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Unleash Mind&Heart Transformation
by Theresa Parada
Welcome to Unleash Mind & Heart Transformation, a Christian podcast exploring how God’s truth renews your mind, restores your heart, and transforms your life. I’m Theresa Parada, your host, a transformational coach and minister of soul care to women in my local church. My mission is to shine Christ’s radiant light into life’s darkest corners, planting seeds of truth through inspiring stories and biblical wisdom. My passion is to guide you toward hope and healing in Christ Whether you’re a lifelong believer or curious about biblical Christianity, you’re welcome here. Come, slow down, and join me to discover how the Holy Spirit can spark transformation in YOU. Look for new episodes to publish each Saturday. And be sure to click subscribe for weekly encouragement to reshape your thoughts, encourage your heart, and deepen your faith! For questions, feedback or content suggestions email me at theresa@mindhe
Episodes
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106_ The Two Types of Wisdom
Life is full of all sorts of matters that require us to make countless choices each day. The is process is something we are so accustomed to that we are largely unaware of how many decisions we make. Many decisions are automated because we have built habits that set up pre-determined choices.…
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105_ Unmasking the Fake: Counterfeit vs Authentic
Fakes. Copies. Copycats. Replicas. Spoofs. These aren't any new to us. Long before our time, people have encountered imitations which, may look deceptively good, but they still aren't the real deal. In the last episode I promised to share the two types of wisdom. A good friend asked if I might...
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104_ Learn the One Thing That Matters Most
Those we trust to teach us how profound influence in our lives. In this episode we consider who in our lives is wise, and what is the single most important thing that matters most because it profoundly shapes our lives. Tune in for a thoughtful discussion along with some the lesson the wisest and...
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103_ Barbed Words vs. Bruises: Which Scar Lasts Longer?
People can say the most cruel words to us. And try as we might to dismiss them, some of those words land deep and get imbedded into our sense of who we are and how we ought to live as a result.In today's episode we touch on the issue of identity as we consider the impact of critical, judgmental…
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102_ Bitterness & Grudges
There is no such thing as real relationships among humans without disagreements, arguments, conflicts and choices that we find hurtful. But when these become a grudge we hold against someone, and when bitterness brews inside us toward them, what are we to do? Today's episode is about why we form...
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101_ Decisions and Crossroads
Human beings make lots of decisions every day. What we don't always recognize is how significantly the choices we make shape our lives. How do we walk in wisdom when we are faced with decisions? How do we avoid becoming a fool, which leads to lament, regret, and often guilt or shame? If you want…
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100_ The Desires That Shape the Soul
The topic of passions and desires is often discussed, but have you caused to consider how your desires shape your soul? Tune into to today's episode that looks at Psalm 25 and consider what it looks like to nurse an appetite for God, what is the role of our hearts in this, and what the Bible…
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099_ Why You Must Tell Your Mind What to Think
Your mind is constantly working, thinking, processing, measuring, choosing. It never stops. Even when you are asleep it is still actively working to sort, store and make meaning about ideas, information and experiences. But can you trust everything you think? And is it wisdom to do so? It has…
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098_ Self-Pity - The Siren's Song
No human is exempt from its lure. There are seasons and situations that cause frustration and headache that easily and naturally draws toward self-pity. When we are there, it seems the most reasonable and normal thing to do. To muse on and think about what happened. To allow it to replay in our...
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097_ Seeking Favor With God: The Illusion of Earning
So many live in fear of trying to get into God's good graces but sensing they will never measure up. If you can relate to this, tune in for today's episode where we look at what God says about favor and acceptance. What if you believe something about this that isn't true (according to God, of...
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096_ How to Guard Your Heart with Wisdom
We all struggle to navigate the pain of rejection and the deep human need for acceptance and belonging. This episode explores first the problem and then our own flawed solutions, and why these coping mechanisms always fail us in the long run before we turn to talk abut God's solution to how we…
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095_ How is True Transformation Possible of Your Thoughts and Feelings?
