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The Hearts + Minds podcast covers everything from relationships and lifestyle, routines and habits, kids and colleagues to meaningful work, core values, spirituality, and God. We like to keep the tone light and conversational while dealing with topics that go well beyond the surface. Sometimes we bring up topics which overlap faith and life in a way to suit the unspiritual and devout alike. Wherever you’re at on your spiritual journey, this podcast should speak to you. Join us as we delve into life — the ordinary, relational, inner, and spiritual. We’re delighted you’re here.W: hearts-minds.ieIG: @heartsandmindsire E: hello@hearts-minds.ie
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#93 | Being Kind to Yourself - A Gateway to Accepting Others
Feeling overwhelmed is easy in a world that expects you to deliver high performance all the time. In this episode, we will explore why you need to be kind to yourself and how to deal with rejection and the feeling of failure by using them as tools for personal growth.
We will also explore how to manage professional, family and personal expectations and pressures by embracing a realistic approach to these challenges. You will understand how to be real about your reality and accept it is different from passiveness.
This conversation also explores the inner critic and why it shouldn’t stop you from doing things as well as the difference between guilt and shame.
By the end of this episode, we expect you to not feel afraid of making mistakes and recognise the beauty of being who you are.
Resources
The Creative Act - Rick Rubin
Be true to yourself - Brene Brown
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#92 | When a loved one doesn't believe in God
When you struggle with the unbelief of friends and family, it can be hard to maintain your own conviction and help those around you. In this episode, we discuss the roots causes of unbelief in our society, the steps that can be taken to help someone who doesn't believe and the certainty of knowing that our love for them is key to helping them along the way to discovering God's love.
Resources
Home Again: A Prayerful Rediscovery of Your Catholic Faith by Fr. John Henry Hanson, O. Praem.
Why I am Catholic (and you should be too) by Brandon Vogt
Orthodoxy, G.K. Chesterton
Rome Sweet Home: Our Journey to Catholicism, Scott and Kimberly Hahn
Something Other than God: How I Passionately Sought Happiness and Accidentally Found It by Jennifer Fulwiler
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#91 | Dating & Waiting - What is good advice?
Are you tired of scrolling dating apps and losing heart that you will ever discover your life partner? Join us as we dig into the top 10 tips for those waiting to date. And for those dating how to get the best out of dating - the pitfalls to avoid and joys to experience.
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#90 | Rebroadcast 68# What does Easter mean to us?
While Easter weekend has passed, the reflections and meaning of this date must remain in our Hearts and Minds. Grace is God's life within us and we want to remind you of this.
In this podcast episode, Maire and Siobhan discuss the credibility of Easter as seen in the early accounts of Easter in the Gospels and the disbelief of the early followers of Christ.
We explore the craziness of our Catholic faith whose crowning feast is man putting God to death and God's coming back to life. We discuss how that very central message requires unpacking among our peers. We explore the transformative power Easter can have on each of us and the magnificence of the Easter liturgy which we can reflect and pray about in the 50 days of the Easter celebration.
We invite you to engage in this dialogue to reflect on the transformative power of Easter in your own life. Though this episode was recorded during Lent, its message resonates far beyond the Easter weekend.
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#89 | Fear of Marriage? Embrace the Challenges & Find Joy.
This episode is for you if you are about to get married and are afraid of married life, or starting a family, or going through difficulties in marriage right now.
Máire Cassidy and Cliona Somers delve deeper into the topic of marriage. Taking a realistic view of married life they explore its responsibilities and joys. They discuss why fear shouldn't prevent you from taking the big step. And explore what solutions you can turn to when married life seems difficult. They also explore the Catholic Church's view of sex as something holy.
We invite you to engage in this insightful conversation and share this episode with your friends going through any of these stages in life.
And don't forget to check the additional resources we've prepared for you to explore this topic further.
Resources
Scepter Publishers
The 5 love languages, Gary Chapman; Three to Get Married, Fulton Sheen;16 Marriages that made history, Gerard Castillo; The challenge of love: Making Marriage work, Enrique Rojas; Available at: https://scepterpublishers.org/collections/marriage-relationships;
What is theology of the body? | Why God Gave Us Bodies | Christopher West - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvFa7elKtkY
The theology of the body - https://theologyofthebody.net/
Theology of the Body, John Paul II - https://stmarys-waco.org/documents/2016/9/theology_of_the_body.pdf
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#88 | Vices and Virtues are they still relevant in 2024?
Are virtues and vices relevant today? What virtues and vices do you have? Discover virtues, the highs of human behaviour and vices, the lows of human behaviour. Explore the difference between virtues you can grow in and ones that God gives.
Listen to the 5 practical tips to develop virtues in your life;
1) self-awareness
2) intentional practice
3) Clear goals and accountability buddies
4) Prayer
5) Grace in the sacraments.
Resources
1) Tolstoy's Anna Karenina - what it means to be a virtuous woman
https://verilymag.com/2019/07/anna-karenina-kitty-and-what-it-means-to-be-a-virtuous-woman-2019
2) Very Divine (III): With Christ's Sentiments. https://opusdei.org/en-ie/article/very-human-very-divine-iii-with-the-same-sentiment/
3) A Revolution in intimacy: https://stjosemaria.org/a-revolution-in-intimacy/
4) In an Abrasive World, Could Gentleness Be the Act of Strength That’s Needed? https://verilymag.com/2020/08/culture-commentary-women-gentleness-strength-virtue
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