Ep 7 Esther Perel: Love and Excitement
This week the New Yorker published an interview with Esther Perel, world famous couples therapist. Today I take up an insight from the article which challenged me to distinguish between excitement and love. Continue reading Ep 7 Esther Perel: Love and Excitement
OCD, Sensation in General, and Anxious Children
Join me on the show today as I consider Obsessive Compulsive and its related disorders from the DSM-5, I take a look at what Aristotle concludes about what is true of all the senses and I consider why anxiety and … Continue reading OCD, Sensation in General, and Anxious Children
A Birds Eye View of Scripture
Join me as I consider the various parts of Sacred Scripture and how they lead to its ultimate purpose: the life of Glory. Continue reading A Birds Eye View of Scripture
Personal Agency and Jordan Peterson
Here is my latest from the Thursday Facebook Live at noon. Here I consider responsibility and Jordan Peterson. Continue reading Personal Agency and Jordan Peterson
Advent Spirituality
Join Chris Plance and I as we discuss returning to scripture in this time of Advent. You can find Chris at www.CatholicLosAngeles.com Continue reading Advent Spirituality
Treating Anxiety, the Vegetative Soul, Color of Thought
Join me this week as I take up two ways of treating Anxiety, I look at the three chapters on the vegetative soul in the De Anima, and I answer a patrons question about the name “Color of Thought.” Continue reading Treating Anxiety, the Vegetative Soul, Color of Thought
Eternal Life
Here is the first in a series of Sunday Specials where I present what St Thomas says about the structure and purpose of Sacred Scripture. Continue reading Eternal Life
Fasting
Join me every Thursday on Facebook Live for a conversation about psychology from a Catholic perspective. This week I take up some of the benefits of fasting. Continue reading Fasting
Anxiety, Method, and Erik Erikson
Join me this week as I give a birds eye view of the DSM-5’s chapter on Anxiety, I consider Aristotle’s method in the De Anima, and I take up a question about accomplishing Erik Erikson’s developmental stages. Continue reading Anxiety, Method, and Erik Erikson
The Old and New Testament
‘For the Law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.’ (John 1:17) The Sacred Scriptures lead to eternal life in two ways: by telling us what we must do to live eternally and by helping us to do these things. We are told what we must do in the Old Testament and we are given help to execute these commands in the New Testament. These commands are called the Law and this help is called Grace. Keeping in mind the end of Sacred Scripture, that we may live the life of God, it makes sense that we, … Continue reading The Old and New Testament