The Merge
Welcome to The Merge - where faith and mental health meet. The Merge provides a biblical approach to mental health and navigating life’s challenges. \Join LynnDee Horne, a licensed mental health counselor, and her guests as they explore practical Christ-centered solutions for increasing your mental wellness and encouraging your spiritual growth.
Episodes
May 7, 2025 • 53 mins
Join LynnDee as she explores Faith, Mental Health, and The Blessing Challenge on today's episode. Pulling from the work of Dr. John Trent, LynnDee talks about what the word "blessing" actually means and what we are supposed to do with blessing as believers. She also addresses how it impacts us if we didn't receive the blessing in our own lives.
If you are interested in adding value to the lives around you and healing from the pla...
If you are interested in adding value to the lives around you and healing from the pla...
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Join LynnDee and Candace as they explore 10 unhelpful thinking styles and what psychology and God say about each one. They give examples of what each looks like, how psychology approaches them, and God’s answer through scripture. Listen in to see if any of these might sound familiar to you and the steps you can take to change them.
https://spiritualityandhealth.duke.edu/index.php/religious-cbt-study/therapy-manuals/
https://spiritualityandhealth.duke.edu/index.php/religious-cbt-study/therapy-manuals/
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Faith, Mental Health, and Religiously-Integrated Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Part 1
Join LynnDee and Candace Leon as they explore two techniques from Religiously-Integrated Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. Come experience the techniques as they walk listeners through behavioral activation- which is great for depression and contemplative prayer- which is helpful with any mental health concern.
https://spiritualityandhealth.duke.edu/ind...
Join LynnDee and Candace Leon as they explore two techniques from Religiously-Integrated Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. Come experience the techniques as they walk listeners through behavioral activation- which is great for depression and contemplative prayer- which is helpful with any mental health concern.
https://spiritualityandhealth.duke.edu/ind...
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April 9, 2025 • 53 mins
Join LynnDee Horne as she talks about faith, mental health, and growth.
She discusses 3 steps we can take from a spiritual perspective to help us grow and shares some of her own stories in these areas. If you have struggled with motivation or you know your areas of growth but don’t know your next move- try these steps.
She discusses 3 steps we can take from a spiritual perspective to help us grow and shares some of her own stories in these areas. If you have struggled with motivation or you know your areas of growth but don’t know your next move- try these steps.
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April 2, 2025 • 59 mins
Join LynnDee and her guests Scott and Hillary Shelton, the owners of Heal the Land Farm and Market, as they discuss the Shelton's journey of faith and farming.
Hillary and Scott share their own journeys of becoming believers and the path that led them to Heal the Land Farm.
LynnDee and the Sheltons talk about how our faith and mental health is connected to being in and working in God's creation. Check out the show notes with links t...
Hillary and Scott share their own journeys of becoming believers and the path that led them to Heal the Land Farm.
LynnDee and the Sheltons talk about how our faith and mental health is connected to being in and working in God's creation. Check out the show notes with links t...
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March 26, 2025 • 57 mins
Join LynnDee and Candace Leon as they talk about how curiosity can help your spiritual walk, mental health, and relationships. They talk about how curiosity has helped in their own lives and steps to take to help us be more curious in the right ways.
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March 19, 2025 • 59 mins
Join LynnDee (the counselor) , Candace Leon (the former educator and now work from home mom), and Cameron Leggett (the graduate student with a full time job) as they discuss their own career journeys and how God was in those steps for each of them.
They discuss the difference in career and calling and share some practical steps for navigating career decisions.
They discuss the difference in career and calling and share some practical steps for navigating career decisions.
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March 12, 2025 • 57 mins
Join LynnDee and Candace Leon as they talk about the difference between living from a worldly identity or from our Identity in Christ. As they use the metaphor of a house to explore where our current identity comes from and how to make sure we have the right foundation, they offer 3 steps we can all take to understand more fully our Identity in Christ as believers and live in the assurance of who HE says we are.
