Welcome to Episode 58 of the Being Human Podcast: Hello From the Other Side: A Client's Experience in Mentorship, w/ Maureen Shepherd

Discussed in this episode: 

• Meet Maureen Shepherd, a client who has experience being in IDDM (or Mentorship), our new program; 
• Maureen’s journey to discovering IDDM after her husband’s tragic death;
• Hesitations she experienced due to the novelty of the model, and what motivated her to try it out;  
• The impact of daily...

Welcome to Episode 57 of the Being Human Podcast: Relationships, and All the Ways They Matter, w/ Dr. Bryan Violette 

Discussed in this episode: 

• The power and importance of relationships in life and in mental health work;
• How the security of relationships creates a safe space for different parts of ourselves to emerge; 
• How early relationships shape our attachment, and the possibility of redeeming wounded attachments; 
• The richness of the Catholic tradition and how it...

Welcome to Episode 56 of the Being Human Podcast: Writing Your Story with God, w/ Dr. Gerard McNicholas 

Discussed in this episode: 

• The responsibility of mental health clinicians to talk about God;
• Being co-authors of our story with God;
• The meaning, beauty and redemption that can come from suffering;
• Viktor Frankl, Man’s Search for Meaning, and Logotherapy;
• Frankl’s three core values on the pathway to meaning;
• Parallels between Viktor Frankl and Pope St. John Paul...

Welcome to Episode 55 of the Being Human Podcast: Talking to Yourself w/ Dr. Emily Dowdell

Discussed in this episode:

• Meet Dr. Emily Dowdell;
• Our relationship with ourselves, and how it impacts our relationship with God and others; 
• The effects of negative self-talk;
• Where our real value and satisfaction lies;
• The dangers of self-criticism and ways in which we sabotage ourselves;
• How our perception of ourselves impacts our happiness;
• How Mentorship can help heal inner brokenness;
• The...

Welcome to Episode 54 of the Being Human Podcast: Why Your New Year’s Resolutions Will Fail (and How to Actually Succeed!) 

Discussed in this episode: 

• Reasons why New Year’s resolutions fail; 
• Solutions to the roadblocks to your New Year’s resolution;
• The five stages of making a successful change:
• Stage 1: Precontemplation- When the reality of harmful behavior is present, but we don’t recognize it
• Stage 2: Contemplation - When we start thinking about...

Welcome to Episode 53 of the Being Human Podcast: Can Priests Do It All? w/ Fr. Louis Merosne

Discussed in this episode:

• Distinctions between spiritual direction and psychological help;
• Working on behalf of Christ vs. trying to be Christ;
• The complementarity of the members of the Body of Christ;
• The wisdom of the Church in giving limits;
• Recognizing your limits and the freedom that comes from doing this;
• Using all the resources God has given to you

Resources mentioned or relevant:

• Donate...

Welcome to Episode 52 of the Being Human Podcast: Is Self-Help Helpful or Selfish?

Discussed in this episode: 

• The importance of self-stewardship;
• Human beings as made in the image and likeness of God;
• The difference between self-care and self-indulgence;
• The temptation to self-sufficiency;
• The goodness of self-help resources and their limitations;
• Every person’s need for help;
• Teaching, witness, and application as the three levels of mentorship

Resources mentioned or relevant:

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Welcome to Episode 51 of the Being Human Podcast: Are We Getting Addictions Right? 

Discussed in this episode:

• The different types of addictions;
• Limitations of the medical model in treating addictions;
• Strengths and weaknesses of 12-step programs;
• The influences of Protestant theology in addictions work and how this differs from a Catholic anthropology;
• The importance of recognizing our core identity as a son or daughter of God;
• Human beings as body-soul composites;

Resources...

Welcome to Episode 50 of the Being Human Podcast: One Simple Way to Deal With Feeling Overwhelmed

Discussed in this episode:

• The different types of anxiety; 
• Unhealthy coping mechanisms we use to deal with feeling overwhelmed;
• Examples of overwhelm from Dr. Greg’s life;
• Presenting issues vs. underlying issues;
• The present moment as the best antidote to overwhelm; 
• Using Catholic Mindfulness to tap into the present moment

Resources mentioned or relevant:

• Download The...

Welcome to Episode 49 of the Being Human Podcast: Internal Family Systems and External Family Tensions

In this episode, we talk about:

• Applying internal family systems to your external family and relationships;
• The roots of internal family systems theory and “parts work”;
• How Catholic Mindfulness makes space for internal family systems;
• Learning to “sit with discomfort” and why it’s important for relationships;
• Listening first to ourselves and then to others;
• ...