🎙️ Insight Podcast: The Lincoln Clinical Study

🎙️ Insight Podcast: The Lincoln Clinical Study

From Insight by Chaplain/ LAC-T Counselor Jeffrey L Johnson

February 22, 2026 · 17 min · Season 3 · Episode 10

About this episode

The episode explores Abraham Lincoln's struggles with depression and the importance of community and faith in overcoming personal darkness.

🎙️ Insight Podcast: The Lincoln Segment Closing The Historical Perspective "Abraham Lincoln once wrote, 'I am now the most miserable man living. If what I feel were equally distributed to the whole human family, there would not be one cheerful face on the earth.' He was a man who lived in the 'valley of the shadow,' a man whose friends had to remove knives and razors from his room for fear he would succumb to his own darkness. Yet, Lincoln did not let the shifting sands of his emotions dictate the structure of his life. He found a 'Rock' in his purpose—the preservation of the Union and the liberation of the oppressed—and in a growing, desperate faith that drove him to his knees when he had nowhere else to go." "May the God who sustained Lincoln in the dark halls of the White House sustain you in your quietest hours of despair. May you find that even when your feelings are like sand, His promises are like flint. We pray that you receive the 'purer and holier' strength that Lincoln discovered—a strength that doesn't just survive the storm, but is forged within it. Go forth with malice toward none, with charity for all, and with a foundation that the gates of hell…

People in this episode

Host: Jeffrey L Johnson

Topics covered

  • mental health
  • faith
  • historical perspective
  • community support
  • depression
  • purpose

Keywords

  • Abraham Lincoln
  • depression
  • faith
  • community
  • mental health
  • purpose
  • historical perspective

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