Saint Dymphna’s Playbook
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Saint Dymphna’s Playbook episodes

  • 20: Healing After Abortion

    Tommy talks about suicide and mental health stigmas, introduces saints Serge and Bacchus, and answers listener questions about vicarious PTSD, healing after abortion, and weather-related PTSD.

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    20 min
  • 19: Praying for Death

    Tommy talks about intrusive thoughts and discusses gender dysphoria, introduces Blessed Solanus Casey, and answers listener questions about enforcing boundaries, building self-confidence, and praying for death.

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    20 min
  • 18: Caregiver Burnout

    Tommy talks about caregiver burnout and explores having same-sex attractions while staying faithfully Catholic, introduces Saint Maria Goretti, and answers listener questions about dissociative identity disorder, borderline personality disorder, and how to break the cycle of violence in our homes.

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    22 min
  • 17: Sex Addiction

    Tommy talks about disability awareness and how to help someone get into therapy, introduces Saint Rita, and answers listener questions about sex addiction, alcoholism, and not feeling good after a therapy session.

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    21 min
  • 16: Panic After Confession

    Tommy talks about getting into the mental health field and where to start when returning to the Faith, introduces Saint Mary Magdalene de Pazzi, and answers listener questions about breakups, coping skills after confession, and deliverance ministries.

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    17 min
  • 15: Gender Dysphoria

    Tommy talks about tarot cards and discusses integrating spirituality and counseling, shares a little from the life of Saint Padre Pio, and answers listener questions about co-parenting with an alcoholic, gender dysphoria, and the intersection of anxiety and scrupulosity.

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    23 min
  • 14: Homesick or Depressed?

    Tommy talks about the Pope's recent words about praying for others and discusses getting out of unhealthy relationships, introduces Saint Andrew Kim Taegon, and answers listener questions about integrating spirituality into one's family, the difference between being homesick and being depressed, and why God saves some people and not others.

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    19 min
  • 13: Post-Birth PTSD

    Tommy talks about how to give 100% to your family after a long day at work and how to enforce boundaries, introduces Saint Drogo, and answers listener questions about scrupulosity, social anxiety, and experiencing PTSD after a traumatic birth.

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    21 min
  • 12: Navigating Toxic Relationships

    Tommy talks about trusting Jesus and being unmotivated to get into therapy, introduces Saint Hildegard of Bingen, and answers listener questions about welcoming the LGBTQ community, toxic relationships with our parents, and early-onset Bipolar Disorder.

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    21 min
  • 11: Setting Boundaries

    Tommy talks about anxiety and vanity and anti-depressants and prayer, introduces Saint Benedict Dawa, and answers listener questions about different types of anxiety, aging vs. dementia, and setting boundaries.

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    20 min

About Saint Dymphna’s Playbook

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A podcast about finding mental well-being as a Catholic with the help of community and the saints. Hosted by Tommy Tighe, a marriage and family therapist, husband, and father. In each episode Tommy…