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Healthy & Redeemed - Helping Christians Grow in Mental and Spiritual Health
by Healey Ikerd, LPC, LMFT
Healthy & Redeemed is a podcast helping Christians grow emotionally and spiritually toward healthier, more Christ-like living. The host, Healey Ikerd, a psychotherapist with nearly 20 years of experience and a U.S. Army Veteran, blends biblical wisdom with psychological concepts to help you learn to manage your emotions, improve your mental health, and deepen your faith. The goal is to help you live out God’s word in every aspect of your life and be a healthy reflection of Jesus Christ. In this podcast, we will talk about: Practical steps to strengthen your mental and emotional health, including help for anxiety, worry, depression, guilt, and forgiveness. Simple coping skills you can use every day, grounded in both psychology and Scripture. How good mental health supports spiritual growth—and how the two work together. How living out biblical principles brings emotional stabi
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101. Stuck Between Legalism and Grace? What Romans 12 Says About Our Response to Salvation
Send us your thoughts through Fan Mail Do you feel stuck as a Christian trying to do all the things right? Or do you feel like you are covering under God's grace and don't feel the need to do anything? In this episode of the Healthy and Redeemed Podcast, we will go through Romans 12:1-2 and look…
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100. Why Am I Never Satisfied? What the Bible Says About Contentment
Send us your thoughts through Fan Mail Have you ever thought that you'd finally be happy once something changes — more money, a new relationship, the next milestone? In this episode, we dig into what it really means to be content, as something we're called to learn. We'll look at what Philippians…
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99. A Prayer of Blessing for Every Listener
Send us your thoughts through Fan Mail A Prayer of Blessing Over You: Boldness, Healing & Peace for Every Listener In this heartfelt episode, join us for a powerful prayer of blessing spoken directly over you, the listener. Rooted in gratitude for God's grace through Jesus, this prayer asks for...
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98. The Worried Little Goat Read Aloud | Story Time
Send us your thoughts through Fan Mail Does your child struggle with worry or ask lots of "what if" questions? In this special back-to-school episode of the Healthy & Redeemed Podcast, licensed counselor and author Healey Ikerd reads her children's book, The Worried Little Goat. Meet Asher, an...
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97. Social Connection | Simple Coping Skills for the Christian Soul
Send us your thoughts through Fan Mail Do you ever feel exhausted, anxious, or overwhelmed and find yourself withdrawing instead of reaching out? You're not the only one! Isolating, even when it feels safer, can actually make emotional struggles worse. In this final episode of our summer series…
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96. Creative Expression | Simple Coping Skills for the Christian Soul
Send us your thoughts through Fan Mail Have you ever said, "I'm just not a creative person"? What if that's simply not true? In this episode of Healthy & Redeemed, we explore creativity as a simple, God-honoring coping skill for the Christian soul. Discover what research reveals about creativity...
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95. Journaling | Simple Coping Skills for the Christian Soul
Send us your thoughts through Fan Mail Can journaling really help reduce stress, process emotions, and deepen your walk with God? In this episode of Healthy & Redeemed, we'll explore journaling as both a healthy coping skill and a meaningful spiritual practice. You'll learn what research says…
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How to Know Jesus: An Invitation into God's Story
Send us your thoughts through Fan Mail Have you ever wondered how to know Jesus or what it really means to become a Christian? In this episode, Healey shares her own story of faith, doubt, and finally surrendering her life to Christ — and walks through the heart of the gospel: sin, grace, and…
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94. Rest | Simple Coping Skills for the Christian Soul
Send us your thoughts through Fan Mail Do you usually wait until you're burnt out to finally rest, but it's hard to actually do it? There's a name for this: the "recovery paradox." The busier and more stressed we get, the harder it becomes to actually stop... right when we need it most. In this...
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93. Scripture Meditation | Simple Coping Skills for the Christian Soul
Send us your thoughts through Fan Mail Can Scripture meditation help calm anxious thoughts, renew your mind, and draw you closer to God? In this episode of Healthy & Redeemed, we explore Scripture meditation as a healthy coping skill and a meaningful spiritual discipline. Together, we consider…
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92. Time in Nature | Simple Coping Skills for the Christian Soul
Send us your thoughts through Fan Mail Feeling stressed, anxious, or just mentally drained — and don't have time or money for a remedy? In this episode of Healthy & Redeemed, we explore the mental, emotional, and spiritual benefits of spending time in God’s creation. Drawing from research and...
