Skills and Pills Podcast
A podcast with Dr. Mo and Dr. Jo. A safe, empowering place for all things self-care, emotional health, and faith. We’re two passionate mental health professionals on a mission to break stigmas, provide credible psychoeducation, and encourage healing for the mind, body, and spirit—all through a Christian lens.
Episodes
22 episodes
God Met Me at Rock Bottom | The Myth of Bouncing Back with Charaia Rush
For anyone who’s ever been knocked down and told to “bounce back,” only to find themselves back on the floor again, this episode is for you.Dr. Mo and Dr. Jo sit down with author Charaia Rush to discuss her new book The Myth of Bouncing...
Why Christians Struggle to Talk About Mental Health
“Just pray about it.”For many Christians struggling with mental health, that’s the response they’ve heard for years. But what happens when prayer alone doesn’t seem to fix the anxiety, depression, trauma, or burnout?In this episod...
Christians Need to Stop Saying This About Mental Health
“You just need to pray more.” “If you really trusted God, you wouldn’t struggle mentally.”For years, many Christians have been taught that mental health struggles are simply a lack of faith. But what happens when prayer, fasting...
The Seven C’s of Resilience
“I felt like everything was imploding.” — Dr. MoIn this episode, Dr. Jo and Dr. Mo open up about their personal journey of learning resilience through some of life’s most challenging seasons. From navigating the birth of a premature baby...
Who Are We Growing Into? | Why Resilience Matters
At Skills and Pills, we define resilience as the ability to bounce back and grow in the face of adversity. But an important question we all have to ask is this: what are we actually growing into?Growth is not just about getting through h...
How Military Families Can Build and Maintain Resilience with April McBride
We are closing out the month of April, the Month of the Military Child, with a special episode on how military families can build resilience, featuring our guest April McBride. In this episode, we explore how military spouses and children can n...
Learning To Release, Rest, Remain | Letting Go and Letting God
In this episode, we react to Yvette Henry’s podcast episode and her book Release, Rest, Remain, unpacking what these powerful ideas actually look like in real life. How do you truly let go of what is weighing you down? What does it ...
Release, Rest, Remain with Yvette Henry
On this episode, we are joined by Yvette Henry–a wife, mom of four, podcaster, and the author of Release, Rest, & Remain, a 30-day journey designed for busy women to release burdens to God, rest in His presence, and remain steadfast in His ...
Pain Into Power: How To Build Resilience
Pain turned into purpose produces power. There isn’t necessarily meaning in pain in and of itself—that’s not what we’re saying. But what we are saying is that when we look for meaning, when we look for purpose after we’ve experienced suffering ...
How to Reflect, Reset, and Stop Feeling Stuck
Healing isn’t a one-time event. It’s a continual journey. Too often, we put pressure on ourselves to “arrive” at healing quickly, as if it’s something we achieve once and never revisit. But real healing is ongoing. It requires patience, intenti...
Lisa Marie Lovett Q&A: Dealing With Loss and Developing Compassion For Yourself
On this special episode of Skills & Pills, we pick up a Q&A session from our time with Lisa Marie Lovett. Lisa Marie shares how she dealt with the loss of family members and how we can develop grace and compassion for ourselves...
The Art of Offloading
What happens when you try to carry everything on your own?In this episode of Skills & Pills, we explore the true cost of trying to manage every responsibility, burden, and expectation by yourself. Many of us believe strength...
You’re Carrying Too Much
How do we carry all of the roles and responsibilities as a mother? As a friend? Or as a spouse? We can feel weighed down by all of the obligations while trying to grow personally at the same time. We weren’t meant to carry these wei...
Why Your Self-Care Isn’t Curing Your Burnout
Are you doing all the "right" things for self-care? Taking the bubble baths, booking weekend trips, downloading the mindfulness apps… but still feeling completely overwhelmed and exhausted?If your burnout isn’t getting better, it’s not y...
Rejecting Hustle Culture For The Soft Life
How do we practically move from a life of burnout driven by hustle culture to a "soft life" of intentional peace and rest? Hustle culture is built on a foundation of fear, equating relentless work with moral virtue. The soft life is the antido...
Loving Yourself Fully with Lisa Marie Lovett
What does it truly look like to love yourself fully? To understand your worth, recognize the kind of friendships you deserve, and begin the journey toward inner healing?In this episode, Dr. Jo and Dr. Mo are joined by spoken word poet, ...
How to Set Boundaries and Protect Your Peace During the Holidays
The holidays are meant to be joyful—but for many, they come with stress, resentment, and emotional exhaustion. In this episode, The Boundary Blues, we explore why boundaries aren’t barriers to connection, but the structure that allows ...
Navigating Grief, Family, and Boundaries through the Holidays
The holiday season has a way of magnifying whatever we’re carrying — and for anyone grieving, that weight can feel unbearable. In this episode, Dr. Mo and Dr. Jo open a compassionate conversation about navigating loss during a time when the wor...
Letting Go of “I Have to Do It All”
This episode takes an honest look at why so many women — especially women of color — struggle silently with their mental health, even while appearing strong on the outside. Research shows just how deep this gap runs: women of color face higher ...
The Most Stressful Time of the Year
The holidays are supposed to feel joyful — but what happens when you don’t feel joy at all? In this episode, Dr. Mo and Dr. Jo open up a real conversation about the emotional pressure so many women carry this time of year. From the unspoken exp...
How Language Shapes (and Sometimes Sabotages) Our Healing Journey
Words can open us up—or shut us down.In this episode, Dr. Mo and Dr. Jo dive deep into the hidden power of language and how the most familiar phrases can quietly sabotage growth, healing, and connection.So many of us use everyday ex...
Why We’re Starting a Therapy Podcast
Every movement starts with a moment of honesty—and that’s exactly where Dr. Mo and Dr. Jo begin.In this premiere episode, your hosts open up about the real reason they created this show, the gaps they’ve witnessed in the wellness and therap...