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302 episodes
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Carla ArgesExplicit
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Date created
2021/09/03
Latest episode
2026/10/05
Average duration
15 min.
Release period
19 days
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Are you struggling to renew your mind and walk in the Truth of who God made you to be? Do you feel like you are waging a losing battle against your negative self-talk? Are you fatigued from the daily grind of struggling against yourself, your thoughts or your circumstances? In the Affirming Truths podcast with Carla Arges, you will find a safe place to feel seen and heard, as well as Biblically based encouragement and practical tips from my own life experience.. My mission is to empower and equip you to ditch the negative self talk, grow in God and build mental resilience. Hey, I'm Carla Arges. Daughter of the King. Wife. Mom. Mental Health Warrior. Trauma Survivor. And Avid Coffee Drinker. I spent years broken by trauma and mental illness, barely surviving the day to day struggles of my own inner dialogue. I believed the lies of the past, the hurtful things spoken over me and my own self defeating thoughts. But then something happened. I reclaimed my identity in Christ, figured out how to renew my mind and built the mental grit needed to leave my past self behind and walk in the beautiful purpose God has over my life. If you are ready to say YES to replacing your negative inner dialogue, walking a life of God's truth and reclaiming who you are - I'm the coach and mentor for you. Get ready to live out Romans 12:2 - be transformed by the renewing of your mind and live in God's good, pleasing and perfect will. Learn - www.carlaarges.com Connect - [email protected] Email me to inquire about working together in my group, courses or 1:1 coaching
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S13.05 | When Prayer Let You Down: Can You Be Angry at God?
2026/10/05
What do you do when you prayed for years and the thing you feared most happened anyway?
In this episode, Carla shares a conversation with a friend who stayed in a painful marriage for sixteen years, praying the whole time for God to step in. Now, in the middle of a hard divorce, she doesn't know how to pray anymore. She feels like she can't tell God she's angry or disappointed without being a "brat," and she's afraid that drawing closer to Him will cost her the good things she has left.
If you've ever felt let down by prayer, kept God at arm's length, or believed He's sitting up there ready to punish you, this episode is for you. Carla walks through Psalm 13, Job, Psalm 103, Hebrews 4, and Romans 8 to show that honesty is not the opposite of faith, that God is close to the brokenhearted, and that being told what God wants is not the same as hearing from Him.
Coming out of sabbaticial, Carla has THREE 1:1 coaching spots open and THREE Voxer Support spots open. To learn more about these and see if either is a good fit for you, book a free, no pressure discovery call:
https://calendly.com/cmsarges/discoverycall
Website: www. carlaarges.com
S13.04 | Surrender vs. Self-Abandonment: What God Actually Asks of You
2026/09/21
Carla saw a phrase circulating online: "obedience begins at the end of self." Something about it didn't sit right - so in this episode, she unpacks why that statement, however well-intentioned, can be deeply misleading, especially for anyone who's spent years people-pleasing or learning to distrust their own needs and emotions.
Drawing on Scripture and her own experience as a recovering people-pleaser and a mom, Carla makes the case that surrender is not the same as self-abandonment. God isn't asking you to disappear so He can take over - sanctification is Him restoring who you were created to be, not erasing it. You'll hear how gifts like compassion, leadership, and discernment can be twisted by fear, and what it looks like for God to redeem them instead.
Book a Discovery Call -> https://calendly.com/cmsarges/discoverycall
Connect with Carla -> www.carlaarges.com
Follow on IG -> www.instagram.com/carla.arges
S13.03 | From "What If" to "Even If": A Biblical Approach to Anxiety
2026/09/07
What do you do when the "what ifs" won't stop? Carla's natural instinct - and probably yours too - is to talk herself out of it: that's not going to happen. But she's discovered that doesn't actually calm an anxious nervous system, because the what ifs just keep coming back.
In this episode, prompted by real conversations with her son as he headed off to his first year of university, Carla walks through a shift that does bring safety: trading "what if" for "even if." Through the stories of Habakkuk, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, and Psalm 23, she shows how "even if" isn't denial - it's a declaration of trust that actually rewires anxious thinking, one nervous system and one neural pathway at a time.
Book a Discovery Call -> https://calendly.com/cmsarges/discoverycall
Connect with Carla -> www.carlaarges.com
Follow on IG -> www.instagram.com/carla.arges
S13.02 | Your Mental Health Struggle Isn't a Moral Failure
2026/08/24
When a popular Christian commentator claimed online that postpartum depression is really just selfishness in disguise, Carla couldn't stay quiet - and this episode is her response.
