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The Way is Love : The Focusing Way

David Battistellathefocusingway.libsyn.com
David Battistella takes you on a journey of discovery interviewing authors and exploring all things Catholic.
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A Surfer's Guide to the Soul - Bear Woznick

A Surfer's Guide to the Soul, Bear Woznick, a masters World Champion Tandem surfer lays out a fascinating life. His book recounts his life in Faith, battling himself, life and the elements. I confess, I read this book in one sitting. It's amazing how the things you need to hear arrive at your doorstep in one way or another. If you like adventure, if you want to feel like you are sitting down with a good friend, whose openness and willingness to share his failures as much as his success', while t...

Apr 27, 202232 min

The Greater Reset III - Michael D. Greaney & Dawn K. Browhawn

The Greater Reset, asks: Must we simply accept a world where systemic poverty, racism, and war are inevitable, unavoidable, and irreparable? Or can we turn the present crisis into an opportunity to “reset” the system back to universal principles and absolute values of natural law? Can we then apply those principles to build upon the new possibilities, discoveries, and advances of the twenty-first century? Today on the Way is Love on the Focusing Way Podcast we are talking global economics. It's ...

Apr 01, 202227 minSeason 3Ep. 82

The Greater Reset II - Michael D. Greaney & Dawn K. Browhawn

The Greater Reset, asks: Must we simply accept a world where systemic poverty, racism, and war are inevitable, unavoidable, and irreparable? Or can we turn the present crisis into an opportunity to “reset” the system back to universal principles and absolute values of natural law? Can we then apply those principles to build upon the new possibilities, discoveries, and advances of the twenty-first century? Today on the Way is Love on the Focusing Way Podcast we are talking global economics. It's ...

Apr 01, 202231 minSeason 3Ep. 81

The Greater Reset - Michael D. Greaney & Dawn K. Browhawn

The Greater Reset, asks: Must we simply accept a world where systemic poverty, racism, and war are inevitable, unavoidable, and irreparable? Or can we turn the present crisis into an opportunity to “reset” the system back to universal principles and absolute values of natural law? Can we then apply those principles to build upon the new possibilities, discoveries, and advances of the twenty-first century? Today on the Way is Love on the Focusing Way Podcast we are talking global economics. It's ...

Apr 01, 202234 minSeason 3Ep. 80

A Mind at Peace II - Joshua P. Hochschild

A Mind at Peace - Reclaiming an Ordered Soul in the Age of Distraction Joshua P. Hochschild Who is up for a little Soul work? Years back a friend and I greeted each other by one of us saying "Rock and Roll" and the other answering, "Fill the Soul”. It was a nice reminder of how playing or listening to music could be and exercise that is soothing to the soul. It was also a great reminder that we actually have a soul and that soul that has to be considered and is moved by the actions of our lives ...

Mar 11, 202229 minSeason 3Ep. 81

A Mind at Peace - Joshua P. Hochschild

AMind at Peace: Reclaiming an Ordered Soul in the Age of Distraction Joshua P. Hochschild Christopher Blum Who is up for a little Soul work? Years back a friend and I greeted each other by one of us saying "Rock and Roll" and the other answering, "Fill the Soul”. It was a nice reminder of how playing or listening to music could be and exercise that is soothing to the soul. It was also a great reminder that we actually have a soul and that soul that has to be considered and is moved by the action...

Mar 11, 202228 minSeason 3Ep. 80

St. Gallen Mafia III - Julia Meloni

St. Gallen Mafia, Exposing the secret reformist Group within the Church There is a somewhat obscure 8th century Irish Catholic Saint named Saint Gall who during the course of his life founded an Abby and Monastery in Switzerland, in a town now called St. Gallen which today is a Unesco World Heritage Site. It is said that near the end of his life, a bear became St. Gall’s only friend. The bear, it is said, brought him wood for his fire. To this day, the Abbey still stands in the town of St. Galle...

Mar 08, 202228 minSeason 3Ep. 79

St. Gallen Mafia II - Julia Meloni

St. Gallen Mafia, Exposing the secret reformist Group within the Church There is a somewhat obscure 8th century Irish Catholic Saint named Saint Gall who during the course of his life founded an Abby and Monastery in Switzerland, in a town now called St. Gallen which today is a Unesco World Heritage Site. It is said that near the end of his life, a bear became St. Gall’s only friend. The bear, it is said, brought him wood for his fire. To this day, the Abbey still stands in the town of St. Galle...

Mar 08, 202226 minSeason 3Ep. 78

St. Gallen Mafia - Julia Meloni

St. Gallen Mafia, Exposing the secret reformist Group within the Church There is a somewhat obscure 8th century Irish Catholic Saint named Saint Gall who during the course of his life founded an Abby and Monastery in Switzerland, in a town now called St. Gallen which today is a Unesco World Heritage Site. It is said that near the end of his life, a bear became St. Gall’s only friend. The bear, it is said, brought him wood for his fire. To this day, the Abbey still stands in the town of St. Galle...

