually controversial, and scholars haven’t even agreed on it. The religious spirit is a type of demonic spirit where people believe they need to earn salvation. This episode will break down the harm and pain the religious spirit can cause on our mental health and what we can do about it. We don’t realize how un-free we are when we continue to do things instead of allowing ourselves to be. The suggestions and prayers in this episode will bri...2022-08-2924 minStrong Tower Mental Health Podcast73. God is Good, Big, Real, Non-Religious, and Non-Hypocritical – How our View of Church Impacts our Intimacy with GodMany of us say “I don’t need church, I just need God. My faith is private. I pray on my own. I read devotions on my own.” Each one of us is shaped by our environment, and that means church. With the pandemic many people started watching church online and haven’t gone back in person. This has affected our mental health. There is a pattern of beliefs that keep us stuck from what God truly desires. The groups of people are: those who don’t believe God is good, those who don’t believe God isn’t big, those who...2022-08-2225 minStrong Tower Mental Health Podcast71. Healing the Shattered Soul and Maintaining a Healthy SoulWe can receive salvation through Jesus Christ but can still operate with a shattered soul. Why do we still feel broken or wounded when we love and follow Jesus? Do you blame yourself? Do ever wonder why there is such a disconnection between what the Bible says and what we feel? If you are feeling anything except loved, peace, joy, and confidence in being a child of God, then the enemy has stolen part of your identity. We aren’t meant to just deal with our trauma. The blood of Jesus is powerful enough to heal us of our tr...2022-08-1525 minStrong Tower Mental Health Podcast70. The Real Enemy of Sexual Trauma with Therapist Jenna MountainIf you can learn how to fight well you will have better sex. When you have an imbalance in power, you can’t have intimacy. Efforts do not equal outcome. Fault and responsibility are very different. Trauma is the enemy, not people. Embrace imperfect healing. Safety is key. Keep it complex. Jenna Mountain is a Licensed Professional Counselor, Certified Sex Therapist, Business Coach and Business Owner. She tells the honest truth in this powerful episode about couples counseling and healing from sexual trauma. We want our marriage to be fixed in 6 sessions and marriage therapists rarely tell the truth ab...2022-08-0833 minStrong Tower Mental Health Podcast69. Healthy Sex in Marriage with Mary Whitman OrtizThere isn’t enough lace on the planet to make up for low self-value and trust in the marriage. Have you ever felt like you were in the “dog house”? Mary Whitman Ortiz, MA, CLC is a Christian sex educator, relationship coach, author, and speaker. In this revealing episode, she talks about all the sexual things you maybe are afraid to talk about. She shares her testimony of being in a “Christian” marriage where she felt it was “her fault”, “she deserved it” and needed to give her husband more sex and more variety. As she learned there was a porn addiction, s...2022-08-0433 minStrong Tower Mental Health Podcast68. God Transforms During Difficult CircumstancesWhen our circumstances in life are not good, we can doubt and question God. We can ask why. While God is absolutely okay with these questions, He wants to draw us closer to Him in the midst of our difficult circumstances. We don’t always let Him in so that He can. No matter where you are at, there is more from God. Whatever your circumstance is, there is more. Open your eyes to the more. A renewed mind comes from allowing God’s hand to come in and reach inside those choices, thoughts and feelings and stir it up fo...2022-08-0128 minStrong Tower Mental Health Podcast67. Breaking away from Anxiety for Increased ConfidenceDo you feel like you are confident one moment but then anxiety hits and that insecurity sets in? I have seen many of us very smart, capable and successful people start to go downhill because of our anxiety. Little by little, the anxiety starts to creep up and take over, saying lies that make confidence decrease and less joy and hope. The anxiety starts to “win” and we do less things, take less chances, maybe even start to develop depression because our confidence has decreased. We don’t have as much hope, don’t believe in ourselves as much. Has this...2022-07-2526 minStrong Tower Mental Health Podcast66. Walking in Supernatural Sanity with Troy and Leanna BrewerWe all need to be set free enough to set others free and live in redemption. Troy and Leanna Brewer have a large ministry but they started small, they stay intentional about their passions and continue to stay personally involved in everything they do, even saving girls and boys out of sex trafficking. You will be forever changed from the authentic words of wisdom in this podcast. It’s easy to judge people by how we