S11.BONUS 2 | When Faith Meets Pain: How God Redeems Our Deepest Wounds with Hannah Hughes
Affirming Truths Podcast | Christian Mental Health, Encouragement
Release Date: 10/16/2025
S12.03 | Burned Out for God? What Matthew 11:28-29 Really Means About Taking Jesus’ Yoke
Affirming Truths Podcast | Christian Mental Health, Encouragement
What happens when you’re doing “God’s work” - but you feel completely burned out? In this episode of Affirming Truths, Carla shares why she is stepping into a 5-week sabbatical and what God has been revealing about identity, striving, and control. Reflecting on Matthew 11:28–29, she unpacks what it truly means to “take Jesus’ yoke” - not as a poetic phrase, but as a practical invitation. If you’ve been hustling for your worth, overworking to prove yourself, or quietly exhausted from trying to carry life in your own strength, this episode will gently challenge and encourage...
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S12.02 | When Other People’s Emotions Trigger Your Nervous System
Affirming Truths Podcast | Christian Mental Health, Encouragement
Have you ever noticed how quickly your body reacts when someone you love is disappointed, upset, or emotionally distant? In this episode of the Affirming Truths Podcast, Carla shares honestly about navigating a burnt-out nervous system, relational triggers, and how other people’s emotions can activate survival responses like fawning, splitting, or shutting down. Through a blend of lived experience, neuroscience, and Scripture, this episode explores: Why relationships are one of the biggest nervous system triggers How attachment wounds and past experiences shape our reactions Why...
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S12.01 | What You Treasure Is Shaping Your Mental Health (Matthew 6 Reflection)
Affirming Truths Podcast | Christian Mental Health, Encouragement
Welcome to Season 12! In this episode - inspired by Matthew 6, - we look at a statementJesus makes: the heart follows the treasure—not the other way around. Join Carla as she explores how anxiety, people-pleasing, and perfectionism may not be personal failures, but signals of misplaced treasure. Through scripture, reflection, and practical insight, we look at how re-orienting our lives toward kingdom treasure can bring greater emotional freedom, peace, and rest. Did you know that Carla is a Christian Mental Health coach? See if working with her is what you need in your current season. call...
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S12.TRAILER | Nervous System Healing, Trauma & Faith for Christian Women
Affirming Truths Podcast | Christian Mental Health, Encouragement
In this Season 12 trailer of the Affirming Truths Podcast, Christian mental health coach Carla Arges shares the heart behind the upcoming season and the journey listeners are about to step into. Season 12 is for the Christian woman who: Feels overwhelmed by her emotions Battles intrusive thoughts, shame, people-pleasing, or self-doubt Loves God deeply but feels stuck, exhausted, or disconnected Wants healing that reaches her mind, body, and spirit This season will explore: The nervous system and the Bible A Christian approach to trauma and emotional dysregulation Taking...
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S11.BONUS 8 | From Triggered to Regulated: A Mom’s Testimony from Rooted & Resilient
Affirming Truths Podcast | Christian Mental Health, Encouragement
In this bonus episode of Affirming Truths, Carla sits down with Kate to talk about what it was really like to go through Rooted & Resilient - and how it changed her motherhood. With two toddlers and a nervous system that felt “fried,” Kate shares how parenting began to expose old wounds, emotional triggers, and patterns she didn’t want to pass down to her kids. Together, Carla and Kate unpack the shift from shame (“I’m failing”) to clarity (“I’m dysregulated”), why healing doesn’t mean never getting triggered, and how faith, nervous system tools, and daily rhythms can...
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S11.BONUS 7 | Feel & Function Well: A Christian Approach to Food, Movement, and Mood with Amy Connell
Affirming Truths Podcast | Christian Mental Health, Encouragement
In this episode of Affirming Truths, Carla sits down with Amy Connell, host of the Graced Health Podcast, for a much-needed conversation about the intersection of mental health, nutrition, movement, and identity in Christ. Together, they address how deeply diet culture has shaped women’s relationship with their bodies - and how easily worth gets tangled up with the number on the scale, clothing size, and shifting cultural “ideals.” From Carla’s nervous-system lens, they explore how things like under-eating, blood sugar swings, too much caffeine, poor sleep, and inactivity can shrink...
