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I’m an Episcopal (Anglican) priest in recovery from alcoholism since 1972. I've spent my career in addiction treatment focused on 12-Step spirituality and exploring the pioneer history of AA. In discovering the lost 11th Step practice of Two Way Prayer, my program underwent a life-changing transformation. As Bill Wilson said, “ something was lost from AA when we stopped emphasizing the morning meditation." My mission now is helping people in 12-Step Fellowships explore a deeper understanding of spiritual practice and how it connects us to the "Great Reality" within. -Fr. Bill W. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fatherbillw/support

Father Bill W‪.‬ Father Bill W.

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I’m an Episcopal (Anglican) priest in recovery from alcoholism since 1972. I've spent my career in addiction treatment focused on 12-Step spirituality and exploring the pioneer history of AA. In discovering the lost 11th Step practice of Two Way Prayer, my program underwent a life-changing transformation. As Bill Wilson said, “ something was lost from AA when we stopped emphasizing the morning meditation." My mission now is helping people in 12-Step Fellowships explore a deeper understanding of spiritual practice and how it connects us to the "Great Reality" within. -Fr. Bill W. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fatherbillw/support

    Logotherapy and Recovery: The Love Chapter

    Logotherapy and Recovery: The Love Chapter

    We live in an age when the meaning and purpose of life are often less clear than ever before. An age when we’re asking questions of doctors we should be asking priests - but few priests seem able to provide meaningful answers to today’s spiritual seekers. Enter Viktor Frankl.

    Frankl was a Jewish psychiatrist whose pioneering work known as Logotherapy has helped millions of suffering men and women begin asking the right questions of life and finding answers that satisfy their souls. 

    In this series, we explore Frankl’s book The Doctor and the Soul. Fr. Bill’s guest and tour guide is Tom Lavin, a therapist, teacher, and friend who has studied Frankl’s work for years and helped many addicts and alcoholics find new or renewed meaning and purpose in their recovery. This episode explores the existential meaning of love. What it is … What is it not … And how to find it in recovery.

    Show Notes:

    Links to Tom’s website and his LIVE BETTER television series can be Accessed here.  

    https://contextualscience.org/tom_lavin_mft_lcadc_acata_live_better_psychoeducat


    Video of Viktor Frankl


    The Doctor and the Soul via Amazon: (Many used copies should be available)


     Link to First Corinthians XIII


     M. Scott Peck on Love

    https://apathlesstravelled.com/love-what-it-is-what-it-is-not-and-what-its-role-is-part-2/


     Bill Wilson’s article on Emotional Sobriety


     The Sexual Crucible by David Schnarch (used copies) 


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    Logotherapy and Recovery: The Meaning of Work

    Logotherapy and Recovery: The Meaning of Work

    We live in an age when the meaning and purpose of life are often less clear than ever before. An age when we’re asking questions of doctors we should be asking priests - but few priests seem able to provide meaningful answers to today’s spiritual seekers. Enter Viktor Frankl.

    Frankl was a Jewish psychiatrist whose pioneering work known as Logotherapy has helped millions of suffering men and women begin asking the right questions of life and finding answers that satisfy their souls. 

    In this series, we explore Frankl’s book The Doctor and the Soul. Fr. Bill’s guest and tour guide is Tom Lavin, a therapist, teacher, and friend who has studied Frankl’s work for years and helped many addicts and alcoholics find new or renewed meaning and purpose in their recovery. This episode explores the existential meaning of work.

    Show Notes:

    Tom Lavin is a Psychotherapist, Marriage and Family Therapist (MFT) and a Licensed Clinical Alcohol and Drug Counselor. 

     He’s served for many years as Adjunct Faculty, University of Nevada School of Medicine, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. 

    Links to Tom’s website and his LIVE BETTER television series can be Accessed here: https://contextualscience.org/tom_lavin_mft_lcadc_acata_live_better_psychoeducat

     

    Video of Viktor Frankl

    Article on Professor Howard Gardner’s Good Work

    The Doctor and the Soul via Amazon




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    Logotherapy and Recovery: The Meaning of Life and Death

    Logotherapy and Recovery: The Meaning of Life and Death

    We live in an age when the meaning and purpose of life are often less clear than ever before. An age when we’re asking questions of doctors we should be asking priests - but few priests seem able to provide meaningful answers to today’s spiritual seekers. Enter Viktor Frankl.

