Being Human Podcast - Episode 14: Five Qualities of the Feminine Genius

podcast Dec 31, 2019

Welcome to Episode 14 of the Being Human Podcast: Five Qualities of the Feminine Genius

In this episode, we talk about:

  • How the female brain differs from the male brain
  • Five qualities of the feminine genius: qualities that the female brain accesses more easily, due to brain chemistry
    • 1. Intuition
    • 2. Empathy
    • 3. Collaboration
    • 4. Impulse control 
    • 5. A little bit of anxiety

 

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Being Human Podcast - Episode 13: St. Joseph's Masculine Genius

podcast Dec 31, 2019

Welcome to Episode 13 of the Being Human Podcast: St. Joseph’s Masculine Genius

In this episode, we talk about:

  • St. Joseph and the masculine genius
  • Differences in male and female brains, and what that reveals about male and female persons
  • Seven qualities of St. Joseph that can teach us about the Masculine Genius (see below)

 

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Being Human Podcast - Episode 12: Different by Design

podcast Dec 31, 2019

Welcome to Episode 12 of the Being Human Podcast: Different by Design

In this episode, we talk about:

  • The complementarity of the masculine and feminine genius
  • The reverence we owe to each other
  • Jesus and Mary as examples of the masculine and feminine

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Being Human Podcast - Episode 11: Needing a Mom and Dad

podcast Dec 31, 2019

Welcome to Episode 11 of the Being Human Podcast: Needing a Mom and Dad

In this episode, we talk about:

  • The family as the “school of love”
  • We learn who we are and how we are to behave
  • The necessity of mother and father
  • The roles of St. Joseph and Mary in our lives and salvation

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Being Human Podcast - Episode 10: Why Failure is a Good Thing

podcast Dec 31, 2019

Welcome to Episode 10 of the Being Human Podcast: Why Failure is a Good Thing

In this episode, we talk about:

  • The fear of failure
  • Faith as the source of our peace
  • Failure as the way to make progress

Resources mentioned or relevant:

  • To learn more about therapy offered by the CatholicPsych Institute, click here.
  • To read the CatholicPsych blog, click here.
  • For more resources from the CatholicPsych Institute, click here.

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Being Human Podcast - Episode 9: Mentorship vs. Spiritual Direction

podcast Dec 31, 2019

Welcome to Episode 9 of the Being Human Podcast: Mentorship vs. Spiritual Direction

In this episode, we talk about:

  • The (simplified) difference between Psychotherapy, Coaching, Spiritual Direction, and IDDM or Mentorship
  • Psychotherapy: a regulated professional field, with an education in the psychological sciences as they fit into a medical model
  • Spiritual Direction: Limited to the spiritual dimension of the human person, with the goal of deepening your relationship with God
  • Coaching:...
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Being Human Podcast - Episode 8: Why Mentorship

podcast Dec 30, 2019

Welcome to Episode 8 of the Being Human Podcast: Why Mentorship

In this episode, we talk about:

  • The benefits of mentorship
  • How IDDM will work in practice

Resources mentioned or relevant:

  • To learn more about IDDM, offered by the CatholicPsych Institute, click here.
  • To read the CatholicPsych blog, click here.
  • For more resources from the CatholicPsych Institute, click here.

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Being Human Podcast - Episode 7: Did He Say "Dialogic"?

podcast Dec 30, 2019

Welcome to Episode 7 of the Being Human Podcast: Did He Say "Dialogic"?

In this episode, we talk about:

  • The need for treatment that is more than just “one-size-fits-all”
  • The word “Dialogic”
  • The foundation of healthy and effective dialogue
  • The benefits of healthy and effective dialogue

Resources mentioned or relevant:

  • Gaudium et Spes
  • Love and Responsibility by Karol Wojtyla
  • To learn more about IDDM, offered by the CatholicPsych Institute, click here.
  • To read the...
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Being Human Podcast - Episode 6: Announcing IDDM

podcast Dec 30, 2019

Welcome to Episode 6 of the Being Human Podcast: Announcing IDDM

 

 

 In this episode, we talk about:

  • The launch of IDDM - the new model created by the CatholicPsych Institute
  • How the humanity of Christ reveals to us how to be human
  • That it is fundamentally good to be human and have emotions

 

Resources mentioned or relevant:

  • “The body, in fact, and only the body, is capable of making visible what is invisible: the spiritual and the divine”...
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Being Human Podcast - Episode 5: The Frame

podcast Dec 30, 2019

Welcome to Episode 5 of the Being Human Podcast: The Frame

 In this episode, we talk about:

  • The kind of life we were created for
  • The current frame of secular psychotherapy
  • The difference it could make to have daily interaction between therapist and patient as a part of daily life

Resources mentioned or relevant:

  • “Christ reveals man to himself and makes his divine calling clear.” - Redemptor Hominis
  • To learn more about therapy offered by the CatholicPsych Institute, click...
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