Life doesn't slow down just because you're trying to be spiritual. Kids, schedules, work, emotions, relationships — it piles up fast. And when you're running on fumes, your quiet time can start feeling more like a guilt trip than an anchor.

In this episode, Jake McCandless gets honest about the seasons when you're too overwhelmed, too busy, or too emotionally drained to even know where to start spiritually. Not a failure. Not a crisis. Just real life.

Jake shares three simple, realistic steps that helped him reconnect with God in the middle of chaos — not by doing more, but by doing less:
1️⃣ Change the scenery
2️⃣ Do something simple
3️⃣ Go vertical — focus on who God is

This episode is hope for the parent who's spiritually dry but still wants their home to be rooted in faith. Small steps count. And they build momentum.

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Emotional health matters. But when emotional awareness turns into accusation — families start to fracture.

In this final episode of the Hello to Emotional Health series, Jake McCandless delivers a needed warning for parents trying to navigate a generation fluent in therapy language but starved for truth.

More and more young adults are embracing a "therapeutic gospel" — one that redefines pain, boundaries, and even relationships through self-diagnosis instead of Scripture. Jake calls Christian parents to hold the line with both grace and truth.

This isn't a rejection of emotional health — it's a reset. Emotional maturity and faith aren't opposites; they were designed to work together. When we anchor our emotions in God's Word, we find balance, healing, and the strength to disciple the next generation.

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Anxiety is rewriting the story of a generation — but it doesn't have to win.

In this second half of their conversation, Jake McCandless and licensed therapist Temple Carson go deeper into what parents can actually do to help their kids face anxiety with faith and strength.

Temple brings years of clinical experience and ministry insight to talk about what happens after the diagnosis, after the overwhelm — the daily rhythms that shape resilience. This episode is packed with practical tools, spiritual grounding, and real talk for parents who want to lead their kids through anxiety instead of around it.

🎧 Listen to Part 1 here: The Anxious Generation – Part 1 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hello-to-emotional-health-the-anxious-generation-part-1/id1426077556?i=1000732666620

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✅ Temple Carson Bio (for reference)
Temple Carson is a Licensed Professional Counselor–Supervisor, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist–Supervisor, and Registered Play Therapist–Supervisor. She teaches in the graduate counseling program at John Brown University and has spent years walking alongside children, teens, and parents navigating trauma and anxiety. She's married to Dan Carson, host of the Student Ministry Matters Podcast https://studentministrymatters.podbean.com/.