Using the stories of two fleeing prophets, Jonah and Elijah, Carla unpacks the real difference between willful disobedience and nervous-system dysregulation, and why God meets each one so differently. If you've ever wondered whether your anxiety, your snapping, your isolating, or your depression means you're being disobedient to God, this episode is for you.
You'll also hear a bit about Rooted & Regulated, Carla's 4-week program on physiology, nervous system regulation, and spiritual formation - with a reminder that finances should never be the reason someone can't get support.
Learn more & register here: https://carlaarges.podia.com/rooted-regulated
S13.01 | I'm back - I think?
2026/08/17
What was meant to be a one month sabbitical - turned into six months! As I start to emerge back into this space - it feels hard. I'm breaking through exectuive function challenges and learning that God doesn't want me to simply return as I was before. So - here's to a messy re-entry and all God has in store for this podcast!
S12.08 | When God Feels Silent
2026/05/04
Have you ever felt like God has gone quiet?
In this episode, Carla shares from her own sabbatical season where God has felt silent - and what He's been gently revealing in that space. We explore the difference between God's silence and His absence, the 400 years between Malachi and Matthew, and why God often invites us to act on what He has already said instead of seeking something new.
You'll also learn what it actually looks like to meet God in the silence, why silence feels so uncomfortable, and how to respond in a way that deepens your trust rather than shakes it.
If you've been waiting for clarity, direction, or a fresh word from God, this episode will help you remain grounded, faithful, and connected - even when heaven feels quiet.
GET YOUR FREE RENEWING YOUR MIND WORKBOOK HERE
Connect With Carla: Book a Discovery call with me https://calendly.com/cmsarges/discoverycall
Come hangout on IG with me @carla.arges
Check out my blog and more at www.carlaarges.com
S12.07 | When Comfort Becomes an Idol
2026/04/29
As Christians, we say we want to grow, heal, and become more like Jesus - but what happens when that process requires discomfort? From avoiding silence to staying in familiar patterns of brokenness, many of us are unintentionally choosing comfort over formation.
This episode unpacks how comfort can become an idol, why our brains resist change, and what Scripture actually says about the cost of spiritual growth. If you've been feeling stuck, numb, or resistant to deeper healing, this conversation will gently challenge and invite you into something more.
GET YOUR FREE RENEWING YOUR MIND WORKBOOK HERE
Connect With Carla: Book a Discovery call with me https://calendly.com/cmsarges/discoverycall
Come hangout on IG with me @carla.arges
Check out my blog and more at www.carlaarges.com
S12.06 | What If Your Purpose Today Is Just Faithfulness?
2026/04/13
If you've ever asked yourself "what is my purpose today?" and felt discouraged by the answer - this episode is for you.
Carla shares a powerful reframe God walked her through this past week - shifting from striving to find purpose to simply asking, "what does faithfulness look like today?"
We'll explore how this small shift brings peace, clarity, and freedom, along with the science behind reframing your thoughts and the biblical foundation for living a faithful, grounded life.
If you're feeling stuck, unproductive, or like your days don't "matter," this episode will gently reorient your heart back to what truly does.
GET YOUR FREE RENEWING YOUR MIND WORKBOOK HERE
Connect With Carla: Book a Discovery call with me https://calendly.com/cmsarges/discoverycall
Come hangout on IG with me @carla.arges
Check out my blog and more at www.carlaarges.com
S12.05 | He Is Risen: What the Resurrection Means for Your Life Today
2026/04/06
"He is risen."
It's a phrase we hear every Easter - but what if it's more than a declaration about the past?
In this episode, we explore how the resurrection of Jesus is not just a historical truth, but a present power and a future promise. Because of the resurrection, you are not only forgiven - you are made new. You belong. You are free. And even in the midst of ongoing struggles, the victory has already been secured.
If you've ever felt stuck in your past, defined by your struggles, or unsure how to actually live out your faith in a real and tangible way, his episode will ground you in what the resurrection truly means for your life today.
GET YOUR FREE RENEWING YOUR MIND WORKBOOK HERE
Connect With Carla: Book a Discovery call with me https://calendly.com/cmsarges/discoverycall
Come hangout on IG with me @carla.arges
Check out my blog and more at www.carlaarges.com
S12.04 | When God Tells You to Pause: The Power of Seasons of Restoration
2026/03/30
Have you ever felt called to something - but instead of being released into it, you feel like God is asking you to pause?
