This podcast explores distinguishing between good psychology and pop psychology, the impact of attachment parenting, differences in anxiety responses between men and women, integrating psychology with spiritual growth, and the importance of grounding our perspective in revealed truth for personal development.
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Spirituality vs. Religion
Secular research on spirituality often confuses religious needs with spirituality itself.
It emphasizes spiritual feelings over adherence to objective criteria.
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Pop Psychology
Be cautious of pop psychology trends, especially parenting advice.
Test advice against common sense and established truths.
question_answer ANECDOTE
Attachment Parenting Anxiety
Dr. Bataro's wife felt anxious after reading an attachment parenting book.
The book suggested a child's crying always indicates parental failure, increasing anxiety.
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Let’s go beyond pop psychology and explore the path to authentic human flourishing! In this episode, Dr. Greg explains how to distinguish between good psychology and pop psychology. Also, find out why “attachment parenting” actually creates self-sabotaging anxiety.
Discussed in this episode:
How to distinguish between good psychology and pop psychology, and why that matters for human flourishing;
Dangers and benefits of pop psychology;
Most theories of the entire world of psychology are either atheist or agnostic;
How psychological adjustment interplays with spiritual growth;
Understanding the difference between spirituality and religion;
“Attachment parenting” as a fad of pop psychology;
Understanding what secure attachment actually is, and why attachment parenting causes self-sabotaging anxiety;
How anxiety responses differ between men (fight, flight or freeze) and women (connect or reject);
Can we pray away our anxiety?
Genuine inner peace as a mark both of spiritual growth and of psychological adjustment;
What does it mean to be self fulfilled? To be satisfied?
How defense mechanisms block our deep desires and our understanding of identity;
The dire consequences of not grounding our experimental perspective in revealed truth;
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