Relationship Prescriptions with Dr. Carol is a weekly podcast dedicated to helping men, women, and couples experience good health, loving relationships and joyful spirituality that Jesus came to bring.
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From the ER to the furthest reaches of the Universe, exploring subjects that challenge and nurture curiosity, meaning and awe in life. A cacophonic reorientation to the symphonic harmony of our existence. What does that even mean? Deepening our interwoven connection to the tapestry of this incredible, improbable miraculous experience of life.
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Afro Prescriptions by Dr Gory brings you Techno and Afro infused house tunes from all walks and styles around the world.
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Learn to experience better health by following the Creator’s design, with teaching from practicing cardiologist James L. Marcum, M.D.
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Dr Maulfair's 40+ years of clinical experience offering treatment protocols designed to avoid prescription drugs has resulted in thousands of patients regaining health and many more avoiding health problems in the first place. Aging gracefully without complications from chronic, degenerative diseases and health problems IS within your reach and very possible with his medical care. Get Answers Instead of Prescriptions with this weekly podcast.
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This is a series of conversations that gives listeners a glimpse behind the scenes of medicine, focusing on the very human stories behind every patient and provider interaction. This podcast is made possible by the Richard M. Schulze Family Foundation and donors to the End in Mind Project.
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How to Maintain a Soft Heart in a Hard-edged Society
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There are many reasons for and ways of becoming hard in our cruel world. You may think a hard heart is a good and protective thing. When harm or disappointment comes, a natural human response is to develop a tough and closed heart. But that also closes you off to the good things God intends for you and wants to work in you. Is there a way to cheris…
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The Amazing, Challenging, Miraculous, Messy Local Church
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In this podcast, Kent Hunter talks about you need to train church leaders in mission training with a focus on outreach to equip all the people to be missionaries to their own personal networks.Af Church Doctor Ministries
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Getting to the Roots of Sexual Issues and the Way to Healing
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If you've been wrestling with sexual "stuff," you may wonder things like, How did I end up this way? Why do I keep doing this? Why do I keep trying harder and nothing seems to change? Why aren't my prayers working? How do I get out of this mess? In this conversation with Dr. Carol, counselor, author, and minister Jay Stringer explains why the detai…
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A Transgender's Story of Brokenness, Faith, and Healing
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Transgender issues have become a hot topic in culture and in the Christian church. Is the cultural narrative missing the point, and if so, where? How can Christians address the distress those struggling with gender issues experience in a redemptive way? Dr. Carol's guest on this fascinating episode is Walt Heyer, who transitioned to living as a wom…
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Why Information Alone Can't Fix Sexual Brokenness Part II
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In part one of last week's conversation, Dr. Carol described why information alone is not effective in bringing sexual wholeness, and why experiences and true connection is necessary. In part two, you'll hear what Dr. Carol Ministries has already been doing to help people grow into sexual wholeness, and some of the results. And you'll hear about th…
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Why Information Alone Can't Fix Sexual Brokenness
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There's an abundance of information available in regards to sexuality and relationships. But that information has not resulted in any lessening of sexual brokenness - in the culture at large or within the Christian church. Something is missing. In this first of a two-part conversation, Dr. Carol addresses that missing piece by discussing neurobiolo…
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Love Across the Spectrum: Neurodiversity and Your Christian Marriage
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If your marriage is difficult, when is it a character issue? And when is it the way someone's brain is wired? How do you respond with grace while protecting your sanity? Neurodiversity, in particular autism spectrum disorder, impacts human relationships deeply, especially marriages. On this episode Dr. Carol talks with Dr. Stephanie Holmes, psychol…
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Season 2 - Episode 4 with Chef Devan Rajkumar - Preparing, Cultivating & Nourishing The Palate & Spirit
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In this episode, I sit down with my homie Devan Rajkumar, known publicly as Chef Dev. We dialogue on topics you may have never seen from Dev. The angle we take it was both deepening and illuminating. https://www.instagram.com/chefdevan https://www.youtube.com/@chefdevanofficial https://www.chefdev.ca/ https://www.facebook.com/DevanRajkumar/ https:/…
