Sound Mind is a podcast that invites listeners into immersive, scripture-rich reflections on the mental, emotional, and spiritual realities of life—guided by a biblical lens and pastoral heart


The Host of Sound Mind is Jonathan Kindler is faculty professor of Biblical Counseling at the Living Faith Bible Institute, professional counselor and associate pastor at Midtown Baptist Temple.

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EP 27 | Why Do I Keep Putting Things Off?

You care. You plan. You even set reminders.

So why do you still put things off?

In this episode, Jonathan Kindler takes an honest look at procrastination, not as laziness but as misplaced worship. Blending biblical wisdom with counseling insight, he unpacks how avoidance, perfectionism, and the fear of failure disguise a deeper heart issue: control.

Through humor, story, and Scripture, you’ll see why procrastination is less about time management and more about trust, and how grace - not grit - helps you finally follow through.

Because the war on procrastination isn’t really about getting more done.


It’s about learning to move when God says move.

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EP 26 | Walking With: When Gratitude Doesn’t Stick

What do you do when someone’s gratitude keeps slipping away?

In this Walking With episode, Jonathan Kindler equips pastors, counselors, and anyone listening to walk patiently with those whose thankfulness has faded. Through scripture, story, and real-life moments, he shows how forgetfulness isn’t failure—it’s the human drift of the heart—and how gentle reminders can help rekindle joy.

Blending biblical insight and counseling wisdom, Jonathan outlines how to name the drift, surface the lie, and build small rhythms of remembrance that actually stick. You’ll learn how to bring truth without pressure, create space for grace, and hand someone practical tools for remembering what God’s already done.

Whether you lead, counsel, or simply sit across from a friend who says, “I know I should be thankful, I just forget,” this episode gives you language and structure to walk with them well—helping gratitude become more than a feeling, but a practiced way of seeing grace again.

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EP 25 | What’s the Long Game of Gratitude?

What does gratitude do to a life over time?

In this episode, Jonathan Kindler explores how steady thanksgiving moves from a moment to a framework—forming endurance, stabilizing peace, and teaching the heart to trust when nothing’s changing. Blending Scripture (Philippians 4:11–13; Psalms; Revelation 7:12), storytelling, and a warm dose of humor, he shows why gratitude is learned, not leapt into and how repetition literally rewires what we remember so faith becomes our reflex.

If thankfulness has felt like fireworks that fade, this conversation helps you build a rhythm that lasts, so mercy becomes memory, and peace becomes your posture.

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EP 24 | Thinking Through: What Happens When Diagnosis Becomes Identity

Everywhere you look, someone has a label: my anxiety, my ADHD, my trauma. But what happens when those labels start to define us?

In this Thinking Through episode, Jonathan Kindler takes a closer look at the modern pull toward self-diagnosis and mental-health identity. From viral therapy trends to personality quizzes and clinical buzzwords, he explores why naming our struggles feels validating—and why it can quietly become the story we live by.

Blending humor, cultural insight, and Scripture, Jonathan unpacks how labels can help us understand our pain without becoming our name. He points to a gospel identity that doesn’t shift with our symptoms—and offers the one thing every label can’t: permanence.

This episode invites you to rethink the way you see yourself—and to find freedom in a name that doesn’t change with your diagnosis

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