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Writing your personal vision statement as a Catholic
August 12, 2024
Dear Souls and Hearts Member, “Fr. Emil,” the pastor of Our Lady of Perpetual Responsibility parish in Garrison Keillor’s fictional...
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Your vision, mission and values
July 22, 2024
Dear Souls and Hearts member, When I was six years old as a first grader in September 1975, Diana Ross...
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Discipline With Love
July 13, 2024
Dear Souls and Hearts Member, If you have serious difficulties with self-discipline, it’s going to be hard for you to...
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Discovering Love Languages
June 24, 2024
Dear Souls and Hearts Member, Chapter 7 of Gary Chapman and Ross Campbell’s 1997 book, The 5 Love Languages of...
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The Love Language of Service and Your Parts
June 10, 2024
Dear Souls and Hearts Member, On we go with the final love language that Gary Chapman and Ross Campbell describe...
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Love, Gifts, and Parts
May 27, 2024
Dear Souls and Hearts Members, Today, we continue with the fourth “love language” described in Gary Chapman and Ross Campbell’s...
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Quality Time and Your Parts
May 15, 2024
Dear Souls and Hearts Members, Today, we are continuing with our