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THE SANCTUARY MENTAL HEALTH PODCAST
Can mental health challenges and faith co-exist? Join our host Sarah Kift, as she interviews theologians, writers, leaders, and people living with mental health challenges. If you want inspiration, insight, and resources to equip your community to be a sanctuary for all people, at all stages of their mental health journeys, this is the podcast for you.
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THE SANCTUARY MENTAL HEALTH PODCAST
Can mental health challenges and faith co-exist? Join our host Sarah Kift, as she interviews theologians, writers, leaders, and people living with mental health challenges. If you want inspiration, insight, and resources to equip your community to be a sanctuary for all people, at all stages of their mental health journeys, this is the podcast for you.
LATEST EPISODE

So often we wrestle with deep-seated questions of “Why me? What’s wrong with me? What am I being punished for? What did I do wrong?” The answer is nothing.

Millions of Canadians—one in five, in fact—experience a mental health issue in their lifetime. And it’s not their fault. It’s just another part of existence that brings both suffering and insight; challenge and care, depending on the day.

I absolutely loved this conversation with mental health advocate, mother, podcaster, and writer, Shaley Hoogendoorn, who continues to share her story of living with bipolar 2 in as many ways as she can, to as many audiences as are out there. And she took me through her process of diagnosis, wrestling, and acceptance. She is a witty, powerful, fiercely intelligent woman of faith and action, with firsthand experience of what life can be like once you learn to accept all of who you are, in all its wild and wonderful complexity.

You can also find Shaley’s blog post about stigmatizing language, Words Matter, on The Sanctuary Blog.

MENTAL HEALTH, FAITH, AND COVID-19 PODCAST

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Mental Health, Faith & COVID-19 With Corin Pilling

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Mental Health, Faith & COVID-19 With Danny Cheah

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Mental Health, Faith & COVID-19 With Amy Louisa Robinson

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Mental Health, Faith & COVID-19 With Ruth Rice

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Mental Health, Faith & COVID-19 With Kate Middleton

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Kate Middleton

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Mental Health, Faith & COVID-19 With Karen Giesbrecht

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Mental Health, Faith & COVID-19 With Christopher C.H. Cook

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Mental Health, Faith & COVID-19 With Nigel Pollock

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Mental Health, Faith & COVID-19 With Elli Johnson

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Mental Health, Faith & COVID-19 With Alastair Sterne

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The purpose of The Sanctuary Podcast is to raise awareness and start conversations about mental health in the Church. Consequently, The Sanctuary Podcast is intended for informational and educational purposes only and is not a substitute for medical or mental health advice. If you feel you may need medical or mental health advice, please consult a qualified health care professional.