We say this all the time: God loves you, right where you are. Receive Christ. Then we receive Christ, for many, a whole yoke of performance and perfectionism gets thrown onto our backs. We strive and perform and wear ourselves out trying to fix ourselves and make ourselves lovable. We end up walking past His love and into a lifestyle of performing, striving and trying to get ourselves “just right,” while we struggle with a disconnect to His love. So I want to talk about your need for...

One of the patterns I see quite often is the amount of avoidance that comes up in our mental health struggles. At first, avoidance shows up as a protective coping mechanism, but over time, we need to see where avoidance is getting in the way of our healing and freedom. In today’s broadcast, I want to uncover 12 ways that we practice avoidance and how fear fuels those patterns. It is my heart that you will graciously notice patterns of avoidance and develop new ways of facing your...

Join us in our live Sunday broadcast as we addressed questions on mental, emotional and relationship health, helping believers to experinece healing and freedom in their life. I start off addressing a question sent in about the need to be seen, attention seeking and how that impacts online interaction. Also, are some people just too far gone in their journey? I address the subject of limerence and some questions that have been sent in on the subject. What is limerence and how...

Romantic relationships can be a mindfield when obsessive-compulsive influences get into the picture. The constant doubts, anxiety, compulsive need for reassurance, the fear of making the “wrong” choice and missing “the one that God has for me” is enough to keep someone in fruitless spinning. Join me in this ROCD Q&A where I dive into your questions and provide some very important feedback for your healing journey. From unpacking the distorted myth of the “God-ordained” spouse to...

One of the top problems that people have when it comes to experiencing greater mental health is that we do not give ourselves room to practice. Mental health is really about emotional health, and emotional health is developed as we learn to practice and develop renewed ways of thinking and relating. But new thought patterns do not become embedded into our lives unless we learn to practice. In this broadcast, I want to bring out your need to keep practicing new thought patterns that will lead...

Join us in our live Sunday broadcast as we addressed questions on mental, emotional and relationship health, helping believers to experinece healing and freedom in their life. We address a question about healing from being financially scammed while sharing our own experience of seeing this happen to loved ones. Mark also responds to a question about “All in for Jesus” kind of preaching, where he shares his own journey of detoxing from perfectionistic preaching. What is the difference between...

Join Mark in a Sunday Night Live solo episode, where I address questions about mental, emotional and relationship health: The end times has made someone very impatient and black and white about their journey. How do I deal with friends who are into Harry Potter and Dungeons and Dragons.? Expressing the damage of spiritual abuse to a marriage. Confusion over the peace of God and what we associate as God’s voice. How to work through anger and irritability and mood issues. Going cold turkey on...

Join us as Mark and Melissa addressed numerous questions on all things mental, emotional and relationship health. How do you work through church social anxiety, especially when you were raised in a church where you were taught to sweep the mess under the rug? Helping other stuck in a cult? OCD about fasting and doing pushups. Responding to “Prophetic Click Bait.” One woman submits a question where she notices her masculine tendancies but struggles with what to do with them? Are...

In the early days of my mental health journey, I realized that I woke up in the morning with two unhealthy patterns that I would follow. The first one is that I would insessantly check how I was feeling first thing when I awoke. Secondly, I would let how I was feeling dictate my actions for the day. So I would hit the snooze bar, sit there and introspect, ruminate, spin or fall into despair. It took me a little while to realize that these patterns were unhealthy for my journey. But then I...

The very mention of suicide and suicidal thoughts can bring about discomfort and fear for many. It can be an awkward subject to talk about. The subject of suicide can trigger emotional alarm bells, maybe regarding the pain of suicide that took place in the family history or memories involving someone they know. Many do not even want to talk about it. A dark cloud can hang over even mentioning it. Within the pain and discomfort, I believe it can be helpful to talk about it, work...

Join us in our live Sunday broadcast as we addressed questions regarding mental, emotional and relationship health. Mark responds to a question from someone expressing the frustration of trying to heal through perfectionism, but doing it with perfectionism, which is making it so much more challenging and confusing. Mark also took some extended time to address a question of fear and concern regarding progressive Christianity and deconstruction. Mark and Melissa also had a conversation...

In this midst of pain and struggle, the mental and emotional pain can feel so overwhelming that some can turn to self-harm as a way to cope. For those that struggle with this behavior, it can seem like one of the only ways to express the pain or gain a sense of sanity within the overwhelm. Many who struggle with self-harm patterns often live in the dark with it. But what I want to do is shine a light of compassionate grace on this subject, so that those who are battling can find grace, love...

