LDS Mental Health Podcast

Sometimes the person hurting you is the person everyone else loves. This week's Therapy Insights answers two real listener questions about emotional abuse: one from a woman wrestling with guilt over wanting to leave, and one from a widow still making sense of a marriage nobody else saw the way she did.
We talk about the difference between guilt and guidance, why fear doesn't always mean stay, and why your experience doesn't need anyone else's agreement to be real. If you have a question you'd like answered on a future episode, there's a link below to text it in.
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Have a question or struggle you’d like Niki to help with?
Click here to share it anonymously. Your question may be answered on a future episode of The LDS Mental Health Podcast, and it could help another LDS woman who’s struggling with the same thing too. 💛
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Stick around for more Mental Health support & resources:
The LDS Mental Health Podcast: www.ldsmentalhealthco.com/blog
Free Resources: www.ldsmentalhealthco.com/free-trainings
Looking for an LDS Therapist? www.alignedcounselingservices.net
My Shop: www.ldsmhc.com
Follow on social media for more support and resources: @LDSMentalHealthco 
Contact Me: www.ldsmentalhealthco.com/site/contact
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A quick note: 
Niki Olsen is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Therapist and coach who uses mental health skills taught through a spiritual perspective.  
This is a podcast for faithful women who want healing in their relationships, guidance from God and internal peace. 
This podcast reflects Niki's personal views and is not affiliated with or endorsed by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It is for educational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional mental health care or therapy. If you are in crisis, call 988 or your local emergency services.
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LDS Mental Health Skills Deck: visit www.LDSMHco.com
Get 20% off your Skills deck by entering code PODCAST at checkout. 
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Check all my Free Resources to feel more peace, clarity or connection in your life
Click Here: https://www.ldsmentalhealthco.com/free-trainings

Fear doesn't always look like fear. Sometimes it looks like overthinking the same decision for the hundredth time, researching something to death or praying about it again hoping it will finally feel different. Most people don't even realize fear is what's happening. They just feel stuck, and start wondering if something's wrong with them for not having peace yet.
This week I'm walking through a simple skill for making decisions when fear is in the driver's seat: name it, separate it, choose anyway. There's a free companion worksheet linked below, use it right alongside the episode.
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Click here for the free → Companion Reflection Guide
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Have a question or struggle you’d like Niki to help with?
Click here to share it anonymously. Your question may be answered on a future episode of The LDS Mental Health Podcast, and it could help another LDS woman who’s struggling with the same thing too. 💛
_______________________________
Stick around for more Mental Health support & resources:
The LDS Mental Health Podcast: www.ldsmentalhealthco.com/blog
Free Resources: www.ldsmentalhealthco.com/free-trainings
Looking for an LDS Therapist? www.alignedcounselingservices.net
My Shop: www.ldsmhc.com
Follow on social media for more support and resources: @LDSMentalHealthco 
Contact Me: www.ldsmentalhealthco.com/site/contact
_______________________________
A quick note: 
Niki Olsen is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Therapist and coach who uses mental health skills taught through a spiritual perspective.  
This is a podcast for faithful women who want healing in their relationships, guidance from God and internal peace. 
This podcast reflects Niki's personal views and is not affiliated with or endorsed by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It is for educational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional mental health care or therapy. If you are in crisis, call 988 or your local emergency services.
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LDS Mental Health Skills Deck: visit www.LDSMHco.com
Get 20% off your Skills deck by entering code PODCAST at checkout. 
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Check all my Free Resources to feel more peace, clarity or connection in your life
Click Here: https://www.ldsmentalhealthco.com/free-trainings

You've spent your whole life quietly wondering why some things feel so much harder for you than they seem to for everyone else. Scripture study won't stick. Prayers get lost in fifty other thoughts. You forget things you swore you'd remember, and the shame shows up before you even understand what happened.
This week, therapist Brittney King, LPC joins Niki to talk about what ADHD actually looks like in adults, and why it usually has nothing to do with how hard you're trying. There's a reason your brain works this way, and it's more treatable than you think.
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Get to know our guest:
Brittney King, LPC has a background in social work and school counseling. She is now a junior high school counselor and licensed therapist at Aligned Counseling serving patients in Idaho. Brittney specializes in ADHD and neurodivergence in children, teens, and adults.
To book an appointment with Brittney, click here.
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Have a question or struggle you’d like Niki to help with?
Click here to share it anonymously. Your question may be answered on a future episode of The LDS Mental Health Podcast, and it could help another LDS woman who’s struggling with the same thing too. 💛
_______________________________

