Your Trauma Is Lying to You | Debra Fileta

In this powerful conversation, counselor and author Debra Fileta joins Focus on the Family to discuss what it means to become emotionally healthy from a biblical perspective. Debra also offers practical guidance for parents who want to raise emotionally healthy children—from understanding triggers and childhood wounds to creating healthy conversations at home. Whether you're navigating anxiety, struggling with communication, or wanting to support your kids better, this episode provides Christ-centered wisdom and life-changing principles. Get both of Debra's books, Are You Really Ok? and Any Day Emotion, here: https://bit.ly/485aWEq --- Chapters: 00:00 – Why Christians struggle with emotions 01:20 – Debra’s broken car and the metaphor of “crossed wires” 03:40 – Thoughts → Feelings → Behaviors: How they connect 07:00 – Modeling emotional health for our kids 10:30 – How Jesus demonstrated emotional maturity 17:00 – Understanding emotional triggers and wounds 23:00 – Weekly marriage check-ins & building healthier communication 31:30 – Anxiety in kids and what parents can do --- Check out Focus on the Family on social media! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/focusonthefamily Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/focusonthefamily X: https://twitter.com/FocusFamily --- #FocusontheFamily #EmotionalHealth #ChristianParenting #DebraFileta #ChristianCounseling #MentalHealthAndFaith #BiblicalHealing #ChristianLiving ---