Episode 34 :: Lauren Ruth Martin :: Mental Health and All the Things
Today, my dear friend Lauren Ruth Martin, LPC-MHSP who is a licensed therapist here in Tennessee is on the podcast, and we are going to be hanging out in the DEEP END of the pool, my friends, but with quite a bit of humor, whit, and a whole lot of heart. We talk through many facets of mental health in general, but especially during this time and how we can respond to the feelings that threaten to overwhelm us, and to the people around us who are grieving too.
This episode is packed with practical insights about how to better people with our people during this full and confusing season as well as just general wisdom for responding to life and the role our mental health plays in our lives whether we willingly engage it or not. Exploring mental health may not always contain content we can immediately relate to because it is so layered and unique to every person, but any time I can learn more about how to have compassion on those around me, I’m here for it. I think that’s a big call on the body of Christ to learn about how to hold space for one another more intentionally instead of getting caught up in trying to fix each other or be distracted by comparing one another.
I also love that Lauren really put a name on legitimizing this experience for anyone and everyone during this pandemic. We are ALL adjusting. Let’s have grace for each other as we process and prayerfully pursue our next right steps each on our paths in this wilderness, following the same faithful pillar of dust by day and pillar of fire by night. Let’s give ourselves and each other grace, friends. Let’s remember that we are all truly in this together, and also remember that though some of this may not make sense or apply to you, it does for others, and all our hearts, stories, and experiences have value. They matter. Your neighbor matters. You matter. Every story matters.
To connect with Lauren, hear our conversation, and find a list of the MANY resources mentioned through our chat, see below!
Also, complicated house plants are we:
Resources:
-Alpha Delta Pi (OBIC, y’all!)
-Chronic Suicidal Ideation -- for more practical thoughts on this as someone who survived suicidal thoughts see episode #4 of the Simply Stories Podcast with Jennifer Greenberg
-Difference between Depression and Anxiety
-Suicide Prevention Lifeline :: 1-800-273-8255
-Find a Mental Health Provider via Psychology Today
-Branches Counseling in Murfreesboro, TN- I’ve been a patient there for 10 years and I cannot say enough good things about it. Xo
-”Welcome to Midnight” and “Take Back the Night”
-Humans are Complicated House Plants (see blog for image)
-Radical Openness - “how we perceive things is coming from our bias”
-Chelsea Bastocky- The Enneagram Guide- her episode with me!
-Beth McCord- Your Enneagram Coach- her episode with Tanya and I on the Emerge Podcast
-Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
- adjustment disorder: “changes to your life have an impact on your mental health”
-Lauren’s value sheets and podcast episode about this process
Scripture References:
-Exodus 3: Moses burning bush moment
-Psalm 57:2, Esther 4:14, Ecclesiastes 3:1, 1 Peter 2:9, Proverbs 19:21 - you were made on purpose and during this season on purpose
-Jeremiah 31:3, John 3:16, you are loved
-John 16:33- in this world you will have trouble
-2 Corinthians 5:2-longing for Heaven
-spiritual warfare (<--- tons of scriptures on this)
-Genesis 3: Eve and Satan in the Garden of Eden
-Isaiah 46:9-11, Revelation 21:4- This is not how the story ends
-Psalm 130:6- More than watchmen wait for the morning
-1 Peter 5:8 We have an enemy who lurks
-Lamentations 3:22-23-His mercies are new every morning
-Isaiah 53:3-Jesus was the man of sorrows
-Jesus was sad and did not sin : exhibit A, exhibit B, exhibit C
-Jesus was angry and did not sin : exhibit A, exhibit B, exhibit C
-Ephesians 4:26- In your anger do not sin
-Mark 2:17- Jesus came to heal the sick
-Matthew 22:37-Love the Lord with all our heart, soul and mind
-Romans 12:2-be transformed by the renewing of your mind
-Ephesians 6:10-18-the Armor of God
-Matthew 4:17- the fruit of repentance (showing you’re trying to do things differently) - more on this in my conversation with the women of At His Feet Studies, episode #17 of the Simply Stories Podcast
Connecting with Lauren:
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