In this bonus episode of Affirming Truths, Carla sits down with Christian life coach and podcast host Joy Johnson to share a powerful testimony of loss, resilience, and the goodness of God.

Joy opens up about losing her mother, grandmother, and brother to suicide—and how generational trauma shaped her early years. With raw honesty and deep faith, she shares how God brought restoration, equipped her to break unhealthy emotional patterns, and led her to create the Joyful Fit Life community, where women of faith find clarity, consistency, and Christ-centered support.

If you’ve ever wondered how to see God’s goodness in the middle of heartbreak, this episode will encourage you to hold onto hope, embrace healing, and choose joy.

Have you ever felt buried under shame, trauma, or brokenness—like you were living in a grave? The good news is that God specializes in resurrection. In this episode of Affirming Truths, Christian Mental Health Coach Carla Arges unpacks what it really means for God to turn our graves into gardens.

Drawing from Scripture, personal testimony, and the natural process of growth, Carla shares how the Lord transforms the dead and barren places of our lives into something beautiful and fruitful. You’ll learn why healing is seasonal—requiring planting, waiting, pruning, and then blooming—and how to partner with God in that process.

If you’ve been praying for breakthrough but feel stuck in a season of waiting, this episode will remind you of God’s promise: “See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?” (Isaiah 43:19).

Do you ever feel like your body is stuck in anxiety, stress, or emotional overwhelm - even when you know the truth of God’s Word? Trauma and mental health struggles can rewire our brains and keep us trapped in fight, flight, or freeze. But there’s hope.

In this episode of Affirming Truths, Christian Mental Health Coach Carla Arges shares practical, biblical tools to help you reset your nervous system and return to peace. Learn how breath prayers, grounding practices, gentle movement, and Scripture meditation can calm your body and renew your mind.

If you’ve been searching for Christian strategies to manage anxiety and trauma responses, this episode will equip you with both faith-based encouragement and neuroscience-backed tools to reset and heal

Have you ever felt trapped in a cycle of negative thoughts - like shame, fear, or unworthiness - and wondered how to break free? In this episode of Affirming Truths, Carla Arges shares a practical, biblical framework for renewing your mind and walking in God’s freedom.

Drawing from 2 Corinthians 10:5 and Philippians 4:8, Carla unpacks 4 simple but powerful steps to taking thoughts captive: recognizing harmful patterns, interrupting them, replacing lies with God’s truth, and practicing new thoughts until they take root. Whether you’re struggling with trauma, anxiety, or everyday stress, this episode will equip you with both spiritual insight and neuroscience-backed tools to align your thought life with Christ.

You don’t have to live weighed down by lies - God has given you the authority to renew your mind.

Sin doesn’t always announce itself loudly—sometimes it slips in quietly and makes itself at home. Over time, we stop noticing it. We stop feeling convicted. We make peace with things God died to free us from.

In this episode of Affirming Truths, Christian Mental Health Coach Carla Arges talks about the subtle ways we normalize sin—like unforgiveness, what we consume, negative self-talk, gossip, and overworking—and how these compromises quietly hinder our healing.

Discover how to recognize where you’ve grown spiritually numb, why that’s dangerous for your relationship with God, and 3 practical steps you can take to return to freedom and wholeness in Christ.

We live in an age of endless learning—but are we actually living what we know?

In this episode of Affirming Truths, Christian Mental Health Coach Carla Arges explores why knowing God’s Word isn’t enough to produce transformation. It’s not the truth you know that changes your life—it’s the truth you act on.

If you feel stuck despite reading Scripture, listening to sermons, and doing “all the right things,” this episode will help you break through. Learn how to partner with God by taking courageous, faith-filled steps and move from head knowledge to heart transformation.

When life feels overwhelming, uncertain, or painful, God’s Word becomes our anchor. In this comforting episode, Carla shares five powerful Bible verses to help you navigate hard seasons with truth, strength, and hope.

Whether you're facing anxiety, grief, discouragement, or spiritual dryness, these Scriptures will meet you right where you are.

Learn more about Carla’s upcoming group coaching program: Rooted & Resilient

What you focus on shapes your life. Focus on fear, and fear grows. Focus on God, and peace grows.

In this episode, Carla invites you to pause and consider what’s been consuming your thoughts lately. Through biblical wisdom and practical tools, Carla teaches you how to shift your gaze from distractions, lies, and worries to Jesus—so you can experience the peace only He gives.

Whether your mind feels stuck on problems, pain, or the past, this episode will help you refocus and step into God’s promises for your life.

The lies that trauma whispers—“You’re too much,” “You’ll never heal,” “Your past defines you”—can feel louder than God’s truth. But those lies are not who you are.

In this powerful episode, Carla helps you uncover the hidden lies shaping your thoughts, emotions, and behaviors, and teaches you how to replace them with the unshakable truth of God’s Word.

If you’ve ever struggled with feelings of unworthiness, shame, or doubt, this conversation will show you how to break free from the lies and anchor your identity in Christ.

