Appearances & Media

I love communicating and interacting with all kinds of audiences about my areas of passion. See my Speaking page for a list of some of the topics I address most frequently. Please contact me if you’re interested in scheduling a speaking or media engagement.

In the meantime, here’s where you can find me speaking in the near future:

• Wheaton College, Wheaton, Illinois, October 19, 2018
• Urbana 2018 Conference, St. Louis, Missouri, December 27-31, 2018
• American Association of Christian Counselors World Conference, Nashville, TN, October 9-12, 2019

Here are some of my most recent media interviews:

• Mental illness and the church’s mission (Afternoons with Bill Arnold)
• Mental Disorders, Families and the Church (Dr. James Dobson’s Family Talk)
• Mental Illness, Suicide and the Church (Today’s Conversation Podcast)
• Amy Simpson on Why It’s a Blessing to Be Unsatisfied And How to Find Freedom in an Imperfect World (Dylan Dodson Faith and Life Podcast)
• Reforming the Church’s Response to Mental Illness: An Interview with Amy Simpson (Nations: A Voice for Reformers)
• Episode 62 with Amy Simpson (The Unspoken Conversation)
• Finding Spiritual Freedom in an Imperfect World with Amy Simpson (Live the Promise)
• March 7, 2018 Show (Life!Line with Craig Roberts)
• Spiritual Freedom in an Imperfect World (In the Market with Janet Parshall)
• What Made Mental Illness a ‘Sin’? Paganism (Quick to Listen podcast)
• February 13, 2018 (“Let’s Talk” with Mark Elfstrand)
• Satisfaction Shouldn’t Be Our Goal – Amy Simpson (The Early Morning Late Show with Bill Arnold)
• Family, Church, & Mental Illness (feat. Amy Simpson) (CXMH podcast)
• Leaders Who Live and Tell the Story: Amy Simpson on Leadership and Mental Illness (The Mark Nelson Show)
• Troubled Minds: Mental Illness and the Church’s Mission (The Clinical Christian podcast)
• Blessed Are the Unsatisfied, A New Book by Author Amy Simpson (Fresh Hope for Mental Health)
• Colleen Swindoll Thompson’s Interview with Amy Simpson (Reframing Ministries)
• Mental Illness and the Church (Messiah Community)
• Anxious, Choosing Faith in a World of Worry (Songtime)
• Nothing Can Separate Us from the Love of God (Words to Live By)
• Fear Better (Inside Out with Martha Manikas-Foster)
• Coffeepot Fellowship Podcast
• The Multi-faceted Nature of Mental Illness (Live the Promise with Susie Larson)
• Does God Heal Mental Illness? (The Sitting Room)
• Can Prayer and Scripture Cure Mental Illness? (Up for Debate)
• Anglican Review with Michael Porter
• Mid-Morning with Lynne Ford (WBCL Radio)
• Crosswalk with Gino Geraci (KRKS Radio)
• Midday Connection (Moody Radio)
• The Georgene Rice Show
• Direct Line with Wayne Kent
• Connecting Faith with Neil Stavem
• The Exchange with Ed Stetzer
• The Janet Mefferd Show
• Missions Radio with Kenneth Mitchell
• Amplify with Father Ron Lengwin
• Insight with Paul Arthur (The Miracle Channel)
• The Ride Home with John and Kathy on WORD-FM
• In the Market with Janet Parshall: Anxious
• Life!Line with Craig Roberts on KFAX – San Franscisco
• The Ride Home with John and Kathy on WORD-FM: Choosing Faith in a World of Worry
• Fresh Hope Today
• Live the Promise with Susie Larson: Mental Illness and the Mission of the Church
• White Horse Inn: Faith and Mental Illness
• Missions Radio with Kenneth Mitchell
• Trig’s Podcast of Joy! (David Trigueros)
• Everyday Relationships: The Church’s Response to Mental Illness
• Busted Halo: Mental Illness and the Church’s Mission
• This Is the Day on Moody Radio Chicago
• WBCL Mid-Morning: Troubled Minds
• Connecting Faith: Troubled Minds
• Midday Connection: Mental Illness
• Reformed Cast with Scott Oakland
• Anglican Review with Michael Porter
• Divine Calling with Stephanie Riggs
• The Drew Marshall Show
• 180 with Karl Clauson
• In the Market with Janet Parshall
• Direct Line with Wayne Kent
• What’s the 411? with Sharon Kay
• Amplify with Father Ron Lengwin
• The Georgene Rice Show
• Connecting Faith: Dealing with Mental Illness
• Chris Fabry Live!: Troubled Minds
• Author Amy Simpson on God321
• The Church and Mental Illness (Peacetalk)
• The Ride Home with John and Kathy on WORD-FM
• Janet Mefferd Show: Troubled Minds
• “Insight” on Miracle Channel TV Network (Episode 132)
• This Is the Day on Moody Radio Chicago: Mental Illness
• Faith Radio Mornings: Understanding Mental Illness
• Point of View with Kerby Anderson
• Dr. Bill Maier Live with Amy Simpson
• Live video Conversation on Mental Illness
• Midday Connection on Moody Radio: Troubled Minds
• Life!Line with Craig Roberts on KFAX-AM
• The Bob Dutko Show on WMUZ
• The Ride Home with John & Kathy on WORD-FM: How Can the Church Better Serve People with Mental Illness?
• This Is the Day on Moody Radio Chicago: Mental Illness
• Midday Connection on Moody Radio: Worry
• Midday Connection on Moody Radio: Publishing
• Peacetalk Radio: Mental Illness
• Midday Connection on Moody Radio: Mental Illness
  