In this episode, we're talking about the often misunderstood and deeply uncomfortable season of restoration. The season where God calls you to step back, be still, and allow Him to restore what has been poured out.
Drawing from Leviticus 25 and the Biblical principle of letting the land rest, we explore why God's design includes pause, how our identity can become entangled with productivity, and why hiddenness in Christ is not a setback - but preparation.
If you're afraid of losing momentum, being forgotten, or becoming "nothing" in the stillness, this episode will gently reframe what God is actually doing beneath the surface.
GET YOUR FREE RENEWING YOUR MIND WORKBOOK HERE
Connect With Carla: Book a Discovery call with me https://calendly.com/cmsarges/discoverycall
Come hangout on IG with me @carla.arges
Check out my blog and more at www.carlaarges.com
S12.03 | Burned Out for God? What Matthew 11:28-29 Really Means About Taking Jesus' Yoke
2026/02/20
What happens when you're doing "God's work" - but you feel completely burned out?
In this episode of Affirming Truths, Carla shares why she is stepping into a 5-week sabbatical and what God has been revealing about identity, striving, and control. Reflecting on Matthew 11:28–29, she unpacks what it truly means to "take Jesus' yoke" - not as a poetic phrase, but as a practical invitation.
If you've been hustling for your worth, overworking to prove yourself, or quietly exhausted from trying to carry life in your own strength, this episode will gently challenge and encourage you.
You'll learn:
What a yoke actually was in biblical times
Why Jesus calls His burden "light"
How burnout can reveal misplaced identity
What it means to let Jesus set the pace
This is an invitation to stop striving, release control, and walk beside the One who carries the weight.
Did you know that Carla is a Christian Mental Health coach? See if working with her is what you need in your current season. Book a discovery call today!
GET YOUR FREE RENEWING YOUR MIND WORKBOOK HERE
Connect With Carla: Book a Discovery call with me https://calendly.com/cmsarges/discoverycall
Come hangout on IG with me @carla.arges
Check out my blog and more at www.carlaarges.com
S12.02 | When Other People's Emotions Trigger Your Nervous System
2026/02/09
Have you ever noticed how quickly your body reacts when someone you love is disappointed, upset, or emotionally distant?
In this episode of the Affirming Truths Podcast, Carla shares honestly about navigating a burnt-out nervous system, relational triggers, and how other people's emotions can activate survival responses like fawning, splitting, or shutting down.
Through a blend of lived experience, neuroscience, and Scripture, this episode explores:
Why relationships are one of the biggest nervous system triggers
How attachment wounds and past experiences shape our reactions
Why tending to your nervous system is part of God's design - not a lack of faith
How to integrate wise mind, regulation, and spiritual practices
This conversation invites Christian women to stop shaming their reactions and start responding with compassion, wisdom, and embodied faith.
Did you know that Carla is a Christian Mental Health coach? See if working with her is what you need in your current season. Book a discovery call today!
GET YOUR FREE RENEWING YOUR MIND WORKBOOK HERE
Connect With Carla: Book a Discovery call with me https://calendly.com/cmsarges/discoverycall
Come hangout on IG with me @carla.arges
Check out my blog and more at www.carlaarges.com
S12.01 | What You Treasure Is Shaping Your Mental Health (Matthew 6 Reflection)
2026/02/02
Welcome to Season 12! In this episode - inspired by Matthew 6, - we look at a statementJesus makes: the heart follows the treasure—not the other way around.
Join Carla as she explores how anxiety, people-pleasing, and perfectionism may not be personal failures, but signals of misplaced treasure. Through scripture, reflection, and practical insight, we look at how re-orienting our lives toward kingdom treasure can bring greater emotional freedom, peace, and rest.
Did you know that Carla is a Christian Mental Health coach? See if working with her is what you need in your current season. Book a discovery call today!
GET YOUR FREE RENEWING YOUR MIND WORKBOOK HERE
Connect With Carla: Book a Discovery call with me https://calendly.com/cmsarges/discoverycall
Come hangout on IG with me @carla.arges
Check out my blog and more at www.carlaarges.com
S12.TRAILER | Nervous System Healing, Trauma & Faith for Christian Women
2026/01/26
In this Season 12 trailer of the Affirming Truths Podcast, Christian mental health coach Carla Arges shares the heart behind the upcoming season and the journey listeners are about to step into.
