Sunburnt Souls | Faith, Mental Health & Mayhem

Sunburnt Souls is a Christian mental health podcast exploring faith, anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, and emotional resilience through honest conversations and biblical hope.

Hosted by Pastor Dave Quak, an Aussie pastor living with bipolar disorder, the podcast explores what it really looks like to follow Jesus through the highs, lows, and everything in between.

Each episode shares powerful stories, biblical encouragement, and practical tools for navigating anxiety, depression, burnout, and mental wellness as a follower of Christ.

Whether you’re battling darkness, searching for joy, or trying to make sense of faith and mental illness, you’re not alone. Sunburnt Souls is a safe, unfiltered space for honest conversations about Christian mental health.

🎧 Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or YouTube. 🌐 Learn more at sunburntsouls.com

Podcasting since 2024 • 115 episodes

Sunburnt Souls | Faith, Mental Health & Mayhem

Latest Episodes

When Mental Health Comes On Holidays

You can be standing on a stunning beach with clear water and still wake up feeling dark. After six weeks away, I’m back behind the mic with travel stories from Greece and Turkey that turned into a blunt lesson about mental health: a change of s...

July 06, 2026 • 26:16

The Truth About Challenging Behaviour in Kids

Your kid is melting down again, you’ve tried everything you can think of, and nothing works. Many of us know what that's like. We sit down with Wendy Paroz from Sprout Support Center to name what’s really happening under explosive b...

June 29, 2026 • 36:41

Church That Makes Room for Mental Messiness

A teenager stands up mid-sermon and yells “Boring!” and the room goes quiet. He was the smartest man in the room in my opinion.We talk honestly about church and mental health, especially for people who are neurodivergent, carrying trauma...

June 22, 2026 • 31:30

Christian Fiction with Grit and Grace: T.I. Lowe on South of Somewhere

Addiction is one of the most common realities families quietly carry. Dave Quak sits down with best selling author T.I. Lowe (Tonya) for an honest conversation about what happens when someone you love will not get clean, and how faith can stay ...

June 15, 2026 • 35:47

The Path to Mental Health Diagnosis

What happens when you first say “I got diagnosed?” Jess and I talk candidly about the subtle ways people dismiss mental health and neurodiversity with phrases that sound harmless, like “Everyone’s a bit like that,” and why those lin...

June 08, 2026 • 31:15

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