Navigating the Contradictions Between Desires and Reality

Welcome to Episode 145 of the Being Human Podcast: What Does It Mean to Be Healthy?

In this episode, Dr. Greg delves deeper into important truths about how we are made, how we are wounded, and what we are made for as he explores what it means to be truly healthy! 

 

Discussed in the episode: 

• What are the four principles of integration?

• Why ordered adaptability and flexibility in body, mind, and spirit is key to becoming a psychologically and spiritually healthy person;

• How “death anxiety” and our basic drive for survival causes us to develop defense mechanisms;

• The ways we can distort reality through intellectualization or over-spiritualization;

• The importance of uncovering and examining our defense mechanisms as a way to help us become more of who God calls us to be;

• The objective nature of truth and why the good is an objective moral quality;

• How misalignment to the objective good can help to point us to what we are actually made for;

• Why Mentorship and accompaniment can aid in revealing distortions in how we see reality.

Resources mentioned or relevant:

• Need help? Schedule a free consultation call with someone on our team to discuss how we can support you;

• Learn about IDDM (Mentorship), our new model of accompaniment;

• Past Being Human Episodes:

• Ep. 82: Changing the Rules: Creating a Catholic Standard for Mental Health 

• Episode 117: Catching Foxes Interview w/ Dr. Greg: Getting Modern Therapy Right (Part 1) 

• Ep. 144: The Surprising Truth About the Spiritual Life (Hint: It’s Messy)

• Ep. 41: What is Integration Anyway? w/ Fr. Louis Merosne

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