see them on the outside or by what we think is going on in their lives but we need to get to know pe...2022-07-2142 minStrong Tower Mental Health Podcast63. The Truth About Church Hurt and Church Wounds with Pamela MertzWhat if you’ve played right into the enemy’s hands just so you will sit on the sidelines? Pamela experienced sexual abuse as a young girl and heard these words from her abuser: “God brought you into my life for me to teach you to be a wife.” This is a lie from the enemy. She also has experienced people in the church telling her hurtful comments about why her son died. There was a lot of misinformation about who God truly is. There are many wounded and hurt people in the church AND Jesus loves the church. God calls...2022-07-0735 minStrong Tower Mental Health Podcast61. Freedom from of the Spirit of Fear with Marcie PhelpsEven as a Christian, we can still be miserable. Marcie knew there had to be more to the Christian life than what she was experiencing. She knew she was missing something and found herself sitting in church complaining to God—crying out for Him to show her something. It did not take long before God put people in her path that led to her life being completely turned around. After living with a spirit of fear, and concerns about finances and health, Marcie experienced deliverance, was baptized in the Holy Spirit, and started praying in tongues. She le...2022-06-2730 minStrong Tower Mental Health Podcast60. God is a Therapist with Tim RossThe questions that God asks Adam and Eve are therapist questions: Where are you? Who told you? What have you done? Pastor Tim Ross, from Embassy City Church in Irving, TX shares his powerful testimony about sexual abuse and pornography. He was able to get out of the lie that vulnerability is dangerous and is now walking out vulnerability as a successful pastor. He had loving parents who allowed the Holy Spirit to minister to Tim and not control him. The more Tim read the Bible the more he realized that God is a therapist. The power of what...2022-06-2335 minStrong Tower Mental Health Podcast59. Getting Rid of the Spirit of Criticism with Katlyn ScherpingWe can have constant noise, feedback, chaos, confusion, opinions, analyzation and fear in our head that can keep us captive. It’s hard for us to know if these voices are from us, God or somewhere else. Sometimes deliverance and spiritual concepts can be hard for us to understand. Katlyn Scherping shares about her struggle with criticism and anxiety and how the Lord brought her freedom and deliverance from this spirit with a powerful vision. In this very real conversation, Heidi and Katlyn make deliverance and receiving freedom a normal thing for every believing to do right in your qu...2022-06-2031 minStrong Tower Mental Health Podcast58. Two Feet in the Kingdom Mindset with Dr. Jessica RothmeyerAre you 2 feet in the Kingdom of God? Many Christians live one foot in the world and one foot in the Kingdom. We think they are 2 feet in but we are stressed, frustrated and are always looking for something more. Dr. Jessica Rothmeyer, Christian coach, author and teacher, shares how she struggled with perfectionism, comparison, anxiety and striving. God drew her into a deep place of intimacy to show her His secrets to the Kingdom. When we step into the quiet space with God without distractions, He shows us strategies, blueprints and promises He has for our life. We...2022-06-1627 minStrong Tower Mental Health Podcast55. Redemption from Abortion with Gina SchmittdielDo you want to know what happens to our mental health when we choose to have an abortion? We want to think we can get on with our life and it doesn’t affect us, but we can’t hide from life. Gina, a wife, mom and advocate, shares her powerful story before and after her and her boyfriend decided to have an abortion. Initially she didn’t regret it and continued on with her life as usual. But after a break-up, her life spiraled out of control and she developed depression, disordered eating habits and was using alcohol to num...2022-06-0227 minStrong Tower Mental Health Podcast54. Avoiding Emotions and Offloading Hurt Strategies Commonly UsedMost of us don’t feel emotions. We offload emotions. Is this you? Do you find yourself avoiding feelings? I have seen so many mental health clients not be aware of their emotions, or even know the lack of awareness they have. I am not immune to this and have done it as well. Many of us do it without realizing it and have learned it from watching others and how we grew up. Some of us have certain patterns that we regularly use to avoid feelings. Researcher and social worker Brené Brown calls these patterns “Offloading Hurt”. They describ...2022-05-3029 minStrong Tower Mental Health Podcast52. Overcoming Emotional Eating and Going Headfirst with Coach Gabrielle J. CheryWe don’t realize we are emotionally eating until we are emotionally eating. Emotional Eating Expert & Coach, Gabrielle