

Smuggling Hope
Dan Lawson
A podcast designed to bring Catholic Counsel to the Community. Inviting listeners into therapeutic conversations to navigate the current landscape of family, faith, marriage, mental health, and growing cultural concerns. This podcast will benefit anyone who wants to increase in Truth, Freedom, and Love. Change the world, by changing yourself. Smuggle more hope into your life today.
Episodes
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Jul 3, 2024 • 25min
Protecting Intimacy: Porn-Proofing Marriages
We exist in a world that has separated sex from marriage. This has lead to an epidemic of pornography coming into our homes and marriages. Learn practical steps we can take to protect our marriages from this scourge entering our homes.
WANT TO ENHANCE TRUST, REKINDLE FRIENDSHIP, AND HAVE GREAT SEX IN YOUR MARRIAGE? CLICK THE LINK BELOW!!!
Download our new Marriage Resource from Hearts Renewed: Click Here Enhancing Intimacy Couples Guide

Jun 5, 2024 • 1h 2min
Dancing With Fear, Adventure with God: John Walker
In a time when our world is marred with difficulty and polarization, we need levity and humanity. John Walker joins me on the show to share his wisdom and insights on how to overcome our rigid nature and learn to dance with our fears in life. Drawing on his background in theatre and love for G.K. Chesterton, we discuss the ways to participate more fully in our lives and have an adventure with God.
John Walker is a Professor of Theatre at Franciscan University of Steubenville. He is also an award winning professional actor in film, television and theatre from London to Los Angeles for over 40 years. Credits include guest star and recurring roles on General Hospital, Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman, Homicide Life on the Street, Enemy Of The State and many more television shows and movies.
For more information on John's work click the link below https://www.encountergkchesterton.com/
READ BELOW TO TRANSFORM YOUR FAMILY TODAY AND GAIN ACCESS TO OUR FREE RESOURCE!
YOU WILL GET:
A springboard to enhance communication and end repeated conflict with your spouse,
Enable you to better parent and enjoy your relationship with your children.
Reduce your frustration and bring more peace to your home.
Provide needed direction as we try our best to navigate dilemmas that naturally spring up around family life.
STOP AVOIDING DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS WITH YOUR SPOUSE! DO THIS INSTEAD! Download FREE FAMILY CULTURE RESOURCES LINK BELOW!
https://forms.aweber.com/form/19/955349019.htm
Become a Hope Smuggler. Email your questions and ideas for future episodes to dlawsonpsych@gmail.com. or voice message by clicking https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dan-lawson1/message. For more information on ways to smuggle more hope into your marriage go to www.heartsrenewed.org for online resources designed to transform Catholic marriages.

May 22, 2024 • 25min
Abby Johnson: Becoming Pro-Love
Everyone has been touched in some way by abortion-personally or socially. In a world where nearly one in four women in the United States (23.7%) will have an abortion by age 45, it is important that we learn how to engage with a culture traumatized by it's own hands. With a topic so divisive and a world so polarized, where is the middle ground? Where are the people of Love? Listen in to discover how to become people of Love amidst a Culture of Death.
Abby Johnson worked for Planned Parenthood for eight years, working her way up through the ranks to become the clinic director in Bryan, Texas. She was Planned Parenthood's Employee of the Year in 2008 but she walked away from her job after witnessing the abortion of a 13-week-old fetus during an ultrasound-guided abortion. In 2012, she founded And Then There Were None, the only ministry in the nation that helps abortion workers leave their jobs and find new ones out of the industry. To date, she has helped over 680 abortion workers quit. She also founded ProLove Ministries and LoveLine in the fall of 2019. Her bestselling book, Unplanned, was made into a feature film that debuted in theaters nationwide March 2019 under the same name. She and her husband, Doug, have eight children. Links are:
https://www.facebook.com/abbyjohnsonprolife
https://www.facebook.com/ATTWNOutreach
https://www.instagram.com/prolifeabbyjohnson
https://www.tiktok.com/@attwnministry
https://www.instagram.com/attwnministry
https://twitter.com/AbbyJohnson
https://prolove.com/

