Episode 2: What emotional well-being is with Debbie Laaser

To begin the journey towards emotional wellbeing, it’s important to understand why we have emotions and what they tell us. 

To help us better define emotional wellbeing, we talk to Debbie Laaser, who is a licensed marriage and family therapist. Not only will she help us understand the benefits of emotional health, but she will also share about how learning to listen to our own needs is one of the first important steps on the wellbeing journey.

In this episode, we cover all the basics of emotional well-being, authenticity, and self-care. Our hope is you’ll gain a solid foundation on your emotional wellness journey.  

Key takeaways

• What emotional well-being is and how it’s defined
• The importance of acknowledging your emotions
• What emotions are
• Benefits of emotional well-being
• What being authentic means
• Some of the barriers/obstacles people face in terms of their emotional well-being
• Misconceptions around self-care
• Definition of self-care
• The importance of self-love
• Her thoughts on self-care
• How you can begin to listen and take care of yourself
• Why you need to attend to your emotions
• Tips for those who want to do self-care
• Resources available for people who want to do self-care
• Importance of check-ins
• Questions to ask when you want to check-in with yourself

Debbie Laaser Bio

Debbie Laaser, M.A., LMFT is a licensed marriage and family therapist and was involved in recovery with her husband, Mark, for over thirty years. After Mark’s passing in 2019, she became the Director of Faithful & True. Debbie has facilitated therapy groups and counseled relationally betrayed wives for over 20 years. She is the author of Shattered Vows and co-author with Mark of Seven Desires and A Toolkit for Growth: Practical Recovery Tools for Individuals and Couples.  Debbie’s recent research project, “Posttraumatic Growth in Relationally Betrayed Women” was published in the Journal of Marital and Family Therapy.