The Christmas Workout That Didn't Work Out: Storytellers #3
01 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
People have different ways of approaching the holidays and holy days.Even people who are sacramental...
Ep87 Sane Celebrations & Holidays
24 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"So whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do everything for the glory of God."~ 1 ...
From Occult Practices to Catholic Priesthood: Storytellers #2
17 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What a difference a year can make.You'll be wowed by Fr. Nathan LaLiberte's story of conve...
Ep86 Gratitude Changes You
10 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In all circumstances give thanks, for this is the will of God for you in Christ Jesus.~ 1 Thessaloni...
Why This University President Stopped Using Email: Storytellers #1
03 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"Monsignor James Shea stopped using email in 2013."What?!In this inaugural Storytellers ep...
Ep85 Creating Integrated Catholic Culture w/ Msgr. James Shea
27 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"The Christian faith does not destroy culture, but purifies and uplifts it. It takes away nothi...
Ep84 Holy Sex, part 3: Expectations, Desires & NFP w/ Renzo & Monica Ortega
13 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"Each family finds within itself a summons that cannot be ignored, and that specifies both its ...
Ep83 Holy Sex, part 2: Arousal & Openness
29 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"Love should be seen as something which in a sense never ‘is’ but is always only ‘becomin...
Ep82 Holy Sex part 1: The Great News About Sex
15 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"I belong to my lover, and my lover belongs to me; he feeds among the lilies."~ Song of So...
Ep81 Take Back Control Of Your Life
01 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"For freedom Christ set us free; so stand firm and do not submit again to the yoke of slavery.&...
Ep80 The 4 C's of Healthy Conflict
18 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"A mild answer turns back wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger."~ Proverbs 15:1Is it pos...
Ep79 How Fathers Can Find Peace w/ Devin Schadt
04 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
“For you did not receive a spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you received a spirit of ...
Ep78 Dating Well Before - And After - the Wedding w/ Dr. Mario Sacasa
21 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"Love should be seen as something which in a sense never ‘is’ but is always only ‘becomin...
Ep77 Living Pro-Life Every Day
07 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
“This is how all will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”~ John 1...
Ep76 Top Ten Parenting Hacks
23 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
“See, I am sending you out like sheep into the midst of wolves; so be wise as serpents and innocen...
Ep75 Youth Sports: Inspiring or Insane? w/ Matt Birk
09 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"Do you not know that the runners in the stadium all run in the race, but only one wins the pri...
Ep74 Stuck in the Middle: Triangulation (Relationship Roundtable)
26 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
“If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault between you and him alone."~ Mat...
Ep73 Don't Be An Antithesis
12 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jesus said to him, “What if I want him to remain until I come? What concern is it of yours? You fo...
Ep72 Benefit of the Doubt: Positive Sentiment Override
28 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things."~ 1 Cor...
Ep71 Suffering with Sanity & Sanctity
14 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"...we also boast in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance p...
Ep70 Men's Relational Health: Relationship Roundtable
31 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
“Man becomes an image of God not so much in the moment of solitude as in the moment of communion.”...
Ep69 Active Listening w/ Addy Diaz
17 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"True listeners no longer have an inner need to make their presence known. They are free to rec...
Ep68 A Future With Hope w/ Bishop James Conley
03 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"What we can be always sure of - no matter what is happening in our lives - is that we are not ...
Ep67 Gender Identity & Gender Dysphoria w/ Dr. Julia Sadusky
17 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"Love without truth devolves into sentimentality. Truth without love becomes cold and calculate...
Ep66 The Five Love Langauges
03 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"Above all, let your love for one another be intense, because love covers a multitude of sins.&...
Ep65 Grief & Glory Through Infertility
20 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"If in spite of everything God does not give them children, they should not regard themselves a...
Ep64 Parenting Under Control, Not Controlling w/ Rachel Balducci
06 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
“It is easy to love the people far away. It is not always easy to love those close to us. Bring lo...
Ep63 Facing the Big Questions w/ Alex Wallace, LPCC
23 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“All of humanity’s problems stem from man’s inability to sit quietly in a room alone.”~ Blai...
Ep62 Training Kids (and Ourselves) for Technology
09 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
"The Christian community is called to help them [parents] in teaching children how to live in a...
Ep61 Holy Living in Secular Settings w/ Isaac Wicker
25 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
"As you sent me into the world, so I sent them into the world.”~ John 17:18How do I share the...
Ep60 How To Create A Habit
11 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“Have patience with all things, but chiefly have patience with yourself. Do not lose courage in co...