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February 26, 2025 • 56 mins
If you are tired, feeling exhausted, or just know that rest is something you need more of- listen in as LynnDee and Charla Suggs, LCMHCS, explore rest. They talk about the 7 types of rest, how we need them all, and where we can find all 7 types in scripture. They list some of the barriers of rest and practical steps we can implement to having more rest in our lives. Also in the show notes, if you wonder what type of "tired" you ...
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February 19, 2025 • 57 mins
Join LynnDee as she talks with Pastors John and Suzette Miller about having healthy relationships and pursuing healinging in those that are not going the way we planned. They explore what the bible has to say about relationships and how we can move forward in the midst of the pain we have experienced in relationships. Also check out the resource in the show notes called the Hope Plan- an intentional plan to face pain following Jes...
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February 12, 2025 • 65 mins
Join LynnDee and Candace Leon for an experiential episode as they walk listeners through 5 tools used in counseling sessions to address many mental health concerns. Come practice along with them as they engage in tools to help your emotions and thoughts, and feed your spirit.
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February 5, 2025 • 57 mins
Join LynnDee and her friend Candace Leon as they dive into the topic of depression. Listen in as they explore what depression is, what causes it, what some effective treatments are, and steps we can all take to put hope back in our lives during difficult times.
Get the resource: Heart Steps
Get the resource: Heart Steps
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January 29, 2025 • 62 mins
Join LynnDee and Becca Autry as they talk about transitions and the changing seasons of life, what the bible says about them, and how we can travel through those seasons well! Whether you are in a joyful season or a difficult one, God is always there!
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January 22, 2025 • 56 mins
Join LynnDee and Dr. Calvina Ellerbe as they dive in to exploring parenting structures that lead to spiritual development.
They talk about how to help our children understand that God is the source and standard for everything, how to shape our children’s behavior to look more like Him, and even how to encourage our children to stand for God even when it’s hard to do.
They share personal stories and talk about their own parenting exp...
They talk about how to help our children understand that God is the source and standard for everything, how to shape our children’s behavior to look more like Him, and even how to encourage our children to stand for God even when it’s hard to do.
They share personal stories and talk about their own parenting exp...
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January 15, 2025 • 56 mins
Join LynnDee and Tim Hunt, LCMHCS, as they look deeper into the experience of grief and the responses we can have. LynnDee and Tim talk about the different types of grief, how grief can hide, and how we can process it all with God’s help.
Download: Tasks of Mourning
Download: Tasks of Mourning
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January 8, 2025 • 54 mins
Join LynnDee and Candace Leon as they look at how to break unwanted patterns in your life from a biblical approach. Learn how scripture and prayer can be used as key tools to cut out the unhealthy (sinful) patterns we all deal with.
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December 18, 2024 • 49 mins
Ever thought of gratitude as a weapon? Join LynnDee and licensed counselor Megan Hammonds as they explore how gratitude positively impacts our body, brain, and most importantly, our spirit.
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December 11, 2024 • 52 mins
Join LynnDee and Candace Leon as they look at what happens to our brains when we become emotionally dysregulated and how we can change that by aligning our thoughts and emotions with God’s truth.
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November 27, 2024 • 53 mins
LynnDee sits down with her friend Becca Autry as they explore what it is like to help others in our lives that are struggling with their mental health. Becca and LynnDee give tips on how we can support those we love, those we serve, and those we encounter each day. As believers we always carry Christ in us, which means we can always be helpful and show others His love.
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November 20, 2024 • 62 mins
Join LynnDee as she talks with Abbie and Michael Arena about Gate Beautiful, a local non-profit that offers a clear path to freedom for men, women, and children caught in the snare of Human Trafficking.
They talk about how Gate Beautiful came to be, what they are doing, and how we can all get involved.
Links:
Website: www.gatebeautifu.org
Instagram: gatebeautifulnc
Facebook: Gate Beautiful
They talk about how Gate Beautiful came to be, what they are doing, and how we can all get involved.
Links:
Website: www.gatebeautifu.org
Instagram: gatebeautifulnc
Facebook: Gate Beautiful
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