The Faith Crisis Coach Podcast

No matter what's going on around you during General Conference (or any other possibly triggering religious event or holiday), you can create the feeling of groundedness within you. The emotion "grounded" comes from our thoughts. You can get yourself there even if it feels like everything around you is the opposite of grounded. Listen in for a simple exercise to help you get started. For personal support during General Conference, DM me on Instagram @coachjosiejohnson. At any other time of the year, you can still DM me with coaching questions or to book a consultation for private life coaching.

Hello Faith Crisis Friends! It's been a minute. Thanks for being patient with me. I wanted to share an update on what's been going on for the last couple months and I'm excited to start releasing the episodes I've had up my sleeve soon. For information on custom life coaching packages, please DM me on Instagram @coachjosiejohnson. You can also send me podcast topics requests there as well.

Thanks for being patient with the echo-y audio this week friends. I appreciate it. 5 Places to Declutter During Faith Crisis and Transition: (1) Your Closet - You're a new person now. How do you want to express yourself outwardly? How don't you want to anymore? (2) Your Calendar - Your time is yours even if it hasn't always felt like it. What do you want to do with your time? How do you want to spend your life? How don't you want to spend your time anymore? (3) Your Self Image - You get to decide who you think you are. Who are you? What self depricating or limitng beliefs are you ready to release? (4) Your Media - You get to decide what programs your brain and whose voice you listen to. What media do you want to consume? What ideas don't you want to be training your brain to think? (5) Your Morals - You get to declutter all those "right" answers you've been taught including what areas you believe are moral issues versus not. For example, maybe there aren't "good" foods or a "good" use of time or one way to be a "good" parent. What is "right" for you? What is "wrong" in your eyes? Follow on Instagram @coachjosiejohnson and DM me there for private coaching information.

In this episode, I talk about how to make good decisions. Spoiler: A "good" decision is a thought and you can think your decision is "good" no matter what. Shoulding on yourself (thinking "I should've chosen something else"), regretting your choice, and believing you made the wrong choice are all always optional -- whether you're thinking about what you chose to pick at the restaurant or how you chose to come out to your family about your new beliefs about the church. "Wrong" according to who? Or what definition? You are the authority and the validator of your choices. Listen in if you're sick of procrastinating decisions or feeling like you always make the wrong ones. Hang out with me after the episode on Instagram @coachjosiejohnson and DM me there to learn about private life coaching.

Let's talk about differentiating. Let's talk about being different. There are 5 things I've noticed as I've dared to own my differences relating to my changed beliefs and I go into them in detail in this podcast. 1. Expect alone time. 2. Expect an unpaved road. 3. Expect to make generational change -- you leader you. 4. Expect trauma responses. 5. Expect and lean into the thrilling parts. Thanks for listening my Faith Crisis Friends. Follow along @coachjosiejohnson on IG and DM me there for private coaching.

Let's break up the grief, the questioning, and the life transitioning with some fun this week. What sounds fun to you? What was the first thing to come to mind when you stopped to answer that question? Really, what was your answer? Plan and prioritize that thing. Make it happen. I share some ideas of fun activities to try in this episode and encourage you to come up with your own. "Fun" may sound trivial and nonsensical, but it is so important to break up the other emotions of faith crisis and transition. Create a little oasis for yourself no matter where you are in the process. Hang out with me on Instagram @coachjosiejohnson and learn how to coach with me at www.faithcrisiscoaching.com.

In this episode, I'm talking to those in the dark night of the soul. We're discussing depressive symptoms that can come with faith crisis and how to work through them. I mention suicide ideation and refer to 988 (the US's national suicide prevention hotline). Disclaimer: I am not a therapist or psychiatrist. I am speaking from my personal and work experience, my trauma-informed life coaching certifications, and my research. I believe normalizing talking about these topics and sharing the expertise I do have is important to make mental health more accessible. If you work with me and we need more tools in our mental health tool belt, I will refer you out as needed. Hang out with me on Instagram @coachjosiejohnson and learn how to work with me at faithcrisiscoaching.com. ***** St. John of the Cross Poem where the term "dark night of the soul" came from: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/157984/the-dark-night-of-the-soul Article with more information on dark nights of the soul: https://theapeiron.co.uk/the-dark-night-of-the-soul-understanding-amidst-the-absence-of-meaning-3494cb193bc2 Faith Crisis TED talk: https://www.ted.com/talks/anthony_miller_thriving_and_building_community_after_a_faith_crisis Lonliness and physical pain: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/finding-new-home/202012/how-loneliness-increases-pain#:~:text=Loneliness%20was%20%E2%80%9Csignificantly%20associated%20with,(from%201.8%20to%201.5). Clip from Pixar's The Good Dinosaur: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96lLPwmUhpM Executive Functioning podcast episode: https://www.strugglecare.com/podcast-rss/01 More on executive functioning: https://developingchild.harvard.edu/science/key-concepts/executive-function/

The church isn't all good or all bad. It's both. At certain times in our lives, it's useful to categorize the church as either all good or all bad, but when you want to, considering how it's both can help you grow through your faith crisis and heal/prevent damage in your relationships with your believing loved ones. I'm sharing what I love about the church in this episode and encourage you to do the same. Hang out with me on Instagram @coachjosiejohnson and learn how to work with me at faithcrisiscoaching.com. PS: Thanks for being patient with me as I figure out the timing of getting these out every Sunday at noon AZ time. It's taking me a little bit to get in a rhythm and I appreciate your understanding.

