Strong Tower Mental Health Podcast

Heidi Mortenson, MA, LMFT
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Strong Tower Mental Health is an authentic and encouraging podcast hosted by Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Heidi Mortenson. Get ready for heaven to be unlocked in your soul with real life stories, skills, and amazing guests who will inspire you. Topics on this podcast include vulnerability, authenticity, how to have difficult conversations, keeping healthy boundaries with others, marriage, depression, anxiety, addiction, co-dependency and more. You will learn how to pull the gold from yourself and others, and walk in freedom no matter the circumstances surrounding you. Learn more at https://heidimortensonlmft.com/

  1. 3D AGO

    228. From Addiction to Deliverance and Freedom with Michael DeJung

    What happens when God interrupts a life headed for destruction? What happens when addiction, depression, identity confusion, and trauma collide with the power of Jesus? In this raw and powerful episode of the Strong Tower Mental Health Podcast, Heidi sits down with Pastor Michael to talk about deliverance, healing, spiritual warfare, and what real freedom actually looks like. Michael shares his testimony — from growing up in church to addiction, pornography, depression, and medication dependence — and how an encounter with Jesus rewrote his story. Together, they explore: • How God restores identity and heals trauma • Why spiritual warfare is real — and how to walk in victory • The role of prayer, fasting, and obedience in lasting freedom • Finding purpose on the other side of pain You'll walk away with renewed hope, practical steps for spiritual growth, and the reminder that no one is too far gone for God. Your past does not define you. Your pain does not disqualify you. Your future is still being written. "Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come." ~2 Corinthians 5:17 Activation Church's website: www.activationchurch.life Find more about Heidi: www.heidimortensonlmft.com Join my mailing list: https://landing.mailerlite.com/webforms/landing/t5u2y5 If you are in crisis, help is available by call or text 1-800-273-8255 24/7. You can also visit https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org. You are loved!

    17 min
  2. 227. Training Your Nervous System for God's Presence

    FEB 16

    227. Training Your Nervous System for God's Presence

    What if your struggle to be still isn't spiritual failure—but a nervous system that learned survival? In this episode, we explore how to train your body, soul, and spirit to experience God's presence in a real, sustainable way. If you feel restless, bored, agitated, or unable to slow down with God, this conversation will gently show you that stillness is a skill that can be learned. You'll learn: • Why stillness is biblical and essential for hearing God • How trauma and overstimulation affect spiritual focus • What to do when boredom or agitation rises • Simple practices to train your nervous system for rest • How stillness strengthens your ability to stay in your God-given assignment This episode is an invitation into a slower, safer, more rooted way of walking with God. "Be still, and know that I am God." — Psalm 46:10

    27 min
  3. 226. Jesus and Mental Health: Integrating Faith, Emotions, and Healing With Rebecca Maxwell

    FEB 9

    226. Jesus and Mental Health: Integrating Faith, Emotions, and Healing With Rebecca Maxwell

    What if Jesus isn't just relevant to your faith—but deeply relevant to your emotions, your mind, and your mental health? What if Jesus cares about your mental health as much as your faith? In this episode of the Strong Tower Mental Health Podcast, Heidi is joined by licensed marriage and family therapist and author Rebecca Maxwell to explore how biblical truth and psychology work together in emotional healing. Rebecca shares her journey to faith and insights from her book Jesus and Mental Health, revealing how Jesus models emotional health and why slow healing can still be sacred. In this episode, you'll gain: • A biblical framework for understanding emotions and mental health • Insight into how Jesus models healthy emotional processing • Clarity on how faith and therapy can work together • Encouragement if healing feels slow or discouraging • Hope for anyone feeling stuck emotionally despite loving God Bible Verse: Romans 12:2 (ESV) — "Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will." This conversation offers hope-filled truth for anyone seeking healing, renewal, and wholeness in Christ. Rebecca's website: www.jesusandyourmentalhealth.com Find more about Heidi: www.heidimortensonlmft.com Join my mailing list: https://landing.mailerlite.com/webforms/landing/t5u2y5 If you are in crisis, help is available by call or text 1-800-273-8255 24/7. You can also visit https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org. You are loved!

