199. Hope After Church Hurt with Joe Dobbins
Strong Tower Mental Health with Heidi Mortenson
Release Date: 11/18/2024
225. Know Your Assignment Right Now | Staying Focused in a Distracted World
Strong Tower Mental Health with Heidi Mortenson
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...
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224. Restoring Your Original Design with Dr. Shannan Crawford
Strong Tower Mental Health with Heidi Mortenson
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,...
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223. Living Aligned: Spirit, Soul, and Body
Strong Tower Mental Health with Heidi Mortenson
Have you ever gone to church, felt better… but didn’t know why? Do you love Jesus but still feel stuck in anxiety, striving, or exhaustion? Do you feel like you should be doing more — even when your heart is longing just to rest? You were never meant to live from survival. You were created to live from heaven. In this powerful and revelatory episode, Heidi Mortenson invites you into a life-changing understanding of who you really are: you are a spirit, who has a soul, and lives in a body. When you said yes to Jesus, the Holy Spirit came to live inside you — bringing wisdom,...
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222. Faith in the Wilderness: When God Turns Pain into Purpose with Melanie Cox
Strong Tower Mental Health with Heidi Mortenson
Have you felt stuck and that you couldn’t keep doing? This episode is a tender yet bold encouragement to anyone who feels stuck, unseen, or uncertain. Heidi and Melanie bring the listener back to the truth of God’s goodness, His faithfulness in hardship, and His purpose even in our pain. Despite early technical difficulties, God’s presence filled the conversation as Melanie shared her powerful testimony—from infertility and miraculous birth stories to deep loss and renewed hope. Through her journey, she reminds us that Christ in us truly is the hope of glory (Colossians 1:27) and...
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221. Expanding our Capacity for Reaching Goals and Healing
Strong Tower Mental Health with Heidi Mortenson
What if reaching your goals, healing emotionally, and growing spiritually isn’t about trying harder—but about becoming safer? In this episode of the Strong Tower Mental Health Podcast, we go deeper into what it actually looks like to live regulated by the Spirit by expanding our window of tolerance and increasing our capacity. Building on Romans 7 and 8, Heidi explores how neuroscience, nervous system regulation, and Scripture work together so we can move beyond where we’ve been—whether that’s in healing, faith, parenting, leadership, or personal goals. If you’ve ever loved God,...
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220. What Happens During Inner Healing Sessions with Marie Bursch
Strong Tower Mental Health with Heidi Mortenson
In this heartfelt and Spirit-led conversation, Heidi and Marie dive deep into the powerful connection between mental health, emotional healing, and the supernatural work of the Holy Spirit. Together, they explore what it means to walk through life’s transitions—personally and professionally—while staying anchored in God’s truth and love. Marie opens up about her process of facilitating inner healing sessions, describing how the Lord gently guides people to uncover root wounds, release unforgiveness, and encounter His peace. Heidi shares from her own journey of learning to trust...
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219. Regulated by the Spirit: Why Insight Alone Doesn’t Heal
Strong Tower Mental Health with Heidi Mortenson
Why do so many faithful, insightful Christians still feel stuck—emotionally, mentally, or behaviorally? In this episode of the Strong Tower Mental Health Podcast, Heidi explores Romans 7 and 8 through the lenses of Scripture, neuroscience, and mental health, revealing why insight and willpower alone don’t lead to lasting freedom. You’ll discover how true healing happens when the Spirit becomes the source of regulation, safety, and identity, allowing the soul and body to finally come into alignment. This episode reframes healing from self-fixing to Spirit-led transformation—moving...
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218. Breaking Financial Strongholds with Stephen De Silva
Strong Tower Mental Health with Heidi Mortenson
Breaking Financial Strongholds: Healing the Soul’s Relationship with Money with Stephen De Silva Do you ever feel like no matter how hard you work, your finances hit a ceiling? What if your beliefs about money—not your bank account—are what’s holding you back? In this powerful and eye-opening conversation, Heidi Mortenson, MA, LMFT, interviews Stephen De Silva, former CFO of Bethel Church and founder of Financial Sozo and De Silva Ministries. Together they unpack how financial freedom is not just a math problem—it’s a heart and soul issue. “I pray that you may prosper in all...
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217. Hidden in Christ: Discover Your Worth, Step Into Purpose
Strong Tower Mental Health with Heidi Mortenson
Feeling stuck, unworthy, or unsure of your next step? In this episode, you’ll discover how to break the lies that hold you back, embrace your God-given identity, and step into the “more of Jesus” in your life. Through heartfelt prayer, revelation, and Scripture, you’ll receive encouragement and practical guidance to walk in freedom, confidence, and the power of the Holy Spirit. You’ll learn how to: Break lies about worth, identity, and provision that keep you from living fully in God’s grace Hear the voice of the Holy Spirit and receive His guidance in your daily life Step boldly...
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216. Being Known to be Known by God with Lyndsie Schnoor
Strong Tower Mental Health with Heidi Mortenson
In this powerful and deeply personal episode, Lyndsie Schnoor shares her journey from night terrors, demonic visitations, panic disorder, and an eating disorder to a life marked by freedom, identity, and intimacy with God. Through therapy, medication, deliverance, and the presence of Jesus, Lyndsie learned what it truly means to be known by God. Today, she stands as a prophet, worship leader, author, teacher, and church leader, carrying a message of hope: your story is not your label—your identity is found in being fully known and deeply loved by God. Lyndsie reminds us that eternal life...
info_outlineChurch hurt is a word that has been used quite a bit lately but what does it mean? And if we have been hurt by a church, what does Jesus want for us in response? What we often don’t see when we are hurt is that it is the people of God who hurt us, but God’s heart is for us to be healed. Pastor Joe Dobbins is the lead pastor of Twin Rivers Church in Missouri, USA, and he write a book called “Hope After Church Hurt”. He talks about 8 unique hurts from the church and how we can find a unique path forward. We often ask the question why and this is not always helpful. Some topics discussed are hypocrisy, judgementalism, rejection, sexual abuse, toxic leaders and more. This episode will empower you to make a decision to say yes to Jesus healing your hurt, instead of staying in it. You don’t need to be partially healed, but all the way. We aren’t in charge of this, Jesus is. But Jesus doesn’t heal us without us saying YES to the healer.
“Just as you accepted Christ Jesus as your Lord, you must continue to follow him. Let your roots grow down into him, and let your lives be built on him. Then your faith will grow strong in the truth you were taught, and you will overflow with thankfulness.” Colossians 2:6-7
Joe’s website: https://www.joedobbins.org/about
Find more about Heidi: www.heidimortensonlmft.com
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!