What if the anxiety, chronic illness, and emotional struggles you’re carrying are connected to deeper wounds in the soul?

In this powerful conversation, Susie Larson shares her deeply personal healing journey through childhood trauma, chronic illness, fear, and anxiety — and how God met her in the middle of it all.

An author, national speaker, and radio host, Susie opens up about surviving physical and emotional abuse, battling Lyme disease while raising three young children, and learning how unhealed trauma impacts the body, mind, and spirit. Together, we discuss why so many women live in survival mode, how fear affects our physiology, and what it looks like to finally face the lies keeping us stuck.

Susie shares how God revealed this life-changing truth to her:

“The storms reveal the lies we believe and the truth we need.”

If you’ve struggled with anxiety, chronic illness, emotional exhaustion, or feeling disconnected from yourself and from God, this episode offers hope, healing, and practical encouragement for the journey toward wholeness.

We also talk about:

• How fear impacts the brain and body
• Why women often suppress pain until it shows up physically
• Learning to listen to your body instead of pushing through
• The importance of counseling, rest, and emotional processing
• Renewing your mind and rewiring fear-based thought patterns
• Why God cares about your whole health: body, mind, and soul

• How healing equips us to minister to a hurting world

• Website: Susie Larson
• Instagram: Susie Larson (@susielarsonauthor)
• Facebook: Susie Larson

• Fully Alive: By Susie Larson
• The Uncommon Woman: By Susie Larson
• Curt Thompson MD
• Dr. Leaf

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• Redeeming Shame through Community :: Dr. Curt Thompson [Ep 308]
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In this conversation, Haley Scully shares her journey into biblical counseling, ministry, and helping people find real hope in the middle of today’s mental health crisis. With a background in counseling and ministry through Hope for the Heart, Haley discusses the importance of caring for one another biblically while staying rooted in God’s truth rather than chasing cultural counseling trends.

We talk about the growing need for biblical answers to anxiety, pain, disappointment, and emotional struggles — and why true healing comes from addressing the heart, not simply assigning blame. Haley opens up personally about wrestling with unmet expectations, trusting God through singleness, and learning what it truly means to believe in His goodness even when life doesn’t look the way we hoped.

We also dive into one of the most relevant conversations happening today: faith and AI. Haley shares how Hope for the Heart partnered with Pray.com to create AI tools informed by 40 years of biblical counseling content and wisdom, helping ensure people searching for answers online are pointed toward truth grounded in Scripture.

In this episode, we discuss:

• How experiences shape our emotions and reactions
• Finding healing through God instead of blame
• Trusting God when life doesn’t go according to plan
• How Christians can approach AI and technology with wisdom
• Why the Church should engage culture instead of fear it

• Using technology as a tool for discipleship and biblical guidance

• Website: Hope For The Heart
• Instagram: Hope for the Heart (@hopefortheheart)
• Facebook: Hope for the Heart

• Pray: The World's #1 App for Daily Prayer and Biblical Audio Content
• Hope For The Heart - Event Page

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• Freedom from Anxiety :: Ashley Willis [Ep 180]

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