How we think and how we feel in any moment or day powerfully shapes and shifts our lives, for better or for worse. Often what dominates our consciousness is our experience of life in that moment. How am I feeling? How am I being treated? What do I desire? What do I crave? What do I feel I...
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094_ What is God Really Like?
Do you ever wonder what god is really like? Perhaps you've noticed how many people are asking questions about God on social media? They are beginning to read a bible and go to church as they search to learn more about God. But did you know that God actually introduces Himself in the Bible and…
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093_ When Clarity Comes Out of Waiting
In recent episodes I've been sharing in real time my own experience of a painful emotional reaction to someone I love that was sharp and took that person and me very much by surprise. In running to Jesus to confess and seek forgiveness, He has been at work in my life bringing clarity in many…
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092_ Interlude
Have you ever wanted to have a meaningful conversation with someone but you were struggling to process some weighty things and wanted to wait to speak until you felt you could better express things that deeply matter? That's where I found myself this week... wrestling, thinking, praying, writing...
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091_ Connections: Desire Drives Reactions
We've all had moments where someone's comment it's deep and we find ourselves reacting in ugly ways. What can we learn about our own fears and desires that drive such deep reactions? This episode explores biblical wisdom for what to do and we experience strong and unexpected reactions, and how…
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090_ Confident Hope As We Wait
In this episode we pull aside and park for a few moments to lean deeper into the times when God has us in a season of waiting. We share 7 scriptures that tech of beautiful truths about God and how He works patience, hope and strength in us AS we wait. The waiting we don't love, but it's a vital...
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089_ Exposing the Root of A Deep Emotional Wound
In this heartfelt sequel to “When a Hidden Emotional Abscess Ruptures,” we dive deeper into the next step of the journey of healing from a profound emotional wound. Reflecting on the reality that true sure and full understanding largely of the source of our deep pain is largely or entirely not...
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088_ When a Hidden Emotional Abscess Ruptures
In this deeply personal episode of Unleash Mind&Heart Transformation, we explore what happens when an unexpected moment triggers an intense emotional reaction, leaving you reeling and wondering, "Why does this hurt so much?" Through a raw, real story, we discuss the existence of hidden emotional...
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087_ When in Comes to Kindness Who Gets Your Best?
Have you ever responded to someone you love in a terribly unkind way? In the moment it seems right, but afterwards the sting in your soul is terrible. In this episode, we explore kindness as a reflection of God’s character and how it transforms our lives. Discover why, before true kindness can be...
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086_ How Your Thoughts Shape Your Life & How to Take Them Captive
Join us in this uplifting episode as we explore the power of paying attention to your habitual thoughts, a vital step for Christians and those curious about biblical Christianity. We begin by breaking down the four core areas that shape who you are—physiology, sociology, psychology, and...
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085_ How to Heal From Past Hurts with God's Help
In this heartfelt episode, "What to Do When Old Wounds Still Cause Pain," we explore the lingering ache of past hurts and how to find true healing through Christ. Discover why unhealed wounds fester and steal our joy, and learn why the apology we crave isn’t the ultimate answer. With biblical...
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084_ When You Feel Like You're Falling Apart: Inviting God's Love to Knit You Back Together
Feeling wounded, broken or overwhelmed? In this heartfelt episode, we explore how God’s love restores us when life feels shattered or unraveling. Discover three powerful truths: God works in mysterious ways to heal our deepest hurts, naming our fears before Him actually brings freedom, and that...
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083_ Breaking Free From Assumptions: Finding Peace in Relationships
Have you ever assumed what someone was thinking, only to feel awkward or hurt later? In this episode of Unleash Mind & Heart Transformation, host Theresa Parada explores how assumptions about others’ thoughts create tension in our relationships. Through inspiring stories and biblical wisdom,...
