Discussed in this episode:  The second episode in our three-part series on relationships; What it’s like to be a therapist couple;  How to offer fraternal correction in marriage while balancing your spouse's privacy and ability to help themselves;  The dynamic-ness of intimacy and the importance of allowing yourself to be loved;  How to ask for something without manipulating or forcing; Being authentically in touch with your emotions; The different styles of handling conflict; How to see differences as strengths;  How to bear one another's burdens in a healthy way. Resources mentioned or relevant: Catechism of the Catholic Church 1642; Three to Get Married by Ven. Fulton J. Sheen; Visit the CatholicPsych blog for articles on Relationships and Communication; Join The Integrated Life Membership which gives you access to every course Dr. Greg has created, including A Marriage Built to Last (an 8-part digital course on relationships!) + join our new app groups; Download The Integrated App for access to our free Marriage Mini-Course (located in the Bonus section of the app); Sign up for our free weekly newsletter, Being Human, to keep up with all the exciting things happening at CatholicPsych; To find out how Dr. Greg’s team can help you, click here; For 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 beinghuman@catholicpsych.com! We would love to hear from you. Rate, review, and subscribe Please help us in our mission to integrate the Faith with Psychology by hitting subscribe and also sharing this podcast with your friends. Please consider rating or leaving a review of our show. It helps us reach other Catholics just like you who want to become more integrated, whole, and happy human beings. For Apple podcasts, click here, scroll to the bottom, tap to rate 5 stars, and choose “write a review”. Then type your sincere thoughts about the show! If you haven’t already, make sure to subscribe so you don’t miss out on any episodes. Subscribe to the podcast now!

Discussed in this episode:  First episode of a three-part series on relationships;  How to patiently wait for a spouse while feeling constantly drawn to have a family;  How to overcome bitterness about being single; How to develop yourself as a gift; The tension between actively seeking a partner and trusting in God's providence; Keeping the means and the end in their proper places; Healing while single; How single and married people can support each other on the way to heaven;  Reorienting our hearts to God. Resources mentioned or relevant: Rules for Successful Online Dating video by Dr. Greg with .pdf of Rules in the description; Dr. Greg’s Message to Single People; The One Most Important Quality to Look for in a Spouse blog article;  CatholicPsych’s blog posts about healing; To find out how the CatholicPsych team can help you, click here. Download The Integrated App for access to audio exercises, the Catholic Mindfulness Virtual Retreat, and more; Join The Integrated Life Membership which gives you access to every course Dr. Greg has created! Sign up for our weekly newsletter, Being Human, for resources in becoming healthier, holier, and more integrated For 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 beinghuman@catholicpsych.com! We would love to hear from you. Rate, review, and subscribe Please help us in our mission to integrate the Faith with Psychology by hitting subscribe and also sharing this podcast with your friends. Please consider rating or leaving a review of our show. It helps us reach other Catholics just like you who want to become more integrated, whole, and happy human beings. For Apple podcasts, click here, scroll to the bottom, tap to rate 5 stars, and choose “write a review”. Then type your sincere thoughts about the show! If you haven’t already, make sure to subscribe so you don’t miss out on any episodes. Subscribe to the podcast now! 

Discussed in this episode:   A sneak peek inside the daily communication that happens in Mentorship;  The role our emotions play in decision-making and discernment; Finding the middle ground between stoicism and letting our passions take the lead;  The goodness of our passions and the necessity of boundaries around them; An analogy for integrating our emotions and passions with the appropriate limitations; How daily interactions facilitate forward momentum and personal growth  Resources mentioned or relevant: Find out more about IDDM (Mentorship) For resources from the CatholicPsych Institute, go to catholicpsych.com; Download The Integrated App for access to free audio exercises, the Catholic Mindfulness Virtual Retreat, and more; Join The Integrated Life Membership which gives you access to every course Dr. Greg has created! Sign up for our weekly newsletter, Being Human, to keep up with all the exciting things happening at CatholicPsych. To find out how Dr. Greg’s team can help you, click here. To read the CatholicPsych blog, click here.  If there is a topic or a question you would like Dr. Greg to address, please email your request to beinghuman@catholicpsych.com! We would love to hear from you. Rate, review, and subscribe Please help us in our mission to integrate the Faith with Psychology by hitting subscribe and also sharing this podcast with your friends. Please consider rating or leaving a review of our show. It helps us reach other Catholics just like you who want to become more integrated, whole, and happy human beings. For Apple podcasts, click here, scroll to the bottom, tap to rate 5 stars, and choose “write a review”. Then type your sincere thoughts about the show! If you haven’t already, make sure to subscribe so you don’t miss out on any episodes. Subscribe to the podcast now! 

