What if Jesus isn't just relevant to your faith—but deeply relevant to your emotions, your mind, and your mental health?

What if Jesus cares about your mental health as much as your faith?
In this episode of the Strong Tower Mental Health Podcast, Heidi is joined by licensed marriage and family therapist and author Rebecca Maxwell to explore how biblical truth and psychology work together in emotional healing. Rebecca shares her journey to faith and insights from her book Jesus and Mental Health, revealing how Jesus models emotional health and why slow healing can still be sacred.

In this episode, you'll gain:
• A biblical framework for understanding emotions and mental health
• Insight into how Jesus models healthy emotional processing
• Clarity on how faith and therapy can work together
• Encouragement if healing feels slow or discouraging
• Hope for anyone feeling stuck emotionally despite loving God

Bible Verse:
Romans 12:2 (ESV) — "Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will."

This conversation offers hope-filled truth for anyone seeking healing, renewal, and wholeness in Christ.

Rebecca's website: www.jesusandyourmentalhealth.com

Find more about Heidi: www.heidimortensonlmft.com

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If you are in crisis, help is available by call or text 1-800-273-8255 24/7. You can also visit https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org. You are loved!

What is God asking of you right now? In a world filled with constant noise, crisis, controversy, and competing voices, it's easy to feel pulled in every direction. This episode invites you to slow down, tune out distraction, and rediscover the peace that comes from knowing your current assignment from God.

"Let each person lead the life that the Lord has assigned to him, and to which God has called him." — 1 Corinthians 7:17 (ESV)

What you'll gain from this episode:

• The biblical difference between calling, purpose, and assignment
• How to discern God's leading through peace, prayer, dreams, and wise counsel
• Why choosing your family and tending what's in your hands is holy
• How to recognize when something is a weight—not your responsibility
• Practical ways to stay focused on what God has entrusted to you in this season

This episode will help you release what isn't yours to carry and embrace faithful obedience right where you are.

Find more about Heidi: www.heidimortensonlmft.com

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If you are in crisis, help is available by call or text 1-800-273-8255 24/7. You can also visit https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org. You are loved!

In this powerful conversation, Heidi sits down with Dr. Crawford to explore how faith and psychology work together to heal the spirit, soul, and body. Crawford shares her journey from acting to becoming a psychologist after overcoming depression, self-harm, and eating disorders—and how the Holy Spirit led her into true transformation.

Together, they unpack the difference between the false self and the God-designed self, how trauma fractures identity, and practical tools like internal board meetings, imagination, and somatic breathing to restore wholeness. This episode blends clinical wisdom, biblical truth, and spiritual insight to help listeners return to their original design.

"Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come." ~ 2 Corinthians 5:17

✨ Episode Highlights

• Crawford's healing journey & calling into psychology
• How the false self forms—and how God restores identity
• Healing the spirit, soul, and body through integrated care
• Using imagination, internal board meetings & somatic breathing
• How biblical truth and therapy work together for transformation

📞 Connect With Dr. Crawford

Crawford Clinics: https://crawfordclinics.com/

Shannan's website: https://drshannancrawford.com/

Find more about Heidi: www.heidimortensonlmft.com

Join my mailing list: https://landing.mailerlite.com/webforms/landing/t5u2y5

If you are in crisis, help is available by call or text 1-800-273-8255 24/7. You can also visit https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org. You are loved!