{"id":3646,"date":"2017-12-20T13:01:10","date_gmt":"2017-12-20T19:01:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pastorbrad.blog\/?p=3646"},"modified":"2022-12-27T19:52:06","modified_gmt":"2022-12-28T00:52:06","slug":"when-christmas-is-difficult","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/freshhope.us\/es\/when-christmas-is-difficult\/","title":{"rendered":"When Christmas Is Difficult"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>This is a special Christmas edition of Fresh Hope for Mental Health.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>In this edition, Pastor Brad talks with Perry Root, Sr. about experiencing grief or depression during Christmastime.\u00a0 Perry is an M.S.W. student doing his practicum with Fresh Hope and is also a fulltime member of the Community of Grace staff.\u00a0 He shares some insights as to experiencing grief or depression at this time of the year.<\/p>\n<p>We encourage you to share this podcast with those that you believe might benefit from it.\u00a0\u00a0 Even posting it on your social media may reach someone who is very lonely, sad and depressed during this what many call &#8220;<em>the most wonderful time of the year<\/em>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>To listen to this episode <a href=\"http:\/\/freshhopeformentalhealth.com\/dealing-with-grief-sadness-and-or-depression-during-christmastime\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">haz clic aqu\u00ed<\/a> or click on the icon below:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/freshhopeformentalhealth.com\/dealing-with-grief-sadness-and-or-depression-during-christmastime\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2582\" src=\"https:\/\/pastorbraddotblog.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/07\/small-logo-for-fresh-hope.png\" alt=\"small logo for Fresh Hope\" width=\"253\" height=\"253\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After listening to this podcast, we encourage you to email us at info@FreshHope.us\u00a0with a comment or question that we will share on our next podcast.<\/p>\n<p>If you are listening to this podcast on iTunes, we encourage you to leave a comment regarding the podcast. Or you can leave a voice message for us on the site: \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.freshhope4mentalhealth.com\/\">www.FreshHope4MentalHealth.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Pastor Brad Hoefs, the host of Fresh Hope for Mental Health, is the founder of Fresh Hope Ministries, a network of Christian mental health support groups for those who have a diagnosis and their loved ones. In other words, Fresh Hope is a Christian mental health support group.<\/p>\n<p>Brad was diagnosed with bipolar disorder in 1995. He is a weekly blogger for\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bphope.us\/\">www.bphope.<\/a>com\u00a0(Bipolar Magazine). 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