Pizza & Side Hugs
A Catholic Youth Ministry Podcast for anyone leading youth ministry. Whether you're a youth minister, parent, volunteer, priest, or student leader, you'll find this to be a great resource full of joy, experience, fun, and faithfulness.
Pizza & Side Hugs
Mental Health in Youth Ministry
Welcome to Season 5!
There are a lot of different facets when thinking about mental health in youth ministry, and it can be an overwhelming topic to try to cover in ministry. In this episode, the team talks about 3 different areas of mental health in ministry. Listen in to hear some thoughts.
What’s one practice of self-care you’ve employed for your own mental health in the midst of youth ministry?(2:15)
Big Picture: Why Address Mental Health in Youth Ministry? (9:00)
Discussing Mental Health in Your Ministry (11:28)
Offering Support to Students Who Have Mental Health Struggles (21:27)
Setting Boundaries between Ministry and Need for Mental Health Professionals (33:32)
And introducing the newest P&SH segment...BOY'S CORNER!
- In this episode's Boy's Corner Paul and Jake talk about the boy, Pope Francis, Christus Vivit, and the USCCB's new document: Listen, Teach, Send and an awesome event going on in Indianapolis that you can register for HERE!
Other links from the episode:
Rachel's Questions to ask:
- On a scale of 1-10
- How often are you feeling this way?
- How debilitating is this feeling?
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