Welcome to Episode 74 of the Being Human Podcast: Merciless Mental Health vs. the Radical Compassion of the Catholic Proposal

In this week’s episode, Dr. Greg proposes that a Catholic response to our culture’s gender and sexual confusion is more compassionate than anything the secular world of mental health care is offering, and fleshes out how a Catholic understanding of the body can offer clarity to the current cultural chaos. 

Discussed in this episode:

• Compassion...

Welcome to Episode 72 of the Being Human Podcast: The DSM Disease (Part One)

In this first episode of a two-part series, Dr. Greg begins to break open major flaws of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM).  He highlights problems in how mental disorders and diseases are defined and gives a glimpse into how it will become harder for Catholic mental health professionals to adhere to both their faith and APA standards. (Note: Mature content discussed.)

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Welcome to Episode 71 of the Being Human Podcast: The Feminine Genius: A Conversation  w/ Lisa Cotter

This week on the podcast, Dr. Greg welcomes Lisa Cotter, Catholic speaker and author of a new book, Reveal the Gift: Living the Feminine Genius. He and Lisa discuss how her new book helps illuminate the meaning of what Pope St. John Paul II termed the “feminine genius,” and how an understanding of it can impact the lives of both men and women.  

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Welcome to Episode 70 of the Being Human Podcast: Mercy as the Antidote to Anxiety, w/ Colin Nykaza

This week, Dr. Greg welcomes to the podcast the director of young adult outreach for the Archdiocese of New York (and a close friend of his), Colin Nykaza! Their discussion focuses on Divine Mercy: what it is, why it’s important, and how it can help us connect the dots between our spiritual and emotional lives. 

In this episode: 

• Colin shares how his life has been touched and...

Welcome to Episode 69 of the Being Human Podcast: Something Strange is Happening (A Holy Saturday Reflection)

For this episode during Holy Week, we’re doing something different! On this week’s episode, Dr. Greg reads aloud from the “ancient homily for Holy Saturday” and offers his reflections on Christ’s presence in the midst of our suffering. 

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Welcome to Episode 68 of the Being Human Podcast: "I'm Not Narcissistic, You're Narcissistic!" (An Antidote to Narcissism: Part Two)

This week on the podcast, Dr. Greg digs deeper into the topic of narcissism as he answers a listener’s question about how to best approach conversation with a family member who has narcissistic tendencies. He breaks open the fear that lies at the core of narcissism, the difference between narcissistic traits and narcissistic personality disorder, and gives...

Welcome to Episode 67 of the Being Human Podcast: An Antidote to Narcissism: Part One

Discussed in this episode: 

• What is narcissism, and what makes us vulnerable to it?
  
• A listener’s letter regarding how to balance being independent and relational;  
  
• A three-step paradigm to counteracting narcissism: self-awareness, self-ownership, self-gift;
  
• The false dichotomy between isolation and dependency; 
  
• Using objective moral criteria to determine how to be a gift of self;...

Welcome to Episode 66 of the Being Human Podcast: Self-Ownership or Self-Surrender: What's My Responsibility?

Discussed in this episode: 

• What self-ownership means in relationship to abandonment to Divine Providence; 
• Extreme self-ownership and our capacity for greatness;
• The Catholic “both/and” as key; 
• The problem with “quietism”;
• Our call to be stewards of our individual path and the path of our community, while simultaneously being totally...

Welcome to Episode 65 of the Being Human Podcast: Self-Compassion vs. Self-Denial: Finding the Balance

Discussed in this episode: 

• “Become who you are.” - Pope St. John Paul II;
• How to make sense of our call to both take care of ourselves and enter into Christ’s suffering through self-denial;
• Rooting our penance, mortification and sacrifice in our immense dignity as sons and daughters of God;
• The beauty of the Catholic mystery in the “both/and”;
• Your...

Welcome to Episode 64 of the Being Human Podcast: Why Pray a Novena? w/ Jen Settle 

Discussed in this episode: 

• What is psychologically and spiritually relevant about praying a novena? 
• Dr. Greg and Jennifer’s experience of writing Consecration to Jesus through Saint Joseph; 
• The healing fatherhood of St. Joseph and how he leads us to God the Father;
• Three practical takeaways one receives from praying a novena to St. Joseph;
• The importance of intentionality in a...