The Meaningfulistic Podcast

#17 - DBT with Taylor Clarke

In this episode, you will hear a very meaningful conversation that I had with Taylor Clarke, one of my classmates at Houston Christian University. We were in the graduate program together to become clinical mental health counselors, and I could tell that she had a story to tell. I also had a curiosity to learn more about her experience with DBT and addiction recovery. What you will hear is a very candid and heartfelt testimony of her struggles, but also a passion for helping others. She found that a large part of her personal transformation was spurred on by the deeply meaningful connections to her loved ones and her spirituality. 
https://www.clarkewellnesscounseling.com/
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapists/taylor-clarke-galveston-tx/1442375
 
 

#16 - The Soul of an Atheist

You are more than a meat computer!
Cognitive Embodiment - Neuroscience rejects Cartesian Duality.
"Stealing Fire: How Silicon Valley, the Navy SEALs, and Maverick Scientists Are Revolutionizing the Way We Live and Work" by Steven Kotler and Jamie Wheal
Cognitive Imperative in "Why God Won't Go Away" by Andrew Newberg, Eugene D'Aquili, and Vince Rause 
"The soul is the first grade of actuality of a natural body having life potentially in it." Aristotle
Aquinas 101 with Fr. Gregory Maria Pinehttps://youtu.be/mTzNGUCJkm4?si=PxGg7f5y4J6_vp_0
"I know who I am. I am a ghost in the shell... a life form that has transcended its physical limitations. I am evolving. I am becoming a new being. I am something more... something new. And I am not alone." Ghost in the Shell 1995
"When I was a child, I used to talk as a child, think as a child, reason as a child; when I became a man, I put aside childish things. At present we see indistinctly, as in a mirror, but then face to face. At present I know partially; then I shall know fully, as I am fully known." 1 Cor 13:11-12

#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 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/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://emersoncentral.com/texts/nature-addresses-lectures/nature2/chapter1-nature/
https://www.instagram.com/meaningfulistic/
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 Biblehttps://cartoonistbible.com/
A Visual Book Review of The Righteous Mind by Jonathan Haidthttps://www.stevethomason.net/2018/09/17/a-visual-book-review-of-the-righteous-mind-by-jonathan-haidt/
Thketches: Social Trinityhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fe78DHHgF_s&ab_channel=SteveThomason
Robert Kegan's 5 Orders of Consciousnesshttps://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
The Enneagram: A window into the soul or a waste of time? by Dr. Jay Medenwaldt
Is the Enneagram Legitimate for Spiritual Growth? by Dr. Jay Medenwaldt
The Traditional Enneagram
The Enneagram: Spirituality it is Not by Father Mitch Pacwa
George Gurdjieff 
Gurdjieff Sacred Dance (see 3:00 and 4:30)
Gurdjieff Sacred Dance (modern)
Books:
The Enneagram, Helen PalmerThe Enneagram: A Christian Perspective, Richard RohrThe 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
1947 Jungle Book
Disney's The Jungle Book - The Bare Necessities
 

#10 Extreme Ownership and Podcasting

This episode covers a short summary of the book Extreme Ownership by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin and how the impact of this book changed my life. I have been molded by the philosophy and psychology of Jocko Willink and the mental toughness that he embodies as a former Navy Seal Team leader. The Jocko Podcast was also my introduction to podcasting and has been instrumental to this endeavor. "GOOD!"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdTMDpizis8&ab_channel=JockoPodcast
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljqra3BcqWM&ab_channel=TEDxTalks
https://echelonfront.com/
https://www.amazon.com/Extreme-Ownership-U-S-Navy-SEALs/dp/1250067057

#9 - Being Sensitive with Kendall Ryan

Kendall Ryan is a Human Resources Generalist with a gift of intuition and knowing how to read people. Our conversation is about being sensitive and how that is not a weakness. Men and women both fall into the spectrum of sensitivity and the world needs to hear how to appropriately address sensitivity through the lens of coping mechanisms and emotional intelligence. She discusses how emotions play into the five core concepts of emotional intelligence: social skills, self-awareness, self-regulation, empathy, and motivation. 
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#8 - Patron Saints with Deacon Matt Rust

Why do Catholics pray to saints? Deacon Matt Rust tells the amazing story of his special relationship with St. Padre Pio and the miracles that he has seen in his life through intercessory prayer. We talk about the vibrant community of faith with our heavenly brothers and sisters and how their prayers benefit us by virtue of their proximity to God. I ask him about how Christian men can pray to embrace more feminine qualities to be more complete. "We as the body of Christ are the bride of Christ, and so we as a whole take on these feminine, wifely attributes that make us submissive to Christ."
"Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles." Hebrews 12:1
Padre Pio of Pietrelcina was an Italian Franciscan Capuchin friar, priest, stigmatist, and mystic.
Books:The Interior Castle by St. Teresa of AvilaThe Life of St. Anthony the Great by Athanasius of Alexandria