Strong Tower Mental Health with Heidi Mortenson

Strong Tower Mental Health is an authentic and encouraging podcast hosted by Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Heidi Mortenson. Get ready for heaven to be unlocked in your soul with real life stories, skills, and amazing guests who will inspire you. Topics on this podcast include vulnerability, authenticity, how to have difficult conversations, keeping healthy boundaries with others, marriage, depression, anxiety, addiction, co-dependency and more. You will learn how to pull the gold from yourself and others, and walk in freedom no matter the circumstances surrounding you. Learn more at https://heidimortensonlmft.com/

222. Faith in the Wilderness: When God Turns Pain into Purpose with Melanie Cox 01/12/2026

222. Faith in the Wilderness: When God Turns Pain into Purpose with Melanie Cox 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 that we are called to live as salt and light in the world, carrying the kingdom of God wherever we go. In this heartfelt and Holy Spirit–led conversation, Heidi Mortenson, MA, LMFT, sits down with author and speaker Melanie, whose debut book “You Have to Know” became a bestseller and Christlight Award winner. Together, they explore the journey of faith through adversity, healing through identity, and finding purpose in the wilderness seasons of life. ✨ What You’ll Receive from This Episode 💖 Renewed Faith: See how God’s love meets you in the wilderness seasons and turns pain into purpose. 🕊️ Healing for the Heart: Learn how to release false beliefs about God as the author of suffering and instead encounter Him as the giver of life and abundance. 🔥 Spiritual Confidence: Discover what it means to walk in divine identity as salt and light—carrying Christ’s presence wherever you go. 👑 Purpose and Calling: Be inspired to embrace your unique role in God’s kingdom and overcome fear or doubt that holds you back. 🙏 A Personal Blessing: End the episode with a powerful prayer of encouragement and impartation for listeners seeking truth, hope, and renewed vision. “Which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.” ~Colossians 1:27 Melanie’s website: Follow Melanie on social media: @itsmelaniecox Melanie’s book You Have To Know Find more about Heidi: Join my mailing list: If you are in crisis, help is available by call or text 1-800-273-8255 24/7. You can also visit . You are loved! /episode/index/show/cf5686fe-8865-4d95-b7bb-b1b1fa76850a/id/39688195

221. Expanding our Capacity for Reaching Goals and Healing 01/05/2026

221. Expanding our Capacity for Reaching Goals and Healing 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, believed the truth, and still found yourself overwhelmed, shut down, reactive, or stuck, this episode explains why—and shows how the Holy Spirit gently expands your capacity over time so you can live with greater peace, presence, self-control, and forward movement. Healing and achieving goals isn’t about pushing harder. It’s about becoming more regulated, connected, and anchored in God. ✨ What You’ll Gain from This Episode A clear understanding of the window of tolerance and how it affects behavior, healing, and goal achievement Why dysregulation—not rebellion—is often what keeps us stuck How the Holy Spirit expands our capacity through safety, not pressure Practical, Spirit-led ways to move toward healing and your New Year’s goals without burnout or shame “For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death.” ~Romans 8:2 Milk & Honey Sponsor, use code STRONGTOWER15: 💬 Connect with Heidi Mortenson 🌐 Website: 📬 Join the Mailing List: Stay encouraged with weekly faith and mental health insights → 📸 Instagram: @heidilynnlmft 👍 Facebook: @heidilynnlmft 🌐 TikTok: @heidilynnlmft If you are in crisis, help is available by call or text 1-800-273-8255 24/7. You can also visit . You are loved! /episode/index/show/cf5686fe-8865-4d95-b7bb-b1b1fa76850a/id/39601730

