Saint Dymphna’s Playbook
Here to fill the void in Catholic conversations about mental health.
We found 2 episodes of Saint Dymphna’s Playbook with the tag “penance”.
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35: Any Lent You Can Do, I Can Lent Better!
April 11th, 2020 | Season 2 | 15 mins 2 secs
addiction, lent, narcissistic personality disorder, penance, saint josephine bakhita
Tommy talks about how to set healthy Lenten penances and how to cope with news that a holy hero may not have been so holy, introduces listeners to Saint Josephine Bakhita, and answers listener questions about why those suffering from addiction make bad choices, how to improve a relationship in the midst of Narcissistic Personality Disorder, and tips for coping with Church-triggered panic attacks.
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33: Compassion or Co-Dependence?
March 28th, 2020 | Season 2 | 18 mins 53 secs
anxiety, co-dependence, compassion, mass, mental health and priesthood, penance, saint joan of arc, self-harm
Tommy talks about extreme penance vs. self-harm and discusses why in the world we might develop feelings for our therapist, shares a bit about Saint Joan of Arc, and answers listener questions about when compassion becomes co-dependence, what to think when a mental health diagnosis closes off the priesthood, and how to help a family member who stopped going to Mass because of anxiety.