Grief isn’t a sign of weak faith—it’s a gift from God to help us process the pain of living in a broken world. In this highly requested episode, Carla invites you to stop carrying grief alone and start grieving with God.

Carla shares biblical truths, practical tools, and her own journey of navigating loss—from broken dreams to childhood trauma—to encourage Christian women to bring their pain into God’s presence.

If you’ve ever felt pressure to “get over it” or wondered where God is in your sorrow, this episode will remind you: He is near to the brokenhearted, and He wants to comfort you—not rush you.

It’s easy to pray for breakthrough while staying stuck in fear or inaction. In this episode, we look at the story of Jesus turning water into wine and reflect on what it means to “fill the jars” in our own lives. Are you partnering with God in faith, or just waiting on Him to move without stepping forward?

Join me as we look at how God wants to partner with us in the miracle. You’ll be challenged to examine what faith in action looks like for you. If you’ve been stuck in paralysis, wondering why your prayers seem unanswered, this one’s for you.

In this episode, Carla Arges explores the impact of the mother wound—emotional pain caused by a mother who was unavailable, critical, or absent during childhood. She explains how this form of childhood trauma shapes our core beliefs, self-worth, relationships, and even our view of God.

Carla shares insights on how to acknowledge and grieve these wounds without shame, reparent your inner child, set healthy boundaries, and invite God’s unconditional love and healing into your life. This episode offers hope and practical steps for women ready to heal and thrive beyond their mother wounds.

You’ve felt disconnected from God. Too broken. Too messy. Maybe you’ve stopped praying, can’t open your Bible, and feel like you’ve failed spiritually.

In this episode, Carla gets honest about the seasons when faith feels hard and shame runs deep.

She talks about why feeling stuck doesn’t disqualify you—and how God draws near even when you feel far. If you’re a Christian woman feeling stuck, ashamed, or unworthy, this episode is for you. You are not too far gone.

In this episode Carla discusses her recent health challenges, including depression and an autoimmune disease, and how they have affected her podcast. 

She addresses a comment made on a recent Instagram post that perpetuates the misconception that admitting to mental health issues is a sign of weakness or lack of faith. 

Be encouraged as Carla urges us to be good stewards of our health and our calling.

In the midst of a depressive episode, Carla shares how hard it is to show up and how God is revealing to her how he can do much with our little.

Are you focused on all that you lack?  Or are you focused on the power of God to multiply?

Be encouraged today as Carla shares from her own struggle today.

In this personal episode, Carla opens up about her own journey of self-forgiveness—especially in the aftermath of trauma, fear, and hard choices made as a teen. As a Christian mental health coach, she sees this struggle often in her clients: the inability to forgive oneself even after receiving God’s forgiveness.

Carla walks you through the emotional and spiritual layers of shame, regret, and condemnation and shows you how to begin releasing that burden. She shares the biblical truths that set her free and will do the same for you. If you’ve ever felt unworthy of God’s forgiveness—or your own—this episode is a must-listen.

Have you ever been hurt by the church? You're not alone. A discussion on Church Hurt has been highly requested recently - so I am starting at the beginning with a replay of a Season 3 interview with Pastor Tim Woodcock

In this honest episode, we talk about spiritual abuse, religious manipulation, and what happens when the church doesn’t reflect the heart of Jesus. We unpack the pain of church hurt, the impact it has on our identity and faith, and how to begin healing without walking away from God. 

If you’ve ever wrestled with authority in the church, questioned your place in the body, or felt abandoned by spiritual leaders, this conversation will remind you that your pain is valid — and it’s not the gospel. Jesus is still safe.

Have you ever felt overwhelmed by emotions, trapped in negative thinking, or burdened by past trauma? In this episode of Affirming Truths, Carla pulls back the curtain on what it means to be a Christian mental health coach. 

Learn how faith, neuroscience, and trauma-informed strategies come together to help women heal, grow, and step into the abundant life God has for them. If you've ever wondered how coaching can help you master your emotions and break free from limiting beliefs, this episode is for you!

We all face battles—spiritual, emotional, and personal. But God never intended for us to fight alone. In this episode, we dive into the story of Moses, Aaron, and Hur and uncover the biblical model for strong, God-honoring friendships.Who are the people holding up your arms when you’re weary? Are you surrounding yourself with faith-filled friends who support, uplift, and fight for you in prayer?

If you've ever felt alone in your struggles, this episode will encourage you to seek out and invest in the kind of friendships God desires for you. Tune in as we explore what it means to be an Aaron or a Hur in someone’s life—and how to find those people in yours.

It can be discouraging praying for healing and feeling like God doesn;t see us because we don’t get the answers we’re wanting.  It can feel like God has abandoned us.

Our feelings are not facts when it comes to the character of God.  In this episode, Carla offers practical advice on how to navigate unanswered prayers and receive God’s peace and comfort in the midst of suffering.

Tune in and be encouraged today.