Just trying to tolerate the untolerable just to survive.

And what my response, instead of doing healing work, was to do outward, distractive behavior.

And the world would see as good, but it really did not get to the root

of where the hurt was so I would train excessively and run a marathon you know just continue my

education and do do things that again on the periphery look very appealing, but I did do the heart work

because it is so hard and so painful.

And I regret that because I feel like there's a lot of years that I missed.

Are you ready to talk to me? My name is Deborah Felata 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 Rebecca from Tennessee joining us on Talk to Me.

Hi, Rebecca. Hi. It's good to have you. Thank you so much. I'm looking forward to this. You look like you're smack dab in the middle of your workday. You are exactly right. Well, thank you for making time for me.

I just left a mating and I'm headed home about two and a half hours. Oh, it's so good to talk to you.

I'm so glad we were able to make this work today.

So tell me what you want to talk to me about today.

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