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91. Prayer Walking | Simple Coping Skills for the Christian Soul
Send us your thoughts through Fan Mail Can a simple walk and prayer become a powerful time with God? In this first episode of the summer series, Simple Coping Skills for the Christian Soul, we explore prayer walking—a practical Christian coping skill that combines movement, prayer, and time with...
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Introduction to Summer Series - Simple Coping Skills for Christian Soul
Send us your thoughts through Fan Mail Introducing our 7-week summer series: Simple Coping Skills for the Christian Soul. Starting on July 7, we will feature one evidence-based coping skill—like rest, meditation, social connection, time in nature—paired with powerful truths from Scripture to help...
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90. Season Three Review and Reflection
Send us your thoughts through Fan Mail During season three, we've explored a variety of important topics together—from recognizing false teachers and navigating church hurt to understanding anger, suicide, and cultivating the fruit of the Spirit. While each episode addressed a different area of...
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89. The Fruit of the Spirit | Self-Control: More Than Willpower
Send us your thoughts through Fan Mail Is self-control really just about willpower — or is there something deeper? In this final episode of our Fruit of the Spirit series, we dive into egkrateia, the Greek word behind "self-control" in Galatians 5:23, and discover why biblical self-control is so...
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88. The Fruit of the Spirit | Gentleness: Strength That Doesn't Need to Prove Itself
Send us your thoughts through Fan Mail In this episode of the Healthy & Redeemed Podcast, we explore the biblical meaning of gentleness as part of the Fruit of the Spirit. Together we'll look at what Scripture teaches about this often-misunderstood quality and why gentleness is actually a picture...
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87. The Fruit of the Spirit | Faithfulness (Part 2): Becoming a Faithful Person
Send us your thoughts through Fan Mail In this episode, we pick up where we left off and ask the question — what does God's faithfulness actually produce in us? This is Part 2. We explore the difference between self-produced faithfulness and Spirit-produced faithfulness, and why one will only…
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86. The Fruit of the Spirit | Faithfulness (Part 1): The Faithfulness of God (3 Hebrew Words That Explain Who He Is)
Send us your thoughts through Fan Mail In this episode, we continue our series on the Fruit of the Spirit and dig into one of the most grounding truths in all of Scripture — the faithfulness of God. This is Part 1. Before we can walk out faithfulness in our own lives, we need to understand what…
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85. The Fruit of the Spirit | Goodness: What Biblical Goodness Really Means
Send us your thoughts through Fan Mail Have you ever wondered what it really means to be a "good person"? Or why doing the right thing can sometimes feel like such a struggle? In this episode of the Healthy & Redeemed Podcast, we continue our Fruit of the Spirit series by exploring what the Bible...
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84. Fruit of the Spirit | Kindness — Why Biblical Kindness Goes Deeper Than Being Nice
Send us your thoughts through Fan Mail In this episode of the Healthy & Redeemed Podcast, we continue our Fruit of the Spirit series by exploring biblical kindness. What does true kindness really look like? Is it simply being nice, or is there something deeper God wants to produce in us?…
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83. The Fruit of the Spirit | Patience: Why Trying Harder Doesn't Work
Send us your thoughts through Fan Mail What does it really mean to be patient? In this episode of Healthy & Redeemed, we continue our Fruit of the Spirit series by exploring forbearance, often translated as patience. This kind of patience is more than simply waiting—it is a steady…
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82. Fruit of the Spirit: Peace | Finding Peace in an Anxious World
Send us your thoughts through Fan Mail Are you longing for encouragement about attaining peace in difficult seasons of life? In this episode of Healthy & Redeemed, we continue our Fruit of the Spirit series by exploring the peace that comes from God through Jesus Christ. This episode looks at how...
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81. Fruit of the Spirit: Joy | Finding Joy When Life Is Hard
Send us your thoughts through Fan Mail In this episode of Healthy & Redeemed, we continue our Fruit of the Spirit series by exploring what the Bible really means by joy. Unlike happiness, which depends on circumstances, biblical joy is a steady, Spirit-produced reality rooted in God’s grace and...
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80. The Fruit of the Spirit: Love | What Biblical Love Really Is
Send us your thoughts through Fan Mail What does it really mean to love? In this episode, we explore agapē—the selfless, sacrificial love described in Galatians 5:22. Unlike the world’s definition of love as a feeling, this kind of love is produced by the Holy Spirit as we remain in Christ.…
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79. The Fruit of the Spirit | What It Is and How It Grows
Send us your thoughts through Fan Mail Have you ever looked at the list of the fruit of the Spirit and turned it into a personal improvement checklist? In this episode, we lay the foundation for our new series on the Fruit of the Spirit. We explore Galatians 5:22-23 and John 15 to understand what...
