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How to Get What You Really Want in a Marriage? (s6e17)

Dr. Jessica Cho chats with DJ Chuang about how marriage can be much more than a perfunctory or functional stage of life between adulting and parenting. Listen to this episode for how you can enjoy your marriage with your partner and experience the naked-and-unashamed intimacy that the Bible talks about in the beginning. Learn what […]

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Family Time around Christmas Doesn’t Have to be Dramatic Like K-Drama

Jeanie Chang of Noona’s Noonchi chats with DJ Chuang about how the Christmas holidays is the annual tradition that gathers family together physically but sometimes it’s not the smoothest sleigh ride in town. How can being family time be a better opportunity for meaningful conversations and growing healthy relationships rather than steering into family drama? That’s what […]

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From Marketing at MTV to Serving on the Mission Field and Working in Mental Health

Dr. Jessica Cho shares her back story of going from marketing at MTV to the mission field in Japan (where they used talk therapy as part of ministry outreach) and becoming a mental health professional, with a Doctor of Psychology (PsyD) degree and also a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW). Tuck in your earbuds and […]

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The Best Way to Bring Mental Health to Korean Americans (s6e14)

Pastor Jin Lee poignantly shares the urgent need for mental health among Korean American communities, opening with an alarming statistic. Jin serves as an executive board member of Mustard Seed Generation (MSG), a nonprofit ministry that is training Korean American churches to be strategically caring and supporting communities for those who struggle with mental health […]

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How a Safe Community Gives Strength to Overcome Addictions and Mental Health Struggles

NewStory Church in Los Angeles, California, hosts a ministry called Celebrate Recovery. One of its leaders, Peter Ma, talks about how it’s helped him and others in their process of becoming free from their hurts, habits, and hangups. Over its history, Celebrate Recovery has helped over 7 million people around the world experience freedom in […]

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How to Take Good Care of Self and Others, with Pastor Daniel Im (s6e12)

Daniel Im (Lead Pastor of Beulah Alliance Church in Alberta, Canada) talks about how he manages his life, marriage, and ministry in one of the most stressful jobs there is.  He describes how he does so much—authoring books, podcasting, pastoring, parenting, and more. And we learn about how he stays healthy emotionally and mentally, why […]

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Why becoming new parents is so overwhelmingly difficult (s6e11)

Hannah Lee Sandoval shares her experiences with something called post-partum depression and why becoming a mother and even becoming a new father can be so difficult and overwhelming after the baby is born. What is indeed a very joyous occasion can often be a very emotionally distressful time also. Learn how young parents can get […]

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Living well with ADHD – Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

Hannah Lee Sandoval describes her experience of being diagnosed during her college years, and how she’s better managed her symptoms through therapy and medication to living well. How did it help or hurt to be part of a church community? Listen to find out.

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How Asian American churches and Christian counselors can work better together

“Behold, how good and pleasant it is for brothers to live together in unity.” (Psalm 133:1) While 90% of Americans recognize that America has a mental health crisis, a powerful solution can effectively help many when churches and counselors creatively work together. Lighthouse Counseling Network was launched with just before the pandemic in 2020 by […]

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Real Talk with Pastor Steve Choi about Pandemic Fatigue, Getting Help, Staying Healthy & Strong

Pastors Sam Yoon and Steve Choi (Crossway Church, Brea, California) have honest conversations about pastoring well through thick and thin, ups and downs, learning how to ask for help, being human and healthy.  Just past the halfway mark, Pastor Steve shares many golden words of wisdom and lessons learned from pastoring since 1994 as an […]