I'm just someone who's a processor deeply.

I'm, you know, I probably may lament a little more, ruminate a little more on certain things than many others.

And so I'm just, you know, not so much fall in the sleep, but certainly waking up at odd hours of the night, you know, feeling like it's been really hard to just really

truly relax my brain and cast my concerns to the Lord and really

been, you know, I spent a lot of time in the last couple of years in my prayers. How do you cast?

What's the idea of casting your cares and really, you know, putting it at the altar, so to speak?

Are you ready to talk to me?

My name is Deborah Felita and I'm a licensed professional counselor, national speaker, and author.

Through my blog, books, and podcast, I have the privilege of helping millions of people get healthy mentally, emotionally, spiritually, and relationally. The purpose of this podcast is to have on-air, authentic counseling-style sessions where we talk about how people are

really doing and give my guests and callers an opportunity to talk to me as a licensed

professional counselor. Each of these episodes is meant

to show you that we are all on the journey of healing, mentally, emotionally, spiritually,

and relationally, together. None of us are immune to the challenges and struggles of life,

but we don't have to walk this path alone. I'm so proud and

honored to be having these conversations with men and women who are courageously paving the way

for open and honest conversations about their personal journey of healing. So if you're ready,

let's talk. Today on the podcast, I'm excited to have Russell from

Maryland joining me. It's good to have you. Thanks for having me, Deb. An East Coast brother.

That's right. That's right here in Maryland. Yeah, that's incredible. So how did you and I get

connected to begin with? Well, my wife has, you know, been following you for a long time and I was currently leading a small group in our church for your book, True Love Dates, which has been amazing for her, the ladies in her group. And I think you were sending out a question through a direct message on social media about rest. And that's something that's really been a challenge for me the last couple of years. I've had a number of deaths in the family, had to shut down the iteration of my business. And there's been some stress the last couple years. And so she thought I should fill out the questionnaire and thought it'd be a good shot that perhaps we'd have this opportunity. So again, grateful to be here today. Yeah. And you agreed to do it so easily. Yeah, well, that's something we model.

We have our own podcast as well, the progress podcast, and we model vulnerability, and so it gets

it's an honor to be a part of your platform. I love that. Okay, so why is Rest a topic of

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