Saint Dymphna’s Playbook

Episode Archive

Episode Archive

130 episodes of Saint Dymphna’s Playbook since the first episode, which aired on June 8th, 2019.

  • 94: When Confession Doesn't Feel Good

    September 4th, 2021  |  Season 5  |  20 mins 45 secs
    blessed stanley rother, confession, natural family planning, nfp, overeaters anonymous, spiritual direction, therapy

    Tommy talks about the differences between therapy and spiritual direction, introduces listeners to Blessed Stanley Rother, and answers listener questions about how the faith relates to Overeaters Anonymous, how to approach confession when it leaves us feeling like we did something wrong, and how to understand mental health and marital harmony in the context of the Church's teaching on Natural Family Planning.

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    93: Do I Use My Mental Health As a Crutch?

    August 28th, 2021  |  Season 5  |  20 mins 21 secs
    abuse, involuntary psychiatric hospitalizations, saint sharbel makhlouf, transgenderism

    Tommy talks about involuntary psychiatric hospitalizations, introduces listeners to Saint Sharbel Makhlouf, and answers listener questions about how to respond to someone who says we use our mental health symptoms as a crutch, if we should pray for our abusers who have died, and how to interact with an adult child who identifies as transgender.

  • 92: When Medication Dosages Keep Going Up

    August 21st, 2021  |  Season 5  |  20 mins 53 secs
    binge eating, depression, examination of conscience, interfaith marriage, ocd, saint mary mackillop

    Tommy talks about the mental health considerations in interfaith marriages, introduces listeners to Saint Mary MacKillop, and answers listener questions about mental health medications increasing in dosage over time, how to approach an examination of conscience in the context of depression, and the connections between binge eating and OCD.

  • 91: Does Jesus Want Us To Hate Ourselves?

    August 14th, 2021  |  Season 5  |  20 mins 53 secs
    anxiety, co-sleeping, postpartum depression, saint veronica giuliani

    Tommy talks about the impact COVID-19 has had on postpartum depression for women of color, introduces listeners to Saint Veronica Giuliani, and answers listener questions about how to understand the words of Jesus about hating our lives, the ideas around co-sleeping with older children, and how to talk to a family member who needs help with anxiety.