Season 12 is for the Christian woman who:
Feels overwhelmed by her emotions
Battles intrusive thoughts, shame, people-pleasing, or self-doubt
Loves God deeply but feels stuck, exhausted, or disconnected
Wants healing that reaches her mind, body, and spirit
This season will explore:
The nervous system and the Bible
A Christian approach to trauma and emotional dysregulation
Taking thoughts captive without spiritual bypassing
Restoring worth through kingdom identity
Shame, surrender, waiting, and healing
What the cross truly means for emotional and spiritual healing
Carla also shares a heartfelt invitation to Rooted & Resilient, her proven, Holy-Spirit-led healing program for Christian women. With enrolment now open for a limited time, this trailer invites listeners to stop surviving and start healing - together.
Join Rooted & Resilient Cohort 2: https://carlaarges.podia.com/rooted-resilient-cohort-2
Did you know that Carla is a Christian Mental Health coach? See if working with her is what you need in your current season. Book a discovery call today!
GET YOUR FREE RENEWING YOUR MIND WORKBOOK HERE
Connect With Carla: Book a Discovery call with me https://calendly.com/cmsarges/discoverycall
Come hangout on IG with me @carla.arges
Check out my blog and more at www.carlaarges.com
S11.BONUS 8 | From Triggered to Regulated: A Mom's Testimony from Rooted & Resilient
2026/01/19
In this bonus episode of Affirming Truths, Carla sits down with Kate to talk about what it was really like to go through Rooted & Resilient - and how it changed her motherhood. With two toddlers and a nervous system that felt "fried," Kate shares how parenting began to expose old wounds, emotional triggers, and patterns she didn't want to pass down to her kids.
Together, Carla and Kate unpack the shift from shame ("I'm failing") to clarity ("I'm dysregulated"), why healing doesn't mean never getting triggered, and how faith, nervous system tools, and daily rhythms can help you move through intense seasons with more steadiness. If you're a mom who feels overstimulated, stuck in spirals, or desperate for answers, this conversation will remind you: there is hope, and you don't have to do this alone.
Enrol in the next Rooted & Resilient cohort https://carlaarges.podia.com/rooted-resilient-cohort-2
Did you know that Carla is a Christian Mental Health coach? See if working with her is what you need in your current season. Book a discovery call today!
GET YOUR FREE RENEWING YOUR MIND WORKBOOK HERE
Connect With Carla: Book a Discovery call with me https://calendly.com/cmsarges/discoverycall
Come hangout on IG with me @carla.arges
Check out my blog and more at www.carlaarges.com
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UnPerfect with Shelly 2026/04/14
Where truth and compassion meet
I love this podcast. Carla is empathetic and filled with Biblical truth and practical strategies to help us navigate emotions and mental illness with ...
Heather O'Brien 2025/10/25
Truth-Filled Freedom for the Mind
Carla’s “Affirming Truths” podcast is a sanctuary for the weary heart. With love, Scripture and practical wisdom, she helps us recognize we are more t...
LivyBrynn: Realestating! 2025/09/15
This podcast is real, raw & life-changing!
Carla brings it, with every episode. Her insights and wisdom are suchhhh an incredible blessing to me (and countless others, I’m sure)
Juliana Camelo 2025/07/14
So thankful for Affirming Truths
I am so thankful to have found the Affirming Truths podcast and Carla. I have followed up with Carla on IG and connected with her programs and have ex...
!.!.!.!!!!..... 2024/02/05
Great podcast
Episodes are perfect length and leave you wanting to grow in love of Christ & partner with Him for healing
Sarah in central CA 2023/10/26
I love this podcast!
Real and uplifting bite sized pieces of encouragement that I can immediately reflect upon and apply to my life!
Joymariesrocks 2023/09/25
An everyday pick me up!
Carla is like talking to your best friend that’s been there, done that. She is so friendly, welcoming, inspiring, scripturally sound, and confident i...
ChrissyFrakes 2023/03/25
Spirit-Filled Health and Wellness
This podcast is so uplifting and spirit-filled! I feel inspired to prioritize healthy God-centered habits. Carla is SO knowledgeable about God’s Word ...
Kaela-His Word My Walk podcast 2023/02/17
What a gem!
When you find someone who speaks the truth, shares your love for Jesus and God’s Word, and has a vibe you connect with. It’s a subscribe for me! Carla...
C to the K' 2023/01/25
Grateful for this podcast!
What a blessing Carla & her podcast are. Honest, hopeful, encouraging and God centered. I’m very grateful that God led me to this resource.
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