Discussed in this episode:  A real response to a client in IDDM (Mentorship)!  Connecting the dots between a wound of abandonment and painful inner narratives; How different narratives and parts come into play; A sneaky way addictive behaviors can present themselves as good for us;  How the subconscious can affect the decisions we make on a daily basis.  Resources mentioned or relevant: Get more information on IDDM (Mentorship) - or apply to try it for yourself!; Watch a replay of our 2022 Town Hall; Download The Integrated App for access to audio exercises, the Catholic Mindfulness Virtual Retreat, and more; Join The Integrated Life Membership which gives you access to every course Dr. Greg has created! Sign up for our weekly newsletter, Being Human, to keep up with all the exciting things happening at CatholicPsych. To find out how Dr. Greg’s team can help you, click here. To read the CatholicPsych blog, click here. For 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 beinghuman@catholicpsych.com! We would love to hear from you. Rate, review, and subscribe Please help us in our mission to integrate the Faith with Psychology by hitting subscribe and also sharing this podcast with your friends. Please consider rating or leaving a review of our show. It helps us reach other Catholics just like you who want to become more integrated, whole, and happy human beings. For Apple podcasts, click here, scroll to the bottom, tap to rate 5 stars, and choose “write a review”. Then type your sincere thoughts about the show! If you haven’t already, make sure to subscribe so you don’t miss out on any episodes. Subscribe to the podcast now! 

Discussed in this episode:  Meet Maureen Shepherd, a client who has experience being in IDDM (or Mentorship), our new program;  Maureen’s journey to discovering IDDM after her husband’s tragic death; Hesitations she experienced due to the novelty of the model, and what motivated her to try it out;   The impact of daily interactions with a Mentor; Surprising benefits of using this new model.  Resources mentioned or relevant: Register for Dr. Greg’s Town Hall Meeting to learn more about Mentorship: what it is, how it works, and how others have benefitted from this new model;   Check out Being Human Podcast Episodes #1 - #9 for an indepth look at Mentorship;  Download The Integrated App for access to audio exercises, the Catholic Mindfulness Virtual Retreat, and more; Join The Integrated Life Membership which gives you access to every course Dr. Greg has created! Sign up for our weekly newsletter, Being Human, to keep up with all the exciting things happening at CatholicPsych. To find out how Dr. Greg’s team can help you, click here. To read the CatholicPsych blog, click here. For 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 beinghuman@catholicpsych.com! We would love to hear from you. Rate, review, and subscribe Please help us in our mission to integrate the Faith with Psychology by hitting subscribe and also sharing this podcast with your friends. Please consider rating or leaving a review of our show. It helps us reach other Catholics just like you who want to become more integrated, whole, and happy human beings. For Apple podcasts, click here, scroll to the bottom, tap to rate 5 stars, and choose “write a review”. Then type your sincere thoughts about the show! If you haven’t already, make sure to subscribe so you don’t miss out on any episodes. Subscribe to the podcast now! 

