Episode 56: Writing Your Story with God, w/ Dr. Gerard McNicholas

Being Human

Discussed in this episode:

• The responsibility of mental health clinicians to talk about God;
• Being co-authors of our story with God;
• The meaning, beauty and redemption that can come from suffering;
• Viktor Frankl, Man’s Search for Meaning, and Logotherapy;
• Frankl’s three core values on the pathway to meaning;
• Parallels between Viktor Frankl and Pope St. John Paul II;
• The necessity of spirituality to human flourishing

Resources mentioned or relevant:

• Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl
• The Doctor and the Soul: From Psychotherapy to Logotherapy by Viktor Frankl
• Article: Viktor Frankl at Ninety: An Interview
• Hear the first episode in our podcast series on relationships: Episode 55: Talking to Yourself w/ Dr. Emily Dowdell;
• Learn more about IDDM (or Mentorship), Dr. Greg’s new model of mental health treatment;
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