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S11.BONUS 6 | How to Break the Cycle of Negative Thoughts and Overwhelm: Olivia’s Testimony
Affirming Truths Podcast | Christian Mental Health, Encouragement
In this bonus episode of Affirming Truths, Carla Arges interviews Rooted & Resilient graduate Olivia, who shares what it looked like to walk through a “pit of depression” while trying to keep functioning in everyday life. Olivia describes months-long dips in mood, relentless negative thoughts about herself, and a deep sense of hopelessness - even though she’d grown up in the church and knew, in her head, that God offers hope. Searching for support that combined neuroscience and Christianity, Olivia found Carla’s podcast and joined Rooted & Resilient. She opens up about how...
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S11.BONUS 5 | Healing Isn’t the Absence of Pain: Ivanka’s Rooted & Resilient Testimony
Affirming Truths Podcast | Christian Mental Health, Encouragement
In this special testimony episode of Affirming Truths, Carla Arges sits down with Rooted & Resilient graduate Ivanka to talk about what changed for her over 12 weeks of Christ-centered healing. Ivanka shares how a major breakup and years of mental health struggles left her stuck in fight-or-flight - exhausted, overwhelmed, and unsure what to do next. Through the program, one message became a turning point: healing isn’t the absence of pain - it’s the presence of truth. Ivanka describes how rooted identity in Christ (Galatians 4:4–7) reshaped the way she understood her thoughts,...
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S11.19 | When the Year Has Been Hard: How to Step Into 2026 With Biblical Hope
Affirming Truths Podcast | Christian Mental Health, Encouragement
As Season 11- and 2025 - comes to a close, this episode is for the woman who isn’t excited about a new year. Maybe 2025 was marked by grief, disappointment, unanswered prayers, or deep exhaustion. Maybe you love God, but you’re tired of waiting- and you can’t yet see the light at the end of the tunnel. In this final episode of the year, Carla offers a gentle, hope-filled reflection on how to step into 2026 without pretending things weren’t hard, and without pressuring yourself to have clarity, goals, or excitement. Rooted in Scripture, this episode provides practical ways to hold hope...
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S11. BONUS 4 | Purpose Isn’t What You Do: Finding God’s Design with Jazmin Ruiz
Affirming Truths Podcast | Christian Mental Health, Encouragement
What happens when trauma, mental illness, or burnout make you feel like your purpose has been taken from you? In this bonus episode of Affirming Truths, Carla sits down with Christian mental health therapist, podcaster, and mom Jazmin Ruiz for a deeply grounding conversation about purpose - not as productivity, performance, or career, but as relationship. Together, they explore why so many women feel aimless even when they’re “doing all the right things,” how trauma fuels control and self-reliance, and why Scripture calls us back to being with God before doing anything for Him. Jazmin...
info_outlineIn this powerful interview, Carla sits down with Hannah to talk about the raw, unfiltered process of healing from trauma, eating disorders, and deep emotional pain.
Hannah opens up about growing up in a Christian home, struggling silently with mental health, and the night she almost gave up hope. But God met her there - turning her pain into a story of redemption and purpose.
Together, Carla and Hannah unpack how faith and vulnerability intersect in healing, why honesty in prayer matters more than performance, and how hope can coexist with suffering.
If you’ve ever wondered where God is in your pain, this conversation will remind you that He’s right there with you.
Bio:
Hannah Hughes is a Denver-based mama, author, and podcaster who is passionate about helping everyday women build authentic faith in every season of life.
Through her own journey, she has learned that purpose isn’t about reaching mountain top moments or having it all figured out — it’s trusting Jesus through the messy middle and hidden seasons, where real life happens, hard questions arise, and grace meets us in our imperfections.
Through honest conversations and Biblical truth, she equips women to grow deep in their relationship with God, embrace hope in every season, and break free from the pressure to be “the perfect Christian.”
Hannah’s willingness to share vulnerably and talk about the hard stuff honestly empowers women to embrace every chapter of their story with God and walk boldly in all that He has created them to be!
Did you know that Carla is a Christian Mental Health coach? See if working with her is what you need in your current season. Book a discovery call today!
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Resources:
5 Steps to Building Resiliency
5 Tips for Overcoming a Negative Body Image
Who You Say I Am Biblical Affirmation Cards