Episode 176 - Paul Asay

The Nothing Is Wasted Podcast

Davey Blackburn and Aubrey Sampson

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.9 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 8 July 2021

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

The last year and half or so has had long-lasting effects on all of us. Studies have shown that reports of mental illnesses such as anxiety or depression have skyrocketed between 2019 and today. But for some, these issues are not brought on by one particular season, but rather they are something that we face our entire lives. Paul Asay is one such person. While he didn’t have the words for it at the time, Paul began facing anxiety as a child, and by the time he was in college that had morphed into severe depression. This depression has followed him his entire adult life, and he has had to struggle with what it means to be a follower of Jesus and also be chronically depressed. After all, shouldn’t the hope of Christ be enough to beat back depression for good? But through this season, Paul has learned what it means to follow God in the midst of darkness and to see Him on a deeper level because of it. Paul sits down with Davey to share some of his story and the wisdom he’s learned about going through depression, whether it be seasonal or a lifelong battle. http://paintopurposedevo.com This Episode is Sponsored by Faithful Counseling (https://www.faithfulcounseling.com/nothingiswasted)Beauty in the Browns (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1646070054/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1646070054&linkCode=as2&tag=daveybl-20&linkId=880b94f3cdde28dde6f6d82e26afa166)http://paulasay.com @asaypaul (Twitter) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Nothing is Wasted podcast, where we meet you in your pain and help you discover a pathway through.
0:09.6	No matter what you've faced or what you're walking through now, we believe your story isn't over.
0:15.0	Each week, you'll hear powerful conversations with people who've partnered with God to reclaim their stories of trauma, loss, and heartbreak, and we'll chat with Christian experts who offer wisdom and
0:26.2	practical tools for healing. This is a place of hope, redemption, and the reminder that
0:31.5	even in your darkest moments, God is still writing your story, because with him, nothing is wasted.
0:38.8	I'm your host, Davey Blackburn.
0:50.8	Paul, it's so great to have you on the Nothing is Wasted podcast.
0:53.3	Thanks for joining me.
0:54.6	Brilliant to be here. Thank you so much for having me.
0:57.7	Well, man, I would love for our listeners to get to know you a little bit before we dive into
1:01.6	this book that you have released and this topic that we're going to be talking about is a heavy
1:06.4	topic. It's one that so many people are dealing with on the topic of depression.
1:15.4	But before we dive into that and talk a little bit about your story and your experience with depression,
1:18.8	why don't you tell us a little bit about yourself and what you do and where you live?
1:21.0	Kind of give us some context for you.
1:21.8	You bet.
1:28.4	I actually review movies for a living, if you can believe. Get out of here.
1:29.4	I kid you not.
1:30.6	I work for an organization called Plugged In.
1:32.7	So we do, we do movie reviews that sort of looks at entertainment, all sorts of things from
1:38.8	a Christian point of view.
1:40.4	And so I do a lot of movies.
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