#110 Mental Health: Faith That Faces Trauma

Join The Arena here:https://www.thearenasummit.com/arenacommunityFind Tim Ross:https://www.youtube.com/@UpsetTheWorldStudioshttps://www.instagram.com/upsetthegramhttps://www.upsettheworld.com/mentorshipSign up for The Seven Frequencies Workshop here!https://www.thearenasummit.com/7frequenciescertificationIn this powerful MSP 100 conversation, Aaron McManus, Erwin McManus, and Tim Ross explore mental health with uncommon honesty, especially as December intensifies loneliness, reflection, and emotional weight for many people. Tim shares his deeply personal journey through childhood sexual abuse, addiction to pornography, decades of therapy, and the breakthrough moments that helped him identify trauma, address it, and refuse to let it define his future, emphasizing the role of vulnerability, empathy, storytelling, and intentional relationships in real healing. Erwin reflects on his own faith journey, from a life-giving introduction to church to encountering toxic leadership in Los Angeles that resulted in years of extreme stress, mental health strain, and family pain, underscoring the danger of unsafe spiritual environments and the necessity of having people who are genuinely for you. Together, they examine the challenges leaders face in being vulnerable, the importance of creating supportive cultures for pastors, men, and families, and how dissociation, shame, and unprocessed trauma can quietly shape identity. The conversation also addresses parenting with transparency, modeling vulnerability for children, supporting men’s mental health, celebrating growth and success, and shifting identity toward who we are becoming rather than what we’ve survived. Throughout the episode, faith is presented not as denial of pain but as a pathway through it—one that embraces therapy, community, courage, and celebration as essential tools for healing, leadership, and lasting transformation.Join the Mind Shift community here: http://erwinmcmanus.com/mindshiftpodFollow On Socialhttps://www.youtube.com/@ErwinRaphaelMcManushttps://instagram.com/mindshiftpodhttps://instagram.com/erwinmcmanushttps://instagram.com/aaroncmcmanusJoin The Newsletter!https://erwinmcmanus.com/newsletter