Reality Party

Nicole Hocott & Trinity Wright

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A weekly podcast hosted by two friends trying to love reality & live in the truth of its goodness.

12h ago

Expanding the Imagination

In this episode, Nicole explores an important antidote to anxiety: expanding our imaginations. She explores how we can understand anxiety as being stuck in a very small world out of which we must break out so we can enter our real, vast and mysterious world. Book recommendations: - You Are the One You've Been Waiting For: Applying Internal Family Systems to Intimate Relationships by Richard Schwartz - Litanies of the Heart: Relieving Post-Traumatic Stress and Calming Anxiety Through Healing Our Parts by Gerry Ken Crete - Personal Prayer: A Guide for Receiving the Father's Love by Boniface Hicks and Thomas Acklin - My Peace I Give You: Healing Sexual Wounds with the Help of the Saints by Dawn Eden

46 min
May 22

WE'RE SO BACK (feat. motivation, self-compassion, abandonment wounds, and prayer) | S2 EP1

After a long and unexpected hiatus, we have returned with season 2! First, Nicole & Trinity explain why we took such a long break, our new philosophy and approach to the podcast, and then we discuss what God has been teaching us all these months. We touch on discouragement and motivation, self-compassion, struggling with abandonment wounds, how to approach our wounded parts, and prayer. Thanks for relishing reality with us!

1h 27m
12/16/2025

Nicole & Trinity VS. Eternal Damnation

In this episode, we take on the following questions (while keeping in mind those who struggle with scrupulosity): How are we supposed to attach to God given the existence of Hell? Does the possibility of Hell mean we can't trust God's heart for us? How can we reconcile the need to trust Him with the possibility of eternal damnation?

1h 11m
12/08/2025

An Advent Chat with Nicole & Trinity | Ep. 7

We're back after taking a week off for Thanksgiving! Follow us on Instagram @realitypartypodcast for updates and news, like when we're taking a week off. In this episode, we talk about our how we're doing this Advent and what's on our hearts. For the first time, we just let pressed record and had a normal conversation, updating each other in real time. We thought we'd try something new, so let us know if you like this format! We are praying for you all as you continue on the Advent journey. God bless you.

42 min
11/24/2025

Healing the Imagination & Fearing The Spiritual Life | Ep. 6

In this episode, Nicole tackles the role of the imagination in the spiritual life, and how we need healthy imaginations in order to have a proper desire for God and the spiritual life. She also offers a few ideas regarding how to start healing the imagination, especially as someone who has struggled with a wounded imagination herself.

46 min
11/17/2025

What Are Emotions, & What Do I Do with Them?

In this episode, Nicole offers a basic background on the philosophy of the human person as laid out by Aristotle and Aquinas, but with a specific focus on the emotions, where they come from, and what their role would have been in our state of "original integrity," which Fr. Brian Mullady uses to describe how Adam and Eve functioned (and therefore, how we are designed to function). Since we live post-Adam and Eve, what are we supposed to do with our emotions? Nicole offers one way to start approaching our emotions in this fallen world, using the work of Dr. Diana Fosha on core emotions. Original Integrity Diagram (as mentioned in the podcast)

48 min
11/10/2025

Nicole & Trinity VS. That One Atheist at the Bar

In this episode, Nicole & Trinity share their intellectual and personal reasons for belief in God, ranging from the idea of God as the first cause of all things to God as the underlying order and reason that makes this world understandable. This is what we might say if an atheist at the bar asked us "Why do you believe in God, anyway?" Is this episode supposed to definitively prove God's existence? In no way. Is it still worth a listen? We sure hope so. Thank you for supporting our show. Please consider following us on whatever podcasting platform you use so that you can get updates about new episodes. Have any comments or questions? Email nicolehocott@gmail.com.

1h 21m
11/03/2025

Nicole & Trinity VS. Scrupulosity (God's Mercy VS. Spiritual Perfectionism)

In today's episode, Nicole & Trinity take on scrupulosity, which is a kind of spiritual perfectionism and a subset of OCD. We don't take on the topic from a clinical perspective, but rather some underlying beliefs and God images that might dispose us toward a struggle with scrupulosity. We discuss God's goodness, mercy, and examples of His character found in literature. Link to Sr. Miriam James clip (EDIT: It's actually a different Bible story and it's called, "What Do You Still Lack?" That's my bad, but it's still the same point. - Nicole): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpQJyaAz4gU Links on Scrupulosity as OCD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWRrNCKc0l8&feature=youtu.be https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/87-scrupulosity-when-ocd-gets-religion/id1503898046?i=1000544076273 (this episode is also found on Spotify and other podcasting platforms) Book Recommendation: I Believe in Love by Fr Jean C. J. D'Elbee

42 min
10/29/2025

What is Reality? An Introduction to Metaphysics with Nicole

Nicole Hocott explains how one might even begin to answer, "What is Reality?" We figured that since this is a podcast that's making claims about reality and that has "reality" in the title, it would probably be a good idea to define what that is. In order to do this, we have to engage in metaphysics. This episode will also attempt to pitch you the idea that your metaphysics (i.e., your underlying principles and assumptions about the world, being, and reality) are absolutely crucial to your wellbeing. Nicole discusses how reality is either bigger than what's in your thought and philosophies, smaller than what's in your thought, or the exact same as what's in your thought. With the help of Peter Kreeft (via his book, unfortunately, not as a guest), Nicole also examines what difference it makes to your life which one of these you believe. Will this episode answer all of life's mysteries? Absolutely not. Is it still worth listening to? We sure hope so, or else we wouldn't be publishing it. If you have any comments, questions, or suggestions, email nicolehocott@gmail.com Please consider suscribing to help our new channel, and thanks for listening!

43 min
10/27/2025

Trinity & Nicole VS. the Void

In this episode, Trinity and Nicole take on the void, or the sense of longing for more that's part of every human life. Questions Explored: What am I supposed to do with my longings and unmet desires? Where do I take my disappointments, and how am I supposed to interpret them in light of God's goodness? If I'm a Christian, am I supposed to feel satisfied already? What will ultimately satisfy the human heart? What do we do when we find ourselves in the waiting place? Book Recommendations: The Sacred Romance by John Eldredge and Brent Curtis Shattered Dreams by Larry Crabb Till We Have Faces by C.S. Lewis Captivating by John and Stasi Eldredge Have any suggestions, comments, or questions? Email nicolehocott@gmail.com.

48 min

10 Episodes

A weekly podcast hosted by two friends trying to love reality & live in the truth of its goodness.

Creator

Nicole Hocott & Trinity Wright
Years Active

2025 - 2026
Episodes

10
Rating

Clean
Copyright

© 2025
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