#574 – Do You Have People Skills? with Debra Fileta
The Sister Circle Podcast
Chrystal Evans Hurst
4.9 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 18 May 2026
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
My friend Debra Fileta sat down with me to share her perspective on people skills, and it totally shifted how I show up in my relationships.
Not only is Debra a wife, mother, and professional counselor, but she’s also the author of nine books, including her latest book, People Skills: Your Relationships Are Only as Strong as Your Skills. You’ll love hearing her expert advice for navigating relationships with intentionality and vulnerability.
Highlights from Today’s Episode
- Receiving the right feedback
- Tracking patterns of tension
- Easing into vulnerability
Related Resources
- Connect with Debra Fileta on Instagram or Facebook.
- Grab a copy of Debra’s latest book, People Skills: Your Relationships Are Only as Strong as Your Skills.
- Visit Debra’s website to learn about her books, podcasts, and counseling offerings.
- Check out this previous episode with Debra, reminding us that It’s Time to Heal.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hi there. Thanks for listening to the Sister Circle podcast. My name is Crystal Evans-Hurst, |
| 0:09.5 | and I'm your host. Thanks for tuning in to another episode of the podcast that's designed to help you |
| 0:15.7 | live your life well and to make it a life you love. Listen, you get to choose. |
| 0:30.6 | Deborah Falada, y'all is not a stranger to the Sister Circle podcast. She has been here |
| 0:36.0 | a couple of other times. She, in my opinion, is a little bit of a phenom |
| 0:39.9 | before we started recording. I was asking her, when do you write the books? Because this is nine, |
| 0:45.6 | and you have kids in all age groups, and also you're a counselor, and also you have a counselor's |
| 0:49.4 | network. And you have a podcast. And she just told me that one of her books she wrote in 16 days, that's called Phenom. |
| 0:59.9 | I don't know if that's like a curse word or a good word. |
| 1:02.8 | No, it's a good word, like phenomenal, like an extra special, like a everybody doesn't do this kind of person. |
| 1:10.6 | Oh, that's amazing. |
| 1:11.9 | Okay, it was a stretch. |
| 1:13.3 | It was 16 and a half days. |
| 1:15.3 | There was a half day in there, too. |
| 1:16.7 | Every day? |
| 1:17.6 | Were you writing every day? |
| 1:19.4 | No. |
| 1:20.2 | It was like one day on for six, seven hours, |
| 1:24.6 | and then maybe the next week would be, |
| 1:26.6 | it would count it as another day for about six, seven hours. and then maybe the next week would be, would count it as another day for about |
| 1:28.4 | six, seven hours. So about 16 different days throughout three months of writing. But your normal |
| 1:35.5 | book writing process is about a three-ish month process. Yeah. Writing one-ish day a week. |
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