In this episode, Winston Smith talks with Mike Emlet and Chris Carter about Anxiety, in response to the listener question: “I occasionally get anxiety without conscious causation. This anxious feeling is something I feel in my upper chest, and will come upon me for days or weeks at a time. It’s debilitating. I could be having a good time with my wife, family, or friends; I could be working out or playing basketball; I could be at the grocery store shopping. It just lingers. No matter how hard I think about ‘why do I feel anxious?’ I come up with nothing. This has been going on for many years, since childhood, and typically anxiety is tied to an object or a situation. Most of my anxiety is not tied to an object or situation, at least consciously. What do I do to fight this torment? How do I cast my anxieties on Jesus, without knowing what to cast?”
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Mike Emlet
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Mike is a faculty member and counselor at CCEF, where he has served since 2001. He holds a doctor of medicine from the University of Pennsylvania and a master of divinity from Westminster Theological Seminary. Prior to joining CCEF, Mike worked as a family physician for eleven years. He has particular interests in working with ministry leaders and with those who struggle with anxiety, depression, and OCD. He has published numerous books, including CrossTalk (New Growth Press, 2009), Descriptions and Prescriptions (New Growth Press, 2017), and Saints, Sufferers, and Sinners (New Growth Press, 2021).
