When Life Brings You Down: Overcoming Severe Depression with Ben Courson

Talk To Me: The Debra Fileta Podcast

Debra Fileta, M.A., LPC and Creator of TrueLoveDates.com

Self-improvement, Relationships, Education, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, Society & Culture

4.9 • 757 Ratings

🗓️ 29 June 2021

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

You’d never guess overcoming severe depression is part of his story. Because I don’t know many young men who are full of life and pep and joy like Ben Courson. But this joy has been hard fought for. So hard, that he almost lost the fight. Life has thrown a lot of hardships his way, causing him to struggle with complex post traumatic stress disorder and severe depression. I’m overjoyed to have Ben on the podcast today, the founder and creator of Hope Generation, and a man who has truly used his history and story of overcoming severe depression to breathe hope and life into this generation. In this episode we talk about everything from brain chemistry, to meds, to therapy, to the literal power of prayer neurologically and how Ben used all of these things to bring him back to baseline. Take a moment to listen to his story, and be inspired by his journey of healing. If life has ever thrown some seemingly impossible obstacles and pain your way…this episode is for you. It’s time for YOU to get real about how you’re doing emotionally, spiritually, mentally and physically. Are You Really OK? is available NOW!! It’s time to ask yourself the hard questions and get real about how you’re really doing. SUBSCRIBE AND LISTEN ON APPLE PODCASTS BY CLICKING HERE Additional Ways To Listen: STITCHER – SPOTIFY – GOOGLE PODCASTS – iHEART RADIO Debra’s New Book is HERE!! ORDER TODAY!! And Check out Debra’s Love + Relationships Podcast on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts! DEBRA FILETA is a Licensed Professional Counselor, national speaker, relationship expert, and author of Choosing Marriage and True Love Dates, and Love In Every Season and Are You Really OK?. She’s also the host of the hotline style Love + Relationships Podcast. Her popular relationship advice blog, TrueLoveDates.com, reaches millions of people with the message of healthy relationships. Connect with her on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter or book an online session with her today! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, everyone back to the love and relationships podcast. I'm your host, Deborah Felita,
0:23.8	and I'm so glad you're tuning into these candid conversations about love, sex, dating,
0:29.5	singleness, and marriage, as well as mental and emotional health. For those of you who don't know me,
0:35.5	I'm a licensed professional counselor and author of four books.
0:39.4	I also run the popular relationship advice blog, True Lovedates.com, reaching millions of people with the message that healthy people make healthy relationships.
0:50.4	If you've tuned into the podcast before, you know it's a hotline style show, meaning people call in or write in with their questions, and I answer them on this show in short, practical, bite-sized answers.
1:04.2	If you have a question that you want me to answer on the show, send it by email or voice memo to Deborah at true lovedates.com or check out my
1:12.9	podcast page, tru-lovedates.com slash love and relationships. And I'll do my best to get
1:18.8	answered on one of the episodes. So let's get started. Today on the podcast, we have Ben Horson joining us all the way from California.
1:32.0	Hey, Ben.
1:33.0	How's it going?
1:33.7	Thank you so much for having me.
1:35.1	I've been so excited about today.
1:37.0	It's so good to talk with you again.
1:38.4	Ben, you've been on the show before.
1:40.6	And we have talked a little bit about, you know, your past experience with heartbreak and
1:46.5	dealing through some of those difficult emotions. But today we're going to kind of turn the
1:50.8	tables a little bit and come at this conversation really digging deep into your personal
1:57.3	journey and your journey with mental health and emotional health. But before we dive into
2:01.9	that, I'd love for you to tell us a little bit about you, what you do for those who don't know
2:07.0	you or aren't familiar with you. Yeah. So I founded Hope Generation, which is a TV show and that
2:14.1	airs on about 20 different networks. And then a radio show that airs on just over 500
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