With You in the Weeds: Where Faith Meets Mental Health

With You in the Weeds
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Are you struggling with anxiety, depression, difficult relationships, or wondering how your faith connects to your mental health? With You in the Weeds is a faith-based mental health podcast hosted by a team of licensed counselors and pastors who weekly help real people navigate the hardships of life. Co-hosts John Tinnin (MDiv, MFT), Lynn Roush (LPC), Shay Roush (MDiv), and Austin Conner (MDiv, LPC) bring both clinical expertise and pastoral wisdom to honest, practical conversations about the issues you're actually facing: anxiety, trauma, marriage, parenting, forgiveness, grief, singleness, narcissism, addiction, stress, and more. This isn't therapy, but it's the next best thing! If you've ever wished you could be a fly on the wall and listen to a team of Christian counselors thoughtfully address what you're going through, this podcast was made for you. This podcast is not a substitute for professional mental health care. Please seek independent medical or counseling support for personal health concerns. New episodes every week. Visit withyouintheweeds.com to subscribe to our weekly newsletter and to access our small group study guides, free downloads, and other mental health resources. This podcast is not a substitute for professional mental health care. Please seek independent medical or counseling support for personal health concerns.

  1. 11h ago

    Managing the Weeds of Self-Criticism

    What if the voice that tears you down can become the voice that helps you grow? In this insightful episode of Uncovering Your Hidden Motives, Austin Conner, M.Div., LPC, and Lynn Roush, LPC, explore how understanding the purpose behind your self-criticism can help you respond to it with greater compassion instead of fighting against yourself. They’ll share four practical steps for managing your inner critic, from recognizing when it takes over to listening for what it’s trying to protect, validating its intentions, and gently redirecting it. You’ll also discover how to bring the truth of the gospel into the parts of your heart that still struggle to believe they are loved, forgiven, and safe with God. As you begin to loosen the inner critic’s grip, you may encounter feelings you’ve kept hidden, including fear, sadness, or grief. But with time, patience, and support from trusted relationships, you can begin to experience greater freedom from shame and self-doubt. Rather than trying to silence or destroy your inner critic, you can learn to help it step back so you can hear Jesus’ voice more clearly. Join us to discover how offering yourself the same grace Jesus offers you can help transform your inner critic from a harsh judge into a wiser guide—and make more room for healing, confidence, and spiritual growth. Connect with us:  Instagram: @withyouintheweeds Facebook: @withyouintheweeds            X: withyou_weeds Subscribe to our weekly newsletter: Website: withyouintheweeds.com

  2. Oct 28

    The Roots of Self-Criticism

    Your inner critic may promise to help you do better, but what if it’s keeping you stuck in shame and insecurity instead? In this poignant episode of our groundbreaking series, Uncovering Your Hidden Motives, Austin Conner, LPC, sits down with fellow pastor Addison Hawkins to explore where our inner critic comes from, what it’s trying to accomplish, and why its approach often does more harm than good. You’ll discover how to distinguish the Holy Spirit’s conviction from the inner critic’s condemnation— an important distinction that can help you respond to your shortcomings with honesty and grace instead of shame and self-punishment. You’ll also learn how to recognize the patterns of self-criticism in your own life, identify the situations that trigger that critical voice, and understand what it may be trying to protect you from. Finally, you’ll explore how past wounds and painful memories can shape the way you talk to yourself today—and how that critical voice can affect your relationships, priorities, and sense of worth. They’ll leave you with several practical steps you can take, including journaling, reflection, and seeking help from a safe person who can hear your story as you follow the memories and emotions underneath that critical voice. Listen in to start untangling those old patterns and connecting with the truth that you are deeply loved by God. Connect with us:  Instagram: @withyouintheweeds Facebook: @withyouintheweeds            X: withyou_weeds Subscribe to our weekly newsletter: Website: withyouintheweeds.com