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One Woman's Journey of Homosexuality, Healing, and Jesus
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Same-sex attraction and homosexuality are hot-button issues both in culture and in the Christian church. But beneath the debates about behavior, as important as those are, there are deeper matters of the heart including the need for attachment and intimacy. How does that connect with what Scripture says about homosexuality? In this challenging and …
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The Impact of Narcissistic Abuse in Marriage
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Confused, emotionally exhausted, or feeling crazy or depressed about your marriage? These might be signs you are being impacted by narcissistic and emotional abuse. Narcissism is a loaded word in our contemporary culture. But how do you know if that's what you're experiencing is your imagination, or is truly toxic? Dr. David Hawkins, director of th…
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The Truth About Faith, Trauma, PTSD, and Post-Traumatic Growth
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Bad things happen even to good people. What happens in a person when they experience trauma or ongoing hardship? There's been a lot of talk in the last few years about trauma-informed care, PTSD, and such. How does all that integrate with faith in God and one's Christian experience? Dr. Shannae Anderson, licensed clinical psychologist, has been wor…
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How Feeling Entitled to Sex Can Destroy Your Marriage
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Culture has made many people believe you must have a happy sex life in order to be whole and fulfilled in life. The church has "Christianized" that idea, leading many to believe you are entitled to sex, especially if you're married. But countless Christian married people are finding that doesn't work out well. Author, husband, podcaster, and pastor…
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Addressing the Hole in Your Heart: Sex, Intimacy, and Relationships
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How are you attempting to fill the empty places in your heart? If it's with sex, how's that working for you? And when it hasn't gone well, how do you find grace for your messy story? On this episode Dr. Carol talks with Matt and Laurie Krieg. Matt's a licensed therapist. Laurie is president of Impossible Ministries. Together they help people deal w…
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10 Questions Christians Most Ask About Sex
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Christians have questions about sex! But where do you go for the answers? Some questions have factual answers, but more often the questions have to do with deeper matters of the heart. In this challenging episode Dr. Carol responds to 10 questions YOU have asked, about all kinds of things - married sex, sexless marriages, single and sexual, porn, m…
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How to Have the Intimacy You Always Wanted in Your Marriage
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The illusion that intimacy in marriage just "happens" may not even last as long as the wedding cake. Maybe the intimate connection between you was good but became broken, or maybe you've never had that strong of a connection. What are the practical steps for those who want more from their relationship to actually build true intimacy that lasts? Mat…
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A Christian Lawyer Addresses Sexual Abuse by Church Leaders
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Tragically there are too many times when a spiritual leader uses their spiritual authority to perpetrate sexual harm and abuse on individuals under their care. The harm such victims experience is deep and long-lasting. And when these individuals seek help, the church's response has too often only added to their pain. In this sobering but enlighteni…
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Empowering the Next Generation: A Conversation on Leadership and Creativity
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Young people today are growing up in a very different world than adults did even a decade or two ago. For parents, teachers, pastors, and others who care about kids, it feels challenging to connect with them and help them become who they were created to be. Giving them facts doesn't nurture the creativity or leadership they need to develop. But wha…
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Boundaries for Christians: How to Guard Your Heart and Love Wisely
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Do you find yourself struggling with people pleasing, unhealthy relationships, avoiding conflict, or trouble setting boundaries? Have you lost yourself along the way of trying to love those closest to you? Perhaps you're suffering and struggle to understand why. On this episode Dr. Carol talks with Courtney Burg about the family-of-origin dynamics …
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How to Help Your Children Adopt Positive Attitudes, Act Righteously, and Develop Healthy Habits
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Does trying to get your children to obey leave you frustrated and upset? And does it seem that if you clamp down harder, your kids only resist more? What if there were a way to help your kids want to "be good," know how to do that, and actually demonstrate a healthy godly character even when you're not watching? Dr. Kathy Koch from Celebrate Kids j…
