Yahweh says: “Cursed is the man who trusts in man, relies on strength of flesh, and whose heart departs from Yahweh.
Daily Faith with Philip Cameron: Special Guest Pastor Kenza Haddock
About this episode
Certified counselor and pastoral care specialist Kenza Haddock joins Philip Cameron to unpack the spiritual and clinical roots of anxiety, depression, and mood disorders — the three mental health crises she argues are quietly devastating the Church today. Kenza shares her remarkable personal story: raised Muslim, she reached a breaking point at age 23, convinced that God hated her and contemplating ending her life. A vivid dream of Jesus descending from heaven transformed her faith and ultimately redirected her entire career. Drawing on years of clinical practice, Kenza reveals a striking parallel between the top three psychological diagnoses plaguing America and the three spiritual enemies God warned about in Jeremiah 17:5. She traces Satan's predictable cycle — doubt, temptation, condemnation, and hiding from God — back to the original pattern in the Garden of Eden. "He places doubt," she explains. "Did God really say?" She also addresses three types of forgiveness that are often overlooked in pastoral care, including forgiving yourself and even voicing honest grievances to God. Her forthcoming book, The Three Enemies of Your Mental Health, offers both clinical and biblical prescriptions for getting to the root of these struggles rather than treating symptoms. Available October 1st, it can be found at mychristmasshop.com. To connect with Kenza directly, visit kenzahaddock.com.
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Quotes worth sharing
“I said, God, I know that you hate me. I know I have no favor with you. Just show me the way to you. And I fell asleep. And that night I had a dream that it was the end times. And in my dream, I looked out of the window and I saw the sky open. And descending from heaven was Jesus, holding out his arms. And for the first time, Philip, I felt this peace that I had never felt in my life. Anxiety was my norm up until that day.”
“I was able to link the top three clinical diagnoses that are plaguing our nation today — which are anxiety, depression, and right now number three is any mood fluctuation disorders — to the top three enemies that the Bible lists in Jeremiah 17:5. And so those have been listed. God had told us about this years and years ago. And unfortunately, the Bible says my people perish for lack of knowledge.”
“The reason I wrote it is because through counseling, I watched patients come — I call it a revolving door — and go from one counselor to another to another, or deal with the same issue. And it's generational. So the book helps them isolate the root of the issue, not just deal with the symptom. 'Cause a lot of times we try to put a bandaid on it. Like, for example, if I have anxiety, let me try to not overthink. Well, if you try to not overthink, you're then thinking about not overthinking, and that's not going to help.”
What's Discussed
Certified counselor and board-certified pastoral counselor Kenza Haddock discusses the spiritual and clinical dimensions of anxiety, depression, and mood disorders — the top three mental health diagnoses in the United States. A former Muslim who came to faith in Christ after a dream of Jesus at age 23, Kenza connects these diagnoses to the three spiritual enemies outlined in Jeremiah 17:5. She maps Satan's cycle of doubt, temptation, condemnation, and isolation onto clinical patterns she observed across hundreds of patients. She also explores three types of forgiveness — forgiving others, forgiving yourself, and honestly voicing grievances toward God. Her book, The Three Enemies of Your Mental Health, releases October 1st at mychristmasshop.com.
- Kenza's Journey from Islam to Christ
- Linking Clinical Diagnoses to Biblical Enemies
- Satan's Cycle: Doubt, Temptation, and Condemnation
- Generational Patterns and Finding the Root
- Recognizing Signs of Anxiety and Depression
- Isolation as the Enemy's Primary Weapon
- Three Types of Forgiveness for Healing
- The Three Enemies of Your Mental Health Book
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Episode Transcript
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Intro
Philip:Hey, welcome to Daily Faith. Today, as you can see, if I were an Irishman, I would say top of the morning to you, but I can't say that 'cause I'm a Scotsman. We have got a great show today, one with a very important subject that I want you to listen to. And if you've got a friend that's struggling going through a circumstance, and you feel you've prayed for them and you've asked the Lord to help them, and you encourage them to go to church and do all the right things, sometimes they need a wee bit more help than that. And my guest today, I believe, can help you if you are going through a trouble, or maybe one of your friends, or if you contact them just now and say, hey, tune in to Daily Faith. Very simple. If they just go dailyfaith.tv, they'll find us.
