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Recent Podcast Episodes
45. What Counsellors Wished Missionaries Knew About Their Mental Health with Grace Shim
Episode 45 is The show today is a flashback to one of the top viewed sessions in our 2021 Church Mental Health Summit. “What Counsellors Wished Missionaries Knew About Their Mental Health with Grace Shim.
44. Equipping Peers to Lead Groups with Kimberly Britt
Today we are joined by Kimberly Britt, the Executive Director of The Quiet Cave as she shares the value of peers and the groups. My Quiet Cave is a nonprofit organization dedicated to creating safe spaces for mental wellness through peer lead groups. They equip peers to lead Christ-centered support groups in their churches and communities via their three small group programs.
43. Self Care, What It Is And What It Is Not
Self-care has been found to be a core building block for surviving and thriving in ministry and in this episode we are going to talk about what self-care is and how it doesn’t have to take a lot of time, energy, or money to do.
42. How to Build Community Partners with Dave Eckert
On the show today is Dave Eckert, pastor, social worker, and director of intersect. Dave has cracked the code in building community partnership and he brings his wisdom to this episode.
41. What’s the difference between compassion fatigue and burnout?
On the show today we discuss how compassion fatigue and burnout are different so that you as a ministry leader are able to identify what you are experiencing and tend to the needs that you have. As leaders, we are focused on the needs of others and tend to overlook...
40. 5 boundaries that you need to talk to your volunteers about
On the show today we are talking all about how to talk to your volunteers about boundaries. While navigating their different responsibilities, your volunteers may encounter some tricky moments. It is in these moments that the issue of boundaries comes up and I would like to address how you can talk about boundaries with your volunteers.
39. Mental Health Awareness: Personality Disorder
On the show today we are continuing a series honoring Mental Awareness month and talking about personality disorders, a mental health disorder that causes the person to have a lack of adaptability and limited coping responses to stress and can result in significant distress for the person.
38. How the church can prevent violence: A response to the Uvalde tragedy
On the show today we are talking to Dr. Matthew Stanford about how the church can prevent violence and this is a response to the Uvalde school shooting.
37. Mental Health Awareness: Psychosis
On the show today we are continuing a series honoring Mental Awareness month and talking about psychosis. And today we get to hear from the incredible Katie Dale she is an author, artist and advocate and has lived experience with psychosis.
36. Mental Health Awareness – Anxiety & Depression
On the show today we get to hear from the amazing Caris Snider she is a ministry leader, and author and has lived experience with depression and anxiety. We are going to be doing some myth-busting and I want to highlight some incredible people who have lived experience, but have taken what was some of the hardest and darkest moments of tier life and now are using them to equip and strengthen others.
HEY THERE, I’M LAURA
I’m a mental health clinician and community development strategist for churches that want to care for their communities without burning out.
Supporting local church leaders to overcome and prevent burnout, create effective and sustainable care ministries and be a beacon of hope for their community is what I love to do!
I believe that when church leaders are healthy and when congregations are healed and transformed, they are more able to fulfill the gospel mission.
