What if the path to healing isn’t either the Bible or therapy—but both together? In this episode, Teresa sits down with Kristin Smith of Pure Desire to talk about how faith and mental health can work hand in hand to heal trauma while staying rooted in Scripture. Kristin shares three lifelines that helped her move from merely surviving after divorce to living the abundant life. Her story is a beautiful testimony of God’s power to heal the whole person—heart, soul, mind, and body 💛!

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Mentioned on the Show / Resources for Emotional Health:

• Learn more about the Hope Restored Trauma Intensive
• Connect with Pure Desire ministries
• Emotionally Healthy Spirituality by Peter Scazzero
• Body & Soul, Healed & Whole: An Invitational Guide to Healthy Sexuality after Trauma, Abuse, and Coercive Control by Tabitha Westbrook
• https://www.tabithawestbrook.com/
• Pure Desire Podcast: Spiritual Bypass w/ Dr Craig Cashwell, episode 243
• Unfiltered: Real Talk About Sex & Love - https://puredesire.org/unfiltered
• Called To Peace Ministries - https://calledtopeace.org/
• Men of Peace - https://www.menofpeace.org/

Click here to find all of these resources in one place!

We Discuss:
• The effects of Kristin’s broken home on her life
• When biblical headship becomes coercive control
• The three lifelines that Kristin clung to when her marriage fell apart
• How neuroscience confirms Scripture
• The importance of naming core beliefs and replacing lies with truth
• Practical tools and resources

More about Kristin:
Kristin is the Event and Project Lead for Pure Desire. She has 10 years of ministry experience coordinating events, leading women’s Bible studies, and leading Process groups. She is passionate about healing in the church, bringing awareness to the importance of vulnerability and living transparently, integrating mental health and faith, and the dangers of spiritual bypass.

Connect with Kristin:
Email: kristins@puredesire.org
Website: puredesire.org

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