{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Courage, Encouragement, Transparent and Filled with Hope!","description":" Our Fresh Hope podcast has been nominated for Wego Health's Best in Show Podcast award!We encourage you to endorse the nomination by going to:  https:\/\/awards.wegohealth.com\/nominees\/13355  In this edition of Fresh Hope for Mental Health Pastor Brad interviews Colleen Swindoll-Thompson. Colleen is the daughter of Chuck Swindoll with Insight for Living. Colleen says, \u201cI\u2019m a recovering idealist; a witty, creative investigator of faith; a compassionate caregiver; a writer and speaker; and a survivor of a shipwrecked life. \u201cMy passion is to help fellow survivors and life-strugglers steer through difficult circumstances and develop steadfast hope, so that they can navigate life with significance, meaning, and purpose in God.\u201d Colleen serves at Insight for Living Ministries as the director of our Reframing Ministries Department. \u201cReframing\u201d is essentially the transforming process of learning to love and be loved by God, and then listening, accepting, and following God in our daily lives. It\u2019s choosing to look at life\u2019s challenges as opportunities for change and growth, believing God has a plan and purpose greater than we can imagine. Reframing means life never leaves us stuck but gives us the choice to live differently\u2014a process that can be painful yet also full of purpose. Colleen is open and transparent about her challenges that she has faced in life from her own mental health to being Mom and caregiver to a special needs son, Johnathan. You\u2019ll want to listen to this podcast.  It\u2019s full of insights, encouragement, understanding and hope!  After listening to this podcast we encourage you to email us at info@FreshHope.us with a comment or question that we will share on our next podcast.   If you are listening to this podcast on iTunes, we encourage you to leave a comment regarding the podcast. Or you can leave a voice message for us on the site:  www.FreshHope4MentalHealth.com Pastor Brad Hoefs, host of Fresh Hope for Mental Health, is the founder of Fresh Hope Ministries, a network of Christian mental health support groups for those who have a diagnosis and their loved ones. In other words, Fresh Hope is a Christian mental health support group.  Brad was diagnosed with bipolar disorder in 1995. He is a weekly blogger for www.bphope.com (Bipolar Magazine). He is also a certified peer specialist and has been doing pastoral counseling since 1985. Brad is also the author of Fresh Hope: Living Well in Spite of a Mental Health Diagnosis, which is available on Amazon or at: www.FreshHopeBook.com If you are interested in more information about Fresh Hope go to www.FreshHope.us or email info@FreshHope.us or call 402.932.3089. To donate to Fresh Hope go to: http:\/\/freshhope.us\/donate\/  For a complete list of where Fresh Hope groups are presently meeting go to www.FreshHope.us and click on \u201cfind a group.\u201d  Or you may attain an online group of meeting of Fresh Hope by going to www.FreshHopeMeeting.com If you are interested in starting a Fresh Hope group within your faith community contact Julie at Julie@FreshHope.us  Fresh Hope for Mental Health is a production of Fresh Hope Ministries.  Fresh Hope Ministries is a non-profit ministry.   The copyrights of this program belong to Fresh Hope Ministries and may not be duplicated without written permission.  All of the podcasts of Fresh Hope Today as well as numerous other videos are all available on our YouTube channel: Fresh Hope Network Fresh Hope for Mental Health is on Facebook at  www.Facebook.com\/FreshHopeforMentalHealth     ","author_name":"Fresh Hope for Mental Health","author_url":"http:\/\/freshhopetoday.libsyn.com\/webpage","html":"