Faith Over Fear

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Rewiring Your Brain for More Peace and Less Anxiety Sep 02, 2025

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We've probably all embarked on a diet, workout schedule, or other new habit only to land in previous negative patterns. We might beat ourselves up, thinking we simply lack self-control. But what if there's something else going on--something related to our brain's wiring? And what if our choices today have the power to rewire our brain off self-destructive and self-defeating thoughts and actions and onto those that are life-giving? In this episode, host Jennifer Slattery talks with Dr. Alan Weissenbacher on our brains' capacity to rewire itself, replacing maladaptive programming with that which helps us thrive?

Resource Referenced: The Brain Change: 6 Steps to Renew Your Mind and Transform Your Life by Dr. Alan Weissenbacher

Discussion/Reflective Questions:

What most resonated with you in this episode?
How have you seen the things mentioned in today's podcast revealed in your life?
When you consider your typical day, what do you most invest in: the neural pathways you don't want or those that lead to increased peace and life?
What is one win you experienced in the past couple weeks you can celebrate and thus reinforce?
How might or could you apply our understanding of our brain's ability to change help you in your current goals?
What is one action step God might be inviting you to take having listened to this episode?

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Emotional Support After Relational Betrayal Aug 26, 2025

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There are few experiences more painful than relational betrayal. But what happens when that betrayal becomes public and costs you your home and faith community? That was precisely what Toni Collier experienced when she not only experienced betrayal in her marriage but the people in her church, those she heavily invested in, ghosted her during her time of pain. But despite the pain she experienced, she also encountered the grace of God through the loving support of those who knew her, saw her, and stood beside her in her season of intense pain. This experience reiterated to her the importance of finding safe and support community upon whom one can depend. This episode is for everyone who feels alone in their pain and finds themselves in desperate need of a friend.

Resource referenced: Don't Try This Alone: How to Build Deep Community When You Want to Hide from Your Pain

Discussion/reflective questions:

What most resonated with you in this episode?
How easy or difficult do you find it to share your pain and struggles with others, and why is this so?
When have you experienced strength and comfort through others?
How might, or how has, allowing others to see our struggle helped you feel less alone?
Why might it be important to process our pain with the understanding that redemption is always on the way?
When and how have you seen God bring redemption from or through your pain?
What is one action step God might be inviting you to take having listened to this episode?

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New Technology Providing Significant Relief for Anxiety and Depression Aug 19, 2025

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If you experience chronic depression, anxiety, and pain, you likely dream of what life might look like, were you to find effective treatment and ongoing symptom relief. You may even fear your current challenge will last forever. But what if there was a drug-free way to experience significant and lasting relief? Is that even possible? According to Tom Kerber, founder and president of SunPowerLED, for many people, the answer is yes. Listen to learn about a powerful technology he believes God led him to develop, how this has helped him and his wife personally, along with examples of others who are experiencing flourishing life for the first time in years, if not decades.

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Discussion/Reflective Questions:

What most resonated with you in this episode?
What is your experience of or knowledge related to infared or near infared technology?
When are you most apt to project today's challenge onto your future?
Why might it be important to hold tight to hope?
What would you day and life look like, were you to experience healing?
What is one action step God might be inviting you to take having listened to this episode?

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Practical Steps to Stop Anxious Thoughts from Capsizing Your Faith Aug 12, 2025

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In this episode of Faith Over Fear, we discuss negative overthinking—how it hijacks our brain’s alarm system, fuels anxiety, and challenges our ability to problem solve and see truth. You’ll learn practical, biblical ways to break free from spiraling thoughts—like grounding techniques to return to the present moment, identifying and replacing toxic thought patterns, and prayer. Packed with tools you can start using today, this episode will help you calm your mind, strengthen your faith, and trust God’s presence and provision in your most uncertain or stressful seasons. (Find our free printable resource for easy-to-practice techniques demonstrated to decrease anxiety and increase peace HERE.)

Discussion/Reflective Questions:

What resonated with you most in this episode?
When are you most prone to overthinking?
Are you aware of any thought patterns you can begin to change. If so, what are these?
How might this increase your anxiety?
What practical step mentioned in this episode most intrigues or inspires you and why?
How might focusing on God's goodness and promises help you replace negative thought patterns with faith-affirming truth?
What is one action step God might be inviting you to take having listened to this episode?

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God's Plans for You Are Bigger Than Your Pain Aug 05, 2025

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In this powerful and hope-filled episode, Nicole C. Mullen joins us to talk about choosing faith over fear—even when the path forward feels broken. With raw honesty, she shares her story of walking through an abusive marriage, the courage it took to say "enough," and how God met her with redemption, grace, and purpose.

We also explore:
How fear must be addressed before faith can take root
What we can learn about suffering when doing all the “right things” from Job
What Rahab can teach us about courage
Why God still uses us—even after detours and mistakes
How to walk by faith when sight isn’t an option
Breaking free from shame, guilt, and fear

Whether you're in a season of struggle, change, or healing, this conversation will remind you: You haven’t missed your moment. God can still get you where you need to be.

