Strong Tower Mental Health with Heidi Mortenson

by Charisma Podcast Network

Strong Tower Mental Health is an authentic and encouraging podcast hosted by Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Heidi Mortenson. Get ready for heaven to be unlocked in your soul with real life stories, skills, and amazing guests who will inspire you. Topics on this podcast include vulnerability, authenticity, how to have difficult conversations, keeping healthy boundaries with others, marriage, depression, anxiety, addict ...   ...  Read more

Podcast episodes

  • 164. Dream Interpretation Revealed with Demontae Edmonds

    164. Dream Interpretation Revealed with Demontae Edmonds

    Do you ever wonder what your dreams mean? Is God speaking to us in our dreams? Many of us have no clue what our dreams mean or even realize that God could be speaking to us. Hear this incredible interview with pastor, author and speaker Demontae Edmonds. As a child, he had dark and demonic experiences in his sleep and wasn’t sure what to do with them at the time. There was a significant calling on his life – perhaps this could be you or your children. This podcast will dive into the deep meaning of dreams whether it’s from our soul, God or the enemy. Dreams with recurring themes, scenery, or messages often are the by-product of unresolved soul trauma. This means that God helps us with our mental health as we sleep.We need to pay attention to what our dreams are saying and do something about them. You will gain a better of sense of what your dreams are telling you and encouragement to take steps about them. “In the second year of his reign, Nebuchadnezzar had dreams; his mind was troubled and he could not sleep.” ~Daniel 2:1 “The great God has shown the king what will take place in the future. The dream is true and its interpretation is trustworthy.” ~Daniel 2:45b To purchase The Supernatural Dimension of Dreams: https://www.amazon.com/Supernatural-Dimension-Dreams-Understanding-Works/dp/0800763467/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3TV9MMG6JZZNB&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.Xkg8PGAThf_zZQlugCNMlQwS8Y9ZhfFJTMrzK-JqArKpE8tdZwAeaIhvcNQwsjVUtB1Vb5vRak0nSadAxq5wCzuKCjmaN_E6RyuqbRZqQNxyKy7hrmFluP4nGEWr6HQZqURXuQNbayQGfb80sQrQpkWH6lkuFKI1R6APgwdy0V_zpF6miTPoeiU8TpxvMXML.i393teHpl3ucqPDxgVMKzuUjh4Us0twiD8ne0cGaTgE&dib_tag=se&keywords=demontae+edmonds&qid=1709923790&sprefix=demontae+edmonds%2Caps%2C103&sr=8-1 To sign up for the women’s retreat April 2024: https://www.discovermyinsidestory.com/extraordinary-2024 Find more about Heidi: www.heidimortensonlmft.com 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!

  • 163. Distress Tolerance Skills – DBT Skills Series

    163. Distress Tolerance Skills – DBT Skills Series

    Have you found yourself in crisis situations over and over? Does it feel like you can’t catch a break? Sometimes we just need some quick and basic skills to help be effective when we are in a stressful situation. In this episode, you will hear some basic Distress Tolerance skills taken from DBT (Dialectical Behavioral Therapy). This is a curriculum that was developed by Marsha Linehan. Distress Tolerance skills are about not making a bad situation worse. Many people have remastered these skills and people do these groups all over the world. They are structured and to the point of teaching skills, not diving into healing trauma. Some of the skills you will hear today about improving the moment, self-soothing and distracting. Normally my podcasts talk about trauma, but this episode is simply about skills. “For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.” ~2 Timothy 1:7 To sign up for the women’s retreat April 2024: https://www.discovermyinsidestory.com/extraordinary-2024 Find more about Heidi: www.heidimortensonlmft.com Purchase the book The Brave Encourager: https://www.amazon.com/Brave-Encourager-Power-Encouragement-Changes/dp/B09TN45H36/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3HGP5FPY2E5GD&keywords=the+brave+encourager&qid=1646608516&sprefix=the+brave+encourager%2Caps%2C223&sr=8-1 Join my mailing list: https://landing.mailerlite.com/webforms/landing/t5u2y5 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!

