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The Work Within explores the intersection of mental health, faith, and everyday life, helping people find greater connection and wholeness.
Hosted by John Lin, The Work Within is a Christian mental health podcast featuring conversations with licensed therapists about anxiety, depression, trauma, relationships, leadership pressure, church hurt, and the struggles we all carry but seldom say out loud.
The Work Within is clinically informed, biblically grounded, and deeply practical.
If you want to live and lead more authentically, fully, and faithfully, this podcast is for you.
New episodes released bi-weekly.
Meet Your Hosts & Expert Contributors
Our conversations are led by a diverse team of clinical and ministry leaders:
The Work Within is a podcast of the Watershed Initiative, a group of Christian therapists committed to providing clinically excellent, trustworthy mental health resources for the local church.
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Episode Highlight: How Family Loyalty Might Be Keeping You Stuck
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Jun 16, 2026 |
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Help! I've Become My Parents (How to Break Cycles of Generational Trauma and Shame)
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Jun 02, 2026 |
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Episode Highlight: It Ain’t Easy Being a Healthy Leader. Here’s Why.
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May 19, 2026 |
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What Makes a Healthy Leader? 3 Essential Traits to Prevent Burnout, Moral Failure, and a Giant Ego
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May 05, 2026 |
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Better Boundaries: Don't Let Resentment Kill Your Relationships
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Apr 07, 2026 |
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Trauma Is Disconnection: Understanding "Little t" Trauma and the Path to Healing
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Mar 24, 2026 |
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Stop the Spiral: How to Take Those Intrusive Thoughts Captive (2 Cor 10:5)
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Mar 10, 2026 |
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Food, Body Image, and Mental Health: The Food We Eat, the Bodies We Keep, and the Souls We Feed
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Feb 24, 2026 |
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How to Talk Politics without Losing Yourself or Your Relationships
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Feb 11, 2026 |
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A Better Connection: The Pain of Loneliness and Power of Vulnerability
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Jan 27, 2026 |
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Spiritual Practices for a New Day (Guilt-Free, Creative Habits to Help You Connect with God)
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Jan 13, 2026 |
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I’m Ok, Not Really (The Top Reasons People Seek Therapy)
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Dec 30, 2025 |
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Learn about Love and Practice It (How We Grow in the Greatest Virtue of All)
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Dec 17, 2025 |
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When You Have a Bad Day, Just ______. (Tips to Cope with Hard Emotions and Hard Days)
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Dec 02, 2025 |
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An Overdrive Kind of Life (How to Shift into a Better Pace of Life)
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Nov 18, 2025 |
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Will the Real You Please Stand Up (How Internal Family Systems Can Help You Be Your True Self)
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Nov 04, 2025 |
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Why'd I Just Say That?! (From Triggered to Connected in Conflict)
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Oct 21, 2025 |
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Your Giant Inner Critic (How to Tame the Beast of Self-Condemnation)
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Oct 07, 2025 |
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Don't Waste Your Pain (Why We Need to Lean In During the Tough Moments)
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Oct 07, 2025 |