Read some of my published articles and interviews related to my books:

• Mental Illness: 7 Practices for Ministering Well–Even if You’re Not A Mental Health Professional” (Missio Alliance)
• Author Amy Simpson on the “No-Casserole Illness” (The Weary Christian)
• Let Your Hunger Lead You to Hope (Mental Health Grace Alliance)
• Guest Blog: Let Your Longings Lead You to Hope (Sparks of Redemptive Grace)
• Unsatisfied? Consider Yourself Blessed (Evangelicals for Social Action)
• Embracing the Unsatisfied Life (SmallGroups.com)
• Your Disappointment Doesn’t Scare God (Key Ministry)
• Hope for the Unsatisfied (Elisa Morgan’s Really blog)
• What Are You Leading People to Expect from Jesus? (WomenLeaders.com)
• Blessed Are the Unsatisfied (CT Women)
• Is Filling that ‘God-Shaped Hole’ God’s Plan for Our Lives? (Christianity Today)
• Interview with Author & Speaker Amy Simpson (Bipolar Brave)
• Fort Lauderdale, the Law, and Love (Evangelicals for Social Action)
• Don’t Be Proud of Your Busyness (Relevant)
• Who Profits from Your Worry? (Evangelicals for Social Action)
• Worried? Try Letting Go (Margaret Feinberg)
• Samaritans Radar, suicide prevention and the limits of social networking (Think Christian)
• Sunday Refreshments with Amy Simpson: Choosing Faith in a World of Worry (Litfuse Publicity)
• How the anti-vaccination movement turns a blind eye toward history (Think Christian)
• What the Ebola Panic Reminds Us about Worry (Her.meneutics)
• Moms, Those Children Are Not Yours (Today’s Christian Woman)
• When Worry Fuels Your Mind (Today’s Christian Woman)
• Anxious? Then Click Here to Recalibrate! (4Word Women)
• Worried Moms, Let It Go! (The Laundry Moms)
• Mental Illness & the Church (Rachel Held Evans)
• Light in a Clouded Darkness (In Touch Magazine)
• A Church for Troubled Minds (Evangelicals for Social Action)
• Evangelicals, You Are Wrong about Mental Illness (ChurchLeaders.com)
• Troubled Minds: Mental Illness and the Church’s Mission (Jamie Arpin-Ricci)
• Troubled Minds: How Does God Redeem Mental Illness? (Mind & Soul)
• Spiritual Wholeness, Mental Illness? (Kelli Trujillo)
• The Power of a Resolution (Chosen Families)
• Coffee Talk: Troubled Minds and the Church’s Mission (A Sista’s Journey)
• Mental Illness: One Simple Way to Help (The Exchange: A Blog by Ed Stetzer)
• Friday Five Interview: Amy Simpson (Out of Ur)
• God’s Purpose and Mental Illness (Daniel Darling)
• Mental Illness–We Can Help (Midday Connection blog)
• A Call to the Church (Church4EveryChild)
• Your Small Group Can Help People Affected by Mental Illness (SmallGroups.com)
• “Crazy Talk”: How We Characterize Mental Illness (Her.meneutics)
• When Mental Illness Comes Home (Trochia)
• 6 Ways Churches Should Be More Like Libraries (Q Ideas)
• Does Your Church Inadvertently Hurt People with Mental Illness? (Church4EveryChild)
• Can Our Mental Health Care System By Healed? (Relevant)
• Sunday Refreshments: A Q&A with Amy Simpson (Part 1) (Litfuse)
• Sunday Refreshments: A Q&A with Amy Simpson (Part 2) (Litfuse)
• Ways to Help People with Mental Illness and Their Families (Today’s Christian Woman)
• Out of the Shadow of Mental Illness (Today’s Christian Woman)
• Mental Illness Is No Laughing Matter (Today’s Christian Woman)
• Loving the 26 Percent (ChristianityToday.org)
• Addressing Depression and Suicide in Your Church (Building Church Leaders)
• Letters from Home (PRISM Magazine)
• Overcoming Mental Illness’ Stigma in the Church: An Interview with Amy Simpson (Patheos)
• Christians Can’t Ignore the Uncomfortable Reality of Mental Illness (Her.meneutics)
• When New Moms Can’t Stop Worrying (Her.meneutics)
• In ‘Silver Linings Playbook,’ Hollywood Finally Gets Mental Illness (Her.meneutics)
• Mental Illness: What Is the Church’s Role? (Q Ideas)
• Mental Illness, Violence and Call for the Church (Think Christian)
• The Surprising Truth About Mental Illness (Her.meneutics)
• Mother to the Motherless (Today’s Christian Woman)
• What Jason Russell’s Mental Breakdown Shows Us about Ourselves (Her.meneutics)
• Through a Glass, Darkly (Leadership Journal)