  • 162. Mindset - Are you Controlling your Destiny over God? with Teresa Cleveland

    162. Mindset - Are you Controlling your Destiny over God? with Teresa Cleveland

    Are you controlling your destiny over God? Are you wanting to overthrow past mindsets and get unstuck? We need to have honest and difficult conversations with God but we often stay comfortable with the safety net of our hurt and pain. There are dreams and goals we all have but often don’t get there because we are victimized by our mindset and limitations. Teresa is a speaker and growth coach who shares her powerful testimony of getting uncomfortable with brutal honesty. Until we address the boulders of our life, it is hard for us to move forward. God met her at her kitchen table with a cup of coffee. These boulders were impacting her relationship with her family, friends and the people around her. She had to answer, is she going to stop there or move forward with God? She helps others have these honest conversations with God and helps us in this podcast interview to get unstuck ourselves. We need to find the joy of what is ahead instead of the fear. Our job is to say YES to God today and trust God with the outcome. “But Jesus looked at them and said to them, “With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.” ~Matthew 19:26 Teresa’s website: https://courageouscoup.com/ To sign up for the women’s retreat April 2024: https://www.discovermyinsidestory.com/extraordinary-2024 Find more about Heidi: www.heidimortensonlmft.com 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!

  • 161. Interpersonal Effectiveness – DBT Skills Series

    161. Interpersonal Effectiveness – DBT Skills Series

    Do you struggle in your conversations with others? Do you wish you could improve with your skills in communication? Sometimes we just need some quick and simple basic skills to help be effective with other people. In this episode, you will hear some basic Interpersonal Effectiveness skills taken from DBT (Dialectical Behavioral Therapy). This is a curriculum that was developed by Marsha Linehan. Many people have remastered these skills and people do these groups all over the world. They are structured and to the point of teaching skills, not diving into healing trauma. Normally my podcasts talk about trauma, but this episode is simply about skills.   “Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen”. ~Ephesians 4:29  “May these words of my mouth and this meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer”. ~Psalms 19:14  To sign up for the women’s retreat April 2024: https://www.discovermyinsidestory.com/extraordinary-2024   Find more about Heidi: www.heidimortensonlmft.com  Purchase the book The Brave Encourager: https://www.amazon.com/Brave-Encourager-Power-Encouragement-Changes/dp/B09TN45H36/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3HGP5FPY2E5GD&keywords=the+brave+encourager&qid=1646608516&sprefix=the+brave+encourager%2Caps%2C223&sr=8-1  Join my mailing list: https://landing.mailerlite.com/webforms/landing/t5u2y5  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! 

  • 160. Christian Narcissism and Emotional Abuse with Jake Kail

    160. Christian Narcissism and Emotional Abuse with Jake Kail

    Do you think your partner might struggle with Christian narcissism? Have others told you that you that you maybe be in an emotionally abusive relationship? Christians often don’t truly know what real hypocrisy is, and we just throw this word around, along with the narcissist diagnosis. In this episode, you will hear a deep conversation about a tough topic with pastor and author Jake Kail. Jake knows a thing or two about deliverance, hypocrisy, and religious narcissism. Jake shares things that there’s a difference between a moral failure than someone who has been living in hypocrisy. Also, we talk about the divorce crisis and not the abuse crisis. This episode is a bit sensitive in nature and the discussion is an important one that the church cannot avoid. “Behold, I am sending you out as sheep in the midst of wolves, so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.” ~Matthew 10:16 “[Jesus] began to say to his disciples first, “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.” ~Luke 12:1b Jake’s website: www.jakekail.com To purchase the book Hypocrisy Exposed: https://www.amazon.com/Hypocrisy-Exposed-When-Evil-Pretends/dp/1082036137/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1FRYHIHBK8KQ6&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.jV938vggrtNTHoHTVwGsUZKXPDm0Ts3sSiJvK6SW004.7Dx01O4E5RvM5YnUg-BT5rZqQ0xBGz4AghY8OENfD54&dib_tag=se&keywords=hypocrisy+exposed+jake+kail&qid=1708783823&sprefix=hypocrisy+jake+%2Caps%2C203&sr=8-1 To sign up for the women’s retreat April 2024: https://www.discovermyinsidestory.com/extraordinary-2024 Heidi’s website: https://heidimortensonlmft.com/ 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!