J. Chery, didn’t realize until she had gained 30 pounds. She was insecure, hiding, experiencing depression. She started going to the gym but didn’t change her eating habits. She realized she was using food as a reward – this is misaligning the way God made food. However, when she did loose the 30 pounds in her body, her mind was still struggling. We have this expectation that weight loss equals confidence. This is a lie. Sometimes we don’t want to deal with us an...2022-05-1933 minStrong Tower Mental Health Podcast51. John 15 Deep Dive for our Mental HealthAre you ready for some new life, new clarity, a new level of freedom? I think we can miss the mark with having freedom from mental health. We declare amazing verses but we can still be stuck. Take a listen to the powerful revelations from the Lord that Heidi shares from John 15. She takes you into a deep dive into the heart of God, into secrets that often go missed. His desire is better than we ever could image. It's way more simple than we realize. We just don’t know always know to access it. What Jo...2022-05-1621 minStrong Tower Mental Health Podcast50. The Lord Heals What He Reveals with Kristi GranerYour soul might be under attack. In this powerful episode, Heidi interviews pastor Kristi Graner, founder and director or Dare To Believe Ministries in Burnsville, MN. The Lord doesn’t require that we get beat up in the process of moving forward with God’s intent and getting our soul healed. Kristi had to come to terms with the fact that when you walk with Jesus, He walks you through the broken world. There is still pain and brokenness, but He’ll be there for you. Kristi gives us a “Mental Health Healing 101” and shares her personal testimony into ministry...2022-05-1225 minStrong Tower Mental Health Podcast49. How Do We Encourage Difficult People?Do you hear that it’s important to encourage but when it comes down to it you only encourage the ones that are easy to encourage? The vulnerable ones who are open with you, the ones who encourage you so you encourage back. What about those who seem to criticize you, just you, or seem to make life more difficult for you? Or those who seem to struggle to be in a good mood? You find yourself avoiding these people, let alone stepping out and encouraging them. In this episode Heidi talks about how we can encourage even the mo...2022-05-0923 minStrong Tower Mental Health Podcast48. Confident or Insecure in Christ for Mental Health FreedomDo you know what to do when you get “off” from your confident identity as a son or daughter in Christ? In this unscripted episode, Heidi talks about how we can live with a foundation as a son or daughter in Christ but be ready if we get offended or are bitter. Often we don’t speak up for what we need because we don’t know who we are and we don’t know that we even have those needs. We can get in this perpetual cycle that we somehow protect other people who don’t know what their identi...2022-05-0225 minStrong Tower Mental Health Podcast47. Freedom from the Orphan Spirit with guest Harmony KlingenmeyerMany of us are seeking for love in the wrong places. We may carry depression, anxiety and anger because of rejection and abandonment. We may believe lies that we are not worthy of love. However, we are designed to know our Father God so we look around and say “where’s the face?” In this powerful episode, Heidi interviews Harmony Kingenmeyer, an adoptive mom, author, and wife, who has fostered 29 children. She leads the listeners into a powerful encounter with our Maker to heal any father or mother wounds, which is called the “orphan spirit”. The orphan spirit stops us from eve...2022-04-2837 minStrong Tower Mental Health Podcast45. Getting Unstuck from Complacency and Lack of EnergyDo you feel like you’re getting stuck? Or plateauing in your life? God wants us to be energized, excited about life and joyful in all things. How do we get out of this stuck place of complacency? In this episode, Heidi talks about how we are designed to hear from our Maker, the creator of the Universe to hear His voice and get fresh revelations. These fresh revelations will bring us into His truth for freedom away from depression, anxiety, hopelessness and despair. Purchase the book The Brave Encourager: https://www.amazon.com/Brave-Encourager-Power-Encouragement-Changes/dp/B09TN4...2022-04-1823 minStrong Tower Mental Health Podcast40. Shame Shields to Disconnection From our Loved OnesWhen people drive you crazy or upset you do you attack? Or do you hide and isolate? Or perhaps you’re like me and people please, perform and try to make everyone “happy” and “feel good”? Whatever you do when difficult interactions happen, the Lord wants us to respond more like Jesus in these situations. So how do we do this? In this podcast episode, Heidi talks about shame shields that we use with other people that creates disconnection, and how God designed us to be in connection with Him and others in the