Ep59 The Temperament God Gave You w/ Art & Laraine Bennett
28 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
"But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me has not been in vain."~ 1...
Ep58 What's Your Story? w/ Fr. Angelus Montgomery, CFR
14 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“Return home and recount what God has done for you.”~ Luke 8:39Where has the Lord been most clea...
Ep57 Faith & Flourishing in the LGBT+ Experience w/ Shannon Ochoa
30 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“Come see a man who told me everything I have done. Could he possibly be the Messiah?”~ John 4:2...
Ep56 Therapy, Spiritual Direction or Confession? w/ Fr. Nathan LaLiberte
16 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
"But woe to the solitary person! If that one should fall, there is no other to help."~ Ecc...
Ep55 Addiction & Recovery w/ Scott Weeman
02 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
"So if the Son makes you free, you will be free indeed."~ John 8:36Is there hope for peopl...
Ep54 Thriving Through Transition
18 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
"There is an appointed time for everything, and a time for every affair under the heavens."...
Ep53 How Women Heal from Sexual Sin w/ Rachael Killackey
04 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
"There is a God close to us who calls us by name and says: 'Rise, cease your tears, becaus...
Ep52 Surviving Family Trips
21 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
"In your journey as a family, you share so many beautiful moments: meals, rest, housework, leis...
Ep51 Holy Friendship w/ Fr. Luke Marquard
07 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
"I no longer call you slaves, because a slave does not know what his master is doing. I have ca...
Ep50 Senses & Regulation: Occupational Therapy w/ Caitlin Russ
23 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
"It is not the soul alone that should be healthy; if the mind is healthy in a healthy body, all...
Ep49 Getting Sunday Right w/ Dr. Michael Naughton
09 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
"Through Sunday rest, daily concerns and tasks can find their proper perspective: the material ...
Ep48 Sanity & Sanctity with St. Thérèse: Book Study Part 2
26 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“It is the love of God dwelling in our actions that makes us whole. It is love that keeps us sane....
Ep47 Sanity & Sanctity with St. Thérèse: Book Study Part 1
12 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“Her ‘little way’ was her means of holiness, and it was also what kept her sane.”~ Fr. Marc ...
Ep46 The Love That Keeps Us Sane w/ Fr. Marc Foley
28 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
"Holiness consists simply in doing God's will, and being just what God wants us to be.&quo...
Ep45 Postpartum Mood Disorders w/ Dr. Lyndsey Day
14 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“The loveliest masterpiece of the heart of God is the heart of a mother.”~ St. Thérèse of Lisi...
Ep44 Dealing with Difficult People
31 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
"This is how all will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another."~ ...
Ep43 From Conflict to Connection: Process Over Content
17 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
"Pure love is capable of great deeds, and it is not broken by difficulty or adversity."~ S...
Ep42 Your Body is a Gift: Body Image & Eating Disorders w/ Megan Lawrence, LAMFT
03 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
"Do you not know that your body is a temple of the holy Spirit within you, whom you have from G...
Ep41 Shame vs. Guilt
18 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
"...and hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts thr...
Ep40 Crushing Criticism
04 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
"My friends, if anyone is detected in a transgression, you who have received the Spirit should ...
Ep39 OCD & Scrupulosity w/ Dr. Katherine Posch
21 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
"Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom."~ 2 Co...
Ep38 Family Meetings: A Game Changer
07 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
"And whatever you do, in word or in deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving t...
Ep37 Forgiveness: Living In Freedom
24 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
"Bear with one another and, if anyone has a complaint against another, forgive each other; just...
Ep36 Radical Acceptance
10 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
"But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me has not been ineffective."~ 1...
Ep35 Unified: Overcoming Pornography Together
26 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
"It is necessary that the heroic becomes daily and that the daily becomes heroic."~ Saint ...
Ep34 Perspectives on Pornography: His & Hers
12 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
"Create in me a clean heart, O God..."~ Psalm 51:12How can something that affects all of u...
Ep33 I'm Not In Control: Superstition
29 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
"To attribute the efficacy of prayers or of sacramental signs to their mere external performanc...
Ep32 In The World, not of the World: the Sacred & the Secular
15 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
"I do not ask that you take them out of the world but that you keep them from the evil one. ......
Ep31 Let Them Struggle: Enabling & Overfunctioning
01 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
"We should strive to keep our hearts open to the sufferings and wretchedness of other people, a...
Ep30 Conquering Contempt
17 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
"All bitterness, fury, anger, shouting, and reviling must be removed from you, along with all m...
