Moved By Grace Counseling Radio

Anna Valentine

This podcast supplies nuggets of information regarding innovative and somatic approaches to mental health treatment. In just 10 minutes, you will learn about topics such as creative therapies, neuroscience and play, mind/body connection and alternative approaches to psychotherapy.

  1. Sep 1

    Finding Healing in the Ashes, Exile and Everyday

    Finding Healing in the In-Between What does healing look like when life doesn’t look the way we expected? In this episode, Dr. Anna Valentine reflects on finding God’s presence in the “in-between” seasons—the places of waiting, uncertainty, transition, grief, and change. She also shares several meaningful opportunities and resources for cultivating healing, hope, and a deeper connection with God. 🌿 Beautiful Ashes Ministries Learn more about Beautiful Ashes Ministries and their Christ-centered retreats designed to help women step away from the noise of everyday life, reconnect with Jesus, and experience hope, healing, and community. Beautiful Ashes Ministries 📖 Even in Exile: Rediscovering Hope and Joy When Your World Turns Upside Down Rev. Susan Eaton’s newest book offers encouragement for anyone walking through disappointment, loss, uncertainty, unanswered prayers, or a season that simply doesn’t look the way they imagined. Learn more about Susan Eaton and Even in Exile 🎙️ Embodied Holiness Podcast I recently joined Rev. Susan Eaton and Cliff Burris on the Embodied Holiness Podcast for a conversation about Susan’s new book, Even in Exile, and what it means to rediscover hope and joy when your world turns upside down. Listen to the Embodied Holiness Podcast 🧘‍♀️ Monthly Christian Yoga Classes Join me for monthly Christian yoga classes combining Scripture, intentional movement, breath, prayer, and nervous-system regulation. These classes are designed to create space to slow down, reconnect with your body, turn your attention toward God, and experience His presence in a deeper way. View the upcoming Christian Yoga Facebook Event 🌿 Connect with Dr. Anna Valentine Learn more about counseling, Christian mind-body wellness, books, speaking, and upcoming offerings: Moved by Grace Counseling Wherever you find yourself today—in the waiting, the wilderness, the ashes, or the in-between—remember that healing doesn’t always require us to get to the other side first. God meets us here, too.

    Finding Healing in the Ashes, Exile and Everyday
  2. Aug 5

    Releasing Your Burdens is Not Just Mental, It’s Physical

    Hi friends! Have you ever wondered why it’s so hard to “just give it to God”? In this episode, we explore how God designed our minds, bodies, and spirits to work together—and why surrender is more than a spiritual concept; it’s a daily practice. In this episode: ​Why your body holds onto stress​Why uncertainty feels so exhausting​What Scripture teaches about surrender​How to recognize when you’re carrying more than God intendedScripture ​1 Peter 5:7​Matthew 11:28–30​Psalm 46:10 Dr. Herbert Benson of Harvard Medical School spent decades studying the Relaxation Response, finding that practices such as prayer, repeating meaningful Scripture, and slow breathing can help calm the body’s stress response by lowering heart rate and blood pressure and activating the body’s natural relaxation system. His research reminds us that the God who invites us to pray also designed our bodies to respond to stillness and His presence. Learn more: Harvard Health: https://www.health.harvard.edu ​The Relaxation Response by Dr. Herbert Benson Join Me This September! Im honored to be teaching at the Beautiful Ashes Ministries Women’s Retreat on September 18–20, 2026, where I’ll be sharing practical, Christ-centered tools for nervous system regulation and whole-person healing. Learn more or register:https://www.beautifulashesministries.org/retreat/ (Beautiful Ashes) Connect with Me🌿 Website: https://www.movedbygracecounseling.com If this episode encouraged you, please subscribe, leave a review, and share it with someone who may need this reminder today: You don’t have to carry what Christ has already invited you to release.

    Releasing Your Burdens is Not Just Mental, It’s Physical
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This podcast supplies nuggets of information regarding innovative and somatic approaches to mental health treatment. In just 10 minutes, you will learn about topics such as creative therapies, neuroscience and play, mind/body connection and alternative approaches to psychotherapy.