In this episode of Straight to the Heart, our host Rush Witt speaks with Mike Emlet, counselor and faculty member at the Christian Counseling and Educational Foundation (CCEF). They talk about difficult topics like intrusive thoughts and scrupulosity, and the biblical wisdom that helps us overcome them.
Timestamps:
1:21 – Why do you describe yourself as a cup half empty kind of guy?
4:25 – What’s the most recent cup-half-empty moment you’ve had?
6:45 – What do you mean when you refer to emotional buoyancy?
10:44 – The intrusive problem of scrupulosity
14:49 – Why are we prone to intrusive, unwanted thoughts?
17:54 – When you counsel scrupulosity, what is the central approach you take?
23:54 – What does growth look like in the area of intrusive thoughts?
27:12 – How do we turn down the volume on intrusive thoughts?
33:55 – In what ways does our embodied nature affect us?
38:35 – Is Mike Emlet a hugger?
41:50 – Farewell
About Mike Emlet:
Michael R. Emlet, MDiv, MD, practiced as a family physician for over ten years before becoming a counselor and faculty member at the Christian Counseling & Educational Foundation (CCEF). He is the author of the minibooks Autism Spectrum Disorder and Your Child, Chronic Pain, Angry Children, and Help for the Caregiver, as well as the books Saints, Sufferers, and Sinners, CrossTalk: Where Life & Scripture Meet, and Descriptions and Prescriptions.
Resources mentioned in this episode:
Blog Posts by Mike Emlet.
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