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082_ Planting Seeds, Uprooting Weeds and The Need to Renew & Transform our Thoughts
Discover how to break free from old patterns and grow spiritually in this inspiring episode of Seeds, Weeds, and Human Need. Explore the parallels between seeds and the human mind, uncovering how neurons grow through faith-based practices like prayer, bible reading, worship, and gratitude. Learn...
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081_ Stories as Mirrors: A Fresh View of SELF
Do you have a favorite storybook from childhood? One you loved to read or hear over and over? Stories can be powerful mirrors that enable us to see life and ourselves from a new perspective. In this episode we will explore an old story from a new vantage that's served as a mirror for countless...
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080_ The Extraordinary Extravagance of God
Many people's experience with religion seems to foster the belief that God stern, aloof, and withholding. In this episode we explore a short journey into just three evidences of the lavish heart of God! Join us as we ponder the breathtaking extravagance of God’s creation, the precious gift of…
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079_ Self-Confidence vs God-Confidence
Struggling with lagging self-confidence? Discover the power of God-confidence in this heartfelt 15-minute solo podcast episode! Join Theresa Parada as she explores biblical wisdom on trusting God’s unchanging nature and living in relationship with Him. Through Scriptures like Proverbs 3:5-6 and...
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078_ The Remarkable Steadiness of God
Change for humans is absolutely certain. Some change we dread, some we long for. When we consider just how changeable we are in our attitudes, priorities, moods, and ambitions, we are nothing like the supernatural steadiness of God which is incomprehensible to us. If you're down for an uplifting...
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077_ Learning to Distinguish Among Voices You Hear
We all have ongoing conversations with ourselves, and no that doesn't make you crazy. But not every voice we hear should be automatically trusted and responded to. It's important to ask what road is this voice leading me down? Is it one of discouragement, doubt, despair, or shame? Or does it…
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076_ Your Personal Search Engine
While so much is still unknown about the human mind, neuroscience continues to discover startling revelations about the design, function, capacities and capabilities designed into the human mind. In today's episode we zoom in one one narrow niche of information, to consider how our beliefs shape...
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075_ Is Your Brain Wired for Pain or Joy?
The thoughts we think literally affect the form and function of your brain. Our mind, meaning what we think about, alters the physical structure of the brain. Humans have described how they feel; brain scans now prove what people could only before describe experientially. In today's episode we…
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074_ Fix Your Mind
We've all had moments where we keeping turning over certain thoughts in our mind that cause great anguish and suffering, emotionally and physically. We can literally cause either damage or healing based on what we continually think on. This has been much researched and well documented. In fact,...
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073_ The Ministry of Music to the Mind
Continuing our series of episodes centered on the human mind, and what has a positive impact on our thoughts versus what impacts our minds negatively. And music happens to have some profound impacts on our brains.In today's episode we'll look at a summary of some significant impacts of music on…
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072_ Renew Your Mind: Transforming Negative Thoughts
There are certain thoughts you think often. Things you replay and rehearse in your mind. If they were upbeat and positive they'd be ones you could easily live with. But the ones we are talking about today aren't. In fact, the kinds of thoughts we're talking about easily and often lead us into...
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071_ When Our Thoughts Confuse Us
Did you know the average adult human has somewhere between 6,000 and 70,000 thoughts per day. Researchers estimate that 90% are repetitive thoughts (easy to see why those are impactful!). But we also have new thoughts as well as transitional thoughts. We have so much we may be processing and...
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070_ What Shapes Your Thoughts?
We all have moments where realize we are in a mood, and that mood can quickly mushroom into something destructive. What if there were a simple question that could help shift you from the downward spiral, into a healthier trajectory? Would that be helpful? In today's episode we will explore one…
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069_ Unveiling What's Holding You Back
A frustrating facet of our human nature is the ways we can feel stuck. We want to grow, change, develop, mature. We want to experience deep transformation in our relationships with God and with other people. And often we wrestle against invisible bonds, that in spite of our desire to change, and...