Resource Referenced: It's Never Wrong to Do the Right Thing

Discussion/Reflective Questions:

Where in your life might fear be holding you back from stepping into faith?
What would it look like to move forward even if you can’t yet see the full path?
Have you ever felt like you’ve missed your chance or messed up too much for God to use you?
How might Nicole’s story challenge or encourage that belief?
What does it mean to you that God can reroute your life and still get you “there on time”?
Can you think of a past detour that led to unexpected blessing?
Is there a situation in your life where you sense God prompting you to initiate change
What fears are keeping you stuck—and what might courage look like today?
When have you chosen obedience to God, even when it cost you something? What helped you stay faithful in that moment?
What shame or guilt are you still carrying that God wants to set you free from?
What truth from Scripture can you begin to speak over that area of your life?

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Increased Peace, Decreased Fear Through the Beatitudes: How Dependence on Christ Transforms Us Jul 29, 2025

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Do you long for more peace and self-control and less fear and regret as you navigate life's challenges and hardships? In this episode, we explore how the Beatitudes and Jesus’ instructions for kingdom living offer a powerful blueprint for thriving in today’s anxious and chaotic world. When we align our lives with Christ’s teachings and depend on His strength and wisdom, we experience lasting peace, greater emotional resilience, and freedom from fear. Even in seasons of deep pain or uncertainty, Jesus draws near to comfort us—then equips us comfort to others. Because of Him, we can live with the confidence that we’ve been made right with God, positioned to receive His favor, and invited to experience the blessings of His kingdom.

Resource referenced: "Deep Rooted Bible Study" Series.

Discussion/Reflective Questions:

What resonated with you most in this episode?
In what ways has, or can, increased dependence on Christ lead to greater peace?
What are some ways you intentionally rely on Christ's strength in difficult times?
When have you sensed God comforting you with His compassion during painful seasons?
What are your thoughts or feelings when you hear that, through your faith in Christ, you are currently living under God's favor?
What is one action step God might be inviting you to take having listened to this podcast?

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Experiencing God When Life Feels Overwhelming Jul 22, 2025

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Do you ever feel like you’re just trying to keep your head above water—and your faith is barely treading with you? In today’s episode of Faith Over Fear, Carol talks with author and podcast host Tara Sun about her new book Overbooked and Overwhelmed: How to Keep Up with God When You're Just Trying to Keep Up with Life.

Together, they tackle the spiritual fatigue so many of us feel when life won’t slow down. They explore what it looks like to develop real spiritual resilience—not after the burnout, but in the middle of it. Tara shares her own journey of choosing presence over performance, why slowing down can actually be an act of courage, and how even small spiritual rhythms can ground us in God’s peace when everything feels urgent.

Whether your faith feels stuck, stretched, or straight-up silent, this conversation will remind you that God isn’t asking you to do more—He’s inviting you to be with Him, right where you are.

Discussion Questions:

Tara talks about feeling spiritually stuck—how can we tell if that “stuckness” is from circumstances or from a deeper spiritual disconnect?
What does it look like to bring God into our chaos, instead of waiting for quiet to meet Him?
How might someone begin to untangle a life driven by expectations instead of convictions?
What fear-based “yeses” might be hiding behind our overbooked calendars—and how can we trade them for faith-filled choices?
How can spiritual resilience grow during burnout, rather than waiting for rest to begin healing?
What is one small spiritual rhythm you could commit to this week, even in your busiest season?

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Finding Refuge in Christ in Times of Fear Jul 15, 2025

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When we're anxious and afraid, we often ask God to remove our figurative storms. But He offers us something even better–Himself. He is our strong tower, our impenetrable fortress able to carry us through our worst crisis. As Psalm 46:1 states, He is our ever-present help in times of trouble, and our God is for us, always. In this episode, host Jennifer Slattery and guest Becky Harling discuss the truths stated and implied in Proverbs 18:10, which states, The name of the Lord is a fortified tower; the righteous run to it and are safe (NIV).

Bible passages discussed: John 6, Psalm 91, Proverbs 18:10, Psalm 46:1

Resource referenced: Who Do You Say That I AM?: A Fresh Encounter for Deeper Faith

Discussion/Reflective Questions:

What resonated with you most in this episode?
What are some ways God has shown Himself faithful in your past?
How might reflecting on His past faithfulness help to reduce your fear and anxiety during today's difficulties?
What comes to mind when you think of God as your strong tower?
Why might God provide so many visuals in Scripture to reveal unchanging truths?
What's one action step He might be inviting you to take having listened to this podcast?

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What's the Point: Trusting God's Purpose When Life Feels Routine Jul 08, 2025

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We all have a God-given need to feel valued, significant, and as if our life matters. While Scripture tells us that God has important, kingdom-focused plans for each of us, it can be hard to recognize this when life feels routine and monotonous. How can we live fulfilled in the "daily grind" of going to work, raising families, and managing all our other necessary and seemingly mundane tasks? In this episode, hosts Jennifer Slattery and Carol McCracken discuss the importance of listening for God's direction, remaining faithful to what He's calling us to do, and finding our value in Him, not our performance. Discussing King David, King Saul, and the Old Testament prophet Elisha, they remind listeners that God won't waste their gifts or experiences. He uses everything to mold us into men and women ready and prepared to do His will, and there's beauty in that.

Prevous podcast episode referenced: "Courageously Used by God No Matter What"

Scripture discussed: Ephesians 5:17, 1 Samuel 9-10, 1 Kings 19:19-21

Discussion/Reflective Questions:

What most resonate with you in this episode?
What are some ways you actively seek to hear from God?
How do you sense God is leading you in your current season?
How content do you feel in your role(s)? If you feel relatively content, what enables you to feel this way? If you struggle with discontentment, why do you feel this is?
What is one action step that God might be inviting you to take having listened to this episode?

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