Freed Up
Freed Up is currently not releasing new episodes. But please take time to listen to the 96 archived episodes available here!
If you're wondering why...
It's because this podcast is an integral solution to the mental health challenges you may be facing. Life is hard sometimes and can leave us feeling weighed down, overwhelmed, stressed out, and just looking for more. Thank goodness Freed Up is the podcast that makes life feel lighter! Tune in to find out how to live freed up and not fed up. Content includes a mix of faith principles and practical mental health strategies.
Episodes
96 episodes
The Journey Will Continue...
Freed Up is so grateful to have served the podcast community over the last few years. We're continuing the journey...in so many different ways. Tune in to hear how!If you or someone you know is having thoughts of taking your life ...
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Season 8
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Episode 96
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17:59
Holiday Blues & Blessings
The holiday season can feel like a mixed bag. Some look forward to this time of year, others want to wish it away. No matter which end of the spectrum you find yourself, or if you are somewhere in between, know that you can experience some peac...
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Season 8
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Episode 95
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18:14
What Lies Ahead
I love the quote from Jack Welch that says "Change before you have to". I'm so glad that Freed Up is talking about change...it's the only constant in life, right? Tune in to this brief episode to hear all about what change means for us...
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Season 8
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Episode 94
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10:50
Getting to Healing
We each must forge our own individual path toward healing, yet we can all tap into some core strategies that will help us find the renewal and peace that God has appropriated for us. Tune in to hear 7 faith principles that will guide y...
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Season 8
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Episode 93
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21:13
The Hidden Culprit of Shame: Forgiving Ourselves and Others
Regarding shame in our lives, could it be that we're missing a hidden culprit? Have we truly centered that needing forgiveness is a significantly influential factor in all of this. And often when we think of forgiveness, right off the top...
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Season 8
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Episode 92
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21:18
Shifting Shame - Pt 7 Words Matter!
Whose words are guiding your thinking and your living? What are you speaking to yourself, about yourself and over yourself? Sometimes, the words spoken over us in our earliest experiences and over the course of our lifetimes are subconsciously ...
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Season 7
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Episode 91
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20:22
Shifting Shame - Pt. 6 Re-storying leads to Restoring
If you could sit down right now with an autobiographer, what would you tell them? Often we are living with and living our shame stories until we begin to shift the shame from our lives. One way we do that is to re-story our shame narratives. Th...
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Season 7
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Episode 90
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22:01
Cue & Aye - Shifting Shame (Your Questions Answered)
Can shame be positive in any way? How does shame from childhood show up in our adult relationships? What does it mean to rewrite a shame story? This episode is answering questions you've been wondering about. Tune in to hear the an...
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Season 7
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Episode 89
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24:00
Shifting Shame - Pt 4 Thinking Differently
To shift the shame, we have to shift our way of thinking. But how do we pull up the roots that feel firmly planted down in our minds because of shame? Listen in to find out about some of the unhelpful and negative thinking patterns that we ofte...
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Season 7
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Episode 88
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19:07
Shifting Shame - Pt 3. Strategies & Interventions
Years of shame spiraling take time for rewiring. But the time to start is NOW! This is the episode to make sure you bring your journals and your best listening ear. We're highlighting four basic strategies/steps for uprooting the shame th...
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Season 7
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Episode 87
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28:00
Shifting Shame - Pt. 2 The Mental Health Frame
The emotion of shame can have a profound effect on our daily lives and particularly relationships. This episode discusses the definition of shame, four major contributors to its development in our lives, and how those factors impact our t...
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Season 7
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Episode 86
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20:31
Shifting Shame - Pt. 1 The Faith Frame
Shame is a common emotion that is largely responsible for many of our spiritual and mental health issues. It is often referred to as a self-conscious emotion. While it may be extremely difficult to recognize, it certainly is not shy about wre...
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Season 7
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Episode 85
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22:50
School Mental Health Matters featuring Freed Up Friend Lisa V
Schools and families have had a very rough last two years and this has created a need for significant relational care for them. Freed Up is excited to host Lisa V, a Licensed Social Worker who has over 25 years working with children and familie...
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Season 6
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Episode 84
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35:02
Mid-Year Flashback - We're doing this!
Part of sustaining our growth on the Freed Up journey includes reflecting and celebrating just how far we've come. It's important to take in the wins and remember all that we've given to the process. Listen in to this episode that highlig...
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Season 6
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Episode 83
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14:05
Choosing Our Obsession- Inner Beauty vs. External Beauty with Guest ABY
We do get to choose what areas of beauty we will focus on as a priority! So, why not choose to give our most sincere efforts to developing inner beauty since it will never fade away, unlike external beauty? This episode makes the case ...
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Season 6
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Episode 82
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28:48
Beauty: Sense of Pride or Source of Vanity?
External beauty, let’s face it, is big business in our culture today! And it is filtering over into every phase of our lives--even affecting our relationships. We are a society being lulled into expectations of external perfection. ...
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Season 6
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Episode 81
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19:03
Cue & Aye - Making the Investment & Attachment Styles
With each topic series on Freed Up, we answer your (the listeners) questions. Tune in to learn more about what the Freed Up friends are curious about related to relationships. If you have any feedback or questions on any cont...
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Season 6
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Episode 80
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18:25
First Things First
Relationships take work! We are often learning how to be in them, love in them, and live within them. God never intended for us to do this on our own. He invites us into relationship with him FIRST...from there we learn how to be loved and how ...
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Season 6
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Episode 79
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20:36
Relationships 101 - Pt 3 The Disorganized Attachment Pattern
All of us wants to understand more about ourselves and how we fit in relation to others. Arguably, the most useful resource in helping us with this is learning our attachment styles. Your attachment style was established through the relat...
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Season 6
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Episode 78
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26:35
Relationships 101 - Pt 2 The Avoidant Attachment Pattern
The more we become aware of the role our early life experiences played in shaping us relationally, the more equipped we are to shift some of those patterns and behaviors that are creating challenges for us in our relationships. Avoidant attachm...
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Season 6
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Episode 77
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20:55
Relationships 101 - Pt 1 The Anxious Attachment Pattern
Our earliest life experiences imprinted us with much of our relational wiring. Anxious attachment is an insecure attachment style that develops when a child's needs are not met consistently and in turn, they may feel unworthy of love; and...
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Season 6
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Episode 76
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19:34
Understanding Attachment & It's Role in Relationships Pt 2 - featuring Dr. Rose
So much talk about self-love these days. Did you know there is a divine order for love? And it affects how we are to live in relationship with others. This episode with Dr. Rose breaks it down along with how we grow closer to God and connect in...
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Season 6
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Episode 75
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24:48
Understanding Attachment & It's Role in Relationships Pt 1 - featuring Dr. Rose
Attachment is the process by which we relate and connect to others. To help us understand this clinical theory in layman's terms, Dr. Rose explains this process and gives examples of how this looks in our earliest life experiences and car...
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Season 6
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Episode 74
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32:00
Real or Nah?
This episode unpacks one of the many popular phrases and thoughts that seem to be floating around various social media platforms as it relates to mental health. Sometimes, well intentioned memes and posts find their way into our feeds eac...
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Season 6
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Episode 73
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17:06
Making the Investment Pt 2 - Four Principles for Investing in Your Mental Health
Listen in to this episode as we talk about HOW to invest in your mental health throughout this year! We're doing it wisely, wholly, expectantly and consistently. Tune in to find out the details!For additional resources to support your p...
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Season 6
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Episode 72
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19:25