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

Resources mentioned or relevant:

• LETTER TO THE BISHOPS of the Catholic Church on the Collaboration of Men...

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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Men have more testosterone, more intra-hemispheric neural connectivity, less progesterone, and less cross-hemispheric neural connectivity.

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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

Resources mentioned or relevant:

• Consecration to Jesus through St. Joseph
• To learn more about therapy offered by the CatholicPsych Institute, click here.
• To read the CatholicPsych blog, click here.
• For more resources from the...

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

Resources mentioned or relevant:

• The Consecration to Jesus through St. Joseph
• To learn more about therapy offered by the CatholicPsych Institute, click here.
• To read the CatholicPsych blog, click here.
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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.

If there is a topic or a question you would like Dr. Greg to address,...

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:...

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.

If there is a topic or a question you would like Dr. Greg to address, please email your request to ...

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...

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”...

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...