S11. BONUS 4 | Purpose Isn’t What You Do: Finding God’s Design with Jazmin Ruiz
Affirming Truths Podcast | Christian Mental Health, Encouragement
Release Date: 12/18/2025
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...
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S11.18 | When Christmas Feels Heavy: Encouragement for the Weary Christian Woman
Affirming Truths Podcast | Christian Mental Health, Encouragement
Christmas is often painted as a season of joy, peace, and celebration - but for many women, it feels heavy instead. If you’re walking through grief, loneliness, disappointment, burnout, or overwhelm this Christmas, this episode is for you. In today’s conversation, Carla offers gentle encouragement for the Christian woman who is struggling, reminding her that God does not ask for emotional performance - He offers His presence. Together, we’ll explore how Christmas is not about perfection, but about Emmanuel - God with us - in the middle of our pain. You’ll be reminded that your struggle...
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S11.BONUS 3 | From Anxiety to Identity in Christ: Juliana’s Rooted & Resilient Transformation Story
Affirming Truths Podcast | Christian Mental Health, Encouragement
In this special bonus episode, Carla sits down with Juliana - a Rooted & Resilient graduate - to share an honest, Christ-centered conversation about healing, emotional resilience, and breaking generational patterns. Juliana opens up about her journey from overwhelming anxiety, perfectionism, and emotional shutdown to learning how to regulate her nervous system, rewrite lies with Scripture, and reconnect with God in a deeper way. She shares how discovering Affirming Truths at the perfect moment led her into a year of transformation through Carla’s programs, including Regulate Your Nervous...
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S11.17 | When Everything Goes Wrong: Recognizing Spiritual Warfare and Standing Firm
Affirming Truths Podcast | Christian Mental Health, Encouragement
In this raw episode, Carla opens up about the intense wave of challenges her family has faced - injuries, health scares, job loss, and even a basement flood - and how she has discerned that this season is more than coincidence. It’s spiritual warfare. Carla shares how Scripture frames the battle we face, how to recognize when the enemy is attacking, and the practical ways Christian women can stand firm, steady their minds, regulate their bodies, and anchor themselves in the victory of Christ. If you’re walking through a season that feels chaotic, heavy, or strangely targeted, this episode...
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S11.16 | The Joy of the Lord Is My Strength: How to Find Joy in Hard Seasons
Affirming Truths Podcast | Christian Mental Health, Encouragement
In this episode, Carla shares how she has been navigating a challenging season while many have asked how she continues to smile and show up with hope. Her answer is simple: it isn’t her strength - it’s the joy of the Lord. Together, we explore what Scripture truly means by “the joy of the Lord,” why biblical joy is different from positivity or denial, and how joy strengthens us on a spiritual and neurological level. You’ll also learn practical, faith-rooted tools to cultivate the joy of the Lord in your daily life, especially in seasons of uncertainty or emotional heaviness. If...
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S11.15 | Life Update
Affirming Truths Podcast | Christian Mental Health, Encouragement
In this update episode, Carla shares why she suddenly stepped away from the podcast these past few weeks - and how God has been meeting her in the middle of one of the most stretching seasons of her life. From her father’s dementia diagnosis, to family conflict, to her son’s emergency surgery and more, Carla opens up about the valleys she’s been walking through. But woven through it all is one theme: God’s unshakeable goodness. If you’ve been feeling overwhelmed, stretched thin, or unsure how to trust God when life keeps piling on, this tender and faith-filled episode will remind you...
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S11.BONUS 2 | When Faith Meets Pain: How God Redeems Our Deepest Wounds with Hannah Hughes
Affirming Truths Podcast | Christian Mental Health, Encouragement
In 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...
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S11.14 | Living From Wholeness, Not For It
Affirming Truths Podcast | Christian Mental Health, Encouragement
Are you exhausted from trying to fix yourself? So many Christian women on the healing journey are striving for wholeness—believing peace will finally come once they “get it all together.” But what if you could live from wholeness instead of constantly working for it? In this episode of Affirming Truths, Christian Mental Health Coach Carla Arges shares how healing becomes lighter when we stop chasing worth and start living from our identity in Christ. Drawing from Colossians 2:10 and Ephesians 2:10, Carla shows that wholeness isn’t something you have to earn—it's already yours through...
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S11.13 | Does Lack of Healing Mean Lack of Faith? A Biblical Perspective
Affirming Truths Podcast | Christian Mental Health, Encouragement
Have you ever been told that if you just had more faith, you’d be healed? This harmful message has left many believers struggling with guilt and shame, wondering if their faith is somehow “not enough.” In this episode of Affirming Truths, Christian Mental Health Coach Carla Arges unpacks what Scripture actually says about healing and faith. From Paul’s unanswered prayer in 2 Corinthians 12 to the “heroes of faith” in Hebrews 11—many of whom never received their miracles on earth—we see that God’s grace, not the size of our faith, is the foundation of our healing. Carla also...
info_outlineWhat 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 shares both clinical insight and personal testimony, helping listeners redefine purpose through a biblical lens rooted in safety, security, and intimacy with the Lord.
If you’ve ever wondered whether your pain disqualified you from God’s plans - or felt lost in the fog of uncertainty - this episode will gently remind you that your purpose was never tied to what you produce, but to who you belong to.
Jazmin Ruiz is a Christian Mindset and Business Coach who helps women break free from limiting beliefs, embrace their true identity in Christ, and build lives and businesses that honor God. She equips women to replace mental blocks with biblical truth, establish systems that create freedom, and step boldly into their God-given calling.
She is the creator of the I Am Identity Journal and is the host of the Building Her Up podcast, where she incorporates biblical principles to guide women closer to God while building their businesses.
Jazmin’s mission is to empower women to rise above fear and self-doubt, so they can live, lead, and leave a legacy rooted in faith.
Connect with Jazmin: https://buildingherupco.com/products/the-christian-womans-guide-to-finding-her-purpose
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