Faith & Feels
Faith & Feels
Podcast Description
Faith & Feels is a podcast dedicated to exploring the intersection of mental health specifically sexual brokenness and trauma, with a special focus on the Asian American faith-based community. Hosted by Rika Matoba Lopez, a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and Certified Sex Addiction Therapist (CSAT), these episodes will cover interviews of ordinary people as well as professionals who share stories and lessons on struggles with love/sex/porn addiction and emotional/betrayal trauma.Whether you're looking for guidance, encouragement, or simply a space to feel seen and heard, Faith & Feels is here to create a safe environment where men and women alike can journey through healing and wholeness together. Our goal is to make tough conversations less taboo and to remind you that you are not alone.Join us as we explore topics often kept in the dark and work towards breaking cycles of shame and silence, with honesty, vulnerability, and hope.
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Content Themes
The podcast addresses themes of mental health, faith, and healing through a lens of sexual brokenness and trauma. Topics include love and sex addiction, emotional trauma, support within the church community, and the healing journey with example episodes like 'My Random Rambling Reflections' and 'Breaking Free from an Abusive Ex-Spouse with NPD'. It emphasizes open discussions on stigmatized issues and seeks to create a safe space for healing.
Faith & Feels is a podcast dedicated to exploring the intersection of mental health specifically sexual brokenness and trauma, with a special focus on the Asian American faith-based community. Hosted by Rika Matoba Lopez, a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and Certified Sex Addiction Therapist (CSAT), these episodes will cover interviews of ordinary people as well as professionals who share stories and lessons on struggles with love/sex/porn addiction and emotional/betrayal trauma.
Whether you’re looking for guidance, encouragement, or simply a space to feel seen and heard, Faith & Feels is here to create a safe environment where men and women alike can journey through healing and wholeness together. Our goal is to make tough conversations less taboo and to remind you that you are not alone.
Join us as we explore topics often kept in the dark and work towards breaking cycles of shame and silence, with honesty, vulnerability, and hope.
In this milestone 50th episode of Faith & Feels, I pause to reflect with gratitude on this journey and the community that has grown alongside it. As 2025 comes to a close, I share briefly how this year shaped me—through public speaking opportunities that stretched my confidence, a car accident that became a spiritual wake-up call, and deeper lessons about living intentionally rather than reactively.
This episode is less about achievements and more about alignment—being rooted in Christ, tending to what matters most, and listening for God’s gentle guidance in the quiet moments. I also share why I’ll be shifting to monthly episodes in 2026, creating space for sustainability, deeper connection, and new creative expressions.
Whether you’ve been here since the beginning or are just tuning in, this episode is an invitation to reflect, slow down, and consider what it means to live anchored in your identity in Christ while investing intentionally in the relationships and callings God has placed before you.
Thank you for being part of this journey—truly.
**Special shout out to all my guests for your generous time in sharing your heart, passion, and courage!! Many of you were so vulnerable in sharing your personal stories so thank you from the bottom of my heart for your bravery!!!God was and is glorified thru each of your testimony!!
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