{"id":3912,"date":"2019-07-25T19:04:38","date_gmt":"2019-07-25T19:04:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/freshhopeformentalhealth.com\/?p=166"},"modified":"2025-07-04T18:36:26","modified_gmt":"2025-07-04T23:36:26","slug":"interview-with-samantha-karraa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/freshhope.us\/es\/interview-with-samantha-karraa\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview with Samantha Karraa"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- iframe plugin v.6.0 wordpress.org\/plugins\/iframe\/ -->\n<iframe style=\"border:none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/10644389\/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 talks with Samantha Karraa. Samantha is a youth pastor in El Salvador. Brad and Samantha talk about her struggle with bipolar disorder and not knowing why she would flip on a switch,get angry with her heart racing, and feel as though it was going to pop out of her chest. She went to the doctor and had tons of tests done and checked out ok. It was tell she visited a psychiatrist that she was diagnosed with Bipolar. She was worried that she would be labeled and stigmatized because of her mental health diagnosis when she heard God spirit tell her to turn her mess into a message.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We encourage you to share this podcast with your\u00a0friends via your social media<\/p>\n<p>connections.<\/p>\n<p>After listening to this podcast, we encourage you to email us at info@FreshHope.us\u00a0with<br \/>\na comment or question that we will share on our next podcast.<br \/>\nIf you are listening to this podcast on iTunes, we encourage you to leave a comment<br \/>\nregarding the podcast. Or you can leave a voice message for us on the site:<br \/>\nwww.FreshHope4MentalHealth.com<br \/>\nPastor Brad Hoefs, the host of Fresh Hope for Mental Health, is the founder of Fresh<br \/>\nHope Ministries, a network of Christian mental health support groups for those who<br \/>\nhave a diagnosis and their loved ones. In other words, Fresh Hope is a Christian mental<br \/>\nhealth support group.<br \/>\nBrad was diagnosed with bipolar disorder in 1995. He is a weekly blogger<br \/>\nfor\u00a0www.bphope.com\u00a0(Bipolar Magazine). He is also a certified peer specialist and has<br \/>\nbeen doing pastoral counseling since 1985.\u00a0Brad is also the author of\u00a0Fresh Hope:<br \/>\nLiving Well in Spite of a Mental Health Diagnosis, which is available on Amazon or at<br \/>\nwww.FreshHopeBook.com<br \/>\nIf you are interested in more information about Fresh Hope, go to www.FreshHope.us or<br \/>\nemail info@FreshHope.us or call 402.932.3089.<\/p>\n<p>To donate to Fresh Hope go to\u00a0http:\/\/freshhope.us\/donate\/<br \/>\nFor a complete list of where Fresh Hope groups are presently meeting, go\u00a0to\u00a0www.FreshHope.us\u00a0and click on &#8220;find a group.&#8221;\u00a0 Or you may attain an online group of\u00a0meetings of Fresh Hope by going to\u00a0www.FreshHopeMeeting.com<br \/>\nIf you are interested in starting a Fresh Hope group within your faith community, contact <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"mailto:samantha@freshhope.us\">info@freshhope.us<\/a><\/span><br \/>\nFresh Hope for Mental Health is a production of Fresh Hope Ministries.<\/p>\n<p>Fresh Hope Ministries is a non-profit ministry.<\/p>\n<p>The copyrights of this program belong to Fresh Hope Ministries and\u00a0may not be\u00a0duplicated without written permission.<\/p>\n<p>All of the podcasts of Fresh Hope Today, as well as numerous other videos, are all<br \/>\navailable on our YouTube channel: Fresh Hope Network<\/p>\n<p>Fresh Hope for Mental Health is on Facebook at<br \/>\nwww.Facebook.com\/FreshHopeforMentalHealth<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/directory.libsyn.com\/episode\/index\/id\/10644389\/tdest_id\/212863\">Check out this episode!<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On today&#8217;s episode of Fresh Hope for Mental Health Pastor Brad Hoefs talks with Samantha Karraa. 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