{"id":3904,"date":"2019-01-11T16:11:03","date_gmt":"2019-01-11T16:11:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/freshhopeformentalhealth.com\/?p=156"},"modified":"2025-07-08T17:56:31","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T22:56:31","slug":"what-not-to-do-if-you-are-sad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/freshhope.us\/es\/what-not-to-do-if-you-are-sad\/","title":{"rendered":"What Not to Do if You are Sad"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- iframe plugin v.6.0 wordpress.org\/plugins\/iframe\/ -->\n<iframe style=\"border:none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/8220674\/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><em>On today&#8217;s episode of Fresh Hope for Mental Health, Pastor Brad Hoefs goes over nine things to avoid when you&#8217;re feeling sad and encourages you to take captive your thinking.<\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>We encourage you to share this podcast with your<\/strong><span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><strong>friends via your social media connections.<\/strong><\/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. 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