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Chiara Degenfeld is joining us for part III of the Theology of the Body series, where we will explore why being engaged is so special.
Today, we will talk about engagement, embracing the journey, and making the most of your engagement to grow as a couple.
We will explore how a couple can build a strong foundation for their marriage during the engagement, the importance of discovering their fiancé's communication style, and the benefits of taking a marriage preparation course that covers the emotional, practical, and spiritual aspects of it.
Chiara explains how couples can foster a deep emotional connection during the engagement phase and the difference between wedding planning and preparing for the sacrament of marriage.
Lastly, she shares the role the sacraments of Mass, Confession, and the Eucharist played in her spiritual preparation for marriage.
Listen to the first two episode of the series:
#98 | Series Theology of the Body: (Part I) Did you know you are sacred?
#100 | Series Theology of the Body: (Part II) How can porn affect my relationship?
RESOURCES
👩❤️👨 Marriage Courses - https://alphaireland.org/the-marriage-courses
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This is the second podcast in this series called "How Can I Build Trust", and in this podcast, we're going to dig into the first essential building block, which we touched on briefly in the last podcast, which is listening and understanding.
The Speed of Trust: The One Thing That Changes Everything by Stephen M.R. Covey;The Way of Trust and Love by Jacques Philippe; Trust by Dr. Henry Cloud.
We're going to explore what it looks like to be understood, dig into a bit of brain science and discover what hostage negotiators have to teach us about building trust and some red flags in the area. And finally, to finish the golden rule: treat others as you want to be treated.
Listen to the first episode of the series:
#97 | Series on Trust: (Part I) How to build up trust?
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Chiara Degenfeld is joining us again today for part II of the Theology of the Body series. Today's topic, we will address the difficult topic of porn and how it can affect your relationship.
Chiara discusses some disturbing statistics about porn in men and women; how porn leads to addictive behaviour and distortion of the perception of pleasure. She explores how porn addiction typically starts and how to address porn in a relationship. She shares experiences of how people can overcome porn addiction, how to establish open communication with one's partners, seeking help and the path to recovery. Finally, Chiara discusses how parents can address porn with their children and how to create a safe environment where children feel free to communicate openly with parents about porn on social networks and devices.
Listen to the first episode of the series:
#98 | Series Theology of the Body: (Part I) Did you know you are sacred?
RESOURCES
🎥 Documentary on pornography → Brainheartworld.org
📚 Book → Delivered: true stories of men and women who turned from porn to purity – Matt Fradd
🌐 Website → The porn effect: www.theporneffect.com
🌐 Website → covenanteyes.com (protection on devices)
📰 Article → Addiction, and the need for more leadership: https://thosecatholicmen.com/articles/a-good-catholic-porn-addiction/
🗂️ More sources on pornography → http://www.usccb.org/issues-and-action/human-life-and-dignity/pornography/index.cfm
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In this episode, we dive into the difference between self-development and holiness within the Catholic tradition. While self-development focuses on personal achievements and self-fulfilment, we discuss why this alone is not enough to truly satisfy someone's life. Instead, we explore the path of holiness - an invitation to grow in our unique personalities while striving to become more like Jesus.
Throughout the conversation, we address the potential pitfalls of self-development when pursued in isolation, such as envy or comparison, and highlight the transformative power of holiness in cultivating inner peace and purpose. We emphasise that holiness doesn't mean losing our individuality but enhancing it through a deeper relationship with Christ.
By the end of this episode, we hope you'll understand that the goal is not perfectionism but a genuine commitment to living according to Christ's teachings and that true success is found not in worldly achievements but in the ongoing spiritual journey of becoming the person God calls us to be.
Resources
"Friends of God", St. Josemaria Escriva de Balaguer;
"The Practice of the Presence of God" by Brother Lawrence;
"Searching for and Maintaining Peace: A Small Treatise on Peace of Heart" by Fr. Jacques Philippe;
"Coached by Josemaría Escrivá: Lessons in Discipleship" by Fr. John Henry Hanson, O. Praem.
