Being Human

In this episode, we talk about: Introducing Dr. Peter Malinoski, clinical psychologist and founder of Souls and Hearts;  Dr. Richard Schwartz and Internal Family Systems;  The idea of “parts” within yourself;  Good and bad relationships with your own parts;  Did Jesus have parts?  How this idea of “parts” connects to the Catholic faith;    Resources mentioned or relevant: Interior Therapist Community;  Souls and Hearts;  Interior Integration for Catholics podcast;  Internal Family Systems Model (IFS);  Download The Integrated App; Learn about IDDM - Dr.Greg’s new model of treatment; The Catholic Mindfulness Virtual Retreat;  Consecration to Jesus through St. Joseph;  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!

In this episode, we talk about: How to understand theories developed by non-Catholics;  Two extremes secular psychology can fall to, and how the Catholic answer lies in the middle;  An emerging theory, called Internal Family Systems and “parts work”;  An introduction to understanding “parts” with a Catholic anthropology;    Resources mentioned or relevant: The movie Inside Out from Disney/Pixar;  Internal Family Systems Model (IFS);  Download The Integrated App; Learn about IDDM - Dr.Greg’s new model of treatment; The Catholic Mindfulness Virtual Retreat;  Consecration to Jesus through St. Joseph;  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!

In this episode, we talk about: Maura Preszler and her new book, Choosing to See Beauty;  Maura’s background and the work she does now to encourage others in their journey of healing;  The almost incalculable impact of a mental health diagnosis and good therapy on her life;  The value of working on your own healing for the sake of the life of thriving that God wants for you;    Resources mentioned or relevant: Maura’s upcoming book: Choosing to See Beauty: My Story of Moving Past Trauma and Mental Illness Maura’s platform: Made In His Image Download The Integrated App; Learn about IDDM - Dr.Greg’s new model of treatment; The Catholic Mindfulness Virtual Retreat;  Consecration to Jesus through St. Joseph;  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! 

In this episode, we talk about: The mystery of the human person;  The respect and reverence due to all persons;  The impact of mercy on our relationships with other persons and ourselves;  How to integrate objective truth with subjective, individual, unique experience;    Resources mentioned or relevant: Hosted by Lumen Vitae and the Power of Personhood;  Fr. Louis Merosne’s work in Haiti;  Download The Integrated App; Learn about IDDM - Dr.Greg’s new model of treatment; The Catholic Mindfulness Virtual Retreat;  Consecration to Jesus through St. Joseph;  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!    About Dr. Greg and the CatholicPsych Institute Dr. Bottaro is a clinical psychologist and founder of the CatholicPsych Institute. He received his Doctorate in Clinical Psychology from the Institute for the Psychological Sciences, a graduate school that integrates Catholic philosophy and theology with sound, empirically validated psychology. Before his degree, Dr. Bottaro discerned a religious vocation with the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal (CFRs). He lived four years in the Bronx, serving the poor in the tradition of St. Francis of Assisi. Under the mentorship of Fr. Benedict Groeschel, this experience helped him form a spirituality based on Abandonment to Divine Providence which he now applies to psychological principles in his practice. He learned from Fr. Benedict how to discern God's voice and live a life in service to others. Six years after leaving NYC as a friar he returned as a psychologist. The CatholicPsych Institute began there in 2012 and has since grown to 5 offices with 12 therapists serving clients around the globe. Dr. Bottaro now lives in Connecticut with his wife Barbra and their six children. He actively avoids watching the news and spends his free time thinking up crazy new ideas on how to make the world a better place.

In this episode, we talk about: What we forget to talk about when it comes to St. Joseph;  The qualities of St. Joseph;  The importance of understanding the Incarnation for understanding St. Joseph;  The true Fatherhood of St. Joseph;   How Jesus developed in his humanity under the guidance of St. Joseph;  The true marriage of Joseph and Mary;  Our human need for a father and a mother;  What St. Joseph’s fatherhood reveals about all fatherhood;    Resources mentioned or relevant: Dr. Greg’s previous episode about St. Joseph;  Custos: Total Consecration Through Saint Joseph by Devin Schadt;  Dr. Greg’s excitement over an incredible sculpture of the Holy Family at Benedictine College;  Download The Integrated App; Learn about IDDM - Dr.Greg’s new model of treatment; The Catholic Mindfulness Virtual Retreat;  Consecration to Jesus through St. Joseph;  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!

In this episode, we talk about: Learning how to dream;  Why dreaming can be so difficult;  How to practice dreaming when you’ve forgotten how;  Why it’s important to dream;  Resources mentioned or relevant: My previous episode on  #29 on Imagination;  Download The Integrated App; Learn about IDDM - Dr.Greg’s new model of treatment; The Catholic Mindfulness Virtual Retreat;  Consecration to Jesus through St. Joseph;  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!   

In this episode, we talk about: Imagination as a gift from God;   How imagination enables us to encounter what’s beyond space and time;   Imagination allowing us to pray;  The power of the imagination in healing wounds of the past;  How the imagination reveals our unconscious to ourselves;    Resources mentioned or relevant: The Acting Person by Pope St. John Paul II Psychologist Lev Vygotsky Download The Integrated App; Learn about IDDM - Dr.Greg’s new model of treatment; The Catholic Mindfulness Virtual Retreat;  Consecration to Jesus through St. Joseph;  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!

In this episode, we talk about: Our desire to know ourselves;  Enneagram, Myers-Briggs, and Temperaments; The two defining characteristics of personhood that are unchangeable; Understanding the personality of Jesus as our model;   Resources mentioned or relevant: Learn about IDDM - Dr.Greg’s new model of treatment; Download The Integrated App; The Catholic Mindfulness Virtual Retreat;  Consecration to Jesus through St. Joseph;  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!

In this episode, we talk about: The real definition of guilt;  How happiness can come from understanding our identity;  The problem of “earning” God’s love;  Whether or not we should experience guilt and shame;  Divinization;  Guilt and shame as course correction;    Resources mentioned or relevant: And the man and his wife were both naked, and were not ashamed. - Genesis 2:25 Download The Integrated App; Learn about IDDM - Dr.Greg’s new model of treatment; The Catholic Mindfulness Virtual Retreat;  Consecration to Jesus through St. Joseph;  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! 

In this episode, we talk about: Being a psychologically healthy Catholic How self-knowledge contributes to greater holiness What it means to be created in the image of God The distinction between our identity (as totally good) and our behaviors Looking at the motivations behind our actions Resources mentioned or relevant: “Lord Jesus, let me know myself and know You” - St. Augustine Download The Integrated App for access to audio exercises, the Catholic Mindfulness Virtual Retreat, and more; Learn about IDDM - Dr.Greg’s new model of treatment; The Catholic Mindfulness Virtual Retreat;  Consecration to Jesus through St. Joseph;  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!