What if the path to healing isn’t either Bible or therapy, but both together - honestly, wisely, and without shame? We sit down with Kristin Smith of Pure Desire to talk about how faith and mental health work together to heal coercive control, betrayal, and identity erosion while holding fast to Scripture. Kristin Smith shares three lifelines—honesty with God, safe community, and real processing - that move truth from head to heart.

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Mentioned on the Show / Resources for Emotional Health:
• Beauty in the Brokenness Podcast Episode 130 with Kristin Smith
• Emotionally Healthy Spirituality by Pete 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/
• Pure Desire will be launching online Genesis Process groups in January.
• Hope Restored Trauma Intensive

We Discuss:
• Defining coercive control and its impact on personhood
• Misuse of headship and Scripture that fuels spiritual bypass
• Three lifelines for healing
• Renewing the mind with Scripture and neuroscience
• 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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