More to It: Reframing Emotions

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More to It: Reframing Emotions is a 12-episode podcast that seeks to help us understand what it means to engage emotions from a biblical foundation and through healthy habits.

  1. Live Q&A Recording

    09/13/2022 · BONUS

    Live Q&A Recording

    In this live event recording, the counselors answer questions submitted by our podcast audience, including how to move forward from emotional trauma experiences, how to navigate emotional complexity in intense seasons of grief, and how to engage our emotional curiosity to benefit ourselves and others.  Thank you for joining us for Season 1 of More To It! Episode Transcript Presented by The Austin Stone Institute and Austin Stone Counseling Podcast Production Team Producer & Host: Lindsay Funkhouser Content Experts: Shanda Anderson, LPC-S; Brittany Beltran, LPC; Andrew Dealy, LPC Technical Producer: Aaron Campbell Podcast Art: Stephen Mancha Podcast Music: Matt Graham

    1h 9m
  2. Reframing Our Response

    08/23/2022

    Reframing Our Response

    Reframing how we respond to our emotions is slow work. It involves our minds, hearts, and bodies, and it involves our communities. Along with adding to some important points from previous episodes, the counselors consider how our emotions—and the ways we interact with them—can declare the hope we have in Jesus. By engaging our emotions from a biblical framework and through healthy habits, we build a foundation that produces empathy, connection, and the ability to help people better understand the human experience. Episode Transcript Presented by The Austin Stone Institute and Austin Stone Counseling Recommended Resources Episode Resources from The Austin Stone Institute Untangling Emotions, by J. Alasdair Groves and Winston T. Smith Podcast Production Team Producer & Host: Lindsay Funkhouser Content Experts: Shanda Anderson, LPC-S; Brittany Beltran, LPC; Andrew Dealy, LPC Technical Producer: Aaron Campbell Podcast Art: Stephen Mancha Podcast Music: Matt Graham Liturgy Writer: Erin Feldman Liturgy Reader: Alex Espinoza Groups Guide Writer: Erin Feldman

    44 min
  3. Reframing Joy

    08/16/2022

    Reframing Joy

    Joy is not an emotion but a state of being. We receive it from God, and we cultivate it—on our own and in community—through orienting toward God and what He says is true, in both our happiness and sadness. Joy leads us to live in the tension of the already, but not yet. It allows us to acknowledge the griefs of this life while still choosing to live by hope in Jesus, who loves us and gave Himself for us (Galatians 2:20).  Jesus lived a life filled with joy; Jesus is joy. And if Jesus is joy, then joy is selfless. Joy is loving and kind and gentle and self-controlled (Galatians 5:22–23). Joy is delight—delighting in God and His ways, even when our circumstances and emotions tell us to believe and do something else. Episode Transcript Presented by The Austin Stone Institute and Austin Stone Counseling Recommended Resources Episode Resources from The Austin Stone Institute Untangling Emotions, by J. Alasdair Groves and Winston T. Smith Podcast Production Team Producer & Host: Lindsay Funkhouser Content Experts: Shanda Anderson, LPC-S; Brittany Beltran, LPC; Andrew Dealy, LPC Technical Producer: Aaron Campbell Podcast Art: Stephen Mancha Podcast Music: Matt Graham Liturgy Writer: Sarah Feller Liturgy Reader: Alex Espinoza Groups Guide Writer: Erin Feldman

    42 min
  4. Reframing Depression

    08/09/2022

    Reframing Depression

    Anxiety is an appropriate feeling when we encounter situations—known or as yet unknown—that seem impossible to endure. The counselors point to Jesus in the garden of Gethsemane. As He considered the cross, He agonized. Yet Jesus’ anxiety never controlled His actions. Our anxiety invites us to recognize our need for Jesus, who knows all things and cares for all things, and to follow His ways, even when our anxiety says to do the opposite. We should confess our anxious thoughts to one another and pray for one another. Sharing our fears and worries diminishes their power over us. We begin to bear each other’s burdens by proclaiming the truth: God is not absent from our life’s equations, but present in all of them.  Episode Transcript Presented by The Austin Stone Institute and Austin Stone Counseling Recommended Resources Episode Resources from The Austin Stone Institute Untangling Emotions, by J. Alasdair Groves and Winston T. Smith Dark Clouds, Deep Mercy, by Mark Vroegop Depression: Looking Up From the Stubborn Darkness, by Edward T. Welch Podcast Production Team Producer & Host: Lindsay Funkhouser Content Experts: Shanda Anderson, LPC-S; Brittany Beltran, LPC; Andrew Dealy, LPC Technical Producer: Aaron Campbell Podcast Art: Stephen Mancha Podcast Music: Matt Graham Liturgy Writer: Michaela Barriga Liturgy Reader: Alex Espinoza Groups Guide Writer: Erin Feldman

