Intimate Thoughts: Navigating Anxiety, Depression, and Addiction
Episode Overview
Anxiety can trigger depression and other mental health issues. It's important to ask for help when dealing with personal, work, relationship, or family-related problems. Persistence and perseverance are key to overcoming challenges. Addressing childhood traumas can aid in adult healing. Faith and spiritual guidance can be powerful tools in recovery.
A river cuts through rock, not because of its power, but because of its persistence.
Michael's podcast, 'Health and Healing Dealing with Trauma and Addictions', dives into the often unspoken struggles many face. In this episode titled 'Intimate Thoughts', Michael discusses how anxiety can trigger depression and other mental health issues, especially when compounded by personal, work, relationship, or family-related problems. Michael emphasises that it's okay to ask for help and seeks to break the stigma around seeking support.
He uses the metaphor of a river cutting through rock to illustrate the power of persistence and perseverance in overcoming challenges. This episode is a heartfelt exploration of how faith and resilience can be powerful tools in managing trauma and addiction. Michael shares his own journey and the importance of addressing childhood traumas that can carry into adulthood. He believes in exposing lie-based beliefs and partnering with spiritual guidance to find healing.
If you're struggling with mental health or addiction, this episode offers a compassionate and encouraging message that you're not alone and that seeking help is a sign of strength.