The integrated heart-mind — what the ancient Egyptians, Hebrews, Chinese, and modern neuroscience all agree on that Western medicine forgot.

"We are not thinking machines that feel. We are feeling machines that think." Antonio Damasio

"O my heart of my mother, O my heart of my mother, O my heart of my different forms, do not stand up against me as a witness." The Book of the Dead (Spell 30, Egyptian):

"Guard your heart above all else, for from it flow the springs of life." Proverbs 4:23

"The heart has its reasons, which reason does not know." Blaise Pascal

Be Meaningfulistic!

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

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 Pine

"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

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

"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

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.

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

A Visual Book Review of The Righteous Mind by Jonathan Haidt

Thketches: Social Trinity

Robert Kegan's 5 Orders of Consciousness

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 Palmer

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

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

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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