Philip:Kenza Haddock is with me today. She's a certified counselor, and she has, literally, a gift on her life to help people understand where they are and to move them from the clouds into the sunshine. Everybody needs help. And I believe that today we're gonna learn a lot as to what we can do to help ourselves or help a friend. Sometimes a friend gets in the ditch and you — have you ever had a friend? I've had this many times, and they fall in a ditch and I don't know how to get them out, I don't have the tools to get them out. Well, she's written a brand new book. It's coming — I think it's available in October — and you'll be able to get a hold of it. So please be watching the program when it comes up.
Philip:If you could help us by sharing the broadcast, it'd be a great blessing to us. We learn that social media gives every program a code and it limits them by however they deem, as far as how many folk get to see it. But they can't stop you sharing it with your friends. And if you share it, then you get round that wall that they put up there. And it'd be a great help also on YouTube. Very simple — YouTube forward slash Daily Faith. And you can watch us there also. But the central, the main part, the place that we have our base in, is dailyfaith.tv. And you can go there and watch any of the programs — all of the shows we've done in the past, hundreds of them are there. And there's basically whatever you're going through right now, there's a program that we've done somewhere in the past that can address where you are and help you see through the situation you are in.
Philip:The reason why we call this program Daily Faith is because we want to walk with you every day, just a voice in your life to affirm you and to tell you that it's okay, God's with you. He will never leave you nor forsake you. And when you do that, and when you understand that and you have that affirmation, you have the ability to rise up and accomplish great things. There's a great story of Winston Churchill. In fact, if you watch the movie The Darkest Hour, there's a scene in the movie where he is in his little room and things are going terribly wrong in the war — Hitler is taking all of Europe — and the politicians are trying to destroy him.
Philip:And his wife comes to the door and she comes into the room and she says to Winston Churchill, sitting on the edge of his bed, just disconsolate. And she says to him, you have a visitor, Winston. And when she steps back, the king walks in. And the king walked in, and Churchill stood up, of course. And the king said, Winston, I want you to know that I believe in you. And when the king tells you that he believes in you, it gives you hope and it gives you strength to overcome. No matter how big the storm is, the king's trust and confidence in your ability to keep on going is sometimes all you need to get over the next wave that's coming at you.
Philip:So I believe today you're gonna learn a lot and you're gonna be blessed and helped by Kenza and what she's got to share. So if you do that, also watch us on stations and networks across the country on CTN. We've just started in Tampa every Thursday evening at six-thirty, and West Palm Beach every Monday at seven o'clock, in Fort Myers every Wednesday at one o'clock, and in Tulsa Saturday and Sunday at two o'clock in the afternoon. So if you can watch us there, and if you're seeing us there, we're glad you can join the Daily Faith family. We're just delighted to have you with us. And I believe that today's gonna be an important program for your heart and your life and your future. We're delighted you're here. Welcome to Daily Faith.
Philip:Hello, my friend. Welcome to Daily Faith, and I'm delighted to have you with us. We have got a program for you today. We do a lot of mission work in Eastern Europe. We've been there for 35 years in Moldova and Ukraine. And we handle young folk that have gone through horrendous trauma in their lives — rejection by their parents, abuse in an orphanage system. And when they come to us, broken, I mean waves, just having never heard one single word of encouragement. Many of the kids get their first hug from us because they've never been hugged, never once in their life told that they're important or that there's a purpose in their being born. In fact, it's the opposite — the teachers in the orphanage will say, you're garbage, you're trash. You'll never be anything. You'll never amount to anything.
Philip:And that gets into their minds. When they come to us, many times so broken, we are astonished at the power of the gospel when they hear that God loves them and he's redeemed them and called them by their name — that God knows their name. And we are watching some amazing transformations in these young folk. A girl in Moldova — no, I'm not talking a party girl, but just a good girl who gets in a car at the promise of a job somewhere — and she is caught by these animals, both men and women. They use them 30 to 50 times a day and they break them and they ruin their lives. And one girl will earn $300,000 a year for her captor.
Philip:And they come to us and we put them back in school and they learn. And the amazing thing is they turn from orphans to sons and daughters to missionaries. And all through the summertime, our kids have camps. They'll adopt a village for a year. If there's an evangelical church in the village, they'll go and partner with the church and they'll get to know every young kid in the village, every broken family, every widow that's got no food. And they spend a whole year going through that village and loving the people to Jesus. And anyone that comes to the Lord, we introduce them to the church and the pastor. So through the summertime, they've got amazing camps that they do. Every young person you see is an orphan that God has redeemed through Orphan's Hands. And the reason why we're called Orphan's Hands is because it's the hands of the orphan that are changing other people's lives.
