About this episode

The episode discusses overcoming people-pleasing and features guests sharing insights on faith, emotional health, and current events in Iran.

Today, on Karl and Crew, we continued our weekly theme, "Living Free," focusing on being free from people-pleasing. Debra Fileta , a faith-based professional counselor, joined us to talk about people-pleasing, why it often comes from fear and unmet needs, and how believers can learn to seek God’s approval above everyone else’s. Additionally, we had the President of the Pacific Garden Mission , Phil Kwiatkowski , join us to talk about the mission, the legacy of Unshackled , and how stories of changed lives continue to point people to the hope of Christ. The Founder and President of Iran Alive Ministries, Dr. Hormoz Shariat , joined us with an update on Iran following last night’s strikes, sharing insights into the regime, the pressure facing the Iranian people, and how the gospel continues to spread. We then opened the phone lines to hear from our listeners. We wanted to know who our longest listener was and asked them to call in. We then had Laurie Davies joined us to explain how emotional hoarding can keep us stuck, and how God helps us let go of the hurt, regret, and bitterness we’ve been holding on to. Laurie is the author of  “ Emotional…

People in this episode

Host: Karl

Guests: Debra Fileta, Phil Kwiatkowski, Dr. Hormoz Shariat, Laurie Davies

Topics covered

• people-pleasing
• faith-based counseling
• hope in Christ
• emotional hoarding
• Iran updates

Keywords

• people-pleasing
• faith
• counseling
• emotional hoarding
• Iran
• hope
• Christianity

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Pacific Garden Mission, Iran Alive Ministries

Books & works: Emotional Hoarding: Letting Go of the Stuff That Keeps You Stuck

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