220. What Happens During Inner Healing Sessions with Marie Bursch 12/29/2025

220. What Happens During Inner Healing Sessions with Marie Bursch 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 God’s timing, surrender responsibilities, and walk in renewed purpose. As these two women talk, you’ll feel invited into a sacred space of authenticity and grace. Whether you’re navigating change, wrestling with old pain, or desiring deeper connection with God, this episode will remind you that healing is possible—because Jesus is still healing hearts today. 💡 What You’ll Discover in This Episode: A simple yet powerful formula for forgiveness that leads to lasting freedom. How the Holy Spirit guides inner healing—often in ways we don’t expect. Why forgiveness and boundaries both matter for spiritual growth. How unresolved pain can open doors for spiritual warfare—and how to close them. The role of community and discipleship in sustaining healing and peace. 💬 Marie’s words will stir your faith, and Heidi’s insights will give you practical, biblical tools to walk in wholeness—body, soul, and spirit. “He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.” ~Psalm 147:3 🌿 Connect with Marie Bursch: 💬 Connect with Heidi Mortenson 🌐 Website: 📬 Join the Mailing List: Stay encouraged with weekly faith and mental health insights → 📸 Instagram: @heidilynnlmft 👍 Facebook: @heidilynnlmft 🌐 TikTok: @heidilynnlmft If you are in crisis, help is available by call or text 1-800-273-8255 24/7. You can also visit . You are loved! /episode/index/show/cf5686fe-8865-4d95-b7bb-b1b1fa76850a/id/39550390

219. Regulated by the Spirit: Why Insight Alone Doesn’t Heal 12/22/2025

218. Breaking Financial Strongholds with Stephen De Silva 12/15/2025

218. Breaking Financial Strongholds with Stephen De Silva 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 things and be in health, just as your soul prospers.” ~3 John 1:2 💡 In this episode, you’ll discover: How your belief system shapes your financial reality The difference between a poverty mindset and a kingdom mindset What “Financial Sozo” is—and how it brings healing to your soul’s treasury The spiritual power of money and why stewardship is deeply biblical How to grow your personal capacity to carry more blessing and impact Why generational wealth often disappears—and how to build a legacy that lasts How healing identity and inner division leads to financial breakthrough 💬 Stephen shares practical insight, personal testimony, and biblical revelation that will help you break through fear, shame, and limitation in your finances—and live as a prosperous soul. 🌿 Connect with Stephen De Silva: 🔗 Website: 📘 Book: Money and the Prosperous Soul 🧭 Take the Free Capacity Quiz: ✨ Renew your mind. Heal your heart. Prosper your soul. Milk & Honey Sponsor, use code STRONGTOWER15: 💬 Connect with Heidi Mortenson 🌐 Website: 📬 Join the Mailing List: Stay encouraged with weekly faith and mental health insights → 📸 Instagram: @heidilynnlmft 👍 Facebook: @heidilynnlmft 🌐 TikTok: @heidilynnlmft If you are in crisis, help is available by call or text 1-800-273-8255 24/7. You can also visit . You are loved! /episode/index/show/cf5686fe-8865-4d95-b7bb-b1b1fa76850a/id/39384295

217. Hidden in Christ: Discover Your Worth, Step Into Purpose 12/08/2025

216. Being Known to be Known by God with Lyndsie Schnoor 12/01/2025

216. Being Known to be Known by God with Lyndsie Schnoor 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 starts now: to know Him, and to be known by Him. “Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.” ~John 17:3 What You’ll Receive From This Episode: Freedom from shame: Lyndsie’s honest story of bulimia, guilt, and spiritual attack shows how God rewrites our internal narrative. Mental & emotional health hope: A raw look at therapy, medication, and the journey through panic disorder and night terrors. Understanding labels: How diagnoses like Meniere’s disease and vestibular disorders inform—but do not define—your identity. Prophetic encouragement: What it looks like to live as someone known, seen, and loved by God. Practical steps toward freedom: How intimacy with God transforms mental health, spiritual battles, and your daily life. Identity restoration: The reminder that God doesn’t allow suffering for a “testimony”—He brings healing because He loves you. 📚 Learn More from Lyndsie Schnoor: Lyndsie’s website: https://www.known2bknown.com/about Lyndsie’s Music: Milk & Honey Sponsor, use code STRONGTOWER15: 💡 About Heidi Mortenson Heidi Mortenson is a Christian therapist, speaker, and founder of Strong Tower Mental Health. She bridges mental health and spiritual truth, helping believers walk in freedom, identity, and emotional health.🕊️ Connect with Heidi: Website: https://www.heidimortenson.com Podcast: Strong Tower Mental Health Podcast Instagram: @heidimortensonlmft Facebook: @StrongTowerMentalHealth Mailing list: If you're in crisis, help is available 24/7 at 1-800-273-8255 or visit suicidepreventionlifeline.org. Remember, you are loved! /episode/index/show/cf5686fe-8865-4d95-b7bb-b1b1fa76850a/id/39213105