    Frankl was a Jewish psychiatrist whose pioneering work known as Logotherapy has helped millions of suffering men and women begin asking the right questions of life and finding answers that satisfy their souls. 

    In this series, we explore Frankl’s book The Doctor and the Soul. Fr. Bill’s guest and tour guide is Tom Lavin, a therapist, teacher, and friend who has studied Frankl’s work for years and helped many addicts and alcoholics find new or renewed meaning and purpose in their recovery. This episode explores the existential issues surrounding Life and Death. 

    Show Notes:

    Tom Lavin is a Psychotherapist, Marriage and Family Therapist (MFT) and a Licensed Clinical Alcohol and Drug Counselor. He’s served for many years as Adjunct Faculty, University of Nevada School of Medicine, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. Tom’s website and newsletter can be accessed at: www.easeap.com/ 

     

    Tom’s LIVE BETTER television series provides tools to help people face and overcome their anxiety and other mental health and addiction issues. Be sure to download the worksheets that go along with the helpful videos. Access here.  

    https://contextualscience.org/tom_lavin_mft_lcadc_acata_live_better_psychoeducat

     

    Video of Viktor Frankl: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlC2OdnhIiQ

     

    Bill Wilson article on Emotional Sobriety:   

    60 Values to Live by – Choose 3 and get going.

    1.  Acceptance: to be open to and accepting of myself, others, life etc 

    2.  Adventure: to be adventurous; to actively seek, create, or explore novel or stimulating experiences 

    3.  Assertiveness: to respectfully stand up for my rights and request what I want

    4.  Authenticity: to be authentic, genuine, real; to be true to myself 

    5. Beauty: to appreciate, create, nurture or cultivate beauty in myself, others, the environment etc 

    6. Caring: to be caring towards myself, others, the environment etc 

    7. Challenge: to keep challenging myself to grow, learn, improve 

    8. Compassion: to act with kindness towards those who are suffering 

    9.  Connection: to engage fully in whatever I am doing, and be fully present with others 

    10.  Contribution: to contribute, help, assist, or make a positive difference to myself or others 

    11.  Conformity: to be respectful and obedient of rules and obligations 

    12.  Cooperation: to be cooperative and collaborative with others 

    13.  Courage: to be courageous or brave; to persist in the face of fear, threat, or difficulty 

    14.  Creativity: to be creative or innovative 

    15.  Curiosity: to be curious, open-minded and interested; to explore and discover

    16.  Encouragement: to encourage and reward behaviour that I value in myself or others 

    Equality: to treat others as equal to myself, and vice-versa 

    17.  Excitement: to seek, create and engage in activities that are exciting, stimulating or thrilling 

    18.  Fairness: to be fair to myself or others 

    19.  Fitness: to maintain or improve my fitness; to look after my physical and mental health and wellbeing 

    20.  Flexibility: to adjust and adapt readily to changing circumstances 

    21.  Freedom: to live freely; to choose how I live and behave, or help others do likewise 

    22.  Friendliness: to be friendly, companionable, or agreeable towards others 

    23.  Forgiveness: to be forgiving towards myself or others 

    24.  Fun: to be fun-loving; to seek, create, and engage in fun-filled activities 

    25.  Generosity: to be generous, sharing and giving, to myself or others 

    26.  Gratitude: to be grateful for and appreciative of the positive aspects of myself, others and life 

    27.  Honesty: to be honest, truthful, and sincere with mys

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    Lagotherapy and Recovery: The Age of Anxiety

    Lagotherapy and Recovery: The Age of Anxiety

    We live in an age when the meaning and purpose of life are often less clear than ever before. An age when we’re asking questions of doctors we should be asking priests - but few priests seem able to provide meaningful answers to today’s spiritual seekers. Enter Viktor Frankl.

    Frankl was a Jewish psychiatrist whose pioneering work known as Logotherapy has helped millions of suffering men and women begin asking the right questions of life and finding answers that satisfy their souls. 