Philip:They just sent me a video last week that they made — this is their video, they make these videos and send them to me. And I want to share this with you, 'cause I think — oh, bless you. Watch this.
Hi everybody. My name is Nigel, and I grew up in this village, and now me and the team of Orphan's Hands, we came here to spend time with kids and we have now a summer camp. And this is the fifth day of our camp — it is the last day. So we are so happy to be here to invest in these kids. Thank you for helping us organizing this summer camp. When I am looking at the kids' eyes, I see myself, and I'm remembering the days when I've been here in their place. I played here and someone studied the Bible with me. And I'm so happy — this is such an honor to be back here, to invest in them as someone did it for me.
Dear Orphan's Hands friends and family, we are so grateful to be here today in Zue Village. It's the village where we have been doing mission trips for an entire year with the young people from the Vara Village. And this week we have done the camp, and now we're visiting the children who have been with us in the camp this week. We are so grateful to be able to do this, and thank you for giving us the opportunity to be able to do this. Without you, this wouldn't have been possible. Thank you.
Philip:The last part of that video is our kids went with the young folk that they were helping and had the camp with, and they went back to the homes and brought groceries and clothes and sneakers for the fall for going back to school. And the miracle of this place called Vara Village — we have a beautiful village. It was built originally for rich people, right on the largest lake in Moldova. That was built for rich folk to have a summer house on the lake. And they poisoned the lake with chlorine — they killed the algae and they killed the lake and killed this house project as well. And we bought the house, and once we fixed the lake, our young folk come from the orphanage and stay in that house, are educated, and share the gospel with other people.
Philip:And we need your help. Everything you are seeing, everything you are watching right now has been done by one person just like you giving a dollar a day. You can change a life for a dollar a day. And when someone joins with Orphan's Hands and says, listen, Philip, I'm in, I can be a part of this thing — a dollar a day won't change your financial situation at all. In fact, it'll bless you, because when you give to the poor, the Bible says you lend to the Lord. But as we can grow our family of Orphan's Hands and those who give a dollar a day, what you're doing is you're allowing us to reach our hands out further. We are at the verge right now of signing contracts on two more homes in a totally different part of Moldova, right on the Romanian border. And we're gonna build a safety camp there — if the Russian army comes to Odessa in Ukraine, where we have a home, and also to Chisinau, then we can move all our kids right to the Romanian border, continue ministry. And if need be, we're only a five-minute walk away from Romania at any time.
Philip:So please pray, ask the Lord if you could help us to make this miracle happen. It's really simple. You can just make a check out to Daily Faith or Orphan's Hands and send it to PO Box 225, Clinton, Tennessee 37716. And you can also go to dailyfaith.tv — there's a giving page there where you can go and give. And there's also a lot of merchandise and t-shirts. The blue t-shirts you saw our kids wearing — it says together, but it also says to get her. And that's one of the themes that we have. One of those girls, as I told you before, can earn $300,000 for the trafficker, and I think they're more important than being used as sex slaves to these guys. And you can make a difference.
Philip:If you love the Lord, you can help us. And you can also call us — we have an 800 number: 833-DAILY-FAITH, 833-DAILY-FAITH. And there's a live person that'll talk to you right now. When you cast your bread upon the water — we're gonna be talking in a few moments about mental health and healing in your mind and your spirit — when you sow a seed outside of your world, you are throwing a lifeline out of your world into God's world. Cast your bread upon the water, it'll return to you. So be a part with us, if you will. And if you do, I promise you God will honor your giving as we save and change these lives for the kingdom.
Philip:I am so excited today to have a very special guest with us. Kenza Haddock is with me. She is a certified counselor. She has a ministry in — I believe it's North or South Carolina. And I'm gonna let her tell you all about that today. And she has written a book that will be available in October, but this is important enough for us to talk about it now. And we may talk about it again before the October release of the book. I'm delighted to have her with me. Kenza, God bless you. How are you doing today?
Kenza Haddock:Hi. Good. How are you?
Philip:Doing great. Thank you for joining us on Daily Faith. I'm fascinated by the subject of your book, and if you could help the audience just get a wee bit of depth and backstory — tell us your experience and what I know in your faith process. You were once a Muslim. Tell us how God brought you to this place and what the Lord's done in your life.
