Hearts+Minds

Do you find yourself rushing through your days ... your life? Perhaps getting impatient with those around you? In this podcast episode, we explore the virtue of patience. 

Why is our age always in such a rush?  How can you engage in healthy procrastination and make decisions slowly? We discuss the importance of core values and how to live in time instead of rushing against it.  We explore how to live a meaningful life with confidence and greater peace for ourselves and others. Finally, we touch on how spiritual strength can act as the bedrock in our efforts to grow in the virtue of patience.

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In this podcast episode, our guest Carmel Kelly, a family doctor, talks to us about her life growing up in Boston, Clare and her working life in the other Boston - Boston, Massachusetts. We explore the influence family and upbringing have on us as adults and the impact they have in shaping our core values. As a doctor, we explore how Carmel has been able to root herself in her local community in Boston. We discuss the challenges she has had along the way and the perspectives one can learn from those we meet along our life journey.

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Joy is what we are called to as Christians. And yet, so often, we find we are less than joyful. In this podcast episode, we explore why we need to let go of expectations. We discuss the connection between joy and the virtue of hope and ask the question of whether we are seeking joy in the right places? Joy is infectious but we need to struggle to find it and also to keep it!

Resources
Pope Francis' Homily Holy Saturday, Easter Vigil, Our Hope Has a Name 

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In this podcast episode, we explore humility as the virtue of greatness. Why did Saint Teresa of Avila describe it as the only truth? We discuss vulnerability, why humility is a key cornerstone of the spiritual life, and some tools you can implement to grow in humility. We also explore the importance of looking upwards to God as our inspiration and cultivating a carefree approach to life with a good dose of humour! 

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In this episode, we speak with Sally Read, the well-known British poet. Sally was once an atheist and as she says herself, deeply anti-Catholic.

Sally tells us about her conversion story and how her views on the teachings of the Catholic Church shifted over time and how she began to get closer to God. We explore the influences on her early life, the importance of her father, and the life-changing friendships that helped her embrace the Catholic faith. Sally describes her conversion story in her work, Night's Bright Darkness: A Modern Conversion Story (Ignatius Press, 2016). 

Resources
- Sally Read's Website
- Latest Publication of Poetry - Dawn of this Hunger

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Springtime brings to mind spring cleaning and for some of us it’s a reminder of what is not so clean and tidy in my home. On this podcast episode, Jennifer Kehoe talks about how to get your house clean and welcoming while even enjoying the process, within the time and budget you have. No FOMO or keeping up with the Jones. We discuss how to make it a common project for all of the family even if you don't enjoy housework or feel you don't have a clue how to embrace the learning and even put on your make-up in readiness for the task! 

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Charles Feltman describes trust as “choosing to risk making something you value vulnerable to another person's actions” ... that is, what are you willing to risk with someone?

In this podcast episode, Catherine and Maire delve into this topic of trust and look at how it can empower our relationships with those around us and indeed our relationship with God. You might like to ask yourself, what's something you value personally? ... when did you entrust that item, project, or situation to someone? and if not, would you take the risk of trusting them with it?
 
We grow when we feel trusted.   But how easy it is for our trust to be eroded.  In today’s podcast we explore how we gain someone’s trust; by being trustworthy ourselves. The good news is we do not need to be perfect to be trusted. In fact trust and mistakes can co-exist. But trust cannot co-exist with double standards – one for me and one for you.

We discuss how our religious faith can become the solid rock on which our trust is built; seeing Christ in another person is what energises our efforts.  It is an act of faith. There is no growth without risk and facing up to fears.  But it is worth the effort as trust is the oxygen for personal growth and growth in our relationships.   

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Katie is a television and news presenter for Shalom World, and the co-founder and presenter of Called to More, a Catholic apostolate based in Dublin with the mission of helping people know their faith as a way of life and relationship with God.

In this episode, we talk about:

- her background in growing up in Ireland and studying Science in UCD
- her life's challenges and discoveries, that helped her grow stronger in her faith
- marriage and motherhood
- the lead-up to Called to More and its development
- what the future brings for her, her husband and the success of Called to More

To find out more about Called to More, you can find them online:
 
-  Website: www.calledtomore.org

- YouTube Channel where they currently have a weekly video series called "Little by Little" in collaboration with the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal. Their host, Fr Columba Jordan CFR, brings you human and spiritual formation with new episodes every Thursday.

- Social Media:
- Facebook
- Instagram

Where to find Hearts+Minds?
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It’s always good to consider the ways that we need to improve. But there’s a difference between self-reflection and negative self-talk. Negative self-talk isn’t constructive, and it rarely motivates us to make any changes: “I can’t do anything right” versus “I need to find ways to manage my time better.”  And sometimes it can start out small, like picking out little things we don’t like about ourselves. But if we don’t know how to recognize, address, or prevent negative self-talk, it can turn into anxiety and, in extreme cases, self-hatred. Here’s how you can turn down the volume on your inner critic and turn it around.

Resources
How to Stop Negative Self-Talk
Identifying Negative Automatic Thought Patterns
I Will Follow You Wherever You Go
The Golden Hour Podcast - How to Win Over Your Inner Critic 

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Audrey is the Chief Operations Officer of Citywise Education. 

Citywise is a not-for-profit organisation which was set up to run education, sporting and personal development programmes. It began in 1991 in Dublin as a response to educational under-achievement of young people living in difficult city backgrounds. In this interview, we discuss how Audrey came to know of Citywise and the impact it made on her life. 

If you would like to know more about Citywise and/or make a donation to this great organisation, please visit their website here.  

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