215. Healing Hidden Strongholds in Marriage 11/24/2025

214. Victorious Emotions: How to Rewire Your Mind with God’s Truth With Wendy Backlund 11/17/2025

213. Breaking Strongholds of the Enemy 11/10/2025

213. Breaking Strongholds of the Enemy In this powerful episode of the Strong Tower Mental Health Podcast, licensed therapist and faith encourager Heidi Mortenson guides listeners through breaking free from the mental, emotional, and spiritual strongholds that keep us bound. Rooted in biblical truth and clinical insight, Heidi helps you identify lies from the enemy, renew your mind through God’s Word, and walk boldly in your true identity as a child of God. This episode isn’t just about awareness—it’s about activation. You’ll walk away with practical tools, Scripture-based declarations, and spiritual authority to overcome fear, shame, and lies that have held you back. Jesus has already won—now it’s time to walk in that victory. 🔍 In This Episode, You Will Discover: 🌸 How to embrace your new identity in Christ (2 Corinthians 5:17) ⚔️ What strongholds are and how the enemy uses them to distort truth (2 Corinthians 10:4–5) 💡 How to renew your mind through biblical truth and declaration 🕊️ The reality that the enemy is real—but defeated (1 Peter 5:8) 🔥 What it means to walk in your God-given authority and freedom (Luke 10:19) 💖 A powerful activation prayer and declaration segment to break lies and release truth over your life 🙌 Activation: Breaking Lies & Declaring Truth Heidi leads listeners through a series of biblical declarations, breaking the lies of unworthiness, shame, and fear in the name of Jesus. You’ll replace every false label with God’s truth—declaring love, worth, beauty, and identity as a daughter or son of the King. “The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.” — 2 Corinthians 10:4-5 “So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.” — John 8:36 💬 Connect with Heidi Mortenson 🌐 Website: 📬 Join the Mailing List: Stay encouraged with weekly faith and mental health insights → 📸 Instagram: @heidilynnlmft 👍 Facebook: @heidilynnlmft 🕊️ Step into your freedom. It’s time to break every stronghold of the enemy and walk boldly in the truth of who God says you are. If you are in crisis, help is available by call or text 1-800-273-8255 24/7. You can also visit . You are loved! /episode/index/show/cf5686fe-8865-4d95-b7bb-b1b1fa76850a/id/38972445

212. Healing the Roots of Trauma & Miracles Happen with Joan Hunter 11/03/2025

212. Healing the Roots of Trauma & Miracles Happen with Joan Hunter Do You Wonder if There’s a Spiritual Root Behind Emotional or Physical Pain? Have you ever felt like your heart’s been broken beyond repair—or that your emotional trauma might be connected to physical pain in your body? In this powerful episode, Heidi Mortenson sits down with Joan Hunter, world-renowned healing minister, to uncover how Jesus still heals today—body, soul, and spirit. Joan shares stunning testimonies of people healed from fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue, breast cancer, and more—revealing how trauma and spiritual strongholds can manifest as physical illness. She explains how the Holy Spirit brings complete healing when we address the root causes—not just the symptoms. 💡 In this episode, you’ll discover: How trauma and emotional wounds can trigger physical illness The difference between a spirit of grief and simply feeling grief Why brokenheartedness can open the door to sickness—and how to heal How to starve sickness to death by cutting off its spiritual supply The power of letting go of worldly labels and diagnoses How a mustard seed of faith activates miracles 📖 Key Scripture: “They will place their hands on the sick, and they will recover.” — Mark 16:17–18 (NIV) Jesus gave us authority to pray for healing—and He still works miracles today! 📚 Learn More from Joan Hunter: Grab Joan’s newest book and discover resources from her ministry at . Follow her teachings and upcoming events that equip believers to walk in healing, deliverance, and the supernatural power of God. 💡 About Heidi Mortenson: Heidi is a Christian therapist, speaker, and founder of Strong Tower Mental Health. She bridges mental health and spiritual truth, helping believers walk in freedom, identity, and emotional health. 🕊️ Connect with Heidi: Website: https://www.heidimortenson.com Podcast: Strong Tower Mental Health Podcast Instagram: @heidlynnlmft Facebook: @heidilynnlmft Mailing list: If you're in crisis, help is available 24/7 at 1-800-273-8255 or visit suicidepreventionlifeline.org. Remember, you are loved! /episode/index/show/cf5686fe-8865-4d95-b7bb-b1b1fa76850a/id/38874950