Kenza's Journey from Islam to Christ
Kenza Haddock:Yeah. So my journey of faith started out with struggling with mental health because I had a misconception about God. I believed in the wrong God. I believed in Allah — I was raised Muslim. And so my understanding of life was that I was here for a certain amount of time, and during that period of time, I needed to earn salvation, per se. And so I thought I could earn it through works — if I prayed enough, if I fasted enough, if I did all these works, I could earn it. But it seemed as though the more I did, the more frustrated I was. There was no fruit in my life. And Islam also teaches that anything bad that happens in your life is a direct condemnation from Allah, the God of Islam.
Kenza Haddock:And so because I had gone through negative circumstances, by the age of 23 I was convinced that God — and when I say God, I mean Allah — hated me. And so I contemplated ending my life. I had been anxious and I became very depressed. Looking back, I was clinically depressed. And it was back in 2012 when I contemplated ending my life, and I finally just threw out all of the Islamic rituals. And I cried out to anyone who would hear me out. And I said, God, I know that you hate me. I know I have no favor with you. Just show me the way to you. And I fell asleep.
Kenza Haddock:And that night I had a dream that it was the end times. And in my dream, I looked out of the window and I saw the sky open. And see, I had asked God to show me the way to him. And in my dream I saw the sky open, and descending from heaven was Jesus, holding out his arms.
Philip:Oh my goodness.
Kenza Haddock:And for the first time, Philip, I felt this peace that I had never felt in my life. Anxiety was my norm up until that day.
Philip:Well, when God doesn't love you — when that is the premise of your life, God hates me — there's nowhere else to go except down from that point. And I know a lot of folk live in a world of condemnation. The Bible says that the devil is the accuser of the brethren. And where the devil works is in the mind. And as we were chatting before the program, I'm from a Pentecostal background, and we were trained from the first moments of our life: if you got a problem, take it to the altar. You gotta take it to the altar and you pray it through at the altar. And a lot of times folk do all these things, but they're still left with a residual in their mind of depression and whatever else. And sometimes they need more help, and ways to unravel the spaghetti that life has become. And I believe that's where folks like you are gifted — in this ministry. It really is a ministry. Give us an idea of what you're doing in your counseling ministry so folk will understand that you're coming from a professional background.
Kenza Haddock:Yes. So after I gave my life to Jesus, God called me into the field of counseling. And so I went back to school and got trained in the clinical aspect of counseling. And here, in order for me to counsel from a Christian perspective, I had to seek an additional certification to be board certified in pastoral counseling as well, just to remain ethical. And so I do it from both perspectives. And what's interesting is as I started seeing patients and I started seeing patterns, I was able to link the top three clinical diagnoses that are plaguing our nation today — which are anxiety, depression, and right now number three is any mood fluctuation disorders — to the top three enemies that the Bible lists in Jeremiah 17:5.
Linking Clinical Diagnoses to Biblical Enemies
Philip:Wow.
Kenza Haddock:And so those have been listed. God had told us about this years and years ago. And unfortunately, the Bible says my people perish for lack of knowledge. And I do believe that the enemy — Satan — he's always working to deceive us, to keep us away from God's word.
Philip:For sure. When Jesus fasts, he fasts for 40 days and the devil takes him up to the top of the temple. And all of that is mind games. He's fasted, and the devil says, turn these stones to bread — he's playing in Jesus' mind. And there is a tremendous battlefield. And what you just said interested me, in that as you are counseling people, you began to see a pattern emerge that ministers are not always aware of. Should I say, we take every case as an individual case, but when you're trained in this, I believe you start to see a pattern developing that over 10 and 20 and 50 and a hundred people, they all start having the same issue and the same situation, and it brings you to a conclusion.
Satan's Cycle: Doubt, Temptation, and Condemnation
Kenza Haddock:Oh, absolutely. Absolutely. Like one of the patterns — so for example, the first enemy that I list is Satan, which, I mean, he is our infernal enemy. He always comes against the word of God in our lives, and he comes against us in our lives. And so he takes us through a certain cycle. And that is, number one, he places doubt. I mean, it's the same pattern that he started in the garden — did God really say? And so I ask people, and even for listeners right now, think about something right now that you're waiting for God to act on, and trust and believe the enemy will try to tempt you. He will try to get you to act on it before God. He will try to get you to either doubt God's goodness in that faith, or doubt God's sovereignty.
Kenza Haddock:Doubt is number one. Once you fall for it, he will tempt you. Once you fall for temptation, then he will condemn you. So now you're in shame, you're in the cycle. And then you hide from God.
