Have you ever hiked a mountain, where you felt exhausted, huffing and puffing, trying to keep persevering as you trudge along? Perhaps your backpack felt like boulders on your shoulders. Like hiking a mountain, trying to climb out of depression and grief can also feel exhausting. Maybe your life is crumbling from sudden loss, or you are overwhelmed with a medical diagnosis that is concerning. Maybe someone close to you has lost his or her job. When your life is falling apart, you can depend on God the Rock to give you strength through adversity. 41-Standing On The Rock When Your Life is Crumbling.

*Top Five Percent in Christian Mental Health/Alternative Health Podcasts*

Next Steps:

1. Read Psalm 18
2. Write a review on Apple iTunes! Reviews help spread the word about the podcast, which gives hope to those who need encouragement through depression.
3. Looking for community and encouragement? Join the free Facebook Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/naturalhealingcommunityforchristianwomen or https://bit.ly/3FMactK for shorter link.
4. Listen to My hope is Built on Nothing Less, On Christ the Solid Rock I Stand, public domain hymn by Edward Mote, which is freely shared through Cee Naija, ceenaija.com, https://www.ceenaija.com/my-hope-is-built-on-nothing-less-mp3-lyrics-hymn .

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Disclaimer: I am not a licensed professional therapist, and unable to diagnose, treat or analyze depression or other associated mental illnesses. Based on Biblical principles and my personal experience of healing, I offer these holistic wellness strategies as a guide to bring healing from trauma and depression. You will receive Biblical encouragement, support, and hope in your journey to healing, using natural life solutions. Please see your doctor, psychologist, or professional therapist for help with diagnosing and treating mental illness. If you are severely depressed, to the point where you are considering suicide, please get help immediately! Your life matters, and you are loved and valued. It is possible to find hope and healing from depression.

Christians in Crisis https://www.christiansncrisis.com phone or text 1-844-472-9687. Started by Marriage/ Family Therapist Dr. Cheryll Holmes, this faith-based hotline offers a listening ear and counsel for severe depression and other mental illness issues.

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: Call 988 for emotional support through depression/Suicide.

If you have enjoyed this podcast, please send it to a friend, so they can discover healing from trauma and depression. Also, please consider writing a review on Apple/iTunes. These reviews help spread the word about the podcast, so other people can rise above depression into wellness, like the sun ascending and reflecting on majestic mountains, a new day dawning.

Connect with me: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bethhopesteigerwalt/

Have you ever tossed and turned right before you sleep, full of anxiety and stress? And when you finally fall into fitful dreams, you wake up feeling fatigued? Insomnia can be caused by many different reasons. But scientists agree that one cost-free and drug-free solution may be as simple as expressing gratitude before you rest. Are you ready for some practical natural ideas to heal depression? 40-Sleepless? How Science-Backed Gratitude Enhances Your ZZZs and Zest, part 2.

*Top Five Percent Christian Mental Health Podcasts! *

Next Steps

1. Check out last week’s Episode on Gratitude! 39-Are you a Whiner or Wise? Five Ways Gratitude Enhances Mental Health, part 1 https://bit.ly/Gratitudeenhanceshealth
2. Add gratitude to your daily life by journaling three to five things of gratefulness or recording what God has done in your life.
3. Looking for community and encouragement? Join the free Facebook Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/naturalhealingcommunityforchristianwomen or https://bit.ly/3FMactK for shorter link.

Intro, outro, and trailer music “Bright as the Dawn” is licensed by Taizo Audio through Premium Beat by Shutterstock. #6193805

Disclaimer: I am not a licensed professional therapist, and unable to diagnose, treat or analyze depression or other associated mental illnesses. Based on Biblical principles and my personal experience of healing, I offer these holistic wellness strategies as a guide to bring healing from trauma and depression. You will receive Biblical encouragement, support, and hope in your journey to healing, using natural life solutions. Please see your doctor, psychologist, or professional therapist for help with diagnosing and treating mental illness. If you are severely depressed, to the point where you are considering suicide, please get help immediately! Your life matters, and you are loved and valued. It is possible to find hope and healing from depression.

Christians in Crisis https://www.christiansncrisis.com phone or text 1-844-472-9687. Started by Marriage/ Family Therapist Dr. Cheryll Holmes, this faith-based hotline offers a listening ear and counsel for severe depression and other mental illness issues.