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Your body expresses who you are. In today's podcast we discuss why desires are good. We explore how we can become addicted to our desires or reject them or we can practise virtuous desire. We discuss how we all crave a state of peace in which your sexual desires and actions are aligned with your ideals. Chiara shares with us practical ways to make this a reality. This leads to joy and peace as our actions and intentions become one and the same through daily practise.
Resources
YOUTUBE
✝️ Christopher West - What Chastity Actually Means | GOOD NEWS ABOUT SEX & MARRIAGE - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQPIYijsl1A
👫 Jason Evert & Crystalina Evert - https://www.youtube.com/@jasonevert
🧑⚖️ Fr. Mike Schmitz - https://www.youtube.com/@SundayswithAscension
👫 Jackie & Bobby Angel - https://www.youtube.com/@jackieandbobby
👨👩👧👦 Protecting Your Teens And Children- Jason Evert - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6m-mpuVCJZU
PODCAST
🎧 Ask Christopher West - https://askchristopherwest.com/
🎧 Lust is boring - Jason Evert - https://open.spotify.com/show/0XejitVpC0ygxWgvGl40P5
🎧 Beloved and Blessed – Kimberly Hahn - https://open.spotify.com/show/7Fllv3EogmqToEpja5wNug
🎧 The SEEK Podcast: Men, woman and the mystery of Love – Dr. Edward Sri - https://podcasts.apple.com/dk/podcast/men-women-and-the-mystery-of-love/id1272460524?i=1000461203090
🎧 Parenting great kids with Dr. Meg Meeker - https://meekerparenting.com/podcasts/
WEBSITES
🌐 www.chastity.com
🌐 www.tobinstitute.org
🌐 www.leahdarrow.com
🌐 www.purityispossible.com
BOOKS FOR ADULT
📚 Fill these hearts – Christopher West
📚 Theology of the Body for beginners – Christopher West
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This episode is the first of a series of podcasts on the topic of trust. We need to be aware of the impact we make on others if we want to be trustworthy. Whether in our personal, professional, or spiritual lives, trust is the foundation of meaningful relationships and personal growth. In this episode, we will discuss how empathy, listening, boundaries, bringing out the best in each person and knowing thyself are powerful in strengthening our relationships and fostering trust with others.
Resources
"The Speed of Trust: The One Thing That Changes Everything" by Stephen M.R. Covey
"The Way of Trust and Love" by Jacques Philippe
"TRust" by Dr. Henry Cloud
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Do you ever listen to conversion stories and wish you could experience a similar transformation? Is our approach to belief too reductionist, where the Gospel is a biography and the psalms akin to inspirational quotes. In this week’s podcast, we discuss how we can learn from the early Christian communities and the role of Scripture in their lives. We explore why Scripture can be:
- Like digesting one’s food, with are 3 stages
- A source of direction and inspiration
- A truth-telling exercise for each person
- God speaking to me
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What does it take to live a happier life? In this episode, Dr. Marta Rocchi suggests the answer to this question addresses the very “why” of human existence. How we often confuse happiness with comfort and pleasure but in fact, it is so much more. We explore why the Ancient Greeks had it so right and why gratitude, friendships, enjoyment, and acceptance of oneself as a work in progress are all part of our personal flourishing.
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"Is God Worth Getting to Know" is the first episode of a series inspired by listener feedback. In this episode, the Hearts+Minds team reflects on whether we really know Jesus. Inspired by the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, as well as the teachings of Saint Josemaria and Saint Augustine, the team shares reflections and insights on how to truly get to know Jesus and experience a relationship with Him. They also address God's unconditional love for us and remind us that nothing goes unnoticed by Him.
We invite you to embark on these reflections and find out if it is worth the risk to get to know Christ and follow Him.