Today we celebrate 18 years of marriage and invite you to celebrate with us, as we talk about our marriage journey and take your questions on mental, emotional and relationship health. Melissa and I talk about things that terrified us in chilldhood that we can (somewhat) laugh about today. Mark also addresses a number of obsessive-compulsive related questions and other mental health topics, including brain fog. Join us for this fun live broadcast celebration. Watch on YouTube:...

As we learn to be people who embrace the grace of Jesus Christ and let it have a work in our lives, what relationship does FAITH have with grace? Today I want to bring out what faith is and how it relates to recieving grace, while giving some perspectives you can put into action to make your faith come alive in your journey. Watch on YouTube: Watch on Rumble:...

Today I want to talk through the spiritual and emotional issues that drive many food issues and eating disorders. I want to get to what drives these struggles and how we can practically walk in new directions. It seems that if you take a moment to look around, there are so many who are struggling with some kind of food or eating related battleground. It may be an intense struggle of anorexia, bulimia or binge eating. But it can also be body and weight issues, overeating and eating issues that...

Join us for our live broadcast as we addressed questions on mental, emotional and relationship health and had a little fun along the way. In this broadcast, Mark had some fun in reading some church reviews, while Melissa and Mark shared on some family happenings. Mark addressed a question on a couple working through OCD struggles, where the stresses and difficulties of life pile up and make day to day a real challenge. He also addressed a question from someone who is trying to apply...

Addressing your attachment style and how it impacts your ability to connect, bond and relate can be incredibly helpful for your healing and freedom. Our mental health is deeply impacted by our relational world: how we experience relationships, how well we are equipped in relationships and how we relate to God, ourselves and the world around us. Some aspects of how we relate are wonderful–they bless others and enhance our internal world of thoughts and emotions. But there are ways that...

In our journey of healing through mental health battles, many can find they are struggling to connect to their emotions and even to the world around them. Within my battles of obsessive-compulsive anxiety, I felt like I was watching the world live their lives, but I wasn’t connect to it. The way I describe it, I felt like I had a plexiglass wall on my chest, keeping a pressure on me that kept me feeling separated from the reality around me. Furthermore, I was seperated from myself. In this...

Join us for a live broadcast as we take questions on mental, emotional and relationship health and have a little fun along the way. * Mark Takes a Tangent on Why Does it Take Being Angry or Frustrated to Get things done or changed? * Sometimes we need to get angry for decisions to be made. * Response to last weeks question on Female Pastors * Setting Boundaries With a Narcissistic Mother? * SSRI Damage, PSSD & Not Feeling Love? * I’m...

Join me in this live Q&A as I will be addressing a very specific battle of OCD that impacts relationships, which is called relationship OCD. This obsessive-compulsive battle tagrets romantic relationships. It is also often called relationship substantiation or relationship OCD. In this broadcast, I address many questions that have been sent in from a variety of relationship battlegrounds, but all have obsessive-compulsive themes. Watch on YouTube: Watch on...

Join us for a live broadcast as we take questions on mental, emotional and relationship health. We address a number of questions on a variety pof topics. How do you handle another Christian who rejects that believers need to experience the Father’s Love? What about intrusive thoughts that say “You are gay?” What should I do about them? How do you navigate intrusive thoughts while pregnant and coming off of medication? How do you work through sexsomnia? What’s the root issue? How do I balance...

This is a part 2 live broadcast on the the subject of deliverance dysfunction and many unhealthy avenues that can be promoted in the name of deliverance. I will share more of my experiences while also giving you examples of dangerous and even abusive ways deliverance gets used. I also bring out an audio messaged shared my a member of our Healing and Freedom Community. Watch on YouTube: Watch on Rumble:...

We are in a war, a spiritual battle that impacts all of us in a variety of ways. There are battles that are waging over nations, people groups, towns, churches and families. Then there are also battles you face in your daily life. The battle wages over the thoughts and beliefs of our hearts. You can see it all around you, but you can certainly see it in your own life. The spiritual battles that we face come down to thoughts and how we relate to thoughts and emotions in our life. But our...

In this live broadcast, I will be taking questions on all things mental, emotional and relationship health. I will also spend some time addressing an email sent to me on someone who experienced a lot of unhelpful things from an intense deliverance ministry. I will address this plus more questions that address spiritual abuse, legalism and more. Watch on YouTube: Watch on Rumble:...

Join me in this live Q&A as I address a very specific battle of OCD that impacts relationships, especially romantic ones. It is often called relationship substantiation or relationship OCD. In this broadcast, I talk about the overview of Relationship OCD, the nervousness involved in moving towards marriage and the concerns I have with the “God told me” label that we often put on our thoughts and patterns that need recalibrating. If you struggle with this form of OCD, this is a must...