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78. Easter Scripture Reading: John 18–20 | The Death and Resurrection of Jesus
Send us your thoughts through Fan Mail In this special Easter episode, we read the account of Jesus’ betrayal, crucifixion, and resurrection from John, chapters 18–20. Let's take time to reflect on the truth of what Jesus Christ has done and what it means for your life. The episode closes with a...
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77. Teaching Children About Anger | Anger Series
Send us your thoughts through Fan Mail In this special episode for parents, we share some practical ways for helping children manage anger in a healthy way. Drawing from my therapy experience, this episode covers ideas on how to teach kids about emotions, build coping skills, and respond to anger...
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76. Practical Steps to Dealing with Anger | Anger Series
Send us your thoughts through Fan Mail In this episode of the Healthy & Redeemed Podcast, we explore practical and biblical ways to manage anger. Using a structured exercise we will walk through identifying anger triggers, recognizing intensity levels, examining reaction patterns, and choosing...
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75. When Anger Moves In: Understanding Chronic Anger | Anger Series
Send us your thoughts through Fan Mail Have you ever wondered why you feel angry all the time — even when nothing specific is wrong? In this episode of Healthy & Redeemed, we explore chronic anger: what it is, where it comes from, and why it matters more than most of us realize. If you've been...
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74. Can Humans Have “Righteous Anger”? | Anger Series
Send us your thoughts through Fan Mail What do we really mean when we talk about righteous anger? Have you ever caught yourself saying, "I'm not just angry — I'm righteously angry"? Or maybe you've justified your frustration by asking, "Wasn't Jesus angry too?" We've all been there. But what if…
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73. What Does Scripture Say About Anger | Anger Series
Send us your thoughts through Fan Mail What does God actually want us to do with our anger once it shows up? In this episode of the Healthy & Redeemed Podcast, we continue the anger series by turning directly to Scripture. Rather than denying anger or excusing it, this episode explores what God’s...
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72. When God’s People Got Angry: What Scripture Shows Us (Part 2)
Send us your thoughts through Fan Mail In Part 2, we continue examining anger in Scripture by looking at examples where anger was tied to pride, control, resistance to truth, and fear of losing power. We will continue our look at individuals' anger as well as the collective anger displayed by the...
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71. When God’s People Got Angry: What Scripture Shows Us (Part 1)
Send us your thoughts through Fan Mail Anger shows up often in Scripture—not just among those far from God, but among God’s own people. In this episode of Healthy & Redeemed, we begin a careful look at how anger appears in the Bible and why God gives so many warnings about it. In Part 1, we…
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70. What is Anger? A Biblical and Practical View | Anger Series
Send us your thoughts through Fan Mail In the first episode of this multi-part anger series, we begin by examining what anger actually is and why it requires careful attention. This episode lays the groundwork for understanding anger as a real and powerful emotion—one that Scripture repeatedly...
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69. Anger Series Introduction
Send us your thoughts through Fan Mail Anger is an emotion many people experience, yet often feel confused, ashamed, or unsure how to handle in a God-honoring way. In this series, we will gently explore what anger is, what Scripture says about it, and how faith and psychology together can help us...
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68. What’s the Difference Between Mental, Emotional, and Spiritual Health?
Send us your thoughts through Fan Mail What does it really mean to be mentally healthy, emotionally healthy, and spiritually healthy? And how do these areas differ while still working together? In this episode of Healthy & Redeemed, we define mental health, emotional health, and spiritual health…
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67. Living With Integrity as a Christian
Send us your thoughts through Fan Mail With the recent news of another famous Christian influencer who has betrayed his followers, it is time to dig into this concept of Integrity. In this episode, we will talk about what is integrity, how it is good for our mental health, what the Bible says…
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66. How to Read the Bible Consistently: A Practical Guide for Christians to Engage God’s Word
Send us your thoughts through Fan Mail Many Christians want to read the Bible consistently but aren’t sure how to engage it in a meaningful and sustainable way. In this episode, we explore practical ways to approach God’s Word, including how the Bible is structured, why translations matter, and...
