Are you feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or just running on empty? Do you long to break free from stress, anxiety, and burnout so you can truly enjoy life again? Welcome to Faith & Soul Care, the podcast designed for midlife Christians who are ready to rediscover joy, regain energy, and grow closer to God in the process. Join Sherry Elaine, a licensed psychology specialist, Christian counselor and mental health coach, as she shares faith-based strategies to help you manage anxiety, anger, and stress, break free from emotional exhaustion, and find renewed purpose. Through biblical encouragement, soul care practices, and practical tools—like stress and trauma release exercises, mindset shifts, scripture based mindfulness, and daily spiritual renewal—you’ll gain the motivation and clarity to step out of your life’s rut and into the life God has for you. It’s time to silence the overwhelm, refocus your heart, and walk in peace and purpose. Tune in each week to start your journey toward lasting joy, deeper faith, and a healthier, more fulfilled life. Subscribe now and let’s walk this path together! Find all mentioned resources, books, transcripts, updates, and connection groups at http://www.sherryelaine.com http://www.sherryelaine.com
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May 31, 2025
May 31, 2025
14 min
What is the number one strategy being recommended now to help overcome low energy and fatigue, especially in midlife? Today, I want to talk about something that’s gaining even more attention in the world of wellness and health—and honestly, it’s something we as believers can fully embrace with biblical wisdom too.
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Harvard Health recently updated its recommendations for women in midlife who are struggling with fatigue, low energy, burnout—and guess what their number one recommendation is now?
Relaxation exercises.
Yes—before supplements. Before exercise regimens. Before cognitive strategies or even sleep hygiene.
They’re now saying the best starting point for women who are feeling worn out and weary is to learn how to release tension from the body, breathe deeply and intentionally, and begin restoring from the inside out.
May 24, 2025
May 24, 2025
12 min
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Quotes in this episode are from Soul Keeping, by John Ortberg. Zondervan (2014).
“Your soul is what integrates your will (your intentions), your mind (your thoughts and feelings), and your body (your face, body language, and actions) into a single life.”
“The soul seeks God with its whole being. Because it is desperate to be whole, the soul is God-smitten and God-crazy and God-obsessed.”
“You are not the keeper of your brother’s soul. You are the keeper of your own soul.”
May 17, 2025
May 17, 2025
14 min
At first glance, those two things might sound pretty similar, right? But there's actually a big difference — and understanding it can really help you make the best decision for your emotional, mental, and spiritual care.
Let’s break it down.
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Christian counseling isn’t just therapy with a few Bible verses sprinkled in. It’s counseling that is rooted in Scripture, guided by a Christian, biblical worldview, and intentionally integrates prayer, spiritual formation practices, and the truths of God’s Word into the healing process.
In Christian counseling, we absolutely use research-based strategies — like cognitive behavioral therapy, solution-focused therapy, and mindfulness techniques — but we pair them with soul-deep truths. And Christian counseling itself is a subset of professional counseling that has it’s own research journals sharing evidence-based practices. Two of these are the Journal of Psychology and Christianity and the Marriage and Family Journal. Both of those are peer reviewed bodies of research that focus on the integration of Christian life principles with evidenced based mental health and counseling strategies. So the difference is that – in full Christian Counseling - the work isn’t just about behavior or mindset change... it’s also about spiritual transformation.
May 10, 2025
May 10, 2025
9 min
Have you ever whispered, “God, I don’t even know what to pray anymore, or if I can even keep praying on this anymore”—because everything feels too heavy, too confusing, too much? Maybe you're staring at a situation that’s out of your hands... and out of your control. If that’s where you are today, this episode is for you. We're going to sit with one powerful verse, and I’m going to show you a simple prayer practice that can help you breathe again—even when the overwhelm seems to be too much.
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May 3, 2025
May 3, 2025
10 min
Let’s talk about peace and joy.
I don’t mean the kind that comes after a day at the spa or a good vacation, not even a vacation to a beautiful beach or beautiful lake destination. I mean real peace. Lasting joy. The kind that doesn’t evaporate when you go back to the loud world. Or when something really unexpected happens. Or when heartache or loss enters into our lives.
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Here’s the thing I’ve been learning (and re-learning): Peace and joy are not actually just emotions. They are not fleeting feelings we try to chase down or manufacture on our own. They are fruit—fruit of the Spirit. They are gifts of which the seeds of peace and joy are given to us by the Spirit of God, and we are to grow and cultivate them.
Grow and cultivate them? Peace and joy? You mean, like strawberries or peaches? What does that mean? How do we grow our sense of joy?
Well, let’s take a look.
Apr 26, 2025
Apr 26, 2025
9 min
What If You Could Feel Really Close to God Again—or For the First Time?
Have you ever found yourself feeling spiritually dry, distant from God, or just… off? Like your prayers are going nowhere, your Bible reading plan is nothing more than checking off a box, (if you are even reading it) and your soul feels parched? If so, you are certainly not alone.
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Recently, someone confided in me that they were feeling exactly that way—down, disconnected, unmotivated, and unsure how to get back to a vibrant spiritual life. I totally understood, because I’ve been there too. In fact, I’ve gone through several seasons like that. No, I’m not proud about it; yet it happens to most all of us.
Apr 19, 2025
Apr 19, 2025
10 min
What does Easter really mean for us for an ordinary weekday?
I think sometimes we rush through the story so quickly that we miss the profound truth of what it all means for us, personally, right now, today. We are going to review two biblical Greek words I have taught on before, actually three: tetelestai, anastasei, and anastasis.
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Apr 12, 2025
Apr 12, 2025
15 min
Today we’re talking about something that I've been meaning to discuss for awhile—the difference between self-care and soul care.
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Stress and anxiety and other negative emotions respond best to soul care, not self care! Especially if you are a Christian! Then we have access to the best soul care provider in the universe that can provide us the peace and calm that passes all understanding! Here is the thing though - no clinical counselor can teach you about soul care if they are working within the healthcare or clinical model, even if they are a Christian. Of course, most of them haven't learned about soul care unless they have taken special training in it - it's not taught in most clinical mental health graduate programs.
So - ok that was a long aside - but back to the question - what makes self-care and soul care different? The main question I will focus on is this: Why is soul care better for our emotional needs and stress management?