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It's the twelfth day of Christmas. We're celebrating Christmastide - 12 days of brief Scriptures and thoughts to let the message of Christmas nourish our heart and impact our lives. Your internal picture of God matters. That's perhaps the most important thing for 2024. The verse for today: "For from his fullness we have all received, grace upon gra…
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It's the eleventh day of Christmas. We're celebrating Christmastide - 12 days of brief Scriptures and thoughts to let the message of Christmas nourish our heart and impact our lives. What do YOU want for this year? Addressing our deepest desires matters - to your wellbeing, and to God. The verse for today: "The next day again John was standing with…
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It's the tenth day of Christmas. We're celebrating Christmastide - 12 days of brief Scriptures and thoughts to let the message of Christmas nourish our heart and impact our lives. What do you think God's goal for you is, for 2024? I think it's primarily for you to be WITH Him! The verse for today: "See what kind of love the Father has given to us, …
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It's the ninth day of Christmas. We're celebrating Christmastide - 12 days of brief Scriptures and thoughts to let the message of Christmas nourish our heart and impact our lives. As we transition into a new year, what is your intention? How are you planning to live this year? What decisions are you making? The verse for today: "Let what you heard …
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It's the eighth day of Christmas. We're celebrating Christmastide - 12 days of brief Scriptures and thoughts to let the message of Christmas nourish our heart and impact our lives. It's also the beginning of a new year. What have you been waiting for? And what is your hope for this year? The verse for today: "But when the fullness of time had come,…
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It's the seventh day of Christmas. We're celebrating Christmastide - 12 days of brief Scriptures and thoughts to let the message of Christmas nourish our heart and impact our lives. On the last day of 2023, let's talk about time - our experience of time, and God's perspective on time. The verse for today: "For everything there is a season, and a ti…
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It's the sixth day of Christmas. We're celebrating Christmastide - 12 days of brief Scriptures and thoughts to let the message of Christmas nourish our heart and impact our lives. Reflecting on 2023, are you more like Jesus today than you were a year ago? How does that happen? The verse for today: "Put on then, as God’s chosen ones, holy and belove…
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It's the fifth day of Christmas. We're celebrating Christmastide - 12 days of brief Scriptures and thoughts to let the message of Christmas nourish our heart and impact our lives. HOW can we walk as Jesus walked? What makes it work? We contemplate here how Jesus did it, and how we can too. The verse for today: "And by this we know that we have come…
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It's the fourth day of Christmas. We're celebrating Christmastide - 12 days of brief Scriptures and thoughts to let the message of Christmas nourish our heart and impact our lives. Today we celebrate children! (the Feast of the Holy Innocents). And we pray for the end of evil. The verse for today: "Now when they had departed, behold, an angel of th…
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It's the third day of Christmas. We're celebrating Christmastide - 12 days of brief Scriptures and thoughts to let the message of Christmas nourish our heart and impact our lives. Christmas means that God came to be WITH us. How can you experience that? The verse for today: "That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen…
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It's the second day of Christmas. We're celebrating Christmastide - 12 days of brief Scriptures and thoughts to let the message of Christmas nourish our heart and impact our lives. Today - Christmas is not just for you! What does it mean to share - your story, and perhaps your resources? The verse for today: "And Stephen, full of grace and power, w…
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Merry Christmas! We're celebrating Christmastide - 12 days of brief Scriptures and thoughts to let the message of Christmas nourish our heart and impact our lives. Today, Christmas Day, we consider what it means that Jesus entered our world - God becoming human. The verse for today: "And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen hi…
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The Christmas season brings lots of emotions; anticipation, hope, joy – and for some, deep loneliness, pain, or grief. Being intentional about how you celebrate the holiday season will make it so much more meaningful. In this holiday episode Dr. Carol talks with Dr. Andrew Fox, pastor and professor, about the deeper meaning of Christmas including s…
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Season 2 - Episode 3 - Layered Stories - Choosing, Even If That Choice Means Death
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In this solo episode, I explore the experience of a patient who chose to leave against medical advice in a really rough state and it contrasted the story of death that someone the same age who was my close friend went through. Thank you for tuning in. More layered stories to come.
