

The Healing & Freedom Journey
Mark DeJesus
Experience Mental, Emotional and Relationship Health
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Sep 19, 2023 • 35min
Common Pitfalls of Relationship OCD
If you’re constantly questioning your love for your boyfriend or girlfriend, wondering if they’re the right person for you, or feeling the urge to break up even though you don’t want to, you may be struggling with relationship OCD (ROCD). ROCD can cause significant distress and disruption in romantic relationships. I’ve seen it in dating […]

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Sep 12, 2023 • 23min
Working Through Thought-Action Fusion
Explore thought-action fusion and its impact on OCD, including handling intrusive thoughts and distinguishing them from divine revelations. Discover how thought-action fusion relates to anxiety and strategies for finding peace and redirecting focus. Join the healing and freedom community through the OCD Healing Journey training course.

Sep 7, 2023 • 33min
Healing Our Distorted “God Filter”
Explore the impact of our relationship with God on our mental health. Address the distorted God filter and its influence on anxiety, depression, and trauma. Discover the negative effects of performance-based relationships and intense preaching, leading to exhaustion and perfectionism. Break free from the fear-based mindset and embrace God's transformative love. Understand the distorted perception of God's love and healing from punishment-based relationships. Heal our perception of God as a father by examining our experiences with our earthly fathers.

Sep 5, 2023 • 23min
9 Toxic Ways Obsessives Interpret their Thoughts
Our mental health is not about what kind of thoughts arrive into our thinking, but more about how we RESPOND to our thoughts that is the issue. Working through OCD or any kind of mental health battle involves learning to heal how we interpret our thoughts and the meaning we give our thoughts. For many […]

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Aug 31, 2023 • 32min
Working Through Mood Issues and Irritability
Explore insights and personal experiences of working through mood issues and irritability. Learn about the factors contributing to mood swings, the importance of self-care, and managing self-hatred. Discover the healing power of self-nurturing, finding solace within oneself, and the significance of compassion and love in the journey towards healing and growth.

Aug 29, 2023 • 24min
Overcoming Overthinking
Overthinking can be a problem for many who struggle with anxiety, OCD, depression or other mental health struggles. It can be easy to fall into the trap of overthinking, as we can believe that by overanalyzing or ruminating over something, somehow we may be able to solve the issue. But in fact, overthinking becomes a […]

Aug 2, 2023 • 56min
The Freedom Journey from Toxic Guilt
As many recognize that toxic guilt has infected their faith walk and mental health, how do we begin walking a freedom journey from the clutches of guilt that holds us back and steals our confidence? In this broadcast, I want to share with you some mindsets, perspectives and steps we can take to overcome being […]

Jul 25, 2023 • 18min
12 Common Guilt-Based Compulsions
Toxic guilt will drive us into a compulsive lifestyle. When we act in compulsion, we are doing something to alleviate the feelings of guilt that rise up within us. But as we keep responding to guilt, we actually empower guilt to become a rising voice in our thoughts and emotions. Our decisions and actions can […]

Jul 19, 2023 • 26min
8 Toxic Guilt Battles Christians Struggle With
As believers in Christ, we can experience a life that is not burdened down by constant guilt. Yet for so many honest Christians admit they deeply struggle with the influence of guilt over their mind and life. The work of toxic guilt infects so many areas of their life, keeping them bound in limitation, while […]

Jul 13, 2023 • 33min
10 Reasons WHY We Struggle with Toxic Guilt
As we understand the work of toxic guilt, we will need to allow ourselves to learn about why we are so prone to becoming guilt ridden so easily. Many will jump to asking, “How do I stop getting pulled into guilt trips?” but they don’t take the time to understand the influential factors that pull […]


