With You in the Weeds

With You in the Weeds The podcast where FAITH meets MENTAL HEALTH. Listen on your favorite podcast player 🎧

Our team of therapists and pastors speaks to common questions about faith, mental health, emotions, relationships, parenting, trauma, and more. The With You in the Weeds team consists of John Tinnin, MDiv, MFT; Lynn Roush, LPC; Shay Roush, MDiv; and Austin Conner, MDiv, PLPC. As therapists and pastors, we are routinely “in the weeds” with people to help them address the hardships, messes, and diff

iculties of life. On our podcast, we share research, insight, and biblical wisdom on how to manage the weeds of life based on our training as well as our own personal growth journeys. Every Wednesday, we release a podcast episode designed to offer wisdom, hope, and encouragement. After you subscribe to our website, withyouintheweeds.com, you’ll get a weekly newsletter summarizing the latest episode of our podcast with a link to listen right away. You can be a fly on the wall and listen to honest conversations as we speak into the common questions and concerns that people present to us on a daily basis! We tackle tough questions about emotions, relationships, spiritual growth, parenting, and more.

Emmanuel means "God with us." You are never alone, not even for a moment.✨
12/26/2025

Emmanuel means "God with us." You are never alone, not even for a moment.✨

We wish you a joyous Christmas filled with blessings of the season! 🎄The Team: Austin, Lynn, Shay, & John 💚
12/25/2025

We wish you a joyous Christmas filled with blessings of the season! 🎄

The Team: Austin, Lynn, Shay, & John đź’š

The good news of Christmas is that God didn’t stay distant—he entered our world of darkness, suffering, and brokenness s...
12/24/2025

The good news of Christmas is that God didn’t stay distant—he entered our world of darkness, suffering, and brokenness so that we would never walk alone.

This classic episode explores:

❤️ The radical claim that Jesus is God

❤️ What his presence means in your grief, struggles, and sin

❤️ How Christmas points to hope, rest, and a relationship with Jesus

If the holidays feel heavy this year, let this episode remind you: you have a friend in Jesus.

🎧 Click the link in bio to listen to "Jesus -Emmanuel - is With You"

12/24/2025

Are you quick to lose faith in God during painful flare-ups? Read the caption below⤵️

Chronic pain can cloud the relationship between you and the loving God that has allowed suffering in your life. Here are 8 reasons not to lose faith when you’re struggling:

🌸Lament is an act of faith
🌸Jesus understands your pain firsthand
🌸Pain is NOT proof that God has abandoned you
🌸Pain does not define your worth
🌸God works through support, not isolation
🌸Your story isn’t finished
🌸Growth doesn’t always look like healing

Are you ready to feel closer to God in pain and suffering? Click the link in the bio to listen to Ep. 161🌱

12/23/2025

Relief from chronic pain often comes from addressing the WHOLE person—body, brain, soul, and spirit. Have you tried these healthy alternatives for peace?

🌱Movement Therapies: Physical therapy, stretching, yoga, or walking can improve circulation, mobility, and confidence. These gentle, consistent movements can help to retrain the nervous system and reduce pain sensitivity over time.

🌱 Trauma-informed counseling: Therapy that addresses trauma, stress, and emotional regulation can lower pain intensity and reduce the urge to numb distress with substances.

🌱Lifestyle Changes: Small, sustainable changes, rather than extreme diets or rigid rules, can reduce chronic pain and support healing over time.

🌱Nervous System Regulation: Breathing practices, grounding, mindfulness, and other somatic techniques help signal safety to the brain, which can decrease pain signals.

🌱Community and faith support: Church attendance, Bible study, prayer, small groups, and worship music can restore hope, meaning, and resilience.

🌱Integrated medical care: Working with providers who coordinate medical treatment, mental health care, and non-pharmacological strategies reduces reliance on medication alone.

Pain management is a process, not a quick fix. Listen to Episode 161 to find more ways to manage chronic pain.

A prayer for chronic pain🌱💛
12/22/2025

A prayer for chronic pain🌱💛

If pain has shaken your faith, you’re not failing—you’re human.Scripture makes room for lament, questions, and exhaustio...
12/20/2025

If pain has shaken your faith, you’re not failing—you’re human.

Scripture makes room for lament, questions, and exhaustion. Faith doesn’t disappear when suffering arrives; often, it’s being stretched, refined, and held in quieter ways.

Tap the link in bio to listen to Ep. 161, and save and share this post to spread awareness.

What if managing chronic pain didn’t have to mean relying on one solution alone?Real relief often comes from addressing ...
12/19/2025

What if managing chronic pain didn’t have to mean relying on one solution alone?

Real relief often comes from addressing the whole person—body, brain, soul, and spirit.

Save this for days when pain feels overwhelming—and share it with someone who may be searching for healthier ways to cope. 🤍

What if the hardest part of pain isn’t physical at all?Naming the invisible effects of chronic pain is an important step...
12/18/2025

What if the hardest part of pain isn’t physical at all?

Naming the invisible effects of chronic pain is an important step toward compassion and healing.

If this spoke to you, save it for the days your faith feels fragile—and share it with someone who may be quietly carrying pain.

Is God still with you when the pain doesn’t go away?This episode dives deep into the invisible torment that chronic pain...
12/17/2025

Is God still with you when the pain doesn’t go away?

This episode dives deep into the invisible torment that chronic pain brings. Dr. David Hockman (a former surgeon who now lives with chronic pain himself) and Pastor Shay Roush unpack what chronic pain actually is, why it’s far more than “just physical,” and how it rewires your brain, drains your energy, strains relationships, and can shake your faith to the core.

The conversation walks you through the biology of tolerance and withdrawal, the red flags of addiction, the proper (and improper) use of pain medication, and a long list of practical, whole-person strategies that can help you live with pain instead of being owned by it.

At the heart of this episode is a life-changing truth: God’s strength is made perfect in weakness, not in the absence of suffering.

Interested in learning more?
Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/chronic-pain-and-addiction-is-there-hope/id1654765507?i=1000741669833
Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3VMXOUi9pZ7yxoHm6T6r6o
Read a summary at our website: https://www.withyouintheweeds.com/p/chronic-pain-and-addiction-is-there

If work keeps swallowing your life, you’re not alone. These 7 shifts can help you reclaim your time, rebuild your identi...
12/16/2025

If work keeps swallowing your life, you’re not alone. These 7 shifts can help you reclaim your time, rebuild your identity, and remember that rest is a requirement, not a reward.

Small changes add up fast. Ready to take your life back?đź’›

Gambling often starts as a way to relieve stress and have fun. But behind the surface are hidden costs that quietly drai...
12/12/2025

Gambling often starts as a way to relieve stress and have fun. But behind the surface are hidden costs that quietly drain your time, peace, relationships, and sense of control.

If any part of you feels stuck in the cycle, you’re not alone. Awareness is the first step toward reel freedom.💛

Save this post to revisit it later, or share it to someone who may need the gentle reminder.

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