    46 min
  4. 225. Know Your Assignment Right Now | Staying Focused in a Distracted World

    FEB 2

    225. Know Your Assignment Right Now | Staying Focused in a Distracted World

    What is God asking of you right now? In a world filled with constant noise, crisis, controversy, and competing voices, it's easy to feel pulled in every direction. This episode invites you to slow down, tune out distraction, and rediscover the peace that comes from knowing your current assignment from God. "Let each person lead the life that the Lord has assigned to him, and to which God has called him." — 1 Corinthians 7:17 (ESV) What you'll gain from this episode: • The biblical difference between calling, purpose, and assignment • How to discern God's leading through peace, prayer, dreams, and wise counsel • Why choosing your family and tending what's in your hands is holy • How to recognize when something is a weight—not your responsibility • Practical ways to stay focused on what God has entrusted to you in this season This episode will help you release what isn't yours to carry and embrace faithful obedience right where you are. Find more about Heidi: www.heidimortensonlmft.com Sign up for the coaching group: www.rootedandwholecoaching.com  Join my mailing list: https://landing.mailerlite.com/webforms/landing/t5u2y5 If you are in crisis, help is available by call or text 1-800-273-8255 24/7. You can also visit https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org. You are loved!

    31 min
  5. 224. Restoring Your Original Design with Dr. Shannan Crawford

    JAN 26

    224. Restoring Your Original Design with Dr. Shannan Crawford

    In this powerful conversation, Heidi sits down with Dr. Crawford to explore how faith and psychology work together to heal the spirit, soul, and body. Crawford shares her journey from acting to becoming a psychologist after overcoming depression, self-harm, and eating disorders—and how the Holy Spirit led her into true transformation. Together, they unpack the difference between the false self and the God-designed self, how trauma fractures identity, and practical tools like internal board meetings, imagination, and somatic breathing to restore wholeness. This episode blends clinical wisdom, biblical truth, and spiritual insight to help listeners return to their original design. "Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come." ~ 2 Corinthians 5:17 ✨ Episode Highlights Crawford's healing journey & calling into psychology How the false self forms—and how God restores identity Healing the spirit, soul, and body through integrated care Using imagination, internal board meetings & somatic breathing How biblical truth and therapy work together for transformation 📞 Connect With Dr. Crawford Crawford Clinics: https://crawfordclinics.com/ Shannan's website: https://drshannancrawford.com/  Find more about Heidi: www.heidimortensonlmft.com Join my mailing list: https://landing.mailerlite.com/webforms/landing/t5u2y5 If you are in crisis, help is available by call or text 1-800-273-8255 24/7. You can also visit https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org. You are loved!

    54 min
  6. 223. Living Aligned: Spirit, Soul, and Body

    JAN 19

    223. Living Aligned: Spirit, Soul, and Body

    Have you ever gone to church, felt better… but didn't know why? Do you love Jesus but still feel stuck in anxiety, striving, or exhaustion? Do you feel like you should be doing more — even when your heart is longing just to rest? You were never meant to live from survival. You were created to live from heaven. In this powerful and revelatory episode, Heidi Mortenson invites you into a life-changing understanding of who you really are: you are a spirit, who has a soul, and lives in a body. When you said yes to Jesus, the Holy Spirit came to live inside you — bringing wisdom, discernment, healing, and divine connection. But most of us were never taught how to actually live from our spirit. "Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely, and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ." ~1 Thessalonians 5:23 "God is spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth." ~John 4:24 This episode will help you break free from striving and step into alignment with heaven. ✨ In this episode, you'll discover: How to live spirit-led instead of stress-led How your soul can come under peace instead of pressure How your body can heal when it feels safe and supported How to experience God not just intellectually, but relationally and spiritually You'll be guided into deeper awareness of God's presence within you, learn how to release shame and self-blame, and receive practical tools for walking daily in Spirit, soul, and body alignment — the way God designed. This is not about doing more. This is about becoming more aware of who God already is in you. Find more about Heidi: www.heidimortensonlmft.com Join my mailing list: https://landing.mailerlite.com/webforms/landing/t5u2y5 If you are in crisis, help is available by call or text 1-800-273-8255 24/7. You can also visit https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org. You are loved!