Philip:Absolutely. So you've written a book. I'm really fascinated about this book. Tell us what caused you to write it and give us a synopsis as to how someone watching today might be thinking, oh my goodness, Kenza is describing where I'm at right now. Tell us how this book can help us get ourselves out of the cycle that the devil has got us into.
Generational Patterns and Finding the Root
Kenza Haddock:So the reason I wrote it is because through counseling, I watched patients come — I call it a revolving door — and go from one counselor to another to another, or deal with the same issue. And it's generational. And so there's a term in counseling that we use, it's called a genogram. And where we pan out is: is this an issue that's isolated to you, or is this a generational issue that your mom and dad have dealt with, your grandma and grandpa have dealt with? And so the book sort of helps the person try to figure out from that perspective. And it helps them isolate the root of the issue, not just deal with the symptom. 'Cause a lot of times we try to put a bandaid on it. Like, for example, if I have anxiety, let me try to not overthink. Well, if you try to not overthink, you're then thinking about not overthinking, and that's not going to help. So it helps you get to the root of why are you overthinking.
Philip:Boy, you're describing me in a whole lot of life. I'm the biggest worrier you've ever met in your life. And I can see things — I can see ghosts around corners. I can watch every disaster that's taking place. I see it in vivid color in my mind. Now that's me, and I have a funny feeling I'm not the only person in the world that thinks like this. And so what you're saying is this book helps deconstruct the myth of all of these things. My feeling is that once you get a handle on something, you can start making progress. What are the signs that you look for in these situations?
Kenza Haddock:So when it comes to, for example, anxiety, I look for excessive worry, more often than not. With anxiety, there's a difference between anxiety and worry. Clinical anxiety is when you're worried about impending doom — like you're just waiting for the shoe to drop. There's agitation, restlessness, sometimes you're losing sleep over certain things. That's when I start looking for the root of the issue. And so that's an enemy that we deal with. Now, depression is when you start losing pleasure in activities that you used to enjoy. You start isolating, because the enemy wants to isolate you. He wants to get you away from the people of God.
Recognizing Signs of Anxiety and Depression
Philip:That for sure. That is the number one thing. I'm not a pastor, but I'm friends with a lot of pastors. And the one thing, the weapon that I see most used against a pastor and the church, is isolation. If the devil can get you isolated into your worry world — and I won't charge you for that — yes, the worry world. I live in my worry world. What happens then? What if this happens? And what if that happens? And I extrapolate things out way beyond normalcy. I need to come and see you. This book — I need to get this book. But it's so true. If the devil can isolate us, he's got us in real trouble.
Isolation as the Enemy's Primary Weapon
Kenza Haddock:Yes. Oh yes. Absolutely. Another thing that I think sometimes we overlook is the three types of forgiveness, which I bring up. I know we know the concept of forgiving other people. I think the two other ones that sometimes we overlook are forgiving ourselves — for things that God has already forgiven us of. And so sometimes we have to just write it out and understand that if God has forgiven me, I need to confront it and I need to understand that I can move forward, give myself permission to move forward.
Kenza Haddock:The last one is forgiving — and I know it's gonna sound off when I say forgiving God — not that God has sinned against us at all. Sometimes I've seen it with so many patients who have held resentment against God, but they're not willing to talk about it. And because they're not willing to tell God they're mad at him, they're holding onto it and they're running from God. I'd rather have someone share their grievances. And I tell them, God already knows. He'd rather you share. Like, why did God allow this? Why did God let this happen to me? If he's God, why does this happen?
Three Types of Forgiveness for Healing
Philip:Wow. This book — yes. Tell me about the book. We've got two and a half minutes left. Tell us about this book, 'cause I know there are folk who want to get this book.
Kenza Haddock:Yes. So it's called The Three Enemies of Your Mental Health, and it talks about the top three diagnoses in the United States — anxiety, depression, and if you experience mood fluctuations. And for each one, it gives prescriptive methods to help you capture that from the root and not have to just deal with the symptoms. And so it deals with it from both a clinical and a biblical perspective.
