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An LDS perspective on finding . . . well . . . perspective amidst mental illness struggles. Email questions or comments at jennfletch@gmail.com.

Jenn Fletcher

  • Jul 7, 2020 LATEST EPISODE
  • infrequent NEW EPISODES
  • 23m AVG DURATION
  • 33 EPISODES


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Growth mindset versus victim mentality

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2020 23:08


Is it realistic to have a growth mindset when so many things are going wrong? And how do we even acquire one anyway? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Don’t neglect your mental health workout!

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2020 21:16


Do you have a mental-health workout plan? I have some teeny tiny “bar bell” exercise suggestions so you can see some improvement during this challenging time! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Dreading the anniversary of a dark day

Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2020 19:18


Do you have a day every year that you dread because something sad happened on that day in years past? Is there a way to find joy on those days instead being haunted by painful memories? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Using mental illness as an excuse

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2020 22:28


Do you spend hours in your head composing air-tight excuses to get out of doing things you don’t want to do? (Is that just me?) Have you ever used your mental illness as an excuse to be un-Christlike? Lynn G. Robbins teaches us how to take back our power and become 100% responsible. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Anxiety when the future seems daunting

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2020 15:24


Lots and lots and lots of spiritual evidence we don’t need to fear! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Family history work as an antidepressant

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2020 31:29


Prop those eyes open; don’t let them glaze over. Family history work is not a boring as it seems, and studies show it can effectively boost your mood! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Is visualizing the worst-case scenario helpful or hurtful?

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2020 25:25


During scary times, I’ve often wondered if visualizing the worst-case scenario could help me find solutions or send me into a full-blown panic attack. Tim Ferriss and Elder David A Bednar showed me a way to face my worst fears with confidence, courage and faith. I think they can help you too! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

What is a happy dirt box and do I need one?

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2020 20:21


This week I want to talk about how gardening can improve mental health, but what can you do if you don’t have space to garden...or if you’re just too lazy? I have a potentially stupid and yet brilliant solution. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Boosting hope and happiness during times of stress

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2020 26:10


Did you know that serving others can quiet the fear center of the brain and help a person feel hope and happiness? I have the scientific study to prove it, but how can we serve others when we are supposed to be social distancing? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Mini episode: Follow up on coronavirus anxiety

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2020 9:31


Making a concrete list of some of the ways the stress of the situation can effect us in positive ways can raise our DHEA levels! I just made my list; have you made yours yet? Also, Sheri Dew is awesome and comforting.

Coronavirus anxiety

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2020 24:13


How can we (mentally) successfully navigate the next month or two or longer? Don’t panic! DHEA to the rescue! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Increasing motivation and self-discipline (aka getting over the hump)

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2020 28:29


Do you find yourself in depressive funks where you struggle to do the things others seem to do effortlessly? How can we find the motivation? There is no magic pill, but that doesn’t mean God will leave us without His help. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

When your child decides to leave the church

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2020 19:09


What can we do to find inner peace and quiet anxiety when a family member decides to leave the church? It’s acutely painful, but there is beauty in the pain because it is purposeful. How is it purposeful, you ask? Good question...CS Lewis and President Eyring can help us answer it. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Dealing with toxic people

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2020 20:36


How can we help toxic people in our ward without getting burned? Dr. John Lewis Lund can get us on the path to following the example of Christ while protecting ourselves. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Anxiety and complaining

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 11, 2020 26:26


Are you a complain-aholic? If you’re anything like me, it feels almost impossible to kick the habit, but I think there’s hope! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Election anxiety

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2020 21:11


Does the loud, crazy political world make you want to withdraw into the fetal position? Eternal perspective can lesson anxiety so we are able to participate. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Anxiety that comes with serving in callings.

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2020 32:10


Do you feel pressured to do more in your calling than you have energy to do? Or do you feel like you have to fit into a certain “calling mold” to please other people in your ward? Researcher Brené Brown has some great advice for us! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Those pesky screens

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 21, 2020 34:03


Have you found yourself feeling stuck in the sluggish bog of the never-ending internet scroll? I love my phone like I love ice cream, but lately it’s just making me feel sick (as is ice cream). It’s time to create a plan! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Spiritual Perfectionism and Scrupulosity

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2020 18:22


Today I want to talk about the anxiety we experience when we feel pressured to be spiritually perfect. Is our anxiety useful in this sense or counterproductive? I share my daughter’s experience with Scrupulosity as I consider that question. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Testimony anxiety

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 7, 2020 23:52


Today I want to talk about the agonizing fear that the beliefs you have always held dear might be a big fat hoax. How can we deal with this anxiety? Is Elder Holland’s plea to “doubt your doubts before you doubt your faith” a cop out? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Setting goals in spite of anxiety and because of it.

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 31, 2019 19:56


Happy New Year! Should you set goals this year? Your anxiety might thank you if you do. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Of Dogs and Gifts

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 17, 2019 25:42


Today I want to talk about dogs and gifts and their relationship to mental health in a metaphorical way. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Are you an “energy vampire” or “energy angel”?

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2019 26:36


What kind of energy do you emit? When Jill Taylor, a Harvard-trained brain scientist had a stroke that attacked the left side of her brain, she learned inspiring lessons from the right side of her brain that can help you navigate any stressful Christmas party or any other anxiety-inducing scenario. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

The Jealous Bishop’s Wife

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2019 31:47


Has jealousy been a huge stumbling block in your life? It doesn’t have to be! Learn from my mistakes and “spiral upward,” as Alex Kirby PhD teaches. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

When the missionaries need your help and it makes you want to run for the hills.

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2019 28:40


Does your anxiety prevent you from helping the missionaries and investigators? Does this avoidance also fill you with guilt? I may have a solution... --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

A traumatizing Relief Society ornament exchange.

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2019 22:18


Today I am going to share a traumatizing experience I had at a RS activity years ago and my perspective on it 20 years later. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

How Jeannie Gaffigan is easing my disordered eating.

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2019 40:37


I am going to share my struggles with disordered eating and how I am currently using gratitude to manage that. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Connecting to joy AND discomfort.

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 8, 2019 26:26


Anhedonia is a condition in which a person loses the ability to take pleasure in previously enjoyable activities. But luckily there’s a way to prevent or reverse that...and it’s gospel-centered of course. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Spock, demons on a boat, and ACT Therapy.

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2019 26:57


What do Spock, demons on a boat, and ACT Therapy all have in common? Listen to find out! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Comparing ourselves to others feeds the anxiety monster within us.

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2019 21:32


We can lesson anxiety by recognizing that the world wants us to embrace the “ought self” while God wants us to embrace the “actual self.” --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Can increasing creativity help manage anxiety?

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2019 29:31


I will be enlisting the expertise of both Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf and writer Elizabeth Gilbert to answer that question. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Panic Attacks and Daily Bread.

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 24, 2019 22:17


To start off this podcast, I will tell you my story and explain why I feel a particular affinity for manna in relation to my mood. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Manna for the Mood Trailer

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2019 1:39


Join Jenn as she searches for and discusses the “manna” God sends us to deal with mental illness challenges.

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