Conviction Or Shame?

About this episode

The episode explores the confusion between shame and conviction and its impact on mental health and spirituality.

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we wrestle with a question many of us quietly carry: what if the harsh voice in our head isn’t the Holy Spirit at all? Together we explore how easily shame can masquerade as conviction and how that confusion fuels anxiety, diet spirals, and distance from God. Through honest stories—stepping away from worship leading because of body shame and freezing on camera in a classroom video—we reflect on how accusation can disguise itself as holiness. Anchoring the con...

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Hosts: Heidi Bylsma-Epperson, Christina Motley

Topics covered

• shame
• conviction
• anxiety
• body image
• faith

Keywords

• shame
• conviction
• anxiety
• diet spirals
• body shame
• faith

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