  3. Oct 21

    Managing the Weeds of Perfectionism

    What if you could stop chasing perfection without giving up on doing things well? In the second half of our conversation on perfectionism, part of our ongoing series, Uncovering Your Hidden Motives, John Tinnin, MFT, and Lynn Roush, LPC, explore specific ways to quiet your inner critic, let go of unrealistic expectations, and learn to live with imperfection without feeling like a failure. They’ll teach you helpful techniques for each “root” of perfectionism so that you can live in freedom. Overcoming perfectionism also means looking at the emotions underneath the surface, like shame, fear, and anxiety. In addition, you’ll learn how to broaden your sense of self-worth beyond achievement, let safe people see the real you, and put limits on your productivity so that it doesn’t control you. We’ll also share practical tools for challenging all-or-nothing thinking, setting limits on over-preparation, and testing the fears that keep you clinging to control. The goal isn’t to stop caring or striving for excellence. It’s to stop letting the need to be perfect run your life. But lasting freedom from perfectionism also involves addressing the deeper question that keeps you striving: Am I enough? From a Christian perspective, the answer isn’t found in performing better, hiding your weaknesses, or working harder to earn acceptance. It’s found in the grace of Jesus, who offers you an identity that doesn’t depend on getting everything right. Join us as we explore what it looks like to receive that grace, embrace imperfections, and find freedom in being loved just as you are. Connect with us:  Instagram: @withyouintheweeds Facebook: @withyouintheweeds            X: withyou_weeds Subscribe to our weekly newsletter: Website: withyouintheweeds.com

  4. Oct 14

    The Roots of Perfectionism

    Do you ever feel like you’re only as good as your last mistake—or your last accomplishment? Maybe you set high standards for yourself, work hard, and want to do things well. There’s nothing wrong with that. But when falling short makes you feel like you’re a failure as a person, you may have crossed the line. And the tricky part is that perfectionism doesn’t always look unhealthy. Sometimes it looks like responsibility, excellence, hard work, or even faithfulness. In this enlightening episode of our ongoing series, Uncovering Your Hidden Motives, John Tinnin, MFT, and Lynn Roush, LPC, are going to talk about how to recognize the difference between healthy striving and toxic perfectionism. You’ll learn why two people can have the exact same standards and yet have completely different experiences. They’ll also dig into six places perfectionism can take root: parental influence, peer pressure, productivity, performance, power, and pride. Some of these may be obvious, but others can be surprisingly hard to spot because they can look like good things. Working hard, being responsible, pursuing excellence, wanting to make a difference, and even trying to become a better version of yourself can all become unhealthy when they’re driven by fear, shame, comparison, or the need to prove yourself. And underneath all of this is a bigger question: What if you didn’t have to earn your worth? We live in a world where things don’t go according to plan, where we make mistakes, and where we simply cannot control every outcome. But the gospel gives us a different way to live. In this conversation, we’ll begin uncovering the roots of perfectionism and consider what it looks like to live from God’s acceptance rather than constantly trying to perform for it. Connect with us:  Instagram: @withyouintheweeds Facebook: @withyouintheweeds            X: withyou_weeds Subscribe to our weekly newsletter: Website: withyouintheweeds.com

  5. Oct 7

    Managing the Weeds of Control

    Have you ever wondered what it would look like to trust God with the parts of life you most want to manage? In this helpful episode of our ongoing series, Uncovering Your Hidden Motives, Austin Conner, LPC, dives right into the weeds of control that may threaten to overtake you. He’ll explore what it means for you to become more flexible, practice humility, and make room for other people’s choices. Rather than simply telling you to “let go”, Austin shares everyday examples of ways to be a good steward in four important areas: marriage, parenting, friendships, and work. He’ll explain what it looks like to share decisions, give others room to grow, and release responsibilities that you can’t—or shouldn’t—manage yourself. Then he’ll give you three practical steps for putting these ideas into practice. Because changing your relationship with control isn’t natural or easy, this episode emphasizes the importance of inviting God into that process. Once you discover how trusting Jesus can help you face your fear and uncertainty, you’ll be able to take steps toward the freedom and faithfulness of a life lived in stewardship. Connect with us:  Instagram: @withyouintheweeds Facebook: @withyouintheweeds            X: withyou_weeds Subscribe to our weekly newsletter: Website: withyouintheweeds.com

  6. Sep 30

    The Roots of Control

    What if your desire to be in control is telling you something about what’s happening underneath the surface? We all want some level of control in our lives, but there’s a difference between healthy control and the kind that leaves us—and the people around us—hurting. In this candid episode of Uncovering Your Hidden Motives, John Tinnin, MFT, and Austin Conner, LPC, dig down into the roots of control to explore what happens when healthy responsibility crosses the line into something more destructive. We’ll explore the two lands of stewardship (good control) and dictatorship (bad control) and look at the ways you can move from one to the other in marriage, parenting, friendships, work, money, health, and even the way you use your time. You may be surprised at the ways your desire for control shows up in everyday life! But recognizing controlling behavior is only part of the picture. We’ll also help you look beneath the behavior to understand why you reach for control in the first place. We’ll explore three hidden motives that can pull you toward control and shape the way you respond when life feels uncertain.  If you’re ready to uncover the weeds that may have taken root beneath the surface, this episode will help you recognize the difference between the things God has actually given you responsibility for and the things you were never meant to control. Connect with us:  Instagram: @withyouintheweeds Facebook: @withyouintheweeds            X: withyou_weeds Subscribe to our weekly newsletter: Website: withyouintheweeds.com

