The Christian Women's Journey to Healing & Identity in Christ | Faith-Based Emotional Healing

About The Christian Women's Journey to Healing & Identity in Christ | Faith-Based Emotional Healing

Real Emotions, Real Healing, Real Jesus. You were created for more than survival - you were made to live free, whole, and deeply connected to God. But when life leaves us unseen, stuck, or spiritually disconnected, it’s easy to forget who we are in Christ and start building our identity on the wrong things. In The Christian Women’s Journey to Healing & Identity in Christ, Christian Emotional Healing Coach Melissa Chan, PhD, together with her good friend and co-host Jasmine Barcia, walk with you through the process of healing from past wounds, breaking unhealthy cycles, and confronting negative self-beliefs - so you can live with confidence, freedom, and deep intimacy with God, yourself, and the people you love. Through biblical truths, raw personal stories, and trauma-informed heart-work, you’ll learn how to release shame, rewrite the narratives you’ve carried for too long, and embrace the secure, unshakable identity God gave you. Whether you’re navigating low self-esteem, relational struggles, church hurt, spiritual burnout, or cycles you can’t seem to break - this is your space to heal, grow, and reclaim who you truly are in Christ. 👉 Hit subscribe and take the journey with us!

Publisher

Melissa Chan, PhD | Christian Emotional Healing Coach

Category

religion & spirituality

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

2 Sept 2025

Latest episode

22 Jan 2026

Latest episodes

13 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   22 Jan 2026

   I stopped doing quiet time the "right way" (and how God met me in my ADHD struggles)

   Send us a text You start every January with a Bible reading plan. Three weeks later, you're drowning in Leviticus and beating yourself up for failing again. Sound familiar? If you've ever wondered what's wrong with your brain, why you can't stay consistent with spiritual practices, or if God is disappointed in you for struggling so much, this episode is for you. In this vulnerable conversation, I share my journey of getting diagnosed with ADHD this year and how it completely transformed my re...

2. 

   7 Jan 2026

   Why trying harder for God keeps you stuck in shame and burnout

   Send us a text Have you ever felt like you're one missed prayer away from disappointing God completely? If you've spent days obsessing over whether an intrusive thought means you've lost your salvation, or if you confess the same sin repeatedly because you're terrified you didn't "mean it enough,” you might be struggling with religious scrupulosity. This form of OCD can come off as strong spiritual devotion, but underneath, you're drowning in fear, guilt, and the exhausting work of trying to ...

3. 

   31 Dec 2025

   Intrusive thoughts & religious OCD (scrupulosity): When doing all the right Christian things makes it worse

   Send us a text When the intrusive thoughts won't stop. When prayer becomes compulsion. When you're doing everything "right" and still drowning. This is one of those episodes where we go there... to the places most Christians are afraid to talk about. My co-host Jasmine shares her raw, unfiltered journey through intrusive thoughts so dark and perverse that she couldn't even be around children. Pedophilic imagery. Sexual thoughts. The kind of thoughts that made her question her salvation, her c...

4. 

   17 Dec 2025

   What does following Jesus actually look like when you're clinically depressed?

   Send us a text What does following Jesus actually look like when you're clinically depressed? Not the "had a rough week" kind of down... the kind where getting out of bed feels impossible, joy feels foreign, and even praying feels like too much. In this raw and honest episode, I'm sharing my own battle with major depressive disorder, and what I've learned about faith when everything feels heavy. In this episode: Why "just choose joy" isn't helpful (and what actually is)What happened when I co...

5. 

   20 Nov 2025

   Why Rest Feels Like Failure (And the Lie That's Keeping You Stuck)

   Send us a text Why does rest feel so wrong when God designed it for our good? In this episode, I'm getting raw about my unhealthy relationship with rest and the breakdown that changed everything. If you've ever felt guilty for taking a break or exhausted from performing even your faith, this one's for you. In this episode, we talk about... The lies we believe: "Rest is a luxury I can't afford""If I rest, everything will fall apart""I need to perform rest correctly"The pivotal moments: Jasmine...

6. 