midst of all situations. Purchase...2022-03-2820 minStrong Tower Mental Health Podcast21. Stretching Your Faith in LossStretching your faith in grief and loss is possible with God. But how? Heidi interviews her best friend, Danielle Wargel, on how her faith has been stretched after losing both of her parents by the age of 32. She talks about how to be grateful, joyful, and celebrate during the holidays. Join my mailing list: https://landing.mailerlite.com/webforms/landing/t5u2y5 Find more: www.heidimortensonlmft.com If you are in crisis, help is available by call or text 1-800-273-8255 24/7. You can also visit https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org. You are loved!2021-12-2022 minStrong Tower Mental Health Podcast19. Today is the Day to Stop Letting Emotional Rollercoasters Highjack Your LifeDo you feel like your emotions are taking over and you can’t help it? Today’s episode is going to capture this pain spot and show how Jesus can bring us freedom right where we are at in the difficulties of our emotions. Heidi teaches emotion regulation skills from DBT (Dialectical Behavioral Therapy) Skills. She teaches how we can decrease the emotional vulnerability and bring Jesus into difficult emotional rollercoasters we might experience. Join my mailing list: https://landing.mailerlite.com/webforms/landing/t5u2y5 Find more: www.heidimortensonlmft.com Marsha Linehan...2021-12-1328 minStrong Tower Mental Health Podcast18. Behind the Scenes Writing the Book The Brave EncouragerWe can get so focused on what we see in front of our eyes that we don’t have the emotional energy or heart to give an encouraging word to others. Heidi shares the behind the scenes of having a dream of writing the book The Brave Encourager. Join the mailing list: https://landing.mailerlite.com/webforms/landing/t5u2y5 Find more: www.heidimortensonlmft.com2021-12-0628 minStrong Tower Mental Health Podcast16. Exhaustion from Extra Baggage we Carry AroundIf you find yourself exhausted you could be carrying extra emotional baggage that God doesn’t intend for you to carry. Heidi shares revelation from a dream she had and some of the reasons why we can’t access the true power God intends through stillness. 2021-11-2923 minStrong Tower Mental Health Podcast13. Awkward vulnerability. How to do vulnerability well.We hear it often that we need to be real, be vulnerable and be authentic but then we feel like we mess it up. In this episode Heidi will break down the myths of vulnerability and share how the power of the gospel opens up the doors for us to truly be vulnerable.2021-11-1525 minStrong Tower Mental Health Podcast12. For the Teens: How to be a Leader in Today’s WorldAre you a teen?! This episode is for you! Heidi talks directly to teens and talks to them about they can stand out amongst their peers. She gives tips on how they can be a leader in today’s world with so many mental health struggles. If you are in crisis, help is available by call or text 1-800-273-8255 24/7. You can also visit https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org. You are loved!2021-11-0824 minStrong Tower Mental Health Podcast10. Is Your Emotional Teen Driving You Crazy?The big emotions of teens can often control households and it can be exhausting. In this episode, Heidi shares some common issues she sees with parents and teens and 10 ways to bring healthy Godly connection. If you are in crisis, help is available by call or text 1-800-273-8255 24/7. You can also visit https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org. You are loved!2021-11-0129 minStrong Tower Mental Health Podcast9. Powerful Encounters With the Lord for Mental Health FreedomDo you ever experience tears and have no idea why? It could be that God is encountering you and wanting to change something in you for His glory. We can be judgmental or weary about “encounters” with the Lord until we actually have one ourself. In this episode Heidi leads you into an awareness of her journey with judging encounters, shares some of hers and leads you into how you can experience them yourself. If you are in crisis, help is available by call or text 1-800-273-8255 24/7. You can also visit https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org. You are l...2021-10-2531 minStrong Tower Mental Health PodcastIntroducing, Strong Tower Mental Health!Strong Tower Mental Health is an authentic and encouraging podcast hosted by Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Heidi Mortenson. Get ready for heaven to be unlocked in your soul with real life stories, skills, and amazing guests who will inspire you. Topics on this podcast include vulnerability, authenticity, how to have difficult conversations, keeping healthy boundaries with others, marriage, depression, anxiety, addiction, co-dependency and more. You will learn how to pull the gold from yourself and others, and walk in freedom no matter the circumstances surrounding you.2021-09-0303 min