Reyna Aburto and Elena Aburto | Mental Health: Receiving Help and Giving Support

Latter-day Saint Women Podcast

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

5 • 670 Ratings

🗓️ 25 November 2020

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

In her powerful October 2019 general conference talk, “Thru Cloud and Sunshine Lord, Abide With Me,” Sister Reyna Aburto, second counselor in the Relief Society general presidency, addressed the reality of mental health challenges and taught of the hope and healing available through the Savior, Jesus Christ. In this episode, we talk with Sister Aburto and her daughter, Elena, about the personal experiences that led to Sister Aburto’s 2019 address, including Elena’s struggle with anxiety and depression and Sister Aburto’s efforts to love, listen, and learn more about mental health challenges to support her daughter. Resources: • Sister Reyna Aburto’s October 2019 general conference talk https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2019/10/31aburto?lang=eng • Sister Reyna Aburto biography https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/learn/reyna-i-aburto?lang=eng • Church web page with mental health resources https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/get-help/mental-health?lang=eng • Church web page with suicide prevention and ministering resources https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/get-help/suicide?lang=eng • Suicide prevention videos from Elder Dale G. Renlund https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCR8tWKEbxo&list=PLAYgY8SPtEWH5oAfQlfGFyKk77nf-S-tH • President Russell M. Nelson’s October 1995 general conference talk https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/1995/10/perfection-pending?lang=eng • Elder Jeffrey R. Holland’s October 2017 general conference talk https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2017/10/be-ye-therefore-perfect-eventually?lang=eng • In Crisis? See suicide prevention helpline information here https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/manual/crisis-help-lines/in-crisis?lang=eng

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the Latter-day Saint Women podcast, where we share the legacy of women of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
0:11.7	You'll get to know the faithful women who shaped our past and hear from inspiring women of faith today.
0:16.5	I'm Shailen Back.
0:17.6	And I'm Carly Geiman. We're your co-hosts.
0:20.0	We are very excited to welcome back to the podcast, Sister Raina Aberto from the Relief
0:25.3	Society General Presidency, who is here today with her daughter, Elena.
0:29.5	Welcome to you both, Sister Brito and Elena.
0:32.9	And for our listeners, if you haven't heard the episode that was released last week, we suggest going back and listening to that.
0:39.5	We had a really great conversation with Sister Alberto just about some of her life experiences and what her responsibilities are like as a counselor in the Relief Society General Presidency.
0:50.1	And to set up today's episode and what we want to talk about today, our listeners might be familiar with the talk that Sister Roberto gave in general conference in October 2019 called Through Cloud and Sunshine Lord Abide with me.
1:02.4	And in this talk, she addressed mental and emotional afflictions like anxiety and depression and many others.
1:08.4	And we're going to talk more about that today, including the personal
1:12.1	experiences that led to sharing this message and just how this message came about. So we are so
1:18.3	grateful that both Elena and Sister Berto are here to open up about this topic and have
1:23.6	opened up about this topic in the past and just are here to share your perspectives and your
1:28.5	experiences. We are so grateful that you invited us to come. We are really excited about this.
1:34.6	Thank you for coming. Thank you so much. I think so many people will really appreciate
1:38.3	what you have to share today and your experiences. So we introduced and got to talk with Sister
1:43.6	Alberto last week,
1:44.9	and we're so excited. This is so fun, our first mother-daughter episode. So excited to introduce
1:52.2	Elena to our listeners. Elena, Sister Aberto's daughter, was born in Utah and served a mission
1:57.6	in Modesto, California. She's a graduate student studying arts in teaching
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