Jason Henry-Ruhl

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Founder, Mindful Faith Living

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Join date: Aug 8, 2024

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After walking through my own battles with anxiety, depression, and burnout, I realized how often faith communities either oversimplify or avoid conversations about mental health altogether. That silence can leave people feeling ashamed, unseen, and unworthy of help — even in the very places meant to bring healing.

Through Mindful Faith Living, I share practical, faith-based insights on emotional wellness, relationships, and spiritual growth. My goal is to help bridge the gap between faith and mental health — creating space for honesty, hope, and grace. I believe that God meets us in the mess, not after we’ve cleaned it up, and that through mindfulness, Scripture, and community, we can find real peace and renewal.

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Jan 5, 2026 ∙ 4 min

Empathy Isn’t Enough: The Quiet Difference Between Feeling With Someone and Caring for Them

Empathy is everywhere right now. It’s in leadership seminars, therapy-speak on social media, church small groups, parenting podcasts, and corporate mission statements. We are told to “lead with empathy,” “practice radical empathy,” and “be more empathetic” as if empathy itself is the moral high ground. And yet—despite all this empathy—we are not experiencing less loneliness, less burnout, or less relational fracture. Which raises an uncomfortable question: What if empathy, as our culture uses...

Jan 1, 2026 ∙ 2 min

The New Year Doesn’t Fix Everything — and That’s Okay

January has a way of showing up with expectations. Fresh starts. Clean slates. Big goals. Better habits. A subtle pressure that says, “This is your moment to get it right.” But here’s the truth we don’t talk about enough: The calendar flipping doesn’t magically make life lighter. You don’t wake up on January 1st healed. Grief doesn’t expire. Burnout doesn’t reset overnight. Anxiety doesn’t check the date and decide to leave. And that doesn’t mean you’re failing the new year. It means you’re...

Dec 31, 2025 ∙ 5 min

Stranger Things and the Weight We Carry: Healing, Shame, and the Courage to Come Home

🚨 SPOILER WARNING 🚨 This article contains MAJOR spoilers for Stranger Things Season 5, Episode 5 (“Chapter Five: Shock Jock”) . If you have not watched this episode yet and want to experience it unspoiled, pause here, go watch it , and come back. This reflection dives deeply into specific scenes, dialogue, and emotional moments from the episode. There are episodes of television that entertain you. And then there are episodes that quietly tell the truth about you. Stranger Things Season...