{"id":3881,"date":"2017-08-03T15:59:02","date_gmt":"2017-08-03T15:59:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/freshhopeformentalhealth.com\/?p=126"},"modified":"2021-10-28T17:28:39","modified_gmt":"2021-10-28T22:28:39","slug":"one-pastors-journey-to-mental-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/freshhope.us\/es\/one-pastors-journey-to-mental-health\/","title":{"rendered":"One Pastor&#8217;s Journey to Mental Health"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- iframe plugin v.6.0 wordpress.org\/plugins\/iframe\/ -->\n<iframe style=\"border:none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/5606514\/height\/100\/width\/480\/thumbnail\/yes\/render-playlist\/no\/theme\/standard\/tdest_id\/212863\" height=\"100\" width=\"480\" scrolling=\"no\" 0=\"allowfullscreen\" 1=\"webkitallowfullscreen\" 2=\"mozallowfullscreen\" 3=\"oallowfullscreen\" 4=\"msallowfullscreen\" class=\"iframe-class\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n\n<p>In this edition of Fresh Hope for Mental Health Brad interviews Pastor and Author, Rick Qualls. 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He is also a certified peer specialist and has been doing pastoral counseling since 1985.\u00a0Brad is also the author of\u00a0<em>Fresh Hope: Living Well in Spite of a Mental Health Diagnosis<\/em>, which is available on Amazon or at: www.FreshHopeBook.com<\/p>\n<p>If you are interested in more information about Fresh Hope go to www.FreshHope.us or email info@FreshHope.us or call 402.932.3089.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>To donate to Fresh Hope go to:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/freshhope.us\/es\/donate\/\">http:\/\/freshhope.us\/donate\/<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For a complete list of where Fresh Hope groups are presently meeting, go to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/freshhope.us\/es\/\">www.FreshHope.us<\/a>\u00a0and click on &#8220;find a group.&#8221;\u00a0 Or you may attain an online group of meetings of Fresh Hope by going to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.freshhopemeeting.com\/\">www.FreshHopeMeeting.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you are interested in starting a Fresh Hope group within your faith community, contact <a href=\"mailto:samantha@freshhope.us\">info@freshhope.us<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Fresh Hope for Mental Health is a production of Fresh Hope Ministries.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Fresh Hope Ministries is a non-profit ministry.\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>The copyrights of this program belong to Fresh Hope Ministries and\u00a0may not be duplicated without written permission.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>All of the podcasts of Fresh Hope Today, as well as numerous other videos, are all available on our YouTube channel: Fresh Hope Network<\/p>\n<p>Fresh Hope for Mental Health is on Facebook at \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/FreshHopeforMentalHealth\">www.Facebook.com\/FreshHopeforMentalHealth<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/directory.libsyn.com\/episode\/index\/id\/5606514\/tdest_id\/212863\">Check out this episode!<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this edition of Fresh Hope for Mental Health Brad interviews Pastor and Author, Rick Qualls. 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