This podcast begins where we left off last week, in talking about the 3 C's as it pertains to mental health.  The episode continues with a review of previous areas that can impact these 3 C's, but then dives into a couple of famous quotes regarding restlessness that suggest there is even more to providing for good mental health beyond what has been noted.  A review of science as it pertains to what science has to say about psychological health and faith ensues, and the podcast ends with the ultimate message that all seems to be saying.

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43: The Psychological Nature of Our Relationship with God

As we continue our focus on the psychological dimension, we begin a series on the 5 keys for turning distress into joy.  This episode focuses on the first 2 keys, which although long since honored by our Christian faith, have often lacked clear techniques and ideas to increase effectiveness.  In going deeper into the science and stories behind these 2 keys, the podcast ultimately works to provide a model and inspiration for greater joy.

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44: Turning Distress into Joy - Part 1

The episode continues the focus on the keys to turning distress into joy as God designs.  Discussion ensues about parts 3-5, with two inspirational stories setting the stage for these mechanisms, or movements, in our lives.  Practical keys are shared for each mechanism in order to maximize effectiveness on a daily basis, and a final conclusion is offered about the remarkable way in which spiritual commands given can be the key to psychological peace and joy.

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45: Turning Distress into Joy - Part 2

As the podcast continues the focus on the psychological dimension, two key questions are posed.  One, is life meaningful to many or just a few?  Two, why are so few people flourishing as it would seem God intends?  The podcast looks in greater depth at these questions, and how this relates to our lives and the life of Jesus

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46: Jesus and His Distress

Episode #47 continues the focus on the psychological dimension with a closer look at the world of feelings and emotions.  The podcast describes the difference between lower-order vs. higher-order emotions and what science has to say about both.  The podcast continues with laying out both intellectual and practical keys to using the different types of emotions as they are intended, and wraps up with one overarching consideration.

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47: What Our Emotions Are Trying to Tell Us

This episode wraps up the focus on the psychological dimension with a closer look at the reality and opportunity of feelings in our lives.  Specific focus is placed on 3 key processes for making sure that emotional reasoning does not prevent us from utilizing our emotions in a godly way.  The link between the pursuit of love and our emotional state is explored further and a final reflection on maybe the most emotionally-vulnerable moment of Jesus' lives wraps up this series.

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48: Feeling As God Intends

One of the most common questions we as human beings ask is the "why" question.  Why did this happen?  Why must it be this way?  This podcast takes a deeper look at the spiritual and psychological realities of this question, and just how it pertains to our ability to be resilient in this challenging world.  Science has discovered that three general groups of individuals emerge when dealing with tragic events, and the podcast ends with one supreme example of how we can confront any challenge that may occur.

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49: Why Oh Why?

The episode begins with what it means to pursue happiness in our world.  Three routes from psychological research are proposed as it relates to our daily lives.  From there, the podcast connects with another universal pursuit, which is the striving towards virtue.  Regardless of culture or creed, six universal virtues exist, with them 24 character strengths - the podcast dives deeper into this discussion, with one final question posed throughout our interconnected world.

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50: Just What Happiness Are We Seeking?

This penultimate episode begins where we left off last time, with a consideration of what Jesus can provide beyond our search for happiness and virtue in this world.  Further consideration of just what Jesus's humanness means in pragmatic terms is discussed, and how this relates to the entire focus of the podcast.  The podcast ends with a consideration of how all of this relates to how Jesus provides for us what God cannot.

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51: How Jesus Provides for Us What God Cannot

In the final episode of Living a Whole Christian Life, we begin with a story never told framed on a sacred, snowy landscape near my home.  The podcast then comes back to the core principles by which the treatise of living a whole Christian life began, and then describes just how recent scientific insights about living a meaningful life sound a lot like our Christian faith.  The podcast ends with a beautiful analogy provided during a recent retreat regarding just how we can give and receive a whole Christian life, and a bible verse that beckons us to carry this on.

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52: Take, Bless, Break, Give — Final Episode

For over 2,000 years, billions of people have pursued the Christian life, or even considered what it might hold for them.  Yet even today, it is easy to find our faith compartmentalized into a few hours of our week, leaving us to wonder just how much our faith applies to what we do every day.  This begs the question, "Are we really living the WHOLE Christian life?  As a spouse, father, psychologist, and just fellow human being, this podcast goes in search of what it means to live out Christianity in all aspects of our lives.  In connecting faith practices, secular research, and personal experiences, with the physical, psychological, social and spiritual dimensions, the goal is to uncover the joy and meaning that comes with the extraordinary realities buried in the "mundane" aspects of our everyday lives.

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52: Take, Bless, Break, Give — Final Episode

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