First15 Conversations: Ryan Casey Waller on Mental Health
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First15
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🗓️ 19 May 2021
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
Have you ever been ashamed of your struggle with mental health?
We all have experienced the challenges and stressors of the past year and half, but the fear of being vulnerable about how those have affected us can cause even more damage.
That’s why I’m so excited to share our latest conversation with Ryan Casey Waller. Ryan is a pastor, lawyer, and psychotherapist, and the author of Depression, Anxiety, and Other Things We Don't Want to Talk About. We had a powerful conversation about what it looks like to be honest when it comes to things like depression, anxiety, and other mental health struggles.
In this newest episode we cover specific topics like...
- Why it can be so difficult to be vulnerable about our own challenges.
- How biology, psychology, and spirituality are all connected.
- Why mental health issues aren’t a symptom of spiritual failing or a lack of faith.
- When should you see a therapist?
- The difference between pastoral counseling and professional therapy.
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As believers, we want a real connection with God every day, not just on Sunday. We want the peace and passion that comes from living with God, not for God. But when Monday morning rolls around we’re left thinking:
“Now what?” “How do I find and keep a daily connection with my Creator on my own?”
At First15, we know that meaningful worship isn’t just for Sunday. Every believer should be able to find a daily connection to God with fresh worship created specifically for their weekday.
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| 0:00.0 | In today's First 15 Conversations Podcast, Ryan Casey Waller is joining Josh and me to talk about the importance of honesty and vulnerability when it comes to |
| 0:14.9 | mental and emotional health. Ryan is licensed psychotherapist, lawyer, and |
| 0:19.9 | pastor and recently released a brand new book titled Depression, Anxiety, and |
| 0:25.4 | other things we don't want to talk though. I absolutely love this conversation |
| 0:29.9 | and I think it's going to be so helpful for so many of us. |
| 0:33.6 | So let's dive right in. |
| 0:38.8 | Orion, thanks so much for making space to talk to Josh and me. |
| 0:42.0 | We've been working for months to have this |
| 0:43.3 | conversation technology even today almost didn't allow us to have this |
| 0:46.6 | conversation but we're here we're plugged in and we're ready to go. Thanks for |
| 0:49.9 | being here. Yes we're making it happen happy to be here. Yes, we're making it happen. Happy to be here. |
| 0:54.0 | So we want to dive right in to talk about mental health specifically, which I can't tell you how |
| 0:59.4 | excited I've then to have this conversation with you regardless of how circumstances play out. |
| 1:04.0 | I think we all want to progress through this year being the healthiest we can both |
| 1:07.8 | physically but mentally and emotionally as well and to start off just a bit |
| 1:12.1 | vulnerable I've referenced this a few times in our |
| 1:14.4 | podcast conversations before but after the pandemic I started having a |
| 1:18.8 | series of panic attacks last March and it was a really eye-opening experience for me to grow in my |
| 1:26.6 | understanding of my own mental and emotional health and the need for that and the |
| 1:31.4 | value of that and God's care and concern for that. |
| 1:35.0 | And so I was so thrilled that you've written in your new book, |
| 1:38.0 | Depression, anxiety and other things we don't want to talk about. |
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