S11 E3 | "What Does It Mean To Be Emotionally Healthy?" With Counselor Rebecca Maxwell
Therapy and Theology
Proverbs 31 Ministries
4.8 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 26 February 2026
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
Our emotions are God-given signals designed to guide us toward greater self-reflection, self-awareness, and spiritual growth. But how do we learn to manage our feelings instead of letting them control us?
In this episode, you’ll learn:
- How to maintain emotional health, whether you tend to suppress your emotions or feel them intensely.
- Practical strategies for staying emotionally regulated as a parent.
- How relationships contribute to our emotional well-being — for better or worse — and how to improve this.
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| 0:00.0 | Listen to this review we recently just received from a listener named Nikki. She writes, |
| 0:06.6 | I discovered the Therapy and Theology podcast during a frantic Google search in the midnight |
| 0:11.5 | hours. I was searching for answers to the questions that kept my aching heart awake. I felt |
| 0:16.9 | terrified and abandoned, but not by God. This podcast was my lifeline when I thought I was going to drown. |
| 0:23.5 | You see, it's generous people, just like you, that help reach women like Nikki with the truth of God's word when they need it the most. |
| 0:30.8 | If you'd like to give a gift today so therapy and theology can reach even more women in their desperate moments, go to proverbs 31.org backslash give now. |
| 0:42.8 | Welcome to today's episode of therapy and theology where we help you work through what you |
| 0:47.4 | walk through. I'm your host Shay Hill and I'm so glad you're here for our third episode in this |
| 0:52.5 | health check series. Today we have counselor Rebecca |
| 0:55.9 | Maxwell joining us and while she isn't a part of our usual trio, you may remember her from |
| 1:01.3 | Season 10 episode six where she talked about the tools that we can have to fight anxiety |
| 1:06.4 | and better our mental health. Y'all loved that episode so much that we just had to bring Rebecca back to cover a brand |
| 1:12.8 | new topic on emotional health. |
| 1:15.2 | As you listen to this season on Health Check, it's really for adults, but one of the biggest |
| 1:20.1 | concerns I hear from youth pastors, teachers, and especially parents, is this, how do I really |
| 1:26.6 | help the young people in my life who are |
| 1:28.8 | struggling emotionally and mentally? If that's you, you are not alone. That's why I want to |
| 1:34.7 | tell you about the Youth Mental Health Coach program from the American Association of Christian |
| 1:39.6 | Counselors and Light University. It's a biblically based, clinically excellent training that equips you with |
| 1:45.9 | practical, real-world tools to support youth and their families. You'll learn how to recognize |
| 1:51.3 | 15 of the most common mental health challenges that young people are facing today, including |
| 1:57.3 | anxiety, depression, digital addiction, and emotional regulation. You'll also learn how to |
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