Mar 08, 202227 minSeason 3Ep. 77

Manual for Suffering II - Fr. Jeffrey

This excellent volume called “Manual for Suffering” which can shine the light of Faith on suffering and help us better understand it as a part of human nature. Lent gives us a framework to deepen understanding. But who wants a manual for suffering? Who needs it? And What can we learn when we look at the very nature of suffering? Here to help us increase our understanding is the Author of Manual for Suffering, Father Jeffery Kirby,

Feb 27, 202220 minSeason 3Ep. 76

Manual for Suffering - Fr. Jeffrey

This excellent volume called “Manual for Suffering” which can shine the light of Faith on suffering and help us better understand it as a part of human nature. Lent gives us a framework to deepen understanding. But who wants a manual for suffering? Who needs it? And What can we learn when we look at the very nature of suffering? Here to help us increase our understanding is the Author of Manual for Suffering, Father Jeffery Kirby,

Feb 27, 202230 minSeason 3Ep. 75

BioSpiritual Focusing II - John Keane

Today we Explore BioSpiritual Focusing. The founders of Biospiritual Focusing are Peter Campbell and Edwin McMahon. These men had been trained in the spiritual tradition of Saint Ignatius of Loyola, founder of the Jesuits. With this common background they could appreciate the evolutionary spirituality of the two Jesuits, French Theologian Pierre Teilhard de Chardin and German Karl Rahner, considered to be one of the most influential theologians of the 20th century. Focusing, in itself, is inhere...

Feb 25, 202229 minSeason 3Ep. 74

BioSpiritual Focusing - John Keane

Today we Explore BioSpiritual Focusing. The founders of Biospiritual Focusing are Peter Campbell and Edwin McMahon. These men had been trained in the spiritual tradition of Saint Ignatius of Loyola, founder of the Jesuits. With this common background they could appreciate the evolutionary spirituality of the two Jesuits, French Theologian Pierre Teilhard de Chardin and German Karl Rahner, considered to be one of the most influential theologians of the 20th century. Focusing, in itself, is inhere...

Feb 25, 202232 minSeason 3Ep. 73

Terror of Demons II - Kennedy Hall

Kennedy Hall's raw and revealing book about being a father and his conversion to living a traditional Roman Catholic life in these times. We talk about men and masculinity today and specifically the traits of being a man through the lens of traditional Catholic teaching. Almost any time we hear about masculinity these days somewhere very near the word masculinity we see the word TOXIC. Focusing is all about discovery. We use Focusing to connect with and resolve the uncomfortable places within ou...

Feb 18, 202220 minSeason 3Ep. 72

Terror of Demons - Kennedy Hall

Kennedy Hall's raw and revealing book about being a father and his conversion to living a traditional Roman Catholic life in these times. Focusing is all about discovery. We use Focusing to connect with and resolve the uncomfortable places within ourselves. Anyone who has gone on a journey of self understanding knows it that takes great effort to look at yourself honestly. What you find is not always pretty, transformation is often painful.

Feb 18, 202234 minSeason 3Ep. 71

III - The Practice of the Presence of Mary - Mary's Secretary

Sister Jade, a Carmelite Hermitess in waiting, is the woman behind the website “Mary’s Secretary” and is here to speak with me about her time as a cloistered nun and her book book, The Practice of the Presence of Mary - “To Live and Die with Mary”. Meet the woman who bore the name Sister Rosa Maria of the Sorrowful Heart, she at this moment is known to me simply as Sister Jade. We are hearing her at an incredible moment in time. She entered the monastic life of Carmel, lived it, has written a bo...

Feb 14, 202235 minSeason 3Ep. 69

II-Practice of the Presence of Mary- Mary's Secretary

The Practice of the Presence of Mary - Mary's Secretary. Sister Jade, a Carmelite Hermitess in waiting, is the woman behind the website “Mary’s Secretary” and is here to speak with me about her time as a cloistered nun and her book book, The Practice of the Presence of Mary - “To Live and Die with Mary”. Meet the woman who bore the name Sister Rosa Maria of the Sorrowful Heart, she at this moment is known to me simply as Sister Jade. We are hearing her at an incredible moment in time. She entere...

Feb 13, 202234 minSeason 3Ep. 68

The Practice of the Presence of Mary - Mary's Secretary

Sister Jade, a Carmelite Hermitess in waiting, is the woman behind the website “Mary’s Secretary” and is here to speak with me about her time as a cloistered nun and her book book, The Practice of the Presence of Mary - “To Live and Die with Mary”. BUY THE BOOK VISIT HER BLOG

Feb 12, 202231 minSeason 3Ep. 67

Humility, and the Elevation of the Mind to God - Fr. Robert Nixon

The 14th century writer THOMAS À KEMPIS may be best known for his most famous work, The Imitation of Christ, but now a new volume by TAN books they have uncovered an important work simply titled Humility, and the elevation of the mind to God. My guest today is Fr. Robert Nixon, OSB a Catholic priest, and a monk of the Benedictine Abbey of the Most Holy Trinity, in New Norcia, Western Australia. Father Nixon has translated these works, making them available for the first time in the English Langu...