Resources:
- The Navarre Bible: Gospels & Acts
- The Gospel Truth, by Michael E. Giesler (FREE to download)
- Friends of God, Josemaria Balaguer (FREE online)
- In the Light of the Gospel: Short Meditations, Fernando Ocáriz
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In this episode, we are joined by Dr. Erika Bachiochi - a distinguished legal scholar, mother, wife, and feminist. Erika shares with us her experience of addiction as a teen, her intellectual search for truth and the healing power of relationships. She explains her spiritual awakening, the transformative power of prayer in her life and the kindness of strangers.
Managing family and career, marriage as a training ground for virtue and parenting for inter-dependence;Meaningful dialogue in a polarised world;The role of the Catholic Worker Movement in shaping her views on service and justice;The concept of Sex-Realist Feminism: the acknowledgement of biological sex differences integrated with the advocacy for equal rights and opportunities for women; andThe unique capacity of women to get to the heart of the matter.
Erika also shares her thoughts on:This conversation will provide an insightful view into being Catholic and feminist, healing from childhood traumas, becoming strong as the person you are called to be and being an advocate for women's rights.
Resources
- The Feminism of Mary Wollstonecraft - Erika Bachiochi | with Louise Perry: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sT_21gyaRB0- Faire disputations: https://fairerdisputations.org/about-us/
- Sex, Abortion and Feminism, as Seen From the Right: https://www.nytimes.com/by/erika-bachiochi
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"Finding your passion and finding a profession in it" are some of the ways that describe Chris Parreno's job as a calligraphist. While it sounds like a dream, many women experience guilt when sensing the discontent that led Chris to seek something more and find her passion.
In this episode, we will discuss why you should explore hobbies that can help you feel more fulfilled in life, how to learn to enjoy the process and expect to make mistakes every time you start something new. We will also dip into;
- the value of human work and connections,
- the importance of beauty and art, and
- whether there is still room for manual work in a society that values agility and efficiency.
The final part of our conversation explores faith and the god given power of creation.
We invite you to join us in a dialogue that will inspire you to seek more meaning in your daily life.
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Feeling overwhelmed is easy in a world that expects you to deliver high performance all the time. In this episode, we will explore why you need to be kind to yourself and how to deal with rejection and the feeling of failure by using them as tools for personal growth.
We will also explore how to manage professional, family and personal expectations and pressures by embracing a realistic approach to these challenges. You will understand how to be real about your reality and accept it is different from passiveness.
This conversation also explores the inner critic and why it shouldn’t stop you from doing things as well as the difference between guilt and shame.
By the end of this episode, we expect you to not feel afraid of making mistakes and recognise the beauty of being who you are.
Resources
The Creative Act - Rick Rubin
Be true to yourself - Brene Brown
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When you struggle with the unbelief of friends and family, it can be hard to maintain your own conviction and help those around you. In this episode, we discuss the roots causes of unbelief in our society, the steps that can be taken to help someone who doesn't believe and the certainty of knowing that our love for them is key to helping them along the way to discovering God's love.
Resources
Home Again: A Prayerful Rediscovery of Your Catholic Faith by Fr. John Henry Hanson, O. Praem.
Why I am Catholic (and you should be too) by Brandon Vogt
Orthodoxy, G.K. Chesterton
Rome Sweet Home: Our Journey to Catholicism, Scott and Kimberly Hahn
Something Other than God: How I Passionately Sought Happiness and Accidentally Found It by Jennifer Fulwiler
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Are you tired of scrolling dating apps and losing heart that you will ever discover your life partner? Join us as we dig into the top 10 tips for those waiting to date. And for those dating how to get the best out of dating - the pitfalls to avoid and joys to experience.
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While Easter weekend has passed, the reflections and meaning of this date must remain in our Hearts and Minds. Grace is God's life within us and we want to remind you of this.
In this podcast episode, Maire and Siobhan discuss the credibility of Easter as seen in the early accounts of Easter in the Gospels and the disbelief of the early followers of Christ.