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: Call 988 for emotional support through depression/Suicide.

If you have enjoyed this podcast, please send it to a friend, so they can discover healing from trauma and depression. Also, please consider writing a review on Apple/iTunes. These reviews help spread the word about the podcast, so other people can rise above depression into wellness, like the sun ascending and reflecting on majestic mountains, a new day dawning.

Connect with me: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bethhopesteigerwalt/

Do you ever find yourself complaining and whining about circumstances or news? When water poured into our basement and caused the sump pump to fail, I grumped and complained as we faced six months of repair in the house we rented. I had to choose gratitude, even though the situation felt overwhelming. Would you like some tips about incorporating gratitude into your life? Gratitude can transform mental health. Come and listen to this week’s episode 39-Are You a Whiner or Wise? Five Ways Gratitude Enhances Mental Health

Next Steps

1. Practice Gratitude by writing three to five things you are thankful for.
2. Looking for Support? Free Facebook Natural Healing Community https://www.facebook.com/groups/naturalhealingcommunityforchristianwomen or https://bit.ly/3FMactK for shorter link.
3. Check out Dr. Robert Emmons videos about gratitude on YouTube.

Intro, outro, and trailer music “Bright as the Dawn” is licensed by Taizo Audio through Premium Beat by Shutterstock. #6193805

Disclaimer: I am not a licensed professional therapist, and unable to diagnose, treat or analyze depression or other associated mental illnesses. Based on Biblical principles and my personal experience of healing, I offer these holistic wellness strategies as a guide to bring healing from trauma and depression. You will receive Biblical encouragement, support, and hope in your journey to healing, using natural life solutions. Please see your doctor, psychologist, or professional therapist for help with diagnosing and treating mental illness. If you are severely depressed, to the point where you are considering suicide, please get help immediately! Your life matters, and you are loved and valued. It is possible to find hope and healing from depression.

Christians in Crisis https://www.christiansncrisis.com phone or text 1-844-472-9687. Started by Marriage/ Family Therapist Dr. Cheryll Holmes, this faith-based hotline offers a listening ear and counsel for severe depression and other mental illness issues.

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: Call 988 for emotional support through depression/Suicide.

If you have enjoyed this podcast, please send it to a friend, so they can discover healing from trauma and depression. Also, please consider writing a review on Apple/iTunes. These reviews help spread the word about the podcast, so other people can rise above depression into wellness, like the sun ascending and reflecting on majestic mountains, a new day dawning.

Connect with me: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bethhopesteigerwalt/

How do you climb out of performance-based striving, depression, feelings of worthlessness? When I in high school, I achieved great things by getting straight A’s, ranking third in my class, and earning a spot on the All-State Orchestra. In college though, everything that created my identity collapsed, and I plummeted into deep depression. It is only by God’s grace I survived, meditating on Psalm 139. Come hear how God redeemed my brokenness, in this week’s episode. 38-Weary from Performance-Based Striving? Three ways Psalm 139 Transforms Your Mindset

*Top Ten Percent Podcast Worldwide for Christian Mental Health*

Next Steps

1. Connect through Free Facebook Group! Natural Healing Community for Christian Women, https://bit.ly/3FMactK
2. Meditate on Psalm 139: God is with you, He Knows you, He created you.
3. Memorize Psalm 139:13, 14. Repeat Daily “I am wonderfully made.”

Intro, outro, and trailer music “Bright as the Dawn” is licensed by Taizo Audio through Premium Beat by Shutterstock. #6193805

Disclaimer: I am not a licensed professional therapist, and unable to diagnose, treat or analyze depression or other associated mental illnesses. Based on Biblical principles and my personal experience of healing, I offer these holistic wellness strategies as a guide to bring healing from trauma and depression. You will receive Biblical encouragement, support, and hope in your journey to healing, using natural life solutions. Please see your doctor, psychologist, or professional therapist for help with diagnosing and treating mental illness. If you are severely depressed, to the point where you are considering suicide, please get help immediately! Your life matters, and you are loved and valued. It is possible to find hope and healing from depression.

Christians in Crisis https://www.christiansncrisis.com phone or text 1-844-472-9687. Started by Marriage/ Family Therapist Dr. Cheryll Holmes, this faith-based hotline offers a listening ear and counsel for severe depression and other mental illness issues.

