Have you ever gone to church, felt better… but didn't know why?
Do you love Jesus but still feel stuck in anxiety, striving, or exhaustion?
Do you feel like you should be doing more — even when your heart is longing just to rest? You were never meant to live from survival. You were created to live from heaven.

In this powerful and revelatory episode, Heidi Mortenson invites you into a life-changing understanding of who you really are: you are a spirit, who has a soul, and lives in a body. When you said yes to Jesus, the Holy Spirit came to live inside you — bringing wisdom, discernment, healing, and divine connection. But most of us were never taught how to actually live from our spirit.

"Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely, and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ." ~1 Thessalonians 5:23
"God is spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth." ~John 4:24

This episode will help you break free from striving and step into alignment with heaven.

✨ In this episode, you'll discover:

• How to live spirit-led instead of stress-led
• How your soul can come under peace instead of pressure
• How your body can heal when it feels safe and supported
• How to experience God not just intellectually, but relationally and spiritually

You'll be guided into deeper awareness of God's presence within you, learn how to release shame and self-blame, and receive practical tools for walking daily in Spirit, soul, and body alignment — the way God designed.

This is not about doing more.
This is about becoming more aware of who God already is in you.

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If you are in crisis, help is available by call or text 1-800-273-8255 24/7. You can also visit https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org. You are loved!

Have you felt stuck and that you couldn't keep doing? This episode is a tender yet bold encouragement to anyone who feels stuck, unseen, or uncertain. Heidi and Melanie bring the listener back to the truth of God's goodness, His faithfulness in hardship, and His purpose even in our pain.

Despite early technical difficulties, God's presence filled the conversation as Melanie shared her powerful testimony—from infertility and miraculous birth stories to deep loss and renewed hope. Through her journey, she reminds us that Christ in us truly is the hope of glory (Colossians 1:27) and that we are called to live as salt and light in the world, carrying the kingdom of God wherever we go.

In this heartfelt and Holy Spirit–led conversation, Heidi Mortenson, MA, LMFT, sits down with author and speaker Melanie, whose debut book "You Have to Know" became a bestseller and Christlight Award winner. Together, they explore the journey of faith through adversity, healing through identity, and finding purpose in the wilderness seasons of life.

✨ What You'll Receive from This Episode

• 💖 Renewed Faith: See how God's love meets you in the wilderness seasons and turns pain into purpose.
• 🕊️ Healing for the Heart: Learn how to release false beliefs about God as the author of suffering and instead encounter Him as the giver of life and abundance.
• 🔥 Spiritual Confidence: Discover what it means to walk in divine identity as salt and light—carrying Christ's presence wherever you go.
• 👑 Purpose and Calling: Be inspired to embrace your unique role in God's kingdom and overcome fear or doubt that holds you back.
• 🙏 A Personal Blessing: End the episode with a powerful prayer of encouragement and impartation for listeners seeking truth, hope, and renewed vision.

"Which is Christ in you, the hope of glory." ~Colossians 1:27

Melanie's website: https://melaniecox.org/

Follow Melanie on social media: @itsmelaniecox

Melanie's book You Have To Know

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What if reaching your goals, healing emotionally, and growing spiritually isn't about trying harder—but about becoming safer?

In this episode of the Strong Tower Mental Health Podcast, we go deeper into what it actually looks like to live regulated by the Spirit by expanding our window of tolerance and increasing our capacity. Building on Romans 7 and 8, Heidi explores how neuroscience, nervous system regulation, and Scripture work together so we can move beyond where we've been—whether that's in healing, faith, parenting, leadership, or personal goals.

If you've ever loved God, believed the truth, and still found yourself overwhelmed, shut down, reactive, or stuck, this episode explains why—and shows how the Holy Spirit gently expands your capacity over time so you can live with greater peace, presence, self-control, and forward movement.

Healing and achieving goals isn't about pushing harder.
It's about becoming more regulated, connected, and anchored in God.