    30 min
  7. 222. Faith in the Wilderness: When God Turns Pain into Purpose with Melanie Cox

    JAN 12

    222. Faith in the Wilderness: When God Turns Pain into Purpose with Melanie Cox

    Have you felt stuck and that you couldn't keep doing? This episode is a tender yet bold encouragement to anyone who feels stuck, unseen, or uncertain. Heidi and Melanie bring the listener back to the truth of God's goodness, His faithfulness in hardship, and His purpose even in our pain. Despite early technical difficulties, God's presence filled the conversation as Melanie shared her powerful testimony—from infertility and miraculous birth stories to deep loss and renewed hope. Through her journey, she reminds us that Christ in us truly is the hope of glory (Colossians 1:27) and that we are called to live as salt and light in the world, carrying the kingdom of God wherever we go. In this heartfelt and Holy Spirit–led conversation, Heidi Mortenson, MA, LMFT, sits down with author and speaker Melanie, whose debut book "You Have to Know" became a bestseller and Christlight Award winner. Together, they explore the journey of faith through adversity, healing through identity, and finding purpose in the wilderness seasons of life. ✨ What You'll Receive from This Episode 💖 Renewed Faith: See how God's love meets you in the wilderness seasons and turns pain into purpose. 🕊️ Healing for the Heart: Learn how to release false beliefs about God as the author of suffering and instead encounter Him as the giver of life and abundance. 🔥 Spiritual Confidence: Discover what it means to walk in divine identity as salt and light—carrying Christ's presence wherever you go. 👑 Purpose and Calling: Be inspired to embrace your unique role in God's kingdom and overcome fear or doubt that holds you back. 🙏 A Personal Blessing: End the episode with a powerful prayer of encouragement and impartation for listeners seeking truth, hope, and renewed vision. "Which is Christ in you, the hope of glory." ~Colossians 1:27 Melanie's website: https://melaniecox.org/ Follow Melanie on social media: @itsmelaniecox Melanie's book You Have To Know Find more about Heidi: www.heidimortensonlmft.com Join my mailing list: https://landing.mailerlite.com/webforms/landing/t5u2y5 If you are in crisis, help is available by call or text 1-800-273-8255 24/7. You can also visit https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org. You are loved!

    40 min
  8. 221. Expanding our Capacity for Reaching Goals and Healing

    JAN 5

    221. Expanding our Capacity for Reaching Goals and Healing

    What if reaching your goals, healing emotionally, and growing spiritually isn't about trying harder—but about becoming safer? In this episode of the Strong Tower Mental Health Podcast, we go deeper into what it actually looks like to live regulated by the Spirit by expanding our window of tolerance and increasing our capacity. Building on Romans 7 and 8, Heidi explores how neuroscience, nervous system regulation, and Scripture work together so we can move beyond where we've been—whether that's in healing, faith, parenting, leadership, or personal goals. If you've ever loved God, believed the truth, and still found yourself overwhelmed, shut down, reactive, or stuck, this episode explains why—and shows how the Holy Spirit gently expands your capacity over time so you can live with greater peace, presence, self-control, and forward movement. Healing and achieving goals isn't about pushing harder. It's about becoming more regulated, connected, and anchored in God. ✨ What You'll Gain from This Episode A clear understanding of the window of tolerance and how it affects behavior, healing, and goal achievement Why dysregulation—not rebellion—is often what keeps us stuck How the Holy Spirit expands our capacity through safety, not pressure Practical, Spirit-led ways to move toward healing and your New Year's goals without burnout or shame "For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death." ~Romans 8:2 Milk & Honey Sponsor, use code STRONGTOWER15: https://milkandhoneytallow.com?sca_ref=9980346.HylvVLpOJiQO 💬 Connect with Heidi Mortenson 🌐 Website: www.heidimortenson.com 📬 Join the Mailing List: Stay encouraged with weekly faith and mental health insights →  https://landing.mailerlite.com/webforms/landing/t5u2y5 📸 Instagram: @heidilynnlmft 👍 Facebook: @heidilynnlmft 🌐 TikTok: @heidilynnlmft If you are in crisis, help is available by call or text 1-800-273-8255 24/7. You can also visit https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org. You are loved!

    31 min
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Strong Tower Mental Health is an authentic and encouraging podcast hosted by Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Heidi Mortenson. Get ready for heaven to be unlocked in your soul with real life stories, skills, and amazing guests who will inspire you. Topics on this podcast include vulnerability, authenticity, how to have difficult conversations, keeping healthy boundaries with others, marriage, depression, anxiety, addiction, co-dependency and more. You will learn how to pull the gold from yourself and others, and walk in freedom no matter the circumstances surrounding you. Learn more at https://heidimortensonlmft.com/

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