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068_ Understanding Anxiety, Fear & Worry
This discussion of understanding anxiety, fear and worry continues the discussion began in the last episode on anxiety, and moving on from identifying thinking patterns that undergird anxiety, into today where we first consider the four core elements of anxiety, cognitive, emotional, behavioral…
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067_ Urgency & Anxiety
Published trends on mental health continue to show dramatic rise in the numbers of people struggling with anxiety. The feeling of being overwhelmed and struggling to find relief is painful reality for many people. While I don't offer a cure-all, panacea, quick fix, there are some patterns of...
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066_ Am I Asking Myself the Wrong Question?
The questions we ask ourselves can be far more powerful than we realize. Especially if the questions have been long-held ones, we can fail to recognize their power to influence everyday decisions. Tune in for a thoughtful discussion about how our lives are shaped by both the articulated questions...
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065_ Worry Creates Weakness
When challenging or painful circumstances arise, worry can seem to natural, so important, so necessary. But is it? What happens when we worry and what is the outcome? How does worrying make us weak? What can we do instead? Join us for a thoughtful discussion, where we consider truth from God's…
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064_ Perspective & Possibility
We all have built a great many habits in our lives. Some work for us. Some really don't. And sometimes we don't set aside time to stop to consider what's working for us and what isn't. It's so easy and natural to keep ourselves on autopilot that we aren't even aware of things we are doing to...
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063_ Does Life Seem Dark Just Now?
Your days and mine are filled with a myriad of thoughts, choices and decisions. So many in fact, that we are often unaware of the impact our thoughts have on how we live. Our thoughts have tremendous power. But how often to we stop to examine and consider, are they true, are they helpful, where...
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062_ Who Might You Become?
We all naturally thing about the future. Sometimes it's with anticipation and delight. Other times it's with a sense of anxiety and fear. An integral aspect of our human mind is the way we dream and desire. We take in information and stories. And in recent episodes we talked about the power of…
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061_ Imagining What is Beautiful & True
We naturally use our imaginations for both the beautiful and the terrifying. But when it comes to God, what do you imagine He is like? And how does that affect how you live in the midst of everyday life? Join us for a thought-provoking discussion.
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060_ Is My Imagination Safe?
We all have an imagination... But is it safe? Does it lead us into suffering? And even into suffering from imaginary things? Or lead us away from a life of loving and trusting God? What does the Bible have to say about our imagination? This episode considers these questions and more to see what...
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059_ My Secret Sugar Addiction
It started in early grade school. It wasn't by design. It wasn't planned. But what started as a way for a little girl to "feel better". But that little habit didn't stay little. And neither did it stay entirely hidden. Maybe sugar is your thing; maybe it's something else. It promises to be what…
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058_ Lessons from the Game of Life
Playing the Game of Life with a 5 year old provided both comic relief and also some deeper reflections on what it looks like to navigate challenging seasons of life. When we are confused and find ourselves asking big questions, sometimes the answer we actually need need to hear is what helps us…
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057_ Not Presents, But Presence
In the season leading up to Christmas, a word frequently used and accurately, is busy. But now that the gifts have been unwrapped and meals finished, pit's a great time to pause from all the grown-up tasks and to-do lists. To relish for a few moments in the sweet child-like joy of kids that goes...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Welcome to Unleash Mind & Heart Transformation, a Christian podcast exploring how God’s truth renews your mind, restores your heart, and transforms your life.
I’m Theresa Parada, your host, a transformational coach and minister of soul care to women in my local church. My mission is to shine Christ’s radiant light into life’s darkest corners, planting seeds of truth through inspiring stories and biblical wisdom. My passion is to guide you toward hope and healing in Christ
Whether you’re a lifelong believer or curious about biblical Christianity, you’re welcome here. Come, slow down, and join me to discover how the Holy Spirit can spark transformation in YOU. Look for new episodes to publish each Saturday.
And be sure to click subscribe for weekly encouragement to reshape your thoughts, encourage your heart, and deepen your faith!
For questions, feedback or content suggestions email me at theresa@mindhe
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