Episode 0035 Season 3 Joanna La Fleur on languishing, mental health, and navigating online

Welcome to Episode 0035 Season 3 of the FOUR12 Canada Podcast!

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Joanna La Fleur is a speaker, podcaster, TV host and communications consultant. With a Business Communications degree and a Masters in Theological Studies, she has been helping the Church communicate "the best news in the world" for over 15 years. Make sure that you check out her interviews with Christian "creatives and communicators" on the Word Made Digital podcast.

In this episode, we chat about languishing, navigating online in a healthy way and mental health.

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Word Made Digital

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Languishing

• Dragging but didn't know why
• Buzz word from the New York Times
• All of us have been feeling it and should talk about it with friends
• Knowing the word helps us define the feeling and move forward

Naming It and Moving Forward

• Acknowledge the problem, i.e. languishing
• Talk about it
• Get help, and let people know

Online Health

• How to navigate well
• The more we are on digital platforms, the more anxious or depressed we become
• The landmine factor - there are so many things that you didn't ask to see that are suddenly in front of you
• Everything is coming at you from all angles
• Curate what you follow; we can't carry that many relationships
• You have the power to unfollow someone or something when it is not making you feel great

Digital Thoughts

• Social media for discipleship and evangelism
• We should be concerned about technology
• It seems like it is doing more harm than good

 A Healthy Digital Relationship

• Take breaks
• We lack self-discipline and so that makes it harder

In the Church

• Mental health should be talked about
• We need to normalize the conversation so that people feel like they can talk about it
• Churches can make a list of those they would suggest for help with mental health
• We provide spiritual care and we need to help with the mental health or guide people to a safe spot for help

Favourite Verse to Help With Languishing

• So many feelings covered in Lamentations and Job 
• Psalms
• Also, reading New Testament letters to churches that are also going through hard times
• Others have gone through this and we are not alone

A Few Things to Help

• Talk to a friend or two if you are struggling
• Having people around makes struggles easier to bear
• Set healthy plans in advance to help with boundaries online
• John Mark Comer - Parent your phone, be the boss of the phone

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Up Next Episode 0036: Roula Karkafi on 

Humanitarian and Prison Ministries in

Lebanon and MENA Area