episodes

Episode 83: Emotions (Part 1) Movements of the Heart
Bob and Jake introduce a new series on emotions. Bob shares some personal exciting news to kick off the conversation & then he and Jake discuss what emotions are, where they come from & how we regulate them.

Episode 82: Questions & Answers
Jake and Bob answer questions submitted from the audience. They take time to diligently answer questions about spirituality & healing that Jake and Bob are able to answer based on experiences within their extensive careers in psychology. The questions range from what type of media we should be consuming, dealing with intrusive thoughts, working through vows & finding a spiritual director.

Episode 81: The Three Essential Relationships (Part 4: others)
This is the final installment in our series on "Healing Our Primary Relationships." Jake & Bob close this series by discussing how we can love others better. They open up about areas of struggle that can arise in relationships and the various avenues available for coming towards solutions with your spouse, friends & coworkers. Jake and Bob also pull important lessons from the teachings and lives of prominent Catholic role models like St. Mother Teresa and Pope St. John Paul II.

Episode 80: The Three Essential Relationships (Part 3: Myself) Reflections & Comments on Episode 79
Jake and Bob break open the conversation they had in the previous episode with Dr. Peter Malinoski and dive deeper into the key points from that episode. This leads to a discussion where Jake and Bob talk about their own struggles with feelings of rejection and how to process that. The guys also talk about forgiving and loving our past selves, dealing with anxiety & the dangers of self-reliance.

Episode 79: The Three Essential Relationships (Part 2: Myself) with Dr. Peter Malinowski
Jake and Bob bring on fellow podcast host & Catholic psychology leader, Dr. Peter Malinoski. Dr. Malinoski is a clinical psychologist and the president and co-founder of Souls and Hearts. In this episode, Dr. Malinoski talks about the different “parts” of ourselves and the process of getting those parts into a more perfect unity. This process will help us to live the Greatest Commandment more fully because when we love ourselves, we can love our neighbor more fully.

Episode 78: The Three Essential Relationships (Part 1: God)
Following up on their series about healing and deliverance, Jake & Bob move into a conversation about healing our primary relationships with God, ourselves and with others. This stems from a recent talk that Bob gave with the assistance of his new book “Do You Want to be Healed.” Bob shares his own story of healing and how some key stories in the Gospels aided in his journey.

Episode 77: Spiritual Discernment & Deliverance (Part 5) Wrap-up
In this episode, Bob and Jake reflect on all of the great conversations that have happened with their guests through the course of the season. They share their favorite insights that they gleaned from their guests and share their own final thoughts on discernment & deliverance.

Episode 76: Spiritual Discernment & Deliverance (Part 4) with Fr. Boniface Hicks
In this episode, Jake and Bob sit down with Fr. Boniface Hicks, the director of The Institute for Ministry Formation at St Vincent Seminary in Latrobe, Pennsylvania. They discuss the role that spirituality plays in the healing of trauma and the numerous ways that opportunities for healing reveal themselves. There are several instances in this episode in which the hosts discuss the ways that Father Boniface's advice has led to healing within their own lives.

Episode 75: Spiritual Discernment & Deliverance (Part 3) with Neal & Matt Lozano
Jake & Bob are joined by their friends from Unbound Ministry, Neal and Matt Lozano. The conversation takes us through the journey of lifelong faith and how to spot the tactics used by the enemy in attempts to shake our foundations set in Christ. Neal and Matt share experiences from their relationships with Christ and their interpersonal relationships. They also share their system called the 5 Keys to Freedom, that helps to re-aim our sights back to the Father in times of trauma which leads to deeper healing.

Episode 74: Spiritual Discernment & Deliverance (Part 2) with Fr. Justin Brady
Jake & Bob are joined by Fr. Justin Brady who leads the Office of Healing, Deliverance and Exorcism in the Diocese of Boise and has a long history of connection to our hosts. Fr. Justin shares insights from his work in deliverance ministry on how we can be brought back into right relationship with God, ourselves and our neighbors.

Episode 73: Spiritual Discernment & Deliverance (Part 1) with Fr. Timothy Gallagher
Jake & Bob are joined by Fr. Timothy Gallagher for a discussion on how discernment and healing go hand in hand. Fr. Tim is the author of the incredible book “The Discernment of Spirits” that teaches us how to utilize St. Ignatius’ rules of discernment. He shares the process of discernment while Jake & Bob combine his knowledge with their expertise on healing.

Episode 72: Hope and Hopelessness (Part 2)
Jake and Bob continue their series on working through our hopelessness to find hope.. When we feel hopeless, we often avoid God because we feel shame, guilt or unloved. Our hosts walk us through how to find hope again through an Encounter with the God who loves us.

Episode 71: Hope and Hopelessness (Part 1)
The season of Advent is a time of hope and waiting: preparing for the birth of Christ and welcoming Him into our hearts in a new way. But a season focused on hope can often reveal the places in our hearts that are hopeless. Jake and Bob kick off a new series on how to move from hopelessness to hope.

Episode 70: Healing and the Holy Family with Sr. Miriam James
Jake and Dr. Bob welcome Sr. Miriam James Heidland onto the podcast to talk about her new Advent devotional, “Behold” which touches on difficult family dynamics through relationship with the Holy Family.

Episode 69: Forgiveness (Part 2)
In this incredibly practical and reflective episode, Jake and Bob walk listeners through a thirteen step process of forgiveness, offering guiding insights along the way.

Episode 68: Forgiveness (Part 1)
Building off the previous series on right judgment, mercy and healing, Jake and Dr. Bob begin a two-part series on forgiveness, diving into the etymology of the word, addressing our misinterpretations, and challenging us to look at how Jesus models forgiveness.

Episode 67: Judgement, Mercy & Healing (Part 2) - Mercy
Jake and Bob talk about how mercy flows from right judgement.

Episode 66: Judgement, Mercy & Healing (Part 1) - Right Judgement
In Jake and Bob begin a new series and focus on Right Judgement in the intro episode.

Episode 65: Same-Sex Attraction (Part 6) Summary
In Jake and Bob take time to debrief the series on Same Sex Attraction and address feedback from listeners.

Episode 64: Same-Sex Attraction (Part 5) with Christopher Dowling
In this extended episode, Jake and Bob sit down with Christopher Dowling for a deeply nuanced conversation that seeks to answer the question, ‘how we can love one another while fundamentally disagreeing on how to approach same-sex relationships?’