Episodes
Ep9 - How One Journey With Mental Illness Sparked Anxious Faith
This episode, things are looking a little different. We’re hearing from James today not as our podcast host, but as our interviewee; listening as he shares about his family’s journey through mental health struggles and how they led to starting Anxious Faith.
Ep8 - Does Gratitude Help Our Mental Health?
If you’re someone who has been around the mental health space for a bit, whether just from reading or hearing things, or dealing with it yourself, you’ve probably come across the concept of gratitude. And that’s for a reason - gratitude is actually something that can help our mental health.
Ep7 - Is Faith Always Helpful?
In this episode Chris shares his story, and how chasing all the answers to the anxiety-inducing questions of his faith didn’t lead to answers. Instead, he learned how to live out his faith in a more personal way, and find peace along the way.
Ep6 - When Your Partner Has Anxiety
With mental health statistics so high – especially in Australia – the odds are someone we know and care about will suffer from a mental health condition during their life. But what do you do if it’s your partner?
Ep5 - Can We Learn to Stop Avoiding Our Anxiety?
Anxiety is never nice to experience. But is avoiding it always the best plan? What if we were able to stop avoiding the anxiety, and instead learn from it?
Ep4 - A Pastor Who’s Been Through It
This episode, we're speaking with Jordan, a pastor from Melbourne who has lived the experience first hand. We hear his story, but also what he's learned along the way about how he views God, and how God views him.
Ep3 - Owning Your Labels
If you’ve struggled with anxiety, depression, or any other mental health challenges, and you’ve been open about it – there’s a fair chance that you might be labelled that way by people.
Ep2 - Using Your Anxiety
As we start the new year, it’s often a time for people to reflect on the past, and what they might like to change for the future. For people who have struggled with anxiety, trying to factor that in can be difficult. What are we supposed to do with our anxiety? Do we just write that time off, try and move on, and not let it impact us any more? Or can something more come from it?
Ep1 - A Doctor Shares What Anxiety Is
What better way to start Season 2 than by learning from a doctor what anxiety is? Join us as we chat with Sarah, a GP in Australia, and learn what anxiety does to our bodies, and how we can help deal with it.
Intro: Ep5 - Walking the Road Together
Someone opening up about their anxiety can be a huge, but how do you walk alongside them in that? Our guests share how we can support and care for those with anxiety.
Intro: Ep4 - Where We Went Wrong, Where We Can Do Better
As Christians, we haven't always responded the best to those with anxiety. Our guests share their experiences in the hopes of us learning how we can better love and support those who open up about their mental health.
Intro: Ep3 - What If?
We've talked anxiety, we've talked faith. But what if your anxiety makes you start questioning that faith? What if you start to ask the big, hard questions, about whether God is good?
Intro: Ep2 - Faith
Anxiety is something we're not immune to as Christians, but how do we reconcile faith with feelings of anxiety? We speak to some of our guests, and hear how they have gotten to that place.
Intro: Ep1 - Anxiety
Mental Health is a huge issue here in Australia, and anxiety is one of the most common conditions. In this first episode, we meet our six aussies, and hear from some of them about what anxiety is, what their experience of it is like, and how it has shaped their lives.
What is Anxious Faith?
Introducing Anxious Faith – a podcast looking at anxiety and faith in Australians. We'll get a glimpse of what the series will focus on, and hear from some of the six Aussies we journeyed with.