
Episode 261: How to Become a Person | Debra Fileta
You ever feel like you’re still figuring out how to become a person? Yeah, us, too. Bestselling author, therapist, and speaker, Debra Fileta...
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The purpose of the Hole in My Heart Podcast is to explore how the gospel is good news for everyone every day. Most often, teacher and author, Laurie Krieg, licensed therapist and "argyle exp...

You ever feel like you’re still figuring out how to become a person? Yeah, us, too. Bestselling author, therapist, and speaker, Debra Fileta...

It’s time to talk about AI! We sit down with AI expert Christopher Lind and ask: What even is AI? • How can we have a gospel lens when it co...

We know there is not *a formula* for parenting and discipleship, but is there at least a “Christian” way to do it? Author Kelsey Kramer McGi...

It’s our first ever Hole in My Heart Podcast LIVE, and we are taking your questions as they relate to raising wise kids in a sexually broken...

We are reflecting today on the last 10 years of the sexuality conversation with ministry leader Kristen Miele. We explore changes over the l...

We always love conversations with people who truly understand the complexities of human sexuality, and today’s guest is no exception. Author...

It’s behind the scenes time of our latest book! Matt interviews Laurie on the writing process and more: What was the inspiration? What were...

Food Network star and author, Aarti Sequeira, is bringing the party to the podcast today. We hear her story of finding Jesus as well as: How...

Happy New Year! We’re kicking off the year by diving into your thoughtful questions, including: How do we find the courage to speak truth wi...

We’ve got author, pastor, and therapist Chuck DeGroat in the house—and he brought at least one of us to good tears. In this episode of the H...

It’s another Q and A! You ask, and we are thinking it through with you. What did you ask? “My husband is gay and left our family to be with...

People have 70,000 thoughts per day and about 80% of them are negative. What is that doing to our emotional health? What is that doing to ou...

How can we walk with others—our kids or those we are called to disciple— if we are wounded by our own parents? We need to be fathered by the...

We don’t just follow a biblical sexuality We surrender our sexuality. What does that mean? Today we have Authentic Intimacy co-founder, auth...

You aren’t making it easy for us today! Today, Laurie and Matt take YOUR questions including: + How should we navigate attraction—when it’s...

Many of us know that we were not made to be alone, but what if we don’t have good friends? What if we don’t have friends who we can rely on...

It’s hard to meet a parent of young kids today who isn’t desperately wondering how to equip their kids for this sexually broken world. Thank...

Burnout. Maybe you’ve experienced it—or maybe you’re in it right now and can’t quite name it yet. All we see is: 1 . Emotional exhaustion 2....

It’s our season wrap episode, and we could not have asked for a better guest. Ruth is a teacher and author, and she knows the real-life chal...

THIS EPISODE. We literally cried. All of us. And it led to a mentoring relationship between Matt and our guest, Michael John Cusick. Why? We...

As ministry leaders and therapists (Matt and Laurie), we have often wondered: When do church leaders and pastors utilize therapists and para...

If the average age of pornography exposure is between 8 and 12 years old, and the majority of Christians are looking at it regularly, we nee...

It’s so easy to identify as “I am what I do” or “I am how I feel.” The next generations especially seem to feel this pull. How can we help G...

Many parents feel a mixture of emotions about screens: On one hand, we see they can be useful tools. On the other, we feel a lot of shame be...

Parents and caregivers of the next generation need help to lead their kids in an affirming-LGBTQ world. Our guest and author, Rachel Gilson,...

Discipleship is something Christians are talking about more. It’s so important. But…what is it? Today, author and pastor Eun (EK) Strawser h...

This episode left us speechless. Today, we are joined again by psychologist and author Dan Allender to talk about the most important part of...

To launch our spring season focused on parenting and discipling the next generation, we are starting with YOUR QUESTIONS. We toss around: “W...

Happy new year! Let’s talk about friendships? Author and pastor Bryan Loritts joins us today to discuss: Are friendships seasonal? (Should t...

If you care about the gender conversation at all, we believe this conversation is critical. Dr. Abigail Favale wrote Laurie’s favorite book...

We LOVED this conversation. In the midst of divisive ... everything… in the world today, it reminded us about what really matters: JESUS. TH...

We’re trying something new called Laurie’s Book Club, where “she reads the book so you don’t have to. Granted, we would love it if you read...

Suffering, eh? Sounds … super … fun. Ya know, the older we get, the more we realize just how important our theology of suffering is when we...

When I [Laurie] met Kat, she was planning to marry her girlfriend and was considering transitioning to male. But God was already drawing Kat...

A new Barna study says 54% of Christians watch p*rnography. This number is only 7 percentage points behind the percent of all U.S. adults wh...

Many of us grew up in the church hearing that weakness was a good thing: In our weakness, God is strong through us. If that’s true, why does...

Something we so appreciate about Dr. Preston Sprinkle is he doesn’t tell us what to think, he encourages us to think about what we are think...

If you have ever struggled to process your story (and who hasn’t??), this episode is for you. Author, teacher, and child-of-a-one-time angry...

If you’re a parent or mentor of young kids right now like we are, I am pretty sure you could marinate in fear every day of the week. Add the...

It’s that time again: Let’s take your questions and try to respond with wisdom! Here are the ones we respond to today! How do you know when...

Today, we conclude our two-part series looking at strategies to intentionally and evangelistically approach Pride Month. To continue the con...

Some Christians write off June’s Pride festivals as Sodom and Gomorrah. They don’t think anyone there could possibly want God. Are we so sur...

When we are going through suffering, we don’t usually think, “Hmm, what treasures might God have for me to discover here?” It just feels lik...

“Hope in the gospel and discouragement are not mutually exclusive,” Pastor Derwin Gray encouraged us on today’s episode. But, how is that po...

This is a very gentle but powerful episode. Since having the conversation, I (Laurie) can’t stop seeing the people-as-trees metaphor everywh...

Christy grew up in a hyper-legalistic system that added rigid rules to the gospel of Jesus. (You might have seen glimpses of it if you watch...

Oh, wow. This story. How does one woman go from a childhood of following Jesus as much as she knows how, to professional hockey, to same-sex...

Is anyone else feeling like they are in a rut in their marriage? Maybe you’re not in crisis mode, but it’s kinda just . . . meh? It’s easy t...

We are going to talk about singleness until we as the Church get this right, friends. People talk about how marriage gives us a vision of et...

It’s the end of 2023, so we are reflecting, looking ahead, and asking, “Do Laurie and Steve look alike?” Lol… (Matt and Laurie’s kids seem t...