The Meaningfulistic Podcast

#15 - Catholic CBT with Greg Nolan

Greg Nolan of Birmingham UK is an accredited psychotherapist who has been working in Mental Health Services for nearly two decades. His practice is informed by a Christian perspective of the psyche (soul) and our relationship with the world around us. His core premise is that our intellect and free will govern our passions as enumerated by St. Thomas Aquinas. Greg does a great job of explaining the Thomistic understanding of the spirit, soul, and body composite, in a way that anyone with an open mind can understand. Greg Nolan has his course on Overcoming Depression with Catholic CBT available online through his website that is christian-psychotherapy.co.uk [http://christian-psychotherapy.co.uk] and it is available to anyone who is struggling with depression and is open to the Christian concept of the human soul. The difference between the soul and the spirit... https://youtu.be/R2_t7nW6MZQ?si=xUuErdqr5R3Djb8v [https://youtu.be/R2_t7nW6MZQ?si=xUuErdqr5R3Djb8v] https://youtu.be/60bb3n8YV44?si=-Unw-xM1E8c6gafm [https://youtu.be/60bb3n8YV44?si=-Unw-xM1E8c6gafm]

#14 - The Meaning of Image and Thought

"Whereas the truth is that fullness of soul can sometimes overflow in utter vapidity of language, for none of us can ever express the exact measure of his needs or his thoughts or his sorrows; and human speech is like a cracked kettle on which we tap crude rhythms for bears to dance to, while we long to make music that will melt the stars." - Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert. https://www.yalom.com/books [https://www.yalom.com/books] https://emersoncentral.com/texts/nature-addresses-lectures/nature2/chapter1-nature/ [https://emersoncentral.com/texts/nature-addresses-lectures/nature2/chapter1-nature/] https://www.instagram.com/meaningfulistic/ [https://www.instagram.com/meaningfulistic/] https://www.facebook.com/groups/498726518921895 [https://www.facebook.com/groups/498726518921895]

#13 - Artheology with Steve Thomason

Follow the Cloud: "Every day I wake up and die to the myth that I am in control of my life." Steve Thomason embraced his God-given artistic talent and his passion for ministry and combined them into "Artheology" = Art + Theology. His illustrations and animations have helped others to understand complex ideas and make them easy to remember and teach to others. He is the creator of a Cartoonist's Guide to the Bible. Steve Thomason is an associate professor of Spiritual Formation and Discipleship at Luther Seminary, a post-Evangelical, missional, neo-Lutheran theologian, rostered in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, and an artist.  I stumbled upon his vast catalogue of work while searching for an image to compliment the book, The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion by American social psychologist Jonathan Haidt.  A Cartoonist's Guide to the Bible https://cartoonistbible.com/ [https://cartoonistbible.com/] A Visual Book Review of The Righteous Mind by Jonathan Haidt https://www.stevethomason.net/2018/09/17/a-visual-book-review-of-the-righteous-mind-by-jonathan-haidt/ [https://www.stevethomason.net/2018/09/17/a-visual-book-review-of-the-righteous-mind-by-jonathan-haidt/] Thketches: Social Trinity https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fe78DHHgF_s&ab_channel=SteveThomason [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fe78DHHgF_s&ab_channel=SteveThomason] Robert Kegan's 5 Orders of Consciousness https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mW4LTqRJDW8&ab_channel=SteveThomason [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mW4LTqRJDW8&ab_channel=SteveThomason]

#12 - The Enneagram and Christianity with Psych Apologist Dr. Jay Medenwaldt

In this episode, I enjoy a meaningful conversation with my first Ph.D. for the podcast, the Psych Apologist, Dr. Jay Medenwaldt. Have you ever wondered how personality tests can be so eerily accurate? What is the Enneagram and can Christians use this enigmatic tool to promote their spiritual growth? Dr. Jay demystifies the Enneagram and breaks it down based on scientific psychological research. Learn more about the Forer effect, cognitive bias, and how easy it is for our minds to trick us into believing in something. https://www.jaymedenwaldt.com/p/about-me.html [https://www.jaymedenwaldt.com/p/about-me.html] The Enneagram: A window into the soul or a waste of time? [https://randalrauser.com/2020/02/the-enneagram-a-window-into-the-soul-or-a-waste-of-time/]by Dr. Jay Medenwaldt Is the Enneagram Legitimate for Spiritual Growth? [https://www.jaymedenwaldt.com/2021/11/enneagram-spiritual-growth.html] by Dr. Jay Medenwaldt The Traditional Enneagram [https://www.enneagraminstitute.com/the-traditional-enneagram] The Enneagram: Spirituality it is Not [https://www.catholicculture.org/culture/library/view.cfm?recnum=2622] by Father Mitch Pacwa George Gurdjieff  [https://www.thecollector.com/george-gurdjieff-man-myth/] Gurdjieff Sacred Dance [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKPwZqUUrQo&list=RDUKPwZqUUrQo&start_radio=1&ab_channel=0MikYkiM0] (see 3:00 and 4:30) Gurdjieff Sacred Dance [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cbz8VC2z1is&ab_channel=dhyanprafula](modern) Books: The Enneagram, Helen Palmer The Enneagram: A Christian Perspective, Richard Rohr The Road Back to You, Ian Morgan Cron

#11 - G.K. Chesterton and Baloo the Bear

What do G.K. Chesterton and Baloo the Bear have in common? They both believe in the bare necessities of life, of course. Logic and Faith both have their limitations and problems when taken in exclusivity. Balance the scales and be Meaningfulistic! Enjoy this meaningful journey through how I synthesize psychology, religion, and philosophy (bohemian as it may be). Orthodoxy by G.K. Chesterton audiobook [https://librivox.org/orthodoxy-by-gk-chesterton/] 1947 Jungle Book [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8EJ9uhsfQQ&ab_channel=CultCinemaClassics] Disney's The Jungle Book - The Bare Necessities [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BH-Rxd-NBo&ab_channel=DisneyMusicVEVO]