LDS Mood Radio

Is it realistic to have a growth mindset when so many things are going wrong? And how do we even acquire one anyway?

Do you have a mental-health workout plan? I have some teeny tiny “bar bell” exercise suggestions so you can see some improvement during this challenging time!

Do you have a day every year that you dread because something sad happened on that day in years past? Is there a way to find joy on those days instead being haunted by painful memories?

Do you spend hours in your head composing air-tight excuses to get out of doing things you don’t want to do? (Is that just me?) Have you ever used your mental illness as an excuse to be un-Christlike? Lynn G. Robbins teaches us how to take back our power and become 100% responsible.

Lots and lots and lots of spiritual evidence we don’t need to fear!

Prop those eyes open; don’t let them glaze over. Family history work is not a boring as it seems, and studies show it can effectively boost your mood!

During scary times, I’ve often wondered if visualizing the worst-case scenario could help me find solutions or send me into a full-blown panic attack. Tim Ferriss and Elder David A Bednar showed me a way to face my worst fears with confidence, courage and faith. I think they can help you too!

This week I want to talk about how gardening can improve mental health, but what can you do if you don’t have space to garden...or if you’re just too lazy? I have a potentially stupid and yet brilliant solution.

Did you know that serving others can quiet the fear center of the brain and help a person feel hope and happiness? I have the scientific study to prove it, but how can we serve others when we are supposed to be social distancing?

Making a concrete list of some of the ways the stress of the situation can effect us in positive ways can raise our DHEA levels! I just made my list; have you made yours yet? Also, Sheri Dew is awesome and comforting.

How can we (mentally) successfully navigate the next month or two or longer? Don’t panic! DHEA to the rescue!

Do you find yourself in depressive funks where you struggle to do the things others seem to do effortlessly? How can we find the motivation? There is no magic pill, but that doesn’t mean God will leave us without His help.

What can we do to find inner peace and quiet anxiety when a family member decides to leave the church? It’s acutely painful, but there is beauty in the pain because it is purposeful. How is it purposeful, you ask? Good question...CS Lewis and President Eyring can help us answer it.

How can we help toxic people in our ward without getting burned? Dr. John Lewis Lund can get us on the path to following the example of Christ while protecting ourselves.

Are you a complain-aholic? If you’re anything like me, it feels almost impossible to kick the habit, but I think there’s hope!

Does the loud, crazy political world make you want to withdraw into the fetal position? Eternal perspective can lesson anxiety so we are able to participate.

Do you feel pressured to do more in your calling than you have energy to do? Or do you feel like you have to fit into a certain “calling mold” to please other people in your ward? Researcher Brené Brown has some great advice for us!

Have you found yourself feeling stuck in the sluggish bog of the never-ending internet scroll? I love my phone like I love ice cream, but lately it’s just making me feel sick (as is ice cream). It’s time to create a plan!

Today I want to talk about the anxiety we experience when we feel pressured to be spiritually perfect. Is our anxiety useful in this sense or counterproductive? I share my daughter’s experience with Scrupulosity as I consider that question.

Today I want to talk about the agonizing fear that the beliefs you have always held dear might be a big fat hoax. How can we deal with this anxiety? Is Elder Holland’s plea to “doubt your doubts before you doubt your faith” a cop out?

Happy New Year! Should you set goals this year? Your anxiety might thank you if you do.

Today I want to talk about dogs and gifts and their relationship to mental health in a metaphorical way.

What kind of energy do you emit? When Jill Taylor, a Harvard-trained brain scientist had a stroke that attacked the left side of her brain, she learned inspiring lessons from the right side of her brain that can help you navigate any stressful Christmas party or any other anxiety-inducing scenario.

Has jealousy been a huge stumbling block in your life? It doesn’t have to be! Learn from my mistakes and “spiral upward,” as Alex Kirby PhD teaches.

Does your anxiety prevent you from helping the missionaries and investigators? Does this avoidance also fill you with guilt? I may have a solution...

Today I am going to share a traumatizing experience I had at a RS activity years ago and my perspective on it 20 years later.

I am going to share my struggles with disordered eating and how I am currently using gratitude to manage that.

Anhedonia is a condition in which a person loses the ability to take pleasure in previously enjoyable activities. But luckily there’s a way to prevent or reverse that...and it’s gospel-centered of course.

What do Spock, demons on a boat, and ACT Therapy all have in common? Listen to find out!

We can lesson anxiety by recognizing that the world wants us to embrace the “ought self” while God wants us to embrace the “actual self.”

I will be enlisting the expertise of both Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf and writer Elizabeth Gilbert to answer that question.

To start off this podcast, I will tell you my story and explain why I feel a particular affinity for manna in relation to my mood.

Join Jenn as she searches for and discusses the “manna” God sends us to deal with mental illness challenges.