Deception Hides While Division Is Taught | Faith Matters | Talk With TAS

About this episode

In this episode, Dr. TAS and Dennis Perkins discuss how deception and division affect emotional wellness and faith in everyday life.

Talk With TAS is a personal transformation and emotional wellness podcast featuring healing conversations about faith, discernment, spiritual growth, resilience, leadership, and navigating uncertain times with wisdom and intention. In Episode 3 of the Faith Matters limited series, Dr. Teresa A. Smith, Dr. TAS, and Dennis Perkins explore how deception, division, emotional exhaustion, and constant information overload can quietly shape the way people think, respond, and disconnect from one another. Through honest life conversations and spiritual growth reflections, this episode examines discernment, emotional wellness, faith in everyday life, relational separation, humility, truth, leadership, and the challenge of staying grounded without becoming fearful, reactive, or hardened. Dr. TAS and Dennis discuss how deception often appears familiar instead of obvious, why separation can feel justified while creating emotional and spiritual distance, and how faith can help people remain connected to both wisdom and community. If you are navigating confusion, emotional fatigue, spiritual uncertainty, relationship strain, or searching for clarity in complicated times, this healing…

People in this episode

Host: Dr. Teresa A. Smith

Guest: Dennis Perkins

Topics covered

• deception
• division
• emotional wellness
• faith
• spiritual growth
• resilience

Keywords

• deception
• emotional exhaustion
• spiritual growth
• discernment
• relationship strain
• faith

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