Leading from Emotional Health

Mental Health

Leading From Emotional Health

The mental health of adolescents is plummeting. Rates of depression, anxiety, self-harm, and suicide continue to rise. How can we best respond? Join us as THINQ’s Founder and President, Gabe Lyons, interviews Jonathan Haidt, social psychologist and leading voice on the accelerating mental health crisis among teens.  

Combatting the Teen Mental Health Crisis

Gloria Umanah is the creator and visionary of The Ex-Nihilo Collective and The Hope Booth. Her passion for those to be truly seen is evident by encouraging people to engage in true community. Gloria encourages believers that “God created you on purpose and for a purpose.”


Choosing Hope in Depression

Rebekah Lyons uses the THINQ Framework (Theology, History, Inquiry, Nuance, and Questions) to share her personal battles with anxiety and outline the four ways that we have healed from trauma throughout history and the four rhythms of renewal we can use to draw nearer to God.

Mental Health + Identity

Jean Twenge's research on different generations points to a clear demographic that is statistically the most depressed. She unpacks the factors that play a role in this and explains why depression rates are increasing so rapidly.

The Most Depressed Demographic

Our mind confuses reality and imagination, so our thoughts play an important role in our perceptions. Jessica Hooks reminds us that we can't control our failures, but we can benefit from them by thinking positively. 

Positive, Productive Thoughts

Felicia Wu Song concisely lays out the key components of productivity culture. We can recognize these principles as unhealthy when simply stated, but we fall into the trap time and time again.

The 5 Lies of Productivity

Historically, people have looked to four things to heal pain and trauma, including a higher power. Rebekah Lyons explains how backwards our healing efforts are today as we look to the wrong things, which harm the connections we really need.

Our Backward Way of Healing Trauma

Anxiety can be a tool, indicating that we are under the weight of something we aren't meant to bear alone. Rebekah Lyons reminds us that God allows anxiety to bring us to surrender and set the stage for His healing work.

How God Uses Anxiety

Intimacy and Confidence

Are We Contributing to Polarization?

Why You Need Community for Mental Health

Where to Root Your Identity

How to Help Those Struggling with Mental Health

How Tech Affects our Mental Health

How Lockdowns Impacted Mental Health

A DTR with our Food

Former U.S. Senator Ben Sasse confronts our culture's loneliness epidemic and helps us imagine how we can be part of the solution.

Our Loneliness Epidemic

Dr. Curt Thompson helps us understand mental health issues such as anxiety from a psychological, cultural, and neuroscientific perspective. He gives solutions on how to regulate our emotions, pursue embodied connection, and physiologically engage through breathing, walking, and journaling.