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Crafting Compelling Stories and Exploring Gospel Themes in Writing: A Conversation with Jerry Jenkins
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What stays with you from what you read or hear? Isn't it stories you remember best? Our human minds are created to run on story. In our information-saturated world, what does that idea have to say about our relationship with God? About Scripture? About how we share the gospel with others? In this fascinating episode Dr. Carol talks with Jerry Jenki…
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S2 - Ep 2 with Gina Marie- The Heroine's Journey, Intimacy, Challenges & Play
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My guest on this episode is my dear friend Gina Oades. The show notes are shared below. This conversation touched on deeply important subjects I wish the world would reflect upon! I know I needed it.Gina's love for life and commitment to being in service of others while dancing, singing & playing all the way through.connect with her: instagram.com/…
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To be human is to suffer. And we don't like that! Much of our energy is expended is seeking to prevent or stop suffering. It's not that such efforts are not good; they are. But if we are to get through this human experience with any hope at all, we will need to change our relationship with suffering. To help us do that, Dr. Carol talks with Dr. Cur…
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Fractured marriages, sexual addiction, deep anxiety - these are just a few of the kinds of struggles Dr. Carol Ministries is privileged to help people find healing from. In this unusual Giving Tuesday episode, Dr. Carol says Thank You to YOU for your prayers, sharing, and support. You'll hear stories from several individuals and couples who have fo…
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Healing Earthly Father Wounds By Connecting with your Heavenly Father
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Your relationship - or lack thereof - with your earthly father impacts your relationship with your heavenly Father. If your earthly father was absent, or unpredictable, or harsh and abusive, or neglectful, or emotionally unavailable, you'll experience God the same way. Overcoming father wounds is a challenge for so many people. Kia Stephens has exp…
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It's Not a Zap: Understanding the Process of Spiritual Formation
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Don't you often wish God would "zap" you from here to there? If you need to change and you ask Him to change you, don't you wish it would happen quickly? But all longterm followers of Jesus discover that spiritual transformation is a process - and one where we learn to cooperate with God. Jonathan Daugherty has experienced that transformation, and …
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Redefining the Christian Way of Thinking About Purpose and Calling
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Christian culture has promoted the idea of purpose and calling. But the struggle to find and fulfill one's purpose and calling has left many feeling frustrated, tired, and discouraged. Longing for significance and greatness seems often futile and disappointing. Do our priorities and perspective need to be changed? Dr. Carol talks with Kelly Needham…
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Season 2 - Intro - A Personal Update, This Season & Frustrating Needed Worldly Invitations
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Welcome to Season 2! Im giving a personal update as we dive in. Some are prescriptions, some are personal frustrations and worldly occurrences that feel like the are rotting at my core at times. Thank you for being here as I expand on them. Please feel free to like, share, subscribe & rate if you wish.…
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Living in Grace: Strengthening Your Marriage with Gospel Principles
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Every marriage is the union of two sinners. And that sets every couple up for pain and disappointment. Most couples simply react to the stresses their marriage encounters, or don't think about it much until a crisis hits. Grace and intentionality can change all that. On this episode Dr. Carol talks with Brad and Marilyn Rhoads about how their own m…
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The Hidden Reasons Men Struggle to Love, and How They Can Learn
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Sobriety is not enough. There are many men who have found sobriety from problematic sexual behaviors, but their relationships are still in tatters. And many women say something like, "My husband doesn't know how to love me." What's missing? Dr. Eddie Capparucci answers these questions in this episode with Dr. Carol, addressing the underlying reason…
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Getting Up Again: How God Uses Adversity and Resilience
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Who hasn't felt knocked down, held back, or left out? Perhaps you feel that way now. Whether your problems stem from your own choices and behaviors, or whether you've been harmed by others, there is a pathway back to goodness and a life full of purpose. That pathway involves cooperating with God in changing your mindset and taking positive action. …
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How to Live Within the Limits of God's Good Design
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Most of us human beings try to live beyond the limitations of our time, energy, and responsibilities. We see limits as a bad thing. But God doesn't. Might our very limits be part of God's gifts to us? And how might understanding the humanity of Jesus help us navigate these questions? In this episode Dr. Carol talks with Dr. Kelly Kapic about our na…
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How to Deal with a Narcissist at Home or In Church
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Too often narcissism seems to thrive in our churches as well as in some Christian homes. Navigating out of the pain and dysfunction involved is hard. And Chuck DeGroat has been helping churches, individuals, couples, and church systems address these issues for over 20 years. On this episode Dr. Carol talks with Chuck DeGroat about some of the deepe…
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In the Name of God: The Church's Response to Sexual Abuse and Exploitation
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Someone sitting beside you at church, at work, or at school has experienced sexual abuse or exploitation. Perhaps that's even you. Unfortuately, the Christian community's response has not always been effective. Drawing from her own story makes Trish Propson – chaplain, author, speaker, and advocate – a sensitive and engaging voice in bringing hope …
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