✨ What You'll Gain from This Episode

• A clear understanding of the window of tolerance and how it affects behavior, healing, and goal achievement
• Why dysregulation—not rebellion—is often what keeps us stuck
• How the Holy Spirit expands our capacity through safety, not pressure
• Practical, Spirit-led ways to move toward healing and your New Year's goals without burnout or shame

"For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death." ~Romans 8:2

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💬 Connect with Heidi Mortenson

• 🌐 Website: www.heidimortenson.com
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If you are in crisis, help is available by call or text 1-800-273-8255 24/7. You can also visit https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org. You are loved!

In this heartfelt and Spirit-led conversation, Heidi and Marie dive deep into the powerful connection between mental health, emotional healing, and the supernatural work of the Holy Spirit. Together, they explore what it means to walk through life's transitions—personally and professionally—while staying anchored in God's truth and love.

Marie opens up about her process of facilitating inner healing sessions, describing how the Lord gently guides people to uncover root wounds, release unforgiveness, and encounter His peace. Heidi shares from her own journey of learning to trust God's timing, surrender responsibilities, and walk in renewed purpose.

As these two women talk, you'll feel invited into a sacred space of authenticity and grace. Whether you're navigating change, wrestling with old pain, or desiring deeper connection with God, this episode will remind you that healing is possible—because Jesus is still healing hearts today.

💡 What You'll Discover in This Episode:

• A simple yet powerful formula for forgiveness that leads to lasting freedom.
• How the Holy Spirit guides inner healing—often in ways we don't expect.
• Why forgiveness and boundaries both matter for spiritual growth.
• How unresolved pain can open doors for spiritual warfare—and how to close them.
• The role of community and discipleship in sustaining healing and peace.

💬 Marie's words will stir your faith, and Heidi's insights will give you practical, biblical tools to walk in wholeness—body, soul, and spirit.

"He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds." ~Psalm 147:3

🌿 Connect with Marie Bursch: https://www.vibrantlifeconsulting.com/

💬 Connect with Heidi Mortenson

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If you are in crisis, help is available by call or text 1-800-273-8255 24/7. You can also visit https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org. You are loved!

Why do so many faithful, insightful Christians still feel stuck—emotionally, mentally, or behaviorally?

In this episode of the Strong Tower Mental Health Podcast, Heidi explores Romans 7 and 8 through the lenses of Scripture, neuroscience, and mental health, revealing why insight and willpower alone don't lead to lasting freedom. You'll discover how true healing happens when the Spirit becomes the source of regulation, safety, and identity, allowing the soul and body to finally come into alignment.

This episode reframes healing from self-fixing to Spirit-led transformation—moving listeners out of survival mode and into the law of the Spirit of life. This is theology + neuroscience + attachment theory working together.

What You'll Gain from This Episode

• A biblical explanation for why good intentions and insight aren't enough to create change (Romans 7 → Romans 8)
• A neuroscience-backed understanding of survival mode and how it relates to "the flesh"
• Freedom from shame-based healing through the truth of no condemnation
• A Spirit-led model of healing that flows from spirit → soul → body
• Practical, embodied ways to live from the Spirit this week, not just think about it

"For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death."
— Romans 8:2

"For to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace."
— Romans 8:6

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💬 Connect with Heidi Mortenson

• 🌐 Website: www.heidimortenson.com
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• 📸 Instagram: @heidilynnlmft
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If you are in crisis, help is available by call or text 1-800-273-8255 24/7. You can also visit https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org. You are loved!

Breaking Financial Strongholds: Healing the Soul's Relationship with Money with Stephen De Silva

Do you ever feel like no matter how hard you work, your finances hit a ceiling? What if your beliefs about money—not your bank account—are what's holding you back?

In this powerful and eye-opening conversation, Heidi Mortenson, MA, LMFT, interviews Stephen De Silva, former CFO of Bethel Church and founder of Financial Sozo and De Silva Ministries. Together they unpack how financial freedom is not just a math problem—it's a heart and soul issue.

"I pray that you may prosper in all things and be in health, just as your soul prospers." ~3 John 1:2

💡 In this episode, you'll discover:

• How your belief system shapes your financial reality
• The difference between a poverty mindset and a kingdom mindset
• What "Financial Sozo" is—and how it brings healing to your soul's treasury
• The spiritual power of money and why stewardship is deeply biblical
• How to grow your personal capacity to carry more blessing and impact
• Why generational wealth often disappears—and how to build a legacy that lasts
• How healing identity and inner division leads to financial breakthrough

💬 Stephen shares practical insight, personal testimony, and biblical revelation that will help you break through fear, shame, and limitation in your finances—and live as a prosperous soul.