Feb 01, 202239 minSeason 3Ep. 66

A Cardiologist examines Jesus - Dr. Franco Serafini

Today, we are taking a look at a fascinating book written by Italian Cardiologist Dr. Franco Serafini a catholic who became interesting in the growing numbers of Eucharistic Miracles in the world where the principle claim was that Catholic Hosts around the world were miraculously being converted into hear tissue.

Jan 15, 202231 minSeason 3Ep. 65

The World of Marian Apparitions - Michael J. Lichens

Whether you have heard about the Blessed Virgin Mary, thought about Her, prayed to Her or admired Her, this book documents many of the Apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary, through the centuries around the world.

Dec 15, 202146 minSeason 3Ep. 64

Grace Explained - Fr. Brian Mullady

Fr. Brian Mullady, O.P. - Grace Explained Author of the book Grace Explained, Fr. Brian Mullady, O.P., received his doctorate in Sacred Theology from the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (the Angelicum), where he taught for several years. Currently a professor at Holy Apostles Seminary in Connecticut, Fr. Mullady has had several popular series on EWTN. PURCHASE THE BOOK HERE Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SophiaInstitutePress/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/SophiaPress...

Dec 01, 202137 minSeason 3Ep. 63

The Catholic Guide to Miracles - Author ADAM BLAI

Adam Blai, a layman, is a peritus (Church-decreed expert) in religious demonology and exorcism for the Diocese of Pittsburgh. He has also served as an expert in these areas in training priests, deacons, and laity in many other dioceses. He is an auxiliary member of the International Association of Exorcists, a Vatican-recognized Private Association of the Christian Faithful based in Rome. Over fifteen years of working and training in the exorcism ministry, he has witnessed or experienced a numbe...

Jul 28, 202140 minSeason 3Ep. 63

The Holy Rosary In Latin

Today on the Focusing Way we enter into Prayer. This episode is dedicated to the Holy Rosary. Catholic, you say? What does it have to do with Focusing? Prayer is a cornerstone to any spiritual practice. Define it as you want to, here I am providing a full Catholic Rosary recited in Latin. Why Latin, well there is some science around that you might be interested in.

Mar 22, 202125 minSeason 3Ep. 61

Wounds and Gifts - Jeffrey Morrison

Founder and Executive Director, Seattle Focusing Institute, Jefferey Morrison A Focusing-Oriented Psychotherapist and Focusing Coordinator, Jeffrey Morrison practices on Vashon Island, in Washington state and via Zoom. He specializes in working with complex trauma and teaching Focusing-Oriented Therapy to therapists and other healing professionals. His Training Program, blends Focusing, mythology, mindfulness and other embodied practices for unwinding trauma and restoring wholeness. His new orga...

Feb 11, 202154 minSeason 3Ep. 60

Educating Special Needs Children - Gianna Colizza

Meet special needs education and behavior consultant, Gianna Colizza. She has worked extensively with children and their families, is an active participant in government panels, and is an advocate for parents. Gianna has traveled Europe, learning about best practices in special education and led the establishment and operation of a private special education school in London UK. She has also worked closely on projects with the renowned Simon Baron Cohen and has been interviewed by and mentioned i...

Jan 04, 202151 minSeason 3Ep. 59

Creating Empowered Leaders and Teams - Ellen Robinson

Ellen works with forward-thinking leaders who want to bring their best selves to work and life. Her focus is on creating workplace programs that get results by improving productivity, trust, teamwork, communication effectiveness, and productive conflict. For 33 years she has worked with small business owners, Fortune 500 companies, non-profit organizations, governmental agencies, and utility companies. Ellen holds a marketing degree from The University of Texas at Austin. https://teamperformance...

Dec 16, 202042 minSeason 2Ep. 58

Beyond Lovelyville- Dr. Lin Morel

Today on the focusing way podcast, best selling author, Dr. Lin Morel talks about her most recent book about healing and getting to know oneself at the deepest level. The Title, Beyond Lovelyvillle, A parable of self awareness and rising above trauma. Dr. Morel creates a magical world of animal characters, each representing a healed part of herself, taking the reader on a magical journey of the familiar and unfamiliar. Dr. Lin Morel is a pioneer in connecting the dots between our spiritual natur...

Dec 08, 202054 minSeason 1Ep. 57

Mindfulness - Karen Liebenguth

MINDFULNESS – KAREN LIEBENGUTH Karen Liebenguth is an experienced life coach, certified Focusing practitioner, an accredited mindfulness teacher and a certified Myers Briggs Type Indicator facilitator. She works with private and corporate individuals and groups to foster personal growth and sustainable change. She set up Green Space Coaching in 2008 ( www.greenspacecoaching.com ) to offer coaching while walking in London’s parks and green space tapping into the benefits nature has on our psychol...

Nov 26, 202039 minSeason 1Ep. 56
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