Stick around for more Mental Health support & resources:
The LDS Mental Health Podcast: www.ldsmentalhealthco.com/blog
Free Resources: www.ldsmentalhealthco.com/free-trainings
Looking for an LDS Therapist? www.alignedcounselingservices.net
My Shop: www.ldsmhc.com
Follow on social media for more support and resources: @LDSMentalHealthco 
Contact Me: www.ldsmentalhealthco.com/site/contact
_______________________________
A quick note: 
Niki Olsen is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Therapist and coach who uses mental health skills taught through a spiritual perspective.  
This is a podcast for faithful women who want healing in their relationships, guidance from God and internal peace. 
This podcast reflects Niki's personal views and is not affiliated with or endorsed by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It is for educational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional mental health care or therapy. If you are in crisis, call 988 or your local emergency services.
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LDS Mental Health Skills Deck: visit www.LDSMHco.com
Get 20% off your Skills deck by entering code PODCAST at checkout. 
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Check all my Free Resources to feel more peace, clarity or connection in your life
Click Here: https://www.ldsmentalhealthco.com/free-trainings

How do you know when a family relationship needs stronger boundaries, more distance or possibly no contact? When family relationships are tied to faith, loyalty, traditions, and belonging, it can be hard to separate Christlike love from the pressure to keep everyone comfortable.

In this first LDS Therapy Insights episode, I am explaining how to look for repeated unhealthy patterns, why a difficult relationship is not automatically a toxic one and the many levels of boundaries available before full cutoff. You’ll also learn why forgiveness does not require unlimited access and how to seek personal revelation from a place of clarity instead of guilt.

Have a question you want answered? 
Submit an anonymous question or struggle you're having for a future episode here.

Also, be sure to join the 10-Day Prayer Practice beginning August 3:
https://www.ldsmentalhealthco.com/prayer-practice

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Stick around for more Mental Health support & resources:
The LDS Mental Health Podcast: www.ldsmentalhealthco.com/blog
Free Resources: www.ldsmentalhealthco.com/free-trainings
Looking for an LDS Therapist? www.alignedcounselingservices.net
My Shop: www.ldsmhc.com
Follow on social media for more support and resources: @LDSMentalHealthco 
Contact Me: www.ldsmentalhealthco.com/site/contact
_______________________________
A quick note: 
Niki Olsen is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Therapist and coach who uses mental health skills taught through a spiritual perspective.  
This is a podcast for faithful women who want healing in their relationships, guidance from God and internal peace. 
This podcast reflects Niki's personal views and is not affiliated with or endorsed by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It is for educational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional mental health care or therapy. If you are in crisis, call 988 or your local emergency services.
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LDS Mental Health Skills Deck: visit www.LDSMHco.com
Get 20% off your Skills deck by entering code PODCAST at checkout. 
_______________________________
Check all my Free Resources to feel more peace, clarity or connection in your life
Click Here: https://www.ldsmentalhealthco.com/free-trainings

If you've been praying and the answer is just...silence, you're not alone. A lot of LDS women are doing everything right on the outside but quietly feeling disconnected from God. And the hardest part? They feel guilty even admitting it. Like maybe if they had more faith, they'd feel something.
In this episode, Niki talks about the real reasons prayer can start to feel difficult and why that disconnect has way less to do with worthiness than most people think. 
Plus: Niki's new 10-day prayer practice to help you start reconnecting through simple, intentional moments. 
10 Day Prayer Practice: CLICK HERE TO JOIN
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Have a question you want answered on the podcast? Send us a text message
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Stick around for more Mental Health support & resources:
The LDS Mental Health Podcast: www.ldsmentalhealthco.com/blog
Free Resources: www.ldsmentalhealthco.com/free-trainings
Looking for an LDS Therapist? www.alignedcounselingservices.net
My Shop: www.ldsmhc.com
Follow on social media for more support and resources: @LDSMentalHealthco 
Contact Me: www.ldsmentalhealthco.com/site/contact
_______________________________
A quick note: 
Niki Olsen is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Therapist and coach who uses mental health skills taught through a spiritual perspective.  
This is a podcast for faithful women who want healing in their relationships, guidance from God and internal peace. 
This podcast reflects Niki's personal views and is not affiliated with or endorsed by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It is for educational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional mental health care or therapy. If you are in crisis, call 988 or your local emergency services.
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LDS Mental Health Skills Deck: visit www.LDSMHco.com
Get 20% off your Skills deck by entering code PODCAST at checkout. 
_______________________________
Check all my Free Resources to feel more peace, clarity or connection in your life
Click Here: https://www.ldsmentalhealthco.com/free-trainings