Discussed in this episode:  The power and importance of relationships in life and in mental health work; How the security of relationships creates a safe space for different parts of ourselves to emerge;  How early relationships shape our attachment, and the possibility of redeeming wounded attachments;  The richness of the Catholic tradition and how it points to truth; God’s patient love for us; What parenthood reveals about God’s love; Our intrinsic goodness and an exploration of why we behave in wounded ways;  An unexpected benefit of Mentorship.  Resources mentioned or relevant: Learn more about IDDM (or Mentorship), Dr. Greg’s new model of mental health treatment; Amoris Laetitia by Pope Francis; God and the Astronomers by Robert Jastrow; A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens; Movie references (not all encompassing): Star Wars, Snow White, Maleficent, Good Fellas, Napoleon Dynamite; Download The Integrated App for access to audio exercises, the Catholic Mindfulness Virtual Retreat, and more; Join The Integrated Life Membership which gives you access to every course Dr. Greg has created! Sign up for our weekly newsletter, Being Human, to keep up with all the exciting things happening at CatholicPsych. To find out how Dr. Greg’s team can help you, click here. To read the CatholicPsych blog, click here. For 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 beinghuman@catholicpsych.com! We would love to hear from you. Rate, review, and subscribe Please help us in our mission to integrate the Faith with Psychology by hitting subscribe and also sharing this podcast with your friends. Please consider rating or leaving a review of our show. It helps us reach other Catholics just like you who want to become more integrated, whole, and happy human beings. For Apple podcasts, click here, scroll to the bottom, tap to rate 5 stars, and choose “write a review”. Then type your sincere thoughts about the show! If you haven’t already, make sure to subscribe so you don’t miss out on any episodes. Subscribe to the podcast now! 

Discussed in this episode:  The responsibility of mental health clinicians to talk about God; Being co-authors of our story with God; The meaning, beauty and redemption that can come from suffering; Viktor Frankl, Man’s Search for Meaning, and Logotherapy; Frankl’s three core values on the pathway to meaning; Parallels between Viktor Frankl and Pope St. John Paul II;  The necessity of spirituality to human flourishing  Resources mentioned or relevant: Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl The Doctor and the Soul: From Psychotherapy to Logotherapy by Viktor Frankl Article: Viktor Frankl at Ninety: An Interview Hear the first episode in our podcast series on relationships: Episode 55: Talking to Yourself w/ Dr. Emily Dowdell; Learn more about IDDM (or Mentorship), Dr. Greg’s new model of mental health treatment; Download The Integrated App for access to audio exercises, the Catholic Mindfulness Virtual Retreat, and more; Join The Integrated Life Membership which gives you access to every course Dr. Greg has created! Sign up for our weekly newsletter, Being Human, to keep up with all the exciting things happening at CatholicPsych. To find out how Dr. Greg’s team can help you, click here. To read the CatholicPsych blog, click here. For 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 beinghuman@catholicpsych.com! We would love to hear from you. Rate, review, and subscribe Please help us in our mission to integrate the Faith with Psychology by hitting subscribe and also sharing this podcast with your friends. Please consider rating or leaving a review of our show. It helps us reach other Catholics just like you who want to become more integrated, whole, and happy human beings. For Apple podcasts, click here, scroll to the bottom, tap to rate 5 stars, and choose “write a review”. Then type your sincere thoughts about the show! If you haven’t already, make sure to subscribe so you don’t miss out on any episodes. Subscribe to the podcast now! 

Discussed in this episode: Meet Dr. Emily Dowdell; Our relationship with ourselves, and how it impacts our relationship with God and others;  The effects of negative self-talk; Where our real value and satisfaction lies; The dangers of self-criticism and ways in which we sabotage ourselves; How our perception of ourselves impacts our happiness; How Mentorship can help heal inner brokenness; The love and fulfillment that comes from God the Father. Resources mentioned or relevant: Kintsugi - a form of Japanese art where broken pottery is mended by putting fragmented pieces back together with gold. Learn more about Dr. Emily on the blog: “Mental Health Awareness Month: Meet Dr. Emily” Blog post on identity: “Who Are We, Really?” For more on Mentorship (IDDM), Dr. Greg’s new model of treatment, visit here; To find out how Dr. Greg’s team can help you, click here. Download The Integrated App for access to audio exercises, the Catholic Mindfulness Virtual Retreat, and more; Join The Integrated Life Membership which gives you access to every course Dr. Greg has created! Sign up for our weekly newsletter, Being Human, to keep up with all the exciting things happening at CatholicPsych. To read the CatholicPsych blog, click here. For 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 beinghuman@catholicpsych.com! We would love to hear from you. Rate, review, and subscribe Please help us in our mission to integrate the Faith with Psychology by hitting subscribe and also sharing this podcast with your friends. Please consider rating or leaving a review of our show. It helps us reach other Catholics just like you who want to become more integrated, whole, and happy human beings. For Apple podcasts, click here, scroll to the bottom, tap to rate 5 stars, and choose “write a review”. Then type your sincere thoughts about the show! If you haven’t already, make sure to subscribe so you don’t miss out on any episodes. Subscribe to the podcast now! 