It's important to choose the thoughts we practice and repeat to ourselves on purpose. We've been taught what to think about people in faith crisis and what to think during a faith crisis. The brain is currently running those in in the background like white noise. In this episode, I share 11 thoughts and mantras you can practice thinking instead as you grow through this experience. NOTE: For the part about how to make a mantra work for you if you don't believe it yet, a simple way to take a mantra and adjust it to fit you is to add something to the beginning. Like, if it's difficult to believe "I'm not the only one" you could think "Maybe I'm not the only one" or "It's possible I'm not the only one" or "I'm considering that I might not be the only one" or "People I trust say I'm not the only one." That could help ease you into the new belief. ***** To book your free coaching session, head to www.faithcrisiscoaching.com. To DM me podcast topic ideas, follow and DM me @coachjosiejohnson on Instagram.

In order to do all of the emotion processing work I've taught you about in the last 3 episodes, we have to feel like we have ownership over and positive relationships with our own bodies. I'm opening up this week to share some of my story regarding body love and reclamation. We get personal. We talk about sexuality, patriarchy, the diet industry, and religious conditioning. Don't listen to this one with kids in the car. If you want to learn how to connect better to your body and to stop delegating authority over it to someone else, listen in. Hang out with me on Instagram @coachjosiejohnson and learn how to work with me at faithcrisiscoaching.com. PS: Thanks for being patient with this episode being released 3 days late. I'll address that next week. Still expect these every Sunday at noon AZ time.

There are so many emotions that come up during a faith crisis and transition. Because of that, we're doing a 3 part series on emotions. I'm going to teach you how to feel better. Today's episode is focused on how to use movement to process emotions in a more loving, effective way. Hang out with me on Instagram @coachjosiejohnson and learn how to work with me at faithcrisiscoaching.com.

There are so many emotions that come up during a faith crisis and transition. I'm going to teach you how to feel better today. We're doing a 3 part series on emotions. Today's episode is focused on how to use music to process emotions in a more loving, effective way. Hang out with me on Instagram @coachjosiejohnson and learn how to work with me at faithcrisiscoaching.com.

There are so many emotions that come up during a faith crisis and transition. I'm going to teach you how to feel better today. We're doing a 3 part series on emotions. Today's episode is focused on the mindfulness piece. We'll talk about what emotions are, how we normally process them, and how we can process them in a more loving and effective way. Hang out with me on Instagram @coachjosiejohnson and learn how to work with me at faithcrisiscoaching.com.

Today we're talking about disappointing people. In a faith crisis and transition, it's normal to be disappointing people frequently. It's common to be disappointing our spouses, parents, children, friends, extended family members, and ward members. We'll talk about what happens when you think the thought “I'm going to disappoint them” (spoiler: you typically disappoint yourself), why not wanting to disappoint people makes sense, and five ideas to remember when you're about to do something that might disappoint someone. Hang out with me on Instagram @coachjosiejohnson and learn how to work with me at faithcrisiscoaching.com.

Today we're talking about the term “faith crisis.” There are lots of opinions on this term and I'm going to explain where I'm coming from when I use it. We're also going to discuss terminology in general and why our words matter. You'll feel empowered to use the language that you prefer during your faith crisis at the end of this episode. Hang out with me on Instagram @coachjosiejohnson and learn how to work with me at faithcrisiscoaching.com.

This is the third in a series of three episodes I'm calling The Foundations, these topics are essential in understanding what's happening in a faith crisis. Depending on one's involvement level in the religion/faith, a faith crisis can often be an identity crisis as well. In this episode, we talk about self image and identity. We define those terms. We talk about who you think you are versus who you really are. We go over the basics of how to create a new identity and self image. This is a fun one. Enjoy! Hang out with me on Instagram @coachjosiejohnson and learn how to work with me at faithcrisiscoaching.com.

This is the second in a series of three episodes I'm calling The Foundations, these topics are essential in understanding what's happening in a faith crisis. In this episode, we're talking about grief. Grief is a major part of the faith crisis and transition process. We're going to go over the stages of grief, how they manifest in someone experiencing and faith crisis as well as how they manifest in our believing family and friends as they witness us going through a faith crisis, and I'll give you some useful thoughts to think as you're going through your personal grieving process. Hang out with me on Instagram @coachjosiejohnson and learn how to work with me at faithcrisiscoaching.com.

This is the first in a series of three episodes I'm calling The Foundations, these topics are essential in understanding what's happening in a faith crisis. In this episode, we're going to debunk some lies about faith crisis and talk about how faith crisis is actually natural and healthy. We'll discuss useful frameworks to think about this through and you will leave knowing that nothing has gone wrong in your spirituality if you've experienced a faith crisis. You're on the right track. Hang out with me on Instagram @coachjosiejohnson and learn how to work with me at faithcrisiscoaching.com.

If you are experiencing a faith transition right now, this episode is for you. I'm sharing three tips that you can apply to make your transition experience better immediately. Hang out with me on Instagram @coachjosiejohnson and work with me at faithcrisiscoaching.com. See you soon!

If you are experiencing a faith crisis right now, this episode is for you. I'm sharing three tips that you can apply to immediately feel better. Hang out with me on Instagram @coachjosiejohnson and work with me at faithcrisiscoaching.com. See you soon!

Welcome to The Faith Crisis Coach Podcast! We typically feel safer when we know what we can count on. There's so much possible unpredictability in faith crisis and transition itself, so you don't need more of it. In this first episode, I'm going to share exactly what this podcast is, what it isn't, and what to expect as far as episode frequency and style. I'll let you know who this is for and who it isn't for as well as where you can submit podcast topic requests. We'll go over why this podcast is titled “The Faith Crisis Coach” podcast and my thoughts on if you need coaching or not. Enjoy! Hang out with me on Instagram @coachjosiejohnson and learn how to work with me at faithcrisiscoaching.com