Trending with Timmerie - Catholic Principles applied to today's experiences.

Dr. Seus canceled? What is the Equality Act all about? Do you have a loved one with an addition? Sr. Tina Alfieri, a Certified Sexual Addiction Therapist; and a Recovery Coach for addictive disorders, joins Timmerie to discuss the difference between spiritual direction, pastoral counseling, and psychotherapy. They discuss ways to overcome bad habits, repetitive sin, porn addiction, and opiate addiction. What will be the consequence for the good we do, want to do, or don’t do? 

Resources if you or someone you know is struggling with an addiction:

https://al-anon.org/

https://stgregoryctr.com/catholic-drug-program/  

Has marijuana affected your marriage? What are warning signs that your kid might be using marijuana? In light of Women’s History Month – how has feminism impacted marriage? For better or worse?  What is equality in marriage? Dr. Stacy Trasancos joins Trending with Timmerie and shares a personal story about parenting a teenager in crisis. How do you raise a girl in today’s world? Have you ever heard of SMART goal setting? Timmerie breaks this down and also discusses Vanessa Bryant on finding a reason to live in the midst of grief.

Trending with Timmerie episode: Smoking Pot & Adoption

Resource for overcoming addiction: https://stgregoryctr.com/catholic-drug-program/

Why does Lady Gaga’s dog matter so much? What would you spend to save a life? Catholic author and blogger Emily Stimpson Chapman joins Trending with Timmerie to discuss her incredible adoption journey(s).  Why shouldn’t you smoke pot? What should you say when your kid smokes pot? What does the Catholic Church teach about smoking marijuana? 

https://thecatholictable.com/

Tell Your Children: The Truth About Marijuana, Mental Illness, and Violence

Did you see #RespectTaylorSwift trending? How can we go from exploiting people to truly loving them? What is transhumanism? Fr. Tim Grumbach joins Timmerie to talk about overcoming the fear of death and the search for meaning. Texas and Mississippi are lifting mask mandates and reopening for business at full capacity. Is this a good idea? Are you a Catholic hippie mom? Share your ideas with Timmerie on Twitter or Instagram at @timmerie

Do you struggle to make conversation with people? Where should you look when talking to someone? Do you have a fear of failure? On this happy hour episode of Trending with Timmerie, Jim O’Day, Executive Director of Integrity Restored, joins Timmerie to discuss how to overcome the fear of failing – even in the spiritual life.

Bryan O’Leary, who is “just a dad” wrote a bill in the Montana legislature (HB492) that gives internet consumers a choice to opt in or opt out of pornographic content through their internet provider. He joined Timmerie to discuss this bill. You can call the Montana governor’s office with your support 406-444-3111 and say “Support HB492 to Protect our children from online pornography and give consumers a choice!” Have you committed sins of omission? What’s that?

Examination of Conscience

https://integrityrestored.com/ 

Podcast on first three commandments – https://relevantradio.com/2021/02/dealing-with-postpartum-the-1st-three-commandments/

Is it ok to criticize politicians from the pulpit? How can you allow Lent to be a time of healing? Is having a bunch of kids a good thing? Dr. Stacy Trasancos guest hosts Trending with Timmerie and discusses a video that shows a priest criticizing President Biden and considers the importance of praying for leaders in both the Church and in government. She also discusses an article in Aleteia where Yves Boulvin talks about lent being a time of healing and renewal. Finally, Dr. Trasancos discusses having a lot of kids and how if you are able it can be a good thing!

How to Allow Lent to be a time of healing and renewal: https://aleteia.org/cp1/2021/02/25/how-to-allow-lent-to-be-a-time-of-healing-and-renewal/

Why study chemistry? How often should you let your kids play video games? Dr. Stacy Trasancos guest hosts Trending with Timmerie and talks with Sr. Nicole Kunze, Prioress of the Benedictine Sisters of Annunciation Monastery and Professor of Chemistry at the University of Mary about her life as a chemistry professor and religious sister, as well as the relationship between faith and science. Dr. Trasancos also looks at sleeping habits of parents and kids.

What do you do when you’re suddenly no longer able to do what you are passionate about? Is it important to complement your significant other in public? How do you compliment your significant other to others? Know someone who is having a COVID wedding? How much should be spent? Why ditching the mirror and scale will help you whether you’re bulking, losing weight, or struggling with body image. St. Polycarp is a reminder that saints travel in packs!

Has COVID made us forget how to be human? Andrea Piccioti-Bayer, a legal advisor for The Catholic Association joins Timmerie to discuss the responsibility of being a Catholic parent when it comes to free speech and religious liberty, especially at a time when we are starting to see the government interfere with the Mass. Have you ever felt unwelcome at a parish? Shannon in CA calls in and explains why she left the Catholic Church. Timmerie discusses the importance of the Eucharist, and that even when there are sinful individuals in the Church, this doesn’t mean that God is absent.

Discuss: hereAmerica’s First Freedom Curriculum (AFFC) — available online .

Did you experience a Zoom blackout? Have you experienced postpartum depression? On this happy hour of Trending with Timmerie, Timmerie discusses why we weren’t meant to live in a virtual world, the emotional waves of being a new parent, and ways to cope physically, emotionally, and spiritually with the experience. Is it a bad idea to wait a really long time to get married? Timmerie also shares how the first three commandments can help your prayer life and her top four things she’s done during Lent that have made changes in her life.