   12 Nov 2025

   I thought I was failing at healing, but here’s what God showed me

   Send us a text If you’ve ever found yourself saying, “Why am I STILL struggling with this?” - this conversation is for you. We open up about the heartbreak of feeling like we're back at square one in our healing process and the surprising ways God meets us there. We explore what real healing looks like when it’s messy, cyclical, and slower than we expected... and how the Holy Spirit gently leads us through the process with compassion, not condemnation. During this episode, we unpack: The myth...

7. 

   30 Oct 2025

   Does God still love me if I don't read my Bible today?

   Send us a text Have you ever felt afraid that if you stopped doing... stopped reading your Bible, stopped serving, stopped performing... that God might love you a little less? You’re not alone. In this raw and honest conversation, we unpack the deep-rooted lie that love must be earned... a lie many of us first learned in childhood, and one that still shapes how we relate to God today. Together, we explore how trauma, performance, and perfectionism condition our brains to equate doing with be...

8. 

   24 Oct 2025

   The loneliness no one talks about in church: How to keep the faith when it still hurts

   Send us a text What do you do when you love Jesus, show up for community, and still feel alone?In this episode, we talk about the loneliness no one wants to name - the ache of feeling unseen in a place that’s meant to feel like family. We explore the paradox of being faithful yet still feeling forgotten, the ache of longing for connection that never quite lands, and the quiet grief of realizing that even in church, the very place meant for belonging, you can still feel alone. Sometimes loneli...

9. 

   15 Oct 2025

   When "I'm fine" feels safer than "I'm hurting": The cost of pretending in church

   Send us a text Have you ever walked into church, smiled, said “I’m fine,” and instantly felt the ache of pretending? In this episode, Melissa and Jasmine unpack the hidden pressure many believers feel to appear “spiritually mature.” We explore how church culture can unintentionally reward masking - showing up polished, composed, and holy - when our souls are actually crying out for safety and connection. You’ll hear honest reflections about: The loneliness that comes from feeling unseen, ev...

10. 

    6 Oct 2025

    What if the real me isn’t enough for people? | How to overcome people pleasing with God

    Send us a text The Real Truth About People Pleasing Most people think people pleasing is just about being “too nice” or not wanting to disappoint others, but the truth runs much deeper. For many of us, people pleasing is actually a trauma response - what we psychologists call fawning. It’s how we learned to survive unsafe environments, and it often shows up in ways we don’t even recognize. In this episode, I share: The deeper reasons behind people pleasing that go beyond what you might expect...

11. 

    23 Sept 2025

    Am I too broken to be used by God? How depression, anxiety, and neurodivergence became the stage for God's glory

    Send us a text “Am I too broken to be used by God?” If you’re battling depression, anxiety, childhood trauma, navigating neurodivergence, or even just struggling to get through daily tasks, you’ve probably asked yourself that same question. I’ve wrestled with it too... feeling like my weaknesses and struggles disqualified me from being useful in God’s Kingdom. In this episode, I share my personal journey of striving, burnout, and reaching the end of myself. What I discovered is that God does...

12. 

    2 Sept 2025

    Is it a sin to feel this way? How to process your emotions with God in a way that honors Him

    Send us a text Many Christian women secretly wonder if their emotions are proof of weak faith - or even sin. In this episode, we unpack the truth about emotions: Why God gave emotions to usHow emotions can point us back to HimWhat it looks like to bring every feeling from joy to anger to sadness into His presence without shameJoin Melissa Chan, PhD, Christian Emotional Healing Coach, and her co-host Jasmine Barcia as they share biblical insights, personal stories, and practical steps to...

13. 

    2 Sept 2025

    Introduction

    Send us a text 🎙️ Subscribe to the podcast so you don’t miss future episodes. 🎁 Sign up for my FREE mini-course on how to process your emotions God's way - without shutting down or spiraling. 📞 Book a FREE discovery call to explore 1:1 coaching with me! 📧 Join my weekly newsletter "Holy Unraveling" for Christian emotional healing encouragement in your inbox. ▶️ Follow me on Instagram @melchanity and Youtube @melissachancoaching for more encouragement and resources.

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