CNLP 759 | Preaching Through Depression — Faith Eury Cho on Mental Health, the Holy Spirit, and Gen Z
The Carey Nieuwhof Leadership Podcast
Carey Nieuwhof
4.8 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 9 October 2025
⏱️ 68 minutes
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Summary
Preaching is hard, no matter how you approach it. But throw planting a church during lockdown, a life-long struggle with mental health and anxiety, and planting in a tough to reach area in the mix, and you have a recipe for challenge. Faith Eury Cho opens up and talks about all of it.
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| 0:00.0 | The Art of Leadership Network |
| 0:02.7 | Watch out for your mental health |
| 0:04.5 | if you're a preacher |
| 0:05.3 | And I noticed this |
| 0:08.3 | especially before you get up |
| 0:10.8 | until the pulpit |
| 0:11.6 | the enemy will attack your mind |
| 0:14.4 | and it's easy for preachers |
| 0:17.5 | to either neglect that |
| 0:18.8 | or to embrace it way too much. |
| 0:25.9 | Welcome to the Kerry Newhoff Leadership Podcast. |
| 0:28.4 | Carrie here and I hope our time together today helps you thrive in life and leadership. |
| 0:32.0 | Today, what do you do if you're struggling with depression? |
| 0:35.9 | How do you preach through that? |
| 0:37.3 | What if mental |
| 0:37.9 | health is like a regular part of your leadership? So today I sit down with Faith Yuri Cho, and we talk |
| 0:45.2 | about mental health, the Holy Spirit, Gen Z, and a whole lot more. Faith is a leading communicator |
| 0:51.2 | and author in today's space. And I got to say, just a point of empathy for all of you who struggle with depression, |
| 0:58.0 | and that is not uncommon in leadership. |
| 1:00.1 | I've only had very brief bouts of depression or semi-depression in my life. |
| 1:06.1 | But even having dipped my toe in that water, I've got a lot of empathy for people who struggle with it. |
| 1:11.0 | Famous preachers like Charles Spurgeon, many others struggle with depression. |
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