  7. Sep 23

    Managing the Weeds of Fear

    Fear can take over your body before you even have time to think—so what can you actually do when it happens? In our last episode, we looked at the roots of fear and how the fears you carry from the past can shape your reactions and decisions in the present. But understanding where fear comes from is the first part of the story. In the second half of our two-part conversation on fear from our new series, Uncovering Your Hidden Motives, Lynn Roush, LPC, and Austin Conner, PLPC, want to help you move into managing your fears rather than being controlled by them. As therapists, we’ve spent a lot of time reading, studying, working with clients, and doing our own internal work around emotional regulation. We’ve discovered that a tangible, experiential sense of safety can help calm your nervous system and give you the space you need to respond rather than simply react. Helpful strategies for managing fear and finding safety include noticing and naming what’s happening in your body, breathing, grounding, and responding to the scared parts of yourself with compassion. We’ll also talk about what to do after the fearful moment has passed: how to explore where your fear came from, develop a plan for future situations, find safety in relationships, and draw on the promises and wisdom of Scripture. We’ll even discuss therapeutic tools and the role of medication in managing overwhelming anxiety.  Most importantly, we’ll end where we always want to end—with Jesus. As you continue to take an honest look at your hidden motivations, he invites you to come with all your burdens, fears, and anxieties, and find rest in him. Resources:  Christian Meditation for a Bigger Life Altogether You: Experiencing personal and spiritual transformation with Internal Family Systems therapy  Connect with us:  Instagram: @withyouintheweeds Facebook: @withyouintheweeds            X: withyou_weeds Subscribe to our weekly newsletter: Website: withyouintheweeds.com

  8. Sep 16

    The Roots of Fear

    What if some of the things you do to protect yourself are actually rooted in fear? Fear is one of the most basic and powerful human emotions, but it can be surprisingly difficult to understand—especially when it shows up as anger, avoidance, control, anxiety, perfectionism, or even shame. In this first episode of our new series, Uncovering Your Hidden Motives, Lynn Roush, LPC, and Austin Conner, PLPC, go beneath the surface to explore where fear comes from and why it can have such a powerful influence on the way we live. Fear isn’t simply a lack of faith or something you should be able to “think your way out of.” It’s an automatic alarm system designed to protect you when you perceive a threat. Sometimes your body can respond to something happening today as though you’re still living in an experience from years ago. Understanding that connection can bring compassion to reactions that you may have previously judged or felt ashamed of. In this conversation, we’ll explain what happens in your brain and body when fear takes over, including the instinctive responses to fight, flee, freeze, or fawn. We’ll also explore how fear can shape the way you relate to other people and the ways you try to find safety and control. And because this is With You in the Weeds, we won’t stop with the psychology. We’ll also turn to Scripture to ask what God says about our fears—and what it means to bring those fears into his presence rather than facing them alone. As we begin Uncovering Your Hidden Motives, our hope is that you’ll become more curious about what’s happening beneath your reactions instead of simply judging yourself for them. Let God meet you in the places where you feel afraid, and begin to experience something deeper than simply managing your fears: the security of being held by a loving God. Connect with us:  Instagram: @withyouintheweeds Facebook: @withyouintheweeds            X: withyou_weeds Subscribe to our weekly newsletter: Website: withyouintheweeds.com

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Are you struggling with anxiety, depression, difficult relationships, or wondering how your faith connects to your mental health? With You in the Weeds is a faith-based mental health podcast hosted by a team of licensed counselors and pastors who weekly help real people navigate the hardships of life. Co-hosts John Tinnin (MDiv, MFT), Lynn Roush (LPC), Shay Roush (MDiv), and Austin Conner (MDiv, LPC) bring both clinical expertise and pastoral wisdom to honest, practical conversations about the issues you're actually facing: anxiety, trauma, marriage, parenting, forgiveness, grief, singleness, narcissism, addiction, stress, and more. This isn't therapy, but it's the next best thing! If you've ever wished you could be a fly on the wall and listen to a team of Christian counselors thoughtfully address what you're going through, this podcast was made for you. This podcast is not a substitute for professional mental health care. Please seek independent medical or counseling support for personal health concerns. New episodes every week. Visit withyouintheweeds.com to subscribe to our weekly newsletter and to access our small group study guides, free downloads, and other mental health resources. This podcast is not a substitute for professional mental health care. Please seek independent medical or counseling support for personal health concerns.

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