May 8, 2024 • 53min
The Delight of Sex in Marriage: An Interview with Sarah Bartel
(THIS EPISODE CONTAINS ADULT THEMES/TOPICS, Listener discretion is advised)
Sex is supposed to be a delight, but for many it is not. Want to deepen your connection to your spouse and God? Join Sarah Bartel and myself as we discuss how we can enhance our sex lives and bring more joy to our Sacramental Marriages.
Sarah and her husband have been married over 20yrs. She has a Doctorate in Moral Theology and is a Catholic Marriage and Sex Coach.
Catholic Married Women: Sarah's free Guide to Enhancing Marital Intimacy https://www.canafeast.com/MyDelight-9-Skills
For couples: Little Way of Marriage workshop: https://www.littlewayofmarriage.com/

May 1, 2024 • 43min
Jesus Walk
Do you want to slow down and enjoy your life more? Are you sick and tired of hearing, "Be in the moment." Remember Jesus never ran, neither should we. Listen to what works in our busy lives to live fully in the present moment.
Into Your Hands Father-By Wilfrid Stinissen
READ BELOW TO TRANSFORM YOUR FAMILY TODAY AND GAIN ACCESS TO OUR FREE RESOURCE!
YOU WILL GET:
A springboard to enhance communication and end repeated conflict with your spouse,
Enable you to better parent and enjoy your relationship with your children.
Reduce your frustration and bring more peace to your home.
Provide needed direction as we try our best to navigate dilemmas that naturally spring up around family life.
STOP AVOIDING DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS WITH YOUR SPOUSE! DO THIS INSTEAD! Download FREE FAMILY CULTURE RESOURCES LINK BELOW!
https://forms.aweber.com/form/19/955349019.htm
Become a Hope Smuggler. Email your questions and ideas for future episodes to dlawsonpsych@gmail.com. or voice message by clicking https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dan-lawson1/message. For more information on ways to smuggle more hope into your marriage go to www.heartsrenewed.org for online resources designed to transform Catholic marriages.

Apr 24, 2024 • 1h 4min
Rage Machines and Religious Pornography
Is your scrolling making you anxious? Concerns about visions and "signs of the end times?" If your pursuit of information is making you anxious or upset, check this episode out and learn how to produce harmony in your life and stop giving your attention to things that only upset you.
READ BELOW TO TRANSFORM YOUR FAMILY TODAY AND GAIN ACCESS TO OUR FREE RESOURCE!
YOU WILL GET:
A springboard to enhance communication and end repeated conflict with your spouse,
Enable you to better parent and enjoy your relationship with your children.
Reduce your frustration and bring more peace to your home.
Provide needed direction as we try our best to navigate dilemmas that naturally spring up around family life.
STOP AVOIDING DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS WITH YOUR SPOUSE! DO THIS INSTEAD! Download FREE FAMILY CULTURE RESOURCES LINK BELOW!
https://forms.aweber.com/form/19/955349019.htm
Become a Hope Smuggler. Email your questions and ideas for future episodes to dlawsonpsych@gmail.com. or voice message by clicking https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dan-lawson1/message. For more information on ways to smuggle more hope into your marriage go to www.heartsrenewed.org for online resources designed to transform Catholic marriages.

Apr 10, 2024 • 1h 32min
Healing Your Inner Wounds-The Rich Dawn Podcast
Rich Dawn Podcast interview.
We all carry wounds in our lives that impact our relationship to God, ourselves, and others. Listen to a conversation on the Rich Dawn Podcast where I join Deliverance Minister Kyle Dean as we discuss tools and strategies for healing from psychological and spiritual wounds.
For the full youtube video interview click here .
READ BELOW TO TRANSFORM YOUR FAMILY TODAY AND GAIN ACCESS TO OUR FREE RESOURCE!
YOU WILL GET:
A springboard to enhance communication and end repeated conflict with your spouse,
Enable you to better parent and enjoy your relationship with your children.
Reduce your frustration and bring more peace to your home.
Provide needed direction as we try our best to navigate dilemmas that naturally spring up around family life.
STOP AVOIDING DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS WITH YOUR SPOUSE! DO THIS INSTEAD! Download FREE FAMILY CULTURE RESOURCES LINK BELOW!
https://forms.aweber.com/form/19/955349019.htm
Become a Hope Smuggler. Email your questions and ideas for future episodes to dlawsonpsych@gmail.com. or voice message by clicking https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dan-lawson1/message.
For more information on ways to smuggle more hope into your marriage go to www.heartsrenewed.org for online resources designed to transform Catholic marriages.

Mar 27, 2024 • 45min
Infinite Games: The Psychology of Saints
Are you dealing with an impossible situation? All people will be confronted with situations that they are powerless over-death, illness, addictions, etc. What can we learn from those people who were transformed by their suffering? We call those people Saints. In this episode we discuss one key thing that set them apart from the rest, and puts holiness within our reach.
READ BELOW TO TRANSFORM YOUR FAMILY TODAY AND GAIN ACCESS TO OUR FREE RESOURCE!
YOU WILL GET:
A springboard to enhance communication and end repeated conflict with your spouse,
Enable you to better parent and enjoy your relationship with your children.
Reduce your frustration and bring more peace to your home.
Provide needed direction as we try our best to navigate dilemmas that naturally spring up around family life.
STOP AVOIDING DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS WITH YOUR SPOUSE! DO THIS INSTEAD! Download FREE FAMILY CULTURE RESOURCES LINK BELOW!
https://forms.aweber.com/form/19/955349019.htm
Become a Hope Smuggler. Email your questions and ideas for future episodes to dlawsonpsych@gmail.com. or voice message by clicking https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dan-lawson1/message. For more information on ways to smuggle more hope into your marriage go to www.heartsrenewed.org for online resources designed to transform Catholic marriages.

Mar 20, 2024 • 57min
Overcoming Our Pride Through Vulnerability: An Interview with Chris Padgett
Our pride is in constant conflict with our relationship with God, ourselves, and our families. Listen as Chris and Dan discuss how to overcome our pride through vulnerability.
About Chris Padgett: For over thirty years Chris has been traveling the world doing evangelistic ministry. From parish missions, men’s conferences, world youth days to national catholic youth conferences and academic institutions Padgett has focused on bringing the love of Christ to any and all. He is married 33 years to his high school sweetheart, Linda, they have nine kids and 8 grandchildren and lives in central New York in a nine sided house. Padgett finished his pontifical licentiate from the international Marian research center and teaches theology with catholic distance university.
Check out their marriage resources at:
https://chm.chrisandlindapadgett.com/
Chris's Music https://store.chrispadgett.com/collections/music
Chris's Books https://store.chrispadgett.com/collections/books

Feb 28, 2024 • 26min
What Couples Need to Know-OLV Podcast Interview
Fr. David and Dan discuss the role of faith in counseling and what married couples can do to start having remarkable marriages.
STOP AVOIDING DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS WITH YOUR SPOUSE! DO THIS INSTEAD! Download FREE FAMILY CULTURE RESOURCES LINK BELOW!
https://forms.aweber.com/form/19/955349019.htm
OUR FAMILY CULTURE DOWNLOAD WILL GIVE YOU:
A springboard to enhance communication and end repeated conflict with your spouse,
Enable you to better parent and enjoy your relationship with your children.
Reduce your frustration and bring more peace to your home.
Provide needed direction as we try our best to navigate dilemmas that naturally spring up around family life.
Become a Hope Smuggler. Email your questions and ideas for future episodes to dlawsonpsych@gmail.com. or voice message by clicking https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dan-lawson1/message. For more information on ways to smuggle more hope into your marriage go to www.heartsrenewed.org for online resources designed to transform Catholic marriages.


