Therapy + Theology with Carley Marcouillier

Apr 25 2024 89 ep. 24 mins 11
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Are you looking for resources to better understand yourself and grow spiritually? You've come to the right place. Join licensed therapist Carley Marcouillier each week as she tackles a common question related to therapy, mental health, and faith.

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Spiritual Lessons I've Learned While Running with Friends

Apr 25 2024 21 mins  
Today’s episode was created during a 13.1-mile run with three of my dear friends. As we approached race day, we linked individual spiritual lessons we had learned from the embodied act of running. Joining me today are my friends: Dane Rudy, Ellie Dicesare, and Carolyn Nascimento (Nas). Each shares their individual experience of running and its spiritual lesson: the process of end

Why Pacing Is Important to Your Healing Journey

Apr 18 2024 24 mins  
Today’s episode is the final solo episode of the season and sums up my personal journey with seeking to live an embodied life. This year we have looked at so many different angles related to what it means to embody our spirituality, name our pain, and connect with God in a whole new way. In concluding this season, I share about my spiritual journey of learning to pace and its con

Practice These Steps to Reshape Your Nervous System and Reconnect with God

Apr 11 2024 27 mins  
In part two of my interview with Cyd Holsclaw, author, coach, and trauma-informed As spiritual directors, we explore the connection between embodiment and our attachment to God. Cyd outlines powerful examples of attachment history and its impact on how one connects with God or feels distant from God. We also explore practical steps for beginning to recognize our nervous system sta

How The Nervous System Connects to Our Spiritual Formation

Apr 04 2024 19 mins  
This week, I am joined by Cyd Holsclaw, author, coach, and trauma-informed spiritual director. Cyd is the co-author of the book, “Does God Really Like Me? Discovering the God Who Wants to Be With Us" and working on her next book, Deeply Attached to God. In this two-part conversation, Cyd and I explore the power of the nervous system and its importance in the way we connect to oth

A Holy Week Prayer Practice

Mar 28 2024 10 mins  
Today, we take a moment to reflect on the season of Lent and the days leading up to Easter Sunday. In this prayer practice, anchored in Mark 14 with Jesus and His disciples at the last supper, you are invited to engage in prayer through stillness, benediction, confession, and intercessory prayer. As we prepare our hearts for the celebration of the resurrection, this episode walks t

Understanding Toxic Shame and the Truth about Our Limits

Mar 21 2024 16 mins  
This week on the podcast, I recap the previous episodes on shame by exploring the difference between the truth of shame as an experience of our limits and needs with toxic shame which seeks to condemn our needs and limits. By asking 3 reflective questions, we discover the sources, scripts, and symptoms that toxic shame holds. Pulling from Dr. Chip Todd’s work on shame from his bo

How Community Helps Us Reveal Shame's Lies

Mar 14 2024 16 mins  
In part two of my interview with author Mariela Rosario, we continue our discussion on battling shame in the context of community. Mariela discusses community as being both a blessing and burden, in which we are invited to bring our shame and allow others to remind us of who we are in Christ. We also explore the power of self-talk and reminding ourselves of who God says we are. Re

How Do We Battle Shame? (With Mariela Rosario)

Mar 07 2024 28 mins  
This week on the podcast, we are breaking down the challenges of battling shame with first-time Author, Mariela Rosario. In this two-part interview, Mariela shares her personal narrative of living in shame and finding her voice through the good news of the gospel. Using her book She Speaks Fire, Mariela walks us through garden lessons and discusses the many ways to speak against sh

3 Ways Spiritual Disciplines Are Commonly Distorted

Feb 29 2024 19 mins  
This week on the podcast we explore the heart of spiritual formation practices and the common distortions we hold related to them. Looking at spiritual disciplines as not holy in and of themselves but rather as pathways to encounters with a holy and loving God, allows us to revise our rigid views about disciplines and renew our purpose for practicing. We will discuss the distortion

Steps to Recover from Spiritual Addiction

Feb 22 2024 18 mins  
In part two of my interview with David Ruybalid we continue our discussion by exploring the process and pathways for religious addiction recovery. When we become aware of the symptoms of spiritual addiction or a sense of compulsion out of fear or shame, developed by beliefs and constructs that preach a do-more-try-harder message, we need steps to reclaim the grace and groundedness