Hope and Encouragement
Hope For Climbing The Bipolar Mountain
Bipolar is like a mountain when don’t have energy for climbing. Memories of special times are blocked. When family talks about previous trips and events
Month: October 2018
Mental Health and Faith
Mastering the Art of Self-Distraction
Being focused is essential for getting a lot of different types of tasks done in this life. However, sometimes being intensely focused or “stuck” in our thinking about something is not good and we end up needing to be distracted from it. We need to be interrupted! There are times we can become intensely focused, ruminating over and over on something negative. It’s at that point that we need to interrupt and distract our thinking.
Podcast with Brian Wieck, author of “The War Within”
On this episode of Fresh Hope for Mental Health, Pastor Brad Hoefs talks with Brian V. Wieck, a dedicated writer. Brian has completed his new
Hope and Encouragement
A Checklist for Depression Managment
“What’s going on?”, my friend asked. “How can I help? Confidently I said, “Why nothing. You know I was depressed but I’m good now. The
Mental Health and Faith
A Conversation with Rev. Jermine Alberty
Join them as they discuss how having faith in God helps people on their journey to recovery from suffering from mental illness, why it’s important for Pastors to tell people in their congregation who have a mental illness to take their medicine, and how to help a person that is in distress.
Conversation with Doug Beach, President of Pathways to Hope, on Ending the Stigma of Mental Illness
On this episode of Fresh Hope for Mental Health, Pastor Brad Hoefs talks with the President of Pathways To Hope, Doug Beach. Doug talks about
Hope and Encouragement
Ruminating plus Hopelessness Can Be Deadly
Ruminating plus hopelessness can be deadly You often find yourself ruminating over and over. Usually, it’s over a problem or situation that you haven’t been
How to Avoid Oversharing
As the Bible says, “To everything there is a season and a time for every purpose under heaven.” My hand tremors were especially bad as