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: Call 988 for emotional support through depression/Suicide.

If you have enjoyed this podcast, please send it to a friend, so they can discover healing from trauma and depression. Also, please consider writing a review on Apple/iTunes. These reviews help spread the word about the podcast, so other people can rise above depression into wellness, like the sun ascending and reflecting on majestic mountains, a new day dawning.

Connect with me: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bethhopesteigerwalt/

Have you ever felt unwanted or not good enough? Shandra Balmer understands your pain. For decades, she struggled with woundedness from unwanted, not chosen and chronic stress, which eventually affected her physical body. Fatigued and weary, she slept most of the day, struggling with depression and overwhelm, and symptoms that made her feel like she was 90 years old. In that depleted place, God embraced her with grace, gently holding and reassuring her, as if she were His beloved bride. You won’t want to miss her inspiring story! If you need some encouragement today, listen to the new episode, 37-From Unwanted to Beloved Bride: God’s Healing Grace with Shandra Balmer.

*Top 10 Percent Podcast in Christian Mental Health*

Connect with Shandra for Encouragement and Consultation. She is a Concierge Health and Vitality Coach for women professionals in peri and post-menopause with Shandra Dawn Coaching.

1. On TikTok @shandradawnn
2. Email shandradawnn@gmail.com
3. Read the book He Calls You Beautiful, Hearing the Voice of Jesus in the Song of Songs by Dee Brestin.

Connect with Beth

1. Facebook: Natural Healing Community for Christian Women, https://bit.ly/3FMactK
2. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bethhopesteigerwalt/

Intro, outro, and trailer music “Bright as the Dawn” is licensed by Taizo Audio through Premium Beat by Shutterstock. #6193805

Disclaimer: I am not a licensed professional therapist, and unable to diagnose, treat or analyze depression or other associated mental illnesses. Based on Biblical principles and my personal experience of healing, I offer these holistic wellness strategies as a guide to bring healing from trauma and depression. You will receive Biblical encouragement, support, and hope in your journey to healing, using natural life solutions. Please see your doctor, psychologist, or professional therapist for help with diagnosing and treating mental illness. If you are severely depressed, to the point where you are considering suicide, please get help immediately! Your life matters, and you are loved and valued. It is possible to find hope and healing from depression.

Christians in Crisis https://www.christiansncrisis.com phone or text 1-844-472-9687. Started by Marriage/ Family Therapist Dr. Cheryll Holmes, this faith-based hotline offers a listening ear and counsel for severe depression and other mental illness issues.

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: Call 988 for emotional support through depression/Suicide.

If you have enjoyed this podcast, please send it to a friend, so they can discover healing from trauma and depression. Also, please consider writing a review on Apple/iTunes. These reviews help spread the word about the podcast, so other people can rise above depression into wellness, like the sun ascending and reflecting on majestic mountains, a new day dawning.

Connect with me: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bethhopesteigerwalt/

Do you ever find yourself worrying about your family, or anxious about world events happening around you? I am the classic worrier, always conjuring up concern about everything from finances to family to wars and floods. But that's not how God intends us to be. As He cares for the birds, he also cares for us. Are you looking for ways to slow the worry train, and start trusting more? Check out this week's episode 36-Feeling Anxious? Birds Don't Worry, Why Should You?

Did you know that continually focusing on negativity and woe-is-me attitudes can change your brain and how it functions? When I had cancer and was deeply depressed, I felt like my whole world had collapsed. I ruminated on thoughts of feeling abandoned by God, alone, empty, sad. I was crying all the time. while I struggled through nine months of treatments. What I thought in my mind, I began to speak out, and I sank lower and lower, until I despaired of life. Depression can bombard your brain that way. But it is possible to reset your mind! Find out how in this week’s episode 35-Stuck in Negative Thinking? Three Steps to Reset Your Mind from Psalm 1.

*Top Ten Percent Podcast Worldwide for Christian Mental Health*

Next Steps

1. Read Psalm 1 and be refreshed!
2. Join the free Facebook Group: Natural Healing Community for Christian Women! Connection, Biblical Encouragement, Natural Healing Tips https://bit.ly/3FMactK
3. Share this podcast with a friend, so they can heal and find hope.

