Hey friends, welcome to Girls Night. I'm Stephanie May Wilson and I am so happy that you're here.

Each week, I have a girlfriend over and we talk through one of the biggest questions we have about our lives as women.

We're talking about friendships and faith and relationships and self-confidence, about our calling in life and how to live every bit of our lives to the absolute full.

Life is so much better and easier and absolutely more fun when we navigate together as girlfriends and I cannot wait to get started.

My guest for today's episode is my dear friend Liz Norris. Liz is an associate professional counselor in Atlanta and that is perfect because that is exactly what we're talking about today.

Counseling. If you guys have been hanging out in our community for a while, you know that I am such a fan of counseling.

It's something that's helped me so much in my life and that's true for pretty much every single one of my girlfriends and all of the women that I look up to the most.

Counseling has been a game changer for all of us. Not only that, but if you've been following me on Instagram lately,

you might have seen that I recently just started going back to counseling and I'll tell you all about why in this episode.

But here's the thing. Because I'm such a fan of counseling and because it's something I recommend to, um, pretty much everybody,

I'm also totally aware that there are some big questions and doubts and even fears that come up when people mention the word.

When we're thinking about going to counseling in our lives, we find ourselves asking questions like,

does it mean that I'm really broken that I'm thinking about going to counseling?

Or should I be ashamed of the fact that I think I might need help?

Or do I need help? Isn't counseling for people with really huge problems?

Or does going to counseling mean I don't trust God enough to help me in my life?

Or how does counseling help anyway? And even if you're not asking those questions,

you might have questions about the logistics of finding a counselor.

How do you find a good one? How do you know what to look for?

How do you pay for it? There's so many factors to consider and it can feel totally overwhelming.

But that's why I love this episode. In our conversation today,

Liz and I are going to be talking through every single one of those doubts and fears and questions.

...