Saint Dymphna’s Playbook
Here to fill the void in Catholic conversations about mental health.
We found 4 episodes of Saint Dymphna’s Playbook with the tag “eating disorders”.
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126: Is Missing Mass Because of Depression a Sin?
May 21st, 2022 | Season 6 | 17 mins 16 secs
body positivity, depression, eating disorders, mental health research, missing mass, research bias, saint leopold mandic
Tommy talks about bias in mental health research, introduces listeners to Saint Leopold Mandic, and answers listener questions about accepting limitations related to our mental health, if missing Mass because of depression is a sin, and how to understand body positivity and increase awareness of eating disorders within the Catholic context.
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41: Does Everything Happen For A Reason?
June 20th, 2020 | Season 3 | 16 mins 22 secs
eating disorders, internal family systems, saint margaret of cortona, secular meditation
Tommy talks about why it's so hard to pray when we're depressed, explores secular guided meditation, introduces listeners to Saint Margaret of Cortona, and answers listener questions about eating disorder relapse prevention, if everything happens for a reason, and the therapeutic approach known as Internal Family Systems.
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40: Being Mindful About Mindfulness
May 16th, 2020 | Season 2 | 17 mins 55 secs
eating disorders, maslow's hierarchy of needs, mindfulness, prayer, saint rita of cascia, transgender
Tommy talks about the practice of mindfulness and how to approach a teen with an eating disorder, introduces listeners to Saint Rita of Cascia, and answers listener questions about a sibling coming out as transgender, what to do when prayer is emotionally triggering, and the issues with Maslow's famous hierarchy of needs.
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38: That Work/Life Balance
May 2nd, 2020 | Season 2 | 15 mins 12 secs
bipolar disorder, blessed chiara badano, eating disorders, fasting, manic breaks, selena gomez, working from home
Tommy talks about the problems with working from home and explores Selena Gomez sharing her diagnosis of Bipolar Disorder, introduces listeners to Blessed Chiara Badano, and answers listener questions about how to navigate fasting with an eating disorder, if the phrase "the new normal" is helpful or not, and how to find peace as a family when one parent has a manic break.