Ep29 The Parts of Me in Harmony: Internal Family Systems with Louisa Hall
03 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
"As a body is one though it has many parts, and all the parts of the body, though many, are one...
Ep28 Choosing Greatness Over Comfort with Isaac Schmidt
20 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
"The world offers you comfort, but you were not made for comfort. You were made for greatness.&...
Ep27 10 Tips for Parenting Toddlers (and other kids of any age)
06 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
“Soon we’ll have the intimate happiness of the family, and it’s this beauty that brings us clo...
Ep26 What Do I Do With My Anger? w/ Fr. Nathan LaLiberte
23 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
"Be angry but do not sin; do not let the sun set on your anger, and do not leave room for the d...
Ep25 Moving in the Right Direction, Together w/ Andy Norton
09 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
“Man cannot fully find himself except through a sincere gift of himself.”~ St. John Paul IIIt so...
Ep24 Men & Mental Health: Do I Have What It Takes?
25 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
"There is a great man who makes every man feel small. But the real great man is the man who mak...
Ep23 Staying Grounded in the Chaos
11 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
"I am the vine, you are the branches. Whoever remains in me and I in him will bear much fruit, ...
Ep22 Is Self-Care "Christian"?
28 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
He got up, ate, and drank; then strengthened by that food, he walked forty days and forty nights to ...
Ep21 Do I Need Therapy? with Vonda Tiede, LMFT
14 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
"His divine power has given us everything needed for life and godliness, through the knowledge ...
Ep20 The Resilience & Healing of our Brains with Sofia Carozza
30 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
"Therefore, we are not discouraged; rather, although our outer self is wasting away, our inner ...
Ep19 Sanity in the Sacred Triduum & Easter
16 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This saying is trustworthy: If we have died with him we shall also live with him;if we persevere we ...
Ep18 Tearing Down Walls & Building A Connected Marriage
02 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
"...but speaking the truth in love, we must grow up in every way into him who is the head, into...
Ep17 Living With A Broken Heart: Others' Free Will
19 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
"For He bore witness to the truth, but He refused to impose the truth by force on those who spo...
Ep16 Free Will & the Self
05 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
"For God has willed that man remain 'under the control of his own decisions,' so that...
Ep15 Adoption, Fostering, & Connections That Heal (with Ryan O'Hara)
19 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
"For you did not receive a spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you received a spirit ...
Ep14 Defeating Defensiveness
05 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Those who conceal their sins do not prosper, but those who confess and forsake them obtain mercy.~ P...
Ep13 Grief: My Forever Frenemy
22 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
"Blessed are they who mourn, for they will be comforted."~ Matthew 5:4Everyone has had exp...
Ep12 Fully Alive with Paul J. Kim
08 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
"Life in man is the glory of God; the life of man is the vision of God. If the revelation of Go...
Bonus Episode: Merry Christmas!
25 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
"The perfect Teacher of children became himself a child among children, that he might give wis...
Ep11 Embracing Your Emotions
25 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In the Christian life, the Holy Spirit himself accomplishes his work by mobilizing the whole being, ...
Ep10 Coaching Children Who Argue
11 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Do nothing from rivalry or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. L...
Ep9 The Ache We All Know (w/ Ashley Cermak)
27 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
"If I find in myself a desire which no experience in this world can satisfy, the most probable ...
Ep8 Mental Health in the Marvel Cinematic Universe
13 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
“Everyone fails at who they are supposed to be, Thor. The measure of a person, of a hero, is how w...
Ep7 Managing Family Relationships
30 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
"As they grow up, children should continue to respect their parents. They should anticipate the...
Ep6 Date Nights
16 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
"Love should be seen as something which in a sense never ‘is’ but is always only ‘becomin...
Ep5 Receiving Your Values
02 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
"For where your treasure is, there also will your heart be." ~ Matthew 6:21We give our tim...
Ep4 Living Up To Your Dignity
18 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
“Freedom is not getting to do what you want, but being able to do as you ought.” - St. John Paul...
Ep3 The Verdict is In: YOU ARE GOOD.
04 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
My friend, you. are. good.We’ll say it again in case you don’t believe us: you are good.Our intr...
Ep2 Meet Me at the Fencepost: Balancing Boundaries
03 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Mental health isn’t limited to what goes on inside our minds; our mental health is deeply affected...
Ep1 Seeking Sanity & Sanctity
03 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This Whole Life is about being fully alive! It’s about pursuing an authentic, integrated life and ...
This Whole Life: Trailer!
11 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This Whole Life debuts on September 4th!How does our mental health relate to our faith? How can we b...