Intro, outro, and trailer music “Bright as the Dawn” is licensed by Taizo Audio through Premium Beat by Shutterstock. #6193805

Disclaimer: I am not a licensed professional therapist, and unable to diagnose, treat or analyze depression or other associated mental illnesses. Based on Biblical principles and my personal experience of healing, I offer these holistic wellness strategies as a guide to bring healing from trauma and depression. You will receive Biblical encouragement, support, and hope in your journey to healing, using natural life solutions. Please see your doctor, psychologist, or professional therapist for help with diagnosing and treating mental illness. If you are severely depressed, to the point where you are considering suicide, please get help immediately! Your life matters, and you are loved and valued. It is possible to find hope and healing from depression.

Christians in Crisis https://www.christiansncrisis.com phone or text 1-844-472-9687. Started by Marriage/ Family Therapist Dr. Cheryll Holmes, this faith-based hotline offers a listening ear and counsel for severe depression and other mental illness issues.

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: Call 988 for emotional support through depression/Suicide.

If you have enjoyed this podcast, please send it to a friend, so they can discover healing from trauma and depression. Also, please consider writing a review on Apple/iTunes. These reviews help spread the word about the podcast, so other people can rise above depression into wellness, like the sun ascending and reflecting on majestic mountains, a new day dawning.

Connect with me: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bethhopesteigerwalt/

Have you ever been wounded by domestic abuse or hurt by words and actions of other people? The journey of healing can be arduous, but fully possible with the Lord on your side. In this week’s episode, we connect with Darla Colinet for part 2, as she digs deep into the importance of forgiveness in the healing process. Come listen to 34-Thriving after Domestic Abuse; how Forgiveness Liberated Darla Colinet, Part 2.

*Top Ten Percent Podcast Worldwide for Christian Mental Health*

Did you miss the first part of Darla Colinet's inspiring story? Listen to Part 1 of Darla’s interview in Episode 33! https://bit.ly/SurvivingdomesticabuseDarlaColinet

Connect with Darla:

1. Websites: https://www.godstransforminggrace.com

https://www.darlacolinet.com

1. Email: darlacolinet@gmail.com
2. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DarlaColinetSpeaker
3. Read her inspiring Books!
   1. Under the Staircase: Hearing God’s Voice in the Darkness
   2. Quest for Exceptional Love: Transform your love and relationships through Christ's love design
   3. Who’s writing your life story? Will it end happily ever after?
4. Explore her Fine Art DarlaColinet.com

Resources to help those experiencing domestic abuse: (From Darla’s book Under the Staircase)

1. National Domestic Violence Hotline 800-799-SAFE (7233) or 800-3224 (TTY)
2. Book Beauty for Ashes: Receiving Emotional Healing by Joyce Meyers

Next Steps with Beth

1. Join the free Facebook Group: Natural Healing Community for Christian Women! Connection, Biblical Encouragement, Natural Healing Tips https://bit.ly/3FMactK
2. Share this podcast with a friend, so they can heal and find hope.

Intro, outro, and trailer music “Bright as the Dawn” is licensed by Taizo Audio through Premium Beat by Shutterstock. #6193805

Disclaimer: I am not a licensed professional therapist, and unable to diagnose, treat or analyze depression or other associated mental illnesses. Based on Biblical principles and my personal experience of healing, I offer these holistic wellness strategies as a guide to bring healing from trauma and depression. You will receive Biblical encouragement, support, and hope in your journey to healing, using natural life solutions. Please see your doctor, psychologist, or professional therapist for help with diagnosing and treating mental illness. If you are severely depressed, to the point where you are considering suicide, please get help immediately! Your life matters, and you are loved and valued. It is possible to find hope and healing from depression.

Christians in Crisis https://www.christiansncrisis.com phone or text 1-844-472-9687. Started by Marriage/ Family Therapist Dr. Cheryll Holmes, this faith-based hotline offers a listening ear and counsel for severe depression and other mental illness issues.

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: Call 988 for emotional support through depression/Suicide.

If you have enjoyed this podcast, please send it to a friend, so they can discover healing from trauma and depression. Also, please consider writing a review on Apple/iTunes. These reviews help spread the word about the podcast, so other people can rise above depression into wellness, like the sun ascending and reflecting on majestic mountains, a new day dawning.

Connect with me: Beth@healdepressionwithgod.com