Here are some media mentions and reviews:

• Yearnings of the Heart (Carol Dowsett)
• Book Review: Blessed Are the Unsatisfied (The Perennial Gen)
• 8 Blessings of the Unsatisfied Life (Living Our Days)
• Blessed Are the Unsatisfied by Amy Simpson: A Review (Tony Roberts)
• Book Review: Blessed Are the Unsatisfied, by Amy Simpson (Resolved for Christ)
• Talk about it Tuesdays: Troubled Minds, a book review (Hope4Shame)
• A Review of Amy Simpson’s Book Troubled Minds: Mental Illness and the Church’s Mission (Vine and Shoots)
• Book Review: Troubled Minds (Church Therapy)
• Book Review: Anxious: Choosing Faith in a World of Worry (Baptist Standard)
• Three Strategies for Choosing Faith Instead of Worry (April Yamasaki)
• How (and why) to live life worry-free: A review of Anxious by Amy Simpson (Brave Reviews)
• Be Anxious for Nothing: A Review (All Is Grist)
• Marilynne Robinson on faith and fear (& how we can be free not to worry) (Rachel Marie Stone)
• Q and A with Author Amy Simpson (Pilgrim’s Road Trip)
• Book Review: Troubled Minds – Mental Illness and the Church’s Mission (Addiction Treatment Magazine)
• Beyond Worry: Living with the Serenity Prayer–A Conversation with Amy Simpson (Living a Holy Adventure)
• A Balm for the Anxious Soul: A Review of Amy Simpson’s “Anxious” (Take & Read at Patheos.com)
• Finding Grace and Hope in the Midst of Anxiety: Reflections on “Anxious” (Take & Read at Patheos.com)
• Review of ‘Anxious: Choosing Faith in a World of Worry’ by Amy Simpson (George P. Wood)
• Amy Simpson’s Anxious: Tacking Worry, Anxiety & Fear (Book Review) (Mustard Seeds)
• Anxious by Amy Simpson (Sojourner: Between Worlds)
• Troubled Minds by Amy Simpson . . . a book every church leader should read! (Intermountain Ministry)
• Troubled Minds–Must Read (The ECFA Connection)
• [Review] Troubled Minds: Mental Illness and the Church’s Mission (A Well-Watered Garden)
• Mental Illness and the Church–an Amazing Book I Just Read (Culture Rebel)
• Book Review: Christians Get Depressed Too and Troubled Minds (Conversation in Faith Weblog)
• Book Review of Troubled Minds: Mental Illness and the Church’s Mission (Black Coffee Reflections)
• Troubled Minds: Mental Illness and the Mission of the Church (bubsblurbs.com)
• Book Review: Troubled Minds (Slowing the Racing Mind)
• Sidelining the Stigma of Mental Illness (Christianity Today)
• Simpson, Amy – Troubled Minds: Mental Illness and the Church’s Mission (The Phantom Tollbooth)
• Troubled Minds: A Review (AnotherThink)
• Review: Troubled Minds . . . A Much-Needed Catalyst for Conversation (Church4EveryChild)
• Troubled Minds (Frank Viola)
• Resource Review: Troubled Minds (SmallGroups.com)
• Who Sinned? The Church Did: A Review of Amy Simpson’s Troubled Minds (Faithful Citizenship)
• Review: Troubled Minds (Pilgrim’s Road Trip)
• Taking Mental Illness Mainstream (Mennonite Brethren Herald)
• “Troubled Minds”: Mental Illness and the Church’s Failure to Address It (Cultivare)
• Introducing Amy Simpson…guest blogger for Mental Health Month (Church4EveryChild)
• When Mental Illness Hits Home (Living a Holy Adventure)
• Growing up with a mother who was a pastor’s wife with Schizophrenia (Adrian Warnock on Patheos)
• Two New Voices (Carolyn Custis James)
• Mental Illness and the Church: Some Helpful Honesty from Christian Leaders You May Know (Ed Stetzer)
• Casting Out Demons: Mental Illness and the Church’s Response (Woman, in Progress . . .)
• Wednesday’s Hope Roundup (Amazed by Grace)
• Great Minds in Ministry on Mental Health at a Time of Great Loss (Ministry Moments)
• Invisible Wounds (Small Group Dynamics)