The Three Enemies of Your Mental Health Book
Philip:Well, I know the book is available. I think we can show a cover — can we show a cover of it on the screen right now? There you go. The Three Enemies of Your Mental Health by Kenza Haddock. And by the way, kenzahaddock.com is how you get in contact with her. And this book is available from mychristmasshop.com, and it'll be available October the first. Listen to me now — listen to what I'm gonna tell you. If you have someone that you know is struggling with this kind of situation, and they're mad at God, or they're mad at themselves and they can't forgive themselves, they need another voice in their life. And this book — you talk about a Christmas gift — can you imagine bringing peace to someone's heart at Christmas time? And so I encourage you to get this book. The Three Enemies of Mental Health, October the first. And also to get in contact with Kenza. Are you open for folk to get in contact with you, Kenza?
Kenza Haddock:Yes, absolutely. Yes. I have a contact form on the website, yes.
Philip:Oh, very cool. So kenzahaddock.com — they can go there and contact you personally. I just know, talking to you today, that there are folk watching that are thinking, oh my goodness, there's hope. There's hope, I can get out of this dark cloud. Winston Churchill called it his black dog — that was his term for his mental health struggle. And he struggled. He's one of my favorite characters of history. Kenza, thank you so much for being with us today. Please come back again, maybe before October the first. Thank you for watching Daily Faith today, because you are part of the answer in the world we live in, and there's hope and healing in Jesus. Thank you for watching Daily Faith. We'll see you again. God bless. Bye-bye.
For over 25 years, the Cameron family has been changing the lives of orphans in Romania and Moldova — from providing running water, flushing toilets, and clean wells, to coal for heat, new windows, as well as food and clothing. They champion the physical needs of the orphans in these broken and desolate countries. Many of Moldova's orphans are saved from the horrors of trafficking through homes founded by the Camerons. And in the process, orphans become daughters and sons. They come to know their heavenly Father and are forever changed by the love of Jesus. God help the Camerons lift these amazing young men and women out of darkness. Now no longer orphans, they want to return and invade that very same darkness with the light of Jesus Christ. The Orphan's Hands equips these daughters and sons to become missionaries. Your monthly gift of $31 will allow us to rescue and take in more girls and boys, saving them from the hell of human trafficking. Your monthly partnership will allow us to care for those in the Orphan's Hands homes in Moldova and Ukraine. If you want to join Philip and Chrissy in taking care of these precious young people, please contact us today by calling 833-DAILY-FAITH. You can also give by going online to www.dailyfaith.tv, or by writing to Post Office Box 225, Clinton, Tennessee 37716. So many lives depend on what we do. Thank you for loving the lost.
Common questions
How did Kenza Haddock go from being Muslim to becoming a Christian counselor?
Kenza grew up Muslim and believed she had to earn salvation through works like prayer and fasting, but felt increasingly frustrated and condemned. By age 23, convinced that God hated her, she contemplated suicide — and in that moment of desperation she cried out to God to show her the way. That night she dreamed of Jesus descending from heaven with open arms, and for the first time in her life she felt peace. That experience led her to give her life to Christ and eventually pursue a career in counseling.
What are the three enemies of mental health that Kenza's book talks about?
Kenza links the top three clinical diagnoses plaguing the U.S. — anxiety, depression, and mood fluctuation disorders — to the top three enemies listed in Jeremiah 17:5. She identifies Satan as the first enemy, who works through a cycle of doubt, temptation, condemnation, and isolation. Her book addresses each enemy from both a clinical and a biblical perspective, giving readers prescriptive methods to get to the root of the issue rather than just treating the symptoms.
What is the cycle Satan uses to trap people mentally, according to Kenza?
Kenza describes Satan's cycle as starting with doubt — echoing the same pattern from the Garden of Eden ('Did God really say?'). Once a person falls for doubt, Satan moves them to temptation, then to condemnation and shame, and finally to hiding from God. She says this cycle is the same pattern she sees repeatedly in her counseling patients.
Why does Kenza say we sometimes need to 'forgive God,' and what does she mean by that?
Kenza acknowledges it sounds unusual, but she's seen many patients silently holding resentment against God — angry about why he allowed certain things to happen — yet unwilling to voice it. She says that unspoken resentment causes people to run from God rather than toward him. She encourages people to bring those grievances directly to God, noting that he already knows and would rather they be honest than hold it inside.
What's the difference between regular worry and clinical anxiety, according to Kenza?
Kenza explains that clinical anxiety goes beyond ordinary worry — it's characterized by a sense of impending doom, as if you're constantly waiting for the shoe to drop. Other signs include agitation, restlessness, and losing sleep. When she sees those patterns in a patient, she starts looking for the root cause rather than just addressing the surface-level overthinking.
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