Saint Dymphna’s Playbook
Here to fill the void in Catholic conversations about mental health.
Displaying all 6 Episode of Saint Dymphna’s Playbook with the tag “confession”.
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122: When Stigma Pushes Us Away
April 23rd, 2022 | Season 6 | 17 mins 37 secs
blessed peter gonzalez, confession, grief, stigma
Tommy talks about a recent Facebook ad from the US Bureau of Prisons, introduces listeners to Blessed Peter Gonzalez, and answers listener questions about how to grieve in the midst of a grieving family, how to respond to priests who stigmatize those of us with mental illness, and how to approach talking about our mental health in confession.
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106: When the Church Gets it Wrong on Suicide
November 27th, 2021 | Season 5 | 16 mins 29 secs
anxiety, confession, pope francis, saint agnes of assisi, suicide, trauma, wounds of christ
Tommy talks about Pope Francis' prayer intention for the month of November, introduces listeners to Saint Agnes of Assisi, and answers listener questions about how the experience of trauma might impact our ability to meditate on the wounds of Christ, how to know when we might need medication for anxiety, and how to respond when our parish hands out a pamphlet that gets it wrong on suicide.
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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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84: Agoraphobia and Confession
May 22nd, 2021 | Season 4 | 23 mins 4 secs
agoraphobia, anxiety, blessed marie anne blondin, confession, relationship ocd, therapist
Tommy talks about not being able to get to confession because of one's anxiety and a new mental health program coming to AppleTV+, introduces listeners to Blessed Marie Anne Blondin, and answers listener questions about Relationship OCD, how to go about finding a good therapist, and how to help a spouse whose anxiety and panic keeps them from Mass.
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71: The Line Between Mental Health And Sin
February 20th, 2021 | Season 4 | 17 mins 54 secs
blessed carlos manuel rodriguez santiago, confession, depression, intrusive thoughts, nba, negative body image, stella tennant, vanity
Tommy talks about mental health in the NBA and the recent death of model Stella Tennant, introduces listeners to Blessed Carlos Manuel Rodriguez Santiago, and answers listener questions about how to support one's family when a spouse is experiencing depression, the line between negative body image and vanity, and if our intrusive thoughts needs to be brought up in confession.
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16: Panic After Confession
September 21st, 2019 | Season 1 | 16 mins 50 secs
breakups, confession, deliverance, saint mary magdalene de pazzi
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 break ups, coping skills after confession, and deliverance ministries.