We explore the craziness of our Catholic faith whose crowning feast is man putting God to death and God's coming back to life. We discuss how that very central message requires unpacking among our peers. We explore the transformative power Easter can have on each of us and the magnificence of the Easter liturgy which we can reflect and pray about in the 50 days of the Easter celebration.
We invite you to engage in this dialogue to reflect on the transformative power of Easter in your own life. Though this episode was recorded during Lent, its message resonates far beyond the Easter weekend.
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This episode is for you if you are about to get married and are afraid of married life, or starting a family, or going through difficulties in marriage right now.
Máire Cassidy and Cliona Somers delve deeper into the topic of marriage. Taking a realistic view of married life they explore its responsibilities and joys. They discuss why fear shouldn't prevent you from taking the big step. And explore what solutions you can turn to when married life seems difficult. They also explore the Catholic Church's view of sex as something holy.
We invite you to engage in this insightful conversation and share this episode with your friends going through any of these stages in life.
And don't forget to check the additional resources we've prepared for you to explore this topic further.
ResourcesScepter Publishers
The 5 love languages, Gary Chapman; Three to Get Married, Fulton Sheen;16 Marriages that made history, Gerard Castillo; The challenge of love: Making Marriage work, Enrique Rojas;Available at: https://scepterpublishers.org/collections/marriage-relationships;
What is theology of the body? | Why God Gave Us Bodies | Christopher West - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvFa7elKtkY
The theology of the body - https://theologyofthebody.net/
Theology of the Body, John Paul II - https://stmarys-waco.org/documents/2016/9/theology_of_the_body.pdf
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Are virtues and vices relevant today? What virtues and vices do you have? Discover virtues, the highs of human behaviour and vices, the lows of human behaviour. Explore the difference between virtues you can grow in and ones that God gives.
Listen to the 5 practical tips to develop virtues in your life;
1) self-awareness
2) intentional practice
3) Clear goals and accountability buddies
4) Prayer
5) Grace in the sacraments.
Resources
1) Tolstoy's Anna Karenina - what it means to be a virtuous woman
https://verilymag.com/2019/07/anna-karenina-kitty-and-what-it-means-to-be-a-virtuous-woman-2019
2) Very Divine (III): With Christ's Sentiments. https://opusdei.org/en-ie/article/very-human-very-divine-iii-with-the-same-sentiment/
3) A Revolution in intimacy: https://stjosemaria.org/a-revolution-in-intimacy/
4) In an Abrasive World, Could Gentleness Be the Act of Strength That’s Needed? https://verilymag.com/2020/08/culture-commentary-women-gentleness-strength-virtue
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Do you want a marriage for life? And yet in 62% of cases of marriage break up it is the woman who eventually looks for the divorce.
In today’s podcast, you will hear the secrets of a couple who are still together and in love after 58 years of marriage. Discover why having a shared vision for your marriage is crucial for long-term success. Identify the right attitude towards challenges that can help your marriage not only survive but thrive.
Join us as we speak to Gobnait O’Grádaigh, a life coach and mum of 4 who shares with us why she thinks her marriage is still one of enduring love to this day.
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In today's podcast we delve into the radical meaning of Lent - our personal identification with the death of Christ. Why you need to find your desert this lent as that is where you discover your need for God. We discuss why Lent is superior to New Year's resolutions and how to ensure you don't lose your Lenten learning when Lent is over. We discuss meaningful Lenten goals centred around prayer, fasting, and almsgiving.
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The average person spends one third of their life working. If you spend so much time working – are you becoming a better person in your workplace wherever that is? In today’s podcast we will explore the magic ingredient that can transform your work, virtue. If you want to leave your workplace everyday a better person than when you came to work - We will explore the impact small conscious actions repeated ever day can have a radical impact on you as a person and on those around you. And the good news is if you are better at work you can bring this new you into other aspects of your life - your family and social life.
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