Hearts+Minds

Dec 06 2024 107 ep. 29 mins 10

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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.
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#105 | Advent - a Time of Opportunity (Rebroadcast)

Dec 06 2024 26 mins

Advent can be a bit of a blur for most people. And yet, if you can give it a moment it can really make an impact on these last few weeks before Christmas. It is a time of opportunity - or grace as we would say in the Catholic tradition. God is coming and we cannot wait! But in the midst of the rushing, frenetic activities, how can we shift our focus?In this podcast episode, we disc

#104 | Real Stories of Passion and Purpose - The Courage to Create with Emelia Silva

Nov 21 2024 37 mins

Today, we have a fascinating guest who will be sharing her insights on the courage to create. Emelia Silva is an artist and songwriter with a degree in Global Jazz Studies from UCLA. She has been singing across various genres for the past 18 years.In this conversation, Emelia opens up about her family background, life story, influences, and motivations. She reflects on the signific

#103 | Series on Trust: (Part III) What is your Motive? Can you be trusted?

Nov 07 2024 12 mins

This is the third episode in our series on trust, and today we will explore another essential building block: motive.We’ll dive into why motive is crucial, look at John Gottman's "index of betrayal"—a metric that signals when a marriage may be in trouble—and see how the right motives can actually help increase trust.We'll also explore motive in the workplace, reflecting on ho

#102 | Series Theology of the Body: (Part III) Why being engaged is so special?

Oct 24 2024 32 mins

Chiara Degenfeld is joining us for part III of the Theology of the Body series, where we will explore why being engaged is so special.Today, we will talk about engagement, embracing the journey, and making the most of your engagement to grow as a couple.We will explore how a couple can build a strong foundation for their marriage during the engagement, the importance of discovering

#101 | Series on Trust: (Part II) Understand me don't try to persuade me - First step in Trust

Oct 11 2024 19 mins

This is the second podcast in this series called "How Can I Build Trust", and in this podcast, we're going to dig into the first essential building block, which we touched on briefly in the last podcast, which is listening and understanding.We're going to explore what it looks like to be understood, dig into a bit of brain science and discover what hostage negotiators have to teach

#100 | Series Theology of the Body: (Part II) How can porn affect my relationship?

Oct 03 2024 29 mins

Chiara Degenfeld is joining us again today for part II of the Theology of the Body series. Today's topic, we will address the difficult topic of porn and how it can affect your relationship.Chiara discusses some disturbing statistics about porn in men and women; how porn leads to addictive behaviour and distortion of the perception of pleasure. She explores how porn addiction typic

#99 | Holiness and self-development - what is the difference?

Sep 12 2024 30 mins

In this episode, we dive into the difference between self-development and holiness within the Catholic tradition. While self-development focuses on personal achievements and self-fulfilment, we discuss why this alone is not enough to truly satisfy someone's life. Instead, we explore the path of holiness - an invitation to grow in our unique personalities while striving to become mo

#98 | Series Theology of the Body: (Part I) Did you know you are sacred?

Aug 29 2024 37 mins

Your body expresses who you are. In today's podcast we discuss why desires are good. We explore how we can become addicted to our desires or reject them or we can practise virtuous desire. We discuss how we all crave a state of peace in which your sexual desires and actions are aligned with your ideals. Chiara shares with us practical ways to make this a reality. This leads to joy

#97 | Series on Trust: (Part I) How to build up trust?

Aug 15 2024 14 mins

This episode is the first of a series of podcasts on the topic of trust. We need to be aware of the impact we make on others if we want to be trustworthy. Whether in our personal, professional, or spiritual lives, trust is the foundation of meaningful relationships and personal growth. In this episode, we will discuss how empathy, listening, boundaries, bringing out the best in eac

Rebroadcast #25 | What is the Role of Sacred Scripture in Our Lives?

Aug 01 2024 25 mins

Do you ever listen to conversion stories and wish you could experience a similar transformation? Is our approach to belief too reductionist, where the Gospel is a biography and the psalms akin to inspirational quotes. In this week’s podcast, we discuss how we can learn from the early Christian communities and the role of Scripture in their lives. We explore why Scripture can be:-