First15 Conversations: Debra Fileta, LPC
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🗓️ 14 July 2021
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
Have you ever felt the need to hide how you’re really doing out of fear of rejection, being shamed, or simply not having the capacity to deal with it?
In our society, mental and emotional health often carry a shameful stigma. And because of that, people feel the need to perform and appear totally fine, when many are actually carrying around loads of struggles and hurt daily.
On today’s episode of the First15 podcast, Rachel and Josh sit down and chat with one of our favorite guests, Debra Fileta, LPC.
In this newest episode we cover specific topics like...
- Wholistic health and the crossover between spiritual, mental, and emotional health
- Why your mental health matters and why you should take it seriously
- Why it’s so important to drop the stigmas around mental health in our Christian communities
- Understanding the difference between mental illness and oppression
Debra is a licensed professional counselor, bestselling author, speaker, and host of the Love + Relationships podcast––a hotline-style show where people call in to get their relationship questions answered.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Today on The First of Team Podcast, Rachel and Josh sit down and chat with one of our favorites, |
| 0:09.6 | Debra Felida to discuss things like holistic health, while your mental health matters, |
| 0:15.2 | and why it's so important to drop the stickmas around mental health and our Christian communities. |
| 0:20.5 | Debra is a licensed professional counselor, best-selling author, speaker, |
| 0:24.8 | and host of the Love Plus Relationships Podcast. A hotline style show where people |
| 0:29.6 | call in to get their relationship questions answered. We absolutely loved having her on last |
| 0:35.1 | year and are so excited that she's back with us today to discuss her latest book. Are you really |
| 0:40.3 | okay? The importance of getting real about who you are, how you're doing, and why it matters. |
| 0:45.9 | Let's dive right in. |
| 0:54.3 | Well, Debra, so excited to have you back on the podcast today. Thank you so much for |
| 0:59.3 | hanging out with us. Yeah, it's always great to be back. Thanks for having me. |
| 1:04.0 | Yeah, I was thinking back to when Craig and I had chatted with you. It was right at the start of |
| 1:09.1 | the pandemic, and we were trying to just figure out what is going on. How do we adjust to this? |
| 1:18.8 | You know, I think so many of us were experiencing anxiety for whether it was from around COVID itself, |
| 1:26.1 | or the changes of being sort of quarantined at home and dealing with all the different dynamics of |
| 1:31.1 | that. Craig and I both, after that conversation, we connected right after on the phone. We're like, |
| 1:38.1 | that was incredible. We need to have Debra back on. We've been waiting for the chance to reconnect |
| 1:43.9 | with you, and it's taken way longer than we would have liked to have you back, but we're glad you're |
| 1:47.9 | here. Yeah, so I wanted to connect with you, first, catch up, maybe, with you on just what's |
| 1:53.6 | happened in the past year and a half. It feels like no time has gone by, and like a lifetime has |
| 1:58.5 | gone by. So how have things been for you? What's new for you? How are you guys doing after this kind |
| 2:04.9 | of crazy year and a half since we last spoke? Yeah, it's crazy to think that it's been that long. |
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