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Interview with Betty Mullaney.
Today I’m excited to share the first (very short) part of an interview I had with Betty Mullaney.
To listen on iTunes: click here
Betty first wrote me a couple of months ago, asking if I had ever considered writing a Bible study on depression.
I hadn’t, but I was interested in the subject so I asked her if she would be willing to visit over the phone about it.
She was, and we had such a great conversation that I was wishing I had taped it. So we decided to call each other again and tape it this time. We had a number of conversations and also, unfortunately, a number of mishaps – including some sound quality issues, me forgetting to turn on the tape recorder, and then getting the whole series of phone calls into one podcast, pressing save on my computer, and having my whole computer freeze and lose the podcast!
Because of that, I decided to play it safe and just post the first conversation today, where we just barely get into the topic. I’ll try to get the rest of the interview out by next week.
I had to slice and dice it a bit, and every once in awhile you’ll hear a small glitch in the recording, but when it happens it’s just for a few seconds so if you keep listening, it will get better.
In this conversation we talk about:
- How sexual abuse in childhood may cause you to stuff emotions.
- Why you may not be very good at recognizing your emotions.
- How to figure out what emotion you’re experiencing.
- Some emotions that may be causing your depression.
- The importance of going to God as soon as possible when something bad happens.
We had two more conversations after this one, which I’ll try to fit into the next podcast. If you struggle with depression or how to recognize your emotions, I think this podcast will be helpful to you.
Click here for the second half of this interview.
It is truly amazing when we can honestly ask ourselves questions and answer truthfully to ourselves. Depression starts in the soul and the secular answer for it is a poor and temporary bandaid at best. So great you guys hooked up!
Thanks, Floyd. It was really fun visiting with Betty. I always learn a lot when I visit with others about these subjects!
Depression seem to be at it’s most high in America and there thanks God the medical forces are seeking to help people and thank God for women and men willing to take on the subject of depression and it’s causes. The more light that is shed on it the chances of someone learning to deal with it and seek proper help. Thanks Barb for this post and the link. Always looking for good resource’s to use in our ministry.
Thanks, Betty, I hope it’s helpful!
Technical difficulties can be so frustrating…but God’s timing is perfect.
Depression is a big deal, one that often Christians minimize or downright ignore.
I think with the holiday season upon us that this is a very timely podcast and I look forward to hearing the others.
Depression builds strong holds in our minds. Breaking those strongholds isn’t easy. Learning to identify them from a Godly perspective is crucial to becoming free and living the abundant life. Depression isn’t an “easy” fix. Stongholds like this take time and effort.
Christians need to support each other through prayer and listening more than through condemnation/judgement and/or offering “helpful” advice that may not be from God.
Thanks, TC, those are good ideas of ways to help those who struggle with depression. Depression is such a complex emotion and hard to break free from. I’m looking forward to doing more interviews on this subject.
Don’t worry about the tech difficulties – things happen.
This is a timely podcast, as someone very close to me is going through a serious depression right now. I can understand what she says about the emotions being hard to diagnose – I’ve seen that happen in the lives of the depressed. And sometimes it’s a sense of helplessness that sets in because they can’t even diagnose the emotion.
Good look on your new book!
Thanks, Loren. I think any time we struggle with a big problem like that, things are in such a tangle at the beginning that it takes a while to unravel it. Thankfully, the Holy Spirit is good at unraveling. It’s just that the process can take awhile and that can get discouraging.