    In this series, we explore Frankl’s book The Doctor and the Soul. Fr. Bill’s guest and tour guide is Tom Lavin, a therapist, teacher, and friend who has studied Frankl’s work for years and helped many addicts and alcoholics find new or renewed meaning and purpose in their recovery. This episode explores anxiety, a disease Frankl called “the disease of our time.” Tom explores the subject and suggests how Logotherapy can be of help.

    Show Notes:

    Tom Lavin is a Psychotherapist, Marriage and Family Therapist (MFT) and a Licensed Clinical Alcohol and Drug Counselor. He’s served for many years as Adjunct Faculty, University of Nevada School of Medicine, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. Tom’s website and newsletter can be accessed at: www.easeap.com/ 

    Tom’s LIVE BETTER television series provides tools to help people face and overcome their anxiety and other mental health and addiction issues. Be sure to download the worksheets that go along with the helpful videos.

    https://contextualscience.org/tom_lavin_mft_lcadc_acata_live_better_psychoeducat


    Ego and Archetype by Edward Edinger via Amazon (free pdf copies are available online)

    The Doctor and the Soul by Viktor Frankl

    Frankl Quote:

    “ … psychotherapy has given too little attention to
    the spiritual reality of man.

    “For the aim of the psychotherapist should be to bring
    out the ultimate possibilities of the patient, to realize his latent values, remembering the aphorism of Goethe,

    ‘… if we take people as they are, we make them worse. If we treat them as if they were what they ought to
    be, we help them to become what they are capable of becoming.


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    • 57 min
    Logotherapy and Recovery: Going in Search of Soul

    Logotherapy and Recovery: Going in Search of Soul

    We live in an age when the meaning and purpose of life are often less clear than ever before. An age when we’re asking questions of doctors we should be asking priests - but few priests seem able to provide meaningful answers to today’s spiritual seekers. Enter Viktor Frankl.

    Frankl was a Jewish psychiatrist whose pioneering work known as Logotherapy has helped millions of suffering men and women begin asking the right questions of life and finding answers that satisfy their souls. 

    In this series, we explore Frankl’s book The Doctor and the Soul. Father Bill’s guest and tour guide is Tom Lavin, a therapist, teacher, and friend who has studied Frankl’s work for years and helped many addicts and alcoholics find new or renewed meaning and purpose in recovery. This episode continues to explore how Logotherapy can shed new light on the path to overcome addiction.

    Show Notes:

    Tom Lavin is a Psychotherapist, Marriage and Family Therapist (MFT) and a Licensed Clinical Alcohol and Drug Counselor. He’s served for many years as Adjunct Faculty, University of Nevada School of Medicine, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. Tom’s website and newsletter can be accessed at: www.easeap.com/ 

    The Doctor and the Soul


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    • 49 min
    Logotherapy and Recovery: Who is Viktor Frankle and how can he help me?

    Logotherapy and Recovery: Who is Viktor Frankle and how can he help me?

    We live in an age when the meaning and purpose of life are often less clear than ever before. An age when we’re asking questions of doctors we should be asking priests - but fewer priests seem able to provide meaningful answers to today’s spiritual seekers. Enter Viktor Frankl.

    Frankl was a Jewish psychiatrist whose pioneering work
    known as Logotherapy has helped millions of suffering men and women begin asking the right questions of life and finding answers that satisfy their souls.

    In this series, we’ll explore Frankl’s book The Doctor and the Soul. Father Bill’s guest and tour guide is Tom Lavin, a therapist, teacher, and friend who has studied Frankl’s work for many years and helped many addicts and alcoholics find new or renewed meaning and purpose in their recovery. This episode introduces Viktor Frankl and his work. It explores how Logotherapy can shed new light on the path to overcome addiction.

    Show Notes:

    Tom Lavin is a Psychotherapist, Marriage
    and Family Therapist (MFT) and a Licensed Clinical Alcohol and Drug Counselor. He’s served for many years as Adjunct Faculty, University of Nevada School of Medicine, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. Tom’s website and newsletter: www.easeap.com/

    The Doctor and the Soul

     
    ⁠https://www.abebooks.com/9780385500364/When-Life-Calls-Out-Love-038550036X/plp⁠


    Tom recommended this as a good biography of
    Frankl’s life:

    When Life Calls Out to Us: The Love and Lifework of Viktor and Elly Frankl – by Haddon Klinberg, Jr.


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    • 53 min

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