The world is loud, confusing, and chaotic. None of those things are what God wants for His children…so what do we do?

And what do we do when the noise, confusion, and chaos come from within ourselves?

How do we find the rest our spirits need when everything seems to be working to exhaust us? How can we rise above the din when it pulls us in?

These are the questions I’ve grappled with for many years, as I’ve wrestled with my mental health and thought processes. Influenced by the overstimulating world we live in, my thoughts get out of control far too easily and far too often, causing anxiety and distraction from things that really matter. I overanalyze…overthink…overdo it when I’m lost in thought.

I refer to this chaotic pattern of thinking as being tangled. It’s the state of mind in which no one particular thought can be easily separated from the rest, and as a result there becomes a messy web of lies, fears, and worries. 

I become entangled in the thoughts and, if I can’t sort it out, am almost physically hindered from moving forward in my day. More often than not, it can’t be sorted out; as a result, I reach the end of each day more mentally exhausted than physically tired. My brain is just worn out.

Maybe you can relate?

I imagine so. Being tangled up in our thoughts is far too common in our world of perpetual overstimulation, constant noise, and everyone voicing their opinions about all the things all the time. Whether a diagnosable condition or not, it has become the norm.

It is common enough that the apostle Paul wrote about it, exhorting us to “take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ” (2 Corinthians 10:4-5). In other words, our minds can entangle us, but we do not have to remain in knots. We can move forward into God’s plans for us and by forcing our minds into submission to Christ, can make them our greatest assets.

Friend, you can become disentangled.

The disEntangled podcast was born of my belief that it is not God’s will for us to tangled into the confusion of these destructive thoughts. Because of my own journey with mental illness, my passion is seeing people set free.

It is my sincere hope that The disEntangled Podcast will become a tool to take with you wherever you go. There have been many days when I have jammed earbuds into my ears as I went about my daily business, not because I just wanted to listen to music but because I was desperate to drown out the noise in my mind. Friend, my prayer is that this can be that kind of lifeline for you.

I’m excited to be with you on your journey. We’re all in this together.