Episodes

  • "Battling Lukewarmness: A Mental Health and Faith Perspective"

    "Battling Lukewarmness: A Mental Health and Faith Perspective"
    Oct 29 2024

    In this episode, Yvonne Smith, Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and Certified Clinical Trauma Professional (CCTP), dives into the concept of lukewarm faith as described in Revelation 3. Yvonne shares her personal journey, highlighting how easy it is to slip into spiritual complacency. Drawing from her mental health expertise, she offers practical insights to recognize and overcome lukewarmness in faith, giving listeners actionable tools to strengthen their spiritual and emotional resilience.


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    9 mins
  • Lessons in the Garden: Lesson Three Journal Response - Relating to Jesus in His Suffering

    Lessons in the Garden: Lesson Three Journal Response - Relating to Jesus in His Suffering
    Apr 1 2024

    In this episode, your host Yvonne Smith, LPC will be sharing her personal and intimate response to a Lesson Three Journal Prompt from her new book Lessons in the Garden: A Therapist's Perspective on the Garden of Gethsemane.

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    3 mins
  • Lessons in the Garden: Lesson Two Journal Response - Coping When Dealing with Emotional Pain

    Lessons in the Garden: Lesson Two Journal Response - Coping When Dealing with Emotional Pain
    Mar 30 2024
    In this episode, your host Yvonne Smith, LPC will share her personal response to the question "Do you turn to prayer or other coping mechanisms when faced with turmoil?" Catch the full episode as she discusses having a freeze response and cognitive processing.
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    6 mins
  • Lessons in the Garden: Faith Based Resolve Journal Response

    Lessons in the Garden: Faith Based Resolve Journal Response
    Mar 29 2024
    In this episode, your host Yvonne Smith, LPC will be sharing her personal and intimate response to a Lesson One Journal Prompt from her new book Lessons in the Garden: A Therapist's Perspective on the Garden of Gethsemane. Listen to this episode to gain more understanding of Faith Based Resolve and Resilience.
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    6 mins
  • Lessons in the Garden: Jesus' Radical Acceptance

    Lessons in the Garden: Jesus' Radical Acceptance
    Jan 26 2024
    This episode discusses Radical Acceptance during suffering and is based on Lesson One from Yvonne Smith's recent book, Lessons in the Garden: A Therapist's Perspective on the Garden of Gethsemane.
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    11 mins
  • Downtime & Development: Wrapping up the Smith Family's 5 Daily D's

    Downtime & Development: Wrapping up the Smith Family's 5 Daily D's
    Oct 22 2023
    Wrapping up the final Daily D's with Downtime and Development.
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    10 mins
  • Do Good: The Smith Family's 5 Daily D's

    Do Good: The Smith Family's 5 Daily D's
    Sep 4 2023
    The Smith Family's 5 Daily D's is a five-part blog and podcast series focused on Jumpstarting your mental wellness through the key principles of Devotion, Dialogue, Do-Good, Downtime and Development. In part three of this series, we'll discuss how Do-Good, the third D in the Smith Family's 5 Daily D's, is key to supporting mental health and wellness.
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    2 mins
  • Dialogue: The Smith Family's 5 Daily D's

    Dialogue: The Smith Family's 5 Daily D's
    Jul 4 2023
    The Smith Family's 5 Daily D's is a 5 part blog and podcast series focused on Jumpstarting your mental wellness through the key principles of Devotion, Dialogue, Development, Do Good and Downtime. In part two of this series, Yvonne Smith LPC, will discuss how Dialogue, the next D in the Smith Family's 5 Daily D's, is key to supporting mental health and wellness.
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    6 mins