    49 min
  5. Reframing Anxiety

    08/02/2022

    Reframing Anxiety

    Anxiety is an appropriate feeling when we encounter situations—known or as yet unknown—that seem impossible to endure. The counselors point to Jesus in the garden of Gethsemane. As He considered the cross, He agonized. Yet Jesus’ anxiety never controlled His actions. Our anxiety invites us to recognize our need for Jesus, who knows all things and cares for all things, and to follow His ways, even when our anxiety says to do the opposite. We should confess our anxious thoughts to one another and pray for one another. Sharing our fears and worries diminishes their power over us. We begin to bear each other’s burdens by proclaiming the truth: God is not absent from our life’s equations, but present in all of them.  Episode Transcript Presented by The Austin Stone Institute and Austin Stone Counseling Recommended Resources Episode Resources from The Austin Stone Institute ‍Untangling Emotions, by J. Alasdair Groves and Winston T. Smith‍ Dark Clouds, Deep Mercy, by Mark Vroegop Podcast Production Team Producer & Host: Lindsay Funkhouser Content Experts: Shanda Anderson, LPC-S; Brittany Beltran, LPC; Andrew Dealy, LPC Technical Producer: Aaron Campbell Podcast Art: Stephen Mancha Podcast Music: Matt Graham Liturgy Writer: Michaela Barriga Liturgy Reader: Alex Espinoza Groups Guide Writer: Erin Feldman

    46 min
  6. Reframing Jealousy

    07/26/2022

    Reframing Jealousy

    Left unchecked, jealousy spawns feelings of resentment, anger, shame, and bitterness. It whispers, “If I had this one thing, I would be happy. I would be content.” But one thing turns into many, none of them able to satisfy our hungry hearts and souls. The counselors suggest our lack of satisfaction lies in trying to remedy a spiritual reality with physical goods. As long as we try to remedy our jealousy with counterfeit solutions, we will neglect the work to which our beautiful Savior calls us: repentance and faithful stewardship. We will miss out on how God has beautifully designed us for His glory, and we will miss out on celebrating and cultivating God’s beautiful design in others.  Presented by The Austin Stone Institute and Austin Stone Counseling Episode Transcript Recommended Resources Episode Resources from The Austin Stone Institute Untangling Emotions, by J. Alasdair Groves and Winston T. Smith Podcast Production Team Producer & Host: Lindsay Funkhouser Content Experts: Shanda Anderson, LPC-S; Brittany Beltran, LPC; Andrew Dealy, LPC Technical Producer: Aaron Campbell Podcast Art: Stephen Mancha Podcast Music: Matt Graham Liturgy Writer: Noah Austria Liturgy Reader: Alex Espinoza Groups Guide Writer: Erin Feldman

    43 min

  7. 07/19/2022

    Reframing Grief

    Grief is an ongoing process as we reckon with the reality of loss. Grief also serves as an invitation to know Jesus, the Man of Sorrows (Isaiah 53). To Jesus, grief was productive. It both acknowledged the limitations of the human frame and proclaimed confidence in God. Grief brought to God and shared with people in community can become the means by which we better know God’s heart for us and care for one another. Presented by The Austin Stone Institute and Austin Stone Counseling Episode Transcript Recommended Resources Episode Resources from The Austin Stone Institute Untangling Emotions, by J. Alasdair Groves and Winston T. Smith Dark Clouds, Deep Mercy, by Mark Vroegop God’s Healing for Life’s Losses, by Robert W. Kelleman Podcast Production Team Producer & Host: Lindsay Funkhouser Content Experts: Shanda Anderson, LPC-S; Brittany Beltran, LPC; Andrew Dealy, LPC Technical Producer: Aaron Campbell Podcast Art: Stephen Mancha Podcast Music: Matt Graham Liturgy Writer: Lindsay Funkhouser Liturgy Reader: Alex Espinoza Groups Guide Writer: Erin Feldman

    49 min
  8. Reframing Anger

    07/12/2022

    Reframing Anger

    We don’t always know what our anger indicates in the moment. We need a community that will sit with us in our anger and invite us to consider what it’s telling us. Discovering the emotions behind our anger is hard work, but it’s essential to understanding ourselves and working toward a life in which anger does not overwhelm us. It’s also essential to begin changing not only how we think about anger but also how we act in response to it. Jesus was angry—and did not sin. How is that possible? The counselors suggest Jesus’ anger never aimed at self-glory or self-preservation. Rather, it ignited in response to misrepresentations of God and His character, and mistreatment of God’s image-bearers. Jesus’ anger was deeply rooted in love, love for God and love for people.  Presented by The Austin Stone Institute and Austin Stone Counseling Episode Transcript Recommended Resources Episode Resources from The Austin Stone Institute Untangling Emotions, by J. Alasdair Groves and Winston T. Smith Good and Angry, by David Powlison Podcast Production Team Producer & Host: Lindsay Funkhouser Content Experts: Shanda Anderson, LPC-S; Brittany Beltran, LPC; Andrew Dealy, LPC  Technical Producer: Aaron Campbell Podcast Art: Stephen Mancha Podcast Music: Matt Graham Liturgy Writer: Annie AbuHamad Liturgy Reader: Alex Espinoza Groups Guide Writer: Erin Feldman

    52 min
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