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65. Why Christians NEED To Read the Bible
Send us your thoughts through Fan Mail Why does reading the Bible actually matter—and why reading the Bible matters so deeply for the Christian life? In this episode of the Healthy & Redeemed Podcast, we begin a two part series on Bible reading by focusing on the why behind it all. This isn’t…
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64. Being Intentional in the New Year: Simple Goal Setting for 2026
Send us your thoughts through Fan Mail As we step into a brand-new year, we’re taking time to talk about what it means to live intentionally as Christians. In this episode of Healthy & Redeemed, we explore how to set meaningful, God-honoring goals. Together, we walk through SPAMO goals and apply…
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63. THE Christmas Story: A Scripture Reading for the Season
Send us your thoughts through Fan Mail In this episode of the Healthy and Redeemed podcast, we read the Christmas story from scripture, highlighting three Old Testament prophecies about Jesus, the announcement to Mary, the birth of Jesus, the shepherds' encounter, and the visit of the Magi. The...
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62. A Read Aloud Christmas Story: The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry
Send us your thoughts through Fan Mail In this special Christmas episode, we read O. Henry’s beloved classic “The Gift of the Magi.” This tender story reminds us of sacrificial love, humility, and the true spirit of giving — all of which point our hearts back to Christ and the greatest gift we’ve...
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61. A Read Aloud Christmas Story: Christmas at Red Butte by L. M. Montgomery
Send us your thoughts through Fan Mail In this special episode, we will read the classic Christmas story “Christmas at Red Butte” by L.M. Montgomery. Whether you’re wrapping gifts, driving to work, or settling in for a cozy December evening, this story is here to bring warmth to your soul and...
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60. Seven Tips For Handling Grief During the Holidays
Send us your thoughts through Fan Mail In this episode of Healthy & Redeemed, we walk together through something many of us feel but rarely talk about openly—grief during the holidays. This season can stir memories, deepen emotions, and make our losses feel fresh again. Today, we explore why the...
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59. A Read Aloud Thanksgiving Story: Two Thanksgiving Day Gentlemen by O. Henry
Send us your thoughts through Fan Mail Join us as we read O. Henry's classic tale "Two Thanksgiving Day Gentlemen," a heartwarming story of tradition, generosity, and unexpected twists. Set in early 20th-century New York City, this short story follows an annual Thanksgiving ritual between two men...
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58. Understanding Suicide - Creating a Safety Plan, Part 3
Send us your thoughts through Fan Mail In this final part of our three-part series on understanding suicide which is designed to save lives. We’ll walk through how to build a plan step by step to turn to when emotions feel overwhelming. You’ll also hear how to respond with compassion when someone...
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57. Understanding Suicide - Risk Factors and Signs of Depression, Part 2
Send us your thoughts through Fan Mail In this second part episode of Healthy & Redeemed, we continue this essential series on understanding suicide. You’ll learn how to recognize the risk factors of suicide, understand the signs of depression, and discover what good mental health looks like. If...
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56. Understanding Suicide - Facts and Myths, Part 1
Send us your thoughts through Fan Mail In this first episode of a three-part series, we open an honest and grace-filled conversation about suicide, despair, and the hope that can still be found in God. Together, we explore the difference between wanting to die and simply wanting to stop emotional...
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55. Protecting Your Mind From News Media Overload
Send us your thoughts through Fan Mail In this episode, we will talk about how heavy news exposure can affect our mental health, and discover biblical wisdom for guarding your heart and mind. Learn practical ways to set healthy boundaries, renew your focus on Christ, and reclaim the peace that...
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54. Just Gave Your Life to Jesus? What to Do Next
Send us your thoughts through Fan Mail Have you recently given your life to Jesus and wondered what comes next? In this episode of Healthy & Redeemed, we gently walk through four simple and essential steps that help new believers grow strong and steady in their faith: sharing your faith, reading...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Healthy & Redeemed is a podcast helping Christians grow emotionally and spiritually toward healthier, more Christ-like living.
The host, Healey Ikerd, a psychotherapist with nearly 20 years of experience and a U.S. Army Veteran, blends biblical wisdom with psychological concepts to help you learn to manage your emotions, improve your mental health, and deepen your faith. The goal is to help you live out God’s word in every aspect of your life and be a healthy reflection of Jesus Christ.
In this podcast, we will talk about:
Practical steps to strengthen your mental and emotional health, including help for anxiety, worry, depression, guilt, and forgiveness.
Simple coping skills you can use every day, grounded in both psychology and Scripture.
How good mental health supports spiritual growth—and how the two work together.
How living out biblical principles brings emotional stabi
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Healey Ikerd, LPC, LMFT
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