Discussed in this episode:  Reasons why New Year’s resolutions fail;  Solutions to the roadblocks to your New Year’s resolution; The five stages of making a successful change: Stage 1: Precontemplation- When the reality of harmful behavior is present, but we don’t recognize it Stage 2: Contemplation - When we start thinking about what making a change would look like Stage 3: Preparation - Starting to prepare to make the specific change Stage 4: Action - Taking action to make the specific change Stage 5: Maintenance - Figuring out how to stick to the change in the long run Stage 6: Relapse - Part of the change process is to fail  “Perfection is only attainable through our acceptance of failure.” - Dr. Greg Roadblocks to change: Trying to change too many things at once; Starting with a habit that is too big; Focusing too much on the outcome instead of the process; Not looking at the big picture; Thinking small changes don’t matter Solutions to these roadblocks: Break down your resolution into multiple parts and realize how many things you are actually trying to change. Work on one thing at a time; Break down these parts into the sizes of the goals you are trying to achieve. Begin with an easy, achievable goal; Focus on behavior instead of outcome (example: going to the gym vs. losing a certain amount of weight); Structure your environment to nurture change; Realize that small, incremental changes will add up Resources mentioned or relevant: How to Win At New Year’s Resolutions blog post Podcast episode on failure: Why Failure is a Good Thing Download The Integrated App for access to audio exercises, the Catholic Mindfulness Virtual Retreat, and more; Join The Integrated Life Membership which gives you access to every course Dr. Greg has created! Sign up for our weekly newsletter, Being Human, to keep up with all the exciting things happening at CatholicPsych. To find out how Dr. Greg’s team can help you, click here. To read the CatholicPsych blog, click here. For 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 beinghuman@catholicpsych.com! We would love to hear from you. Rate, review, and subscribe Please help us in our mission to integrate the Faith with Psychology by hitting subscribe and also sharing this podcast with your friends. Please consider rating or leaving a review of our show. It helps us reach other Catholics just like you who want to become more integrated, whole, and happy human beings. For Apple podcasts, click here, scroll to the bottom, tap to rate 5 stars, and choose “write a review”. Then type your sincere thoughts about the show! If you haven’t already, make sure to subscribe so you don’t miss out on any episodes. Subscribe to the podcast now! 

Discussed in this episode: Distinctions between spiritual direction and psychological help; Working on behalf of Christ vs. trying to be Christ; The complementarity of the members of the Body of Christ; The wisdom of the Church in giving limits; Recognizing your limits and the freedom that comes from doing this; Using all the resources God has given to you Resources mentioned or relevant: Donate to Fr. Louis Merosne’s charity, Mission to the Beloved;  Fr. Louis Merosne’s course, Exorcisms and the Spiritual Life; Download The Integrated App for access to audio exercises, the Catholic Mindfulness Virtual Retreat, and more; Join The Integrated Life Membership which gives you access to every course Dr. Greg has created! Sign up for our weekly newsletter, Being Human, to keep up with all the exciting things happening at CatholicPsych. To find out how Dr. Greg’s team can help you, click here. To read the CatholicPsych blog, click here. For 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 beinghuman@catholicpsych.com! We would love to hear from you.   Rate, review, and subscribe Please help us in our mission to integrate the Faith with Psychology by hitting subscribe and also sharing this podcast with your friends. Please consider rating or leaving a review of our show. It helps us reach other Catholics just like you who want to become more integrated, whole, and happy human beings. For Apple podcasts, click here, scroll to the bottom, tap to rate 5 stars, and choose “write a review”. Then type your sincere thoughts about the show! If you haven’t already, make sure to subscribe so you don’t miss out on any episodes. Subscribe to the podcast now!