🌿 Connect with Stephen De Silva:

🔗 Website: https://www.prosperoussoul.com

📘 Book: Money and the Prosperous Soul

🧭 Take the Free Capacity Quiz: https://www.prosperoussoul.com/quiz

✨ Renew your mind. Heal your heart. Prosper your soul.

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• 🌐 Website: www.heidimortenson.com
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If you are in crisis, help is available by call or text 1-800-273-8255 24/7. You can also visit https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org. You are loved!

Feeling stuck, unworthy, or unsure of your next step? In this episode, you'll discover how to break the lies that hold you back, embrace your God-given identity, and step into the "more of Jesus" in your life. Through heartfelt prayer, revelation, and Scripture, you'll receive encouragement and practical guidance to walk in freedom, confidence, and the power of the Holy Spirit.

You'll learn how to:

• Break lies about worth, identity, and provision that keep you from living fully in God's grace
• Hear the voice of the Holy Spirit and receive His guidance in your daily life
• Step boldly into your God-given destiny, letting go of old narratives so Christ can live through you

Whether you've felt stuck in old patterns, held back by fear or performance, or unsure how to live fully in God's calling, this episode is for you. Experience the freedom, hope, and transformation that come when you let go of the old and allow Christ to increase in your life. Discover how surrender opens the door to the fullness of God's purpose and presence in your life.

"He must increase, but I must decrease." ~John 3:30

"For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God." ~Colossians 3:3

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💬 Connect with Heidi Mortenson

• 🌐 Website: www.heidimortenson.com
• 📬 Join the Mailing List: Stay encouraged with weekly faith and mental health insights → https://landing.mailerlite.com/webforms/landing/t5u2y5
• 📸 Instagram: @heidilynnlmft
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If you are in crisis, help is available by call or text 1-800-273-8255 24/7. You can also visit https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org. You are loved!

In this powerful and deeply personal episode, Lyndsie Schnoor shares her journey from night terrors, demonic visitations, panic disorder, and an eating disorder to a life marked by freedom, identity, and intimacy with God. Through therapy, medication, deliverance, and the presence of Jesus, Lyndsie learned what it truly means to be known by God.

Today, she stands as a prophet, worship leader, author, teacher, and church leader, carrying a message of hope:
your story is not your label—your identity is found in being fully known and deeply loved by God. Lyndsie reminds us that eternal life starts now: to know Him, and to be known by Him.

"Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent." ~John 17:3

What You'll Receive From This Episode:

• Freedom from shame: Lyndsie's honest story of bulimia, guilt, and spiritual attack shows how God rewrites our internal narrative.
• Mental & emotional health hope: A raw look at therapy, medication, and the journey through panic disorder and night terrors.
• Understanding labels: How diagnoses like Meniere's disease and vestibular disorders inform—but do not define—your identity.
• Prophetic encouragement: What it looks like to live as someone known, seen, and loved by God.
• Practical steps toward freedom: How intimacy with God transforms mental health, spiritual battles, and your daily life.
• Identity restoration: The reminder that God doesn't allow suffering for a "testimony"—He brings healing because He loves you.

  📚 Learn More from Lyndsie Schnoor: Lyndsie's website: https://www.known2bknown.com/about Lyndsie's Music: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5hcWWBJetvveSuWceza5un

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• 💡 About Heidi Mortenson Heidi Mortenson is a Christian therapist, speaker, and founder of Strong Tower Mental Health. She bridges mental health and spiritual truth, helping believers walk in freedom, identity, and emotional health.🕊️ Connect with Heidi: Website: https://www.heidimortenson.com Podcast: Strong Tower Mental Health Podcast Instagram: @heidimortensonlmft Facebook: @StrongTowerMentalHealth Mailing list: https://landing.mailerlite.com/webforms/landing/t5u2y5 If you're in crisis, help is available 24/7 at 1-800-273-8255 or visit suicidepreventionlifeline.org. Remember, you are loved!