Podcast with Will Cole, Mental Health Counselor at Crawford Clinics

In a world sending mixed messages about masculinity, parents are facing a new challenge: How do we raise boys who grow into strong, emotionally grounded, spiritually anchored men?

In this powerful episode, Will Cole, mental health counselor at Crawford Clinics specializing in healthy masculinity, breaks down the essential ingredients boys need to develop into men of courage, compassion, confidence, and character.

Drawing from biblical wisdom, clinical insight, and years of counseling boys, teens, and men, Will shares:

• What boys need emotionally from mom and dad at each stage of development

• How to nurture a boy’s sensitivity without weakening his masculine strength

• The role of fathers (and father figures) in shaping identity, security, and calling

• How to help boys process emotions in healthy ways instead of shutting down

• Why discipline + connection creates the safest foundation for masculine maturity

• How to build resilience, grit, and godly confidence in a generation facing anxiety and confusion

• The spiritual formation boys need to hear God’s voice and walk in purpose

Will also covers the dangers of shame-based parenting, overprotection, and cultural stereotypes that wound a boy’s sense of self—and shows parents how to replace them with affirmation, boundaries, strength, and grace.

Whether you’re raising sons, mentoring young men, leading youth, or simply wanting to understand masculinity through a healthier lens, this episode is a hope-filled guide to helping boys become the men God designed them to be: steady, secure, wholehearted, and unshakeably rooted in identity and purpose.

masculinity, purpose, identity, Christian men, mental health, emotional healing, inner healing, faith-based counseling.

• Christian masculinity

• faith and mental health

• biblical manhood

• identity in Christ

• men’s mental health

• masculine strength

• restoring masculinity

• emotional health for men

• godly leadership

• faith-based counseling

• father wounds

• men and anxiety

• inner healing

• Christian psychology

The baby is finally here. Everyone says this should be the happiest time of your life… But instead, you feel overwhelmed, disconnected, and maybe even ashamed to admit: something’s off.

In this raw and hope-filled episode of Unlock U with Dr. Shannan Crawford, licensed psychologist Dr. Grace Spencer—one of Crawford Clinics’ trusted providers—speaks candidly about the emotional rollercoaster of postpartum depression. With deep compassion and clinical insight, Dr. Grace helps new moms and couples understand what’s really going on beneath the surface when the joy of a new baby is met with exhaustion, sadness, irritability, or even resentment.

You’ll learn how the hormonal crash, sleep deprivation, identity shifts, and mounting relational stress can all serve as powerful triggers—not only for postpartum depression, but for old wounds that may resurface in unexpected ways. Dr. Grace shares practical strategies for nurturing emotional well-being, safeguarding your relationship, and making room for grace (not guilt) in this tender season.

Whether you’re a new mom, a supportive partner, or someone walking with a couple in this season—this episode is an invitation to heal, reconnect, and grow together as you welcome new life.

💬 For a free consult with Dr. Grace Spencer: CrawfordClinics.com/contact 🎧 Listen now on Unlock U with Dr. Shannan Crawford—available on all major podcast platforms.

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He throws tantrums over small things. She clings, cries, or shuts down unexpectedly. You’ve tried rewards, consequences, charts—but something still doesn’t sit right.

What if your child’s “behavior issues” aren’t about disobedience at all—but grief?

In this heart-opening episode of Unlock U with Dr. Shannan Crawford, we welcome Abby Thomas, a trusted mental health provider at Crawford Clinics who specializes in working with children ages 3–11, including those who are neurodivergent (Autism, ADHD). With her deep warmth and Christ-centered compassion, Abby helps parents look beneath the surface of behavior to what their child is really trying to say.

Abby reveals how unprocessed grief—whether from divorce, moves, sensory overload, or changes at school—can be silently shaping your child’s emotional world. Rather than defaulting to behavior correction, this episode offers a powerful new way to connect with your child’s heart: by teaching them how to grieve well.

If your child has big emotions, challenging behaviors, or struggles to express what they’re feeling—this episode will equip and encourage you to slow down, tune in, and begin healing… together.

💬 For a free consult with Abby: CrawfordClinics.com/contact 🎧 Listen now on Unlock U with Dr. Shannan Crawford—wherever you get your podcasts.

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