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HOST: TINA YEAGER
Hope, can we find hope, transformation, and victory when we need it most? Today’s guest, Caroline S. Cooper, guides us along the journey from emotional pain and trauma to healing.
Caroline Cooper is an author, podcast host, and speaker on topics related to mental health primarily from a Christian perspective. In addition to having personal experience with trauma and mental illness, Caroline is a Certified Peer Specialist in mental health and has a master’s in Bible & Theology.
Caroline shares how she tried to bury and ignore trauma and mood swings earlier in her life. She explains how unresolved trauma and untreated mood swings worsened and surfaced despite her attempts to hide her emotional struggle. God pulled her toward prayer and gave her a glimmer of hope. From there, Caroline began a journey of transformation and victory.
Through counseling, treatment, and working through her issues with God’s help, Caroline went through healing and recovery. She was transformed through the healing of her past and found victory. God then pulled Caroline into mental health ministry.
Cooper explains that victory isn’t a single, dramatic achievement. She defines victory as the next right choice. We can experience a series of victories on the recovery journey, each of which begins with a tiny seed of hope.
We discuss the importance of a support system and point out that God often uses people to serve in his work of healing in our lives. Caroline notes that most people do not want to talk about mental illness, but she emphasizes the need to seek healthy and supportive people to come alongside us in recovery. She encourages all those struggling with emotional battles or trauma to reach out to trustworthy people for help.
Cooper details the steps of emotional recovery.
- We must begin with hope, since we have no motivation or purpose without hope. We are unlikely to take any helpful action without at least a glimmer of hope. Recognize that God has a plan and purpose for you. Psalms 42, 43, and 44 are songs of deliverance that echo the importance of hoping in the Lord. Anything else will disappoint us.
- Once we have hope, we can take action. Transformation is defined as the change we need to make to become healthy. We don’t need to change our essence, but we will instead change into the person God created us to be. With God’s help, we can address needed change with confidence. Transformation begins in the mind and heart. We correct our unhealthy thoughts with the truth.
- Victory is defined as making the next right decision. Recovery involves a series of small victories. See Psalm 21:31 and 2 Corinthians 15:56-58.
Cooper defines recovery as a cycle because it is ongoing. There’s always room to grow. Each victory brings hope for the next step.
We discuss how to recover from setbacks while on the journey. SAMHSA defines recovery as a process. Cooper encourages those who experienced a setback to start again by finding hope. Caroline also notes that having a support network helps us recover from setbacks.
Connect with Caroline via email at [email protected]. Find her podcast and get a copy of her new book, In This Corner: Battling Trauma and Mental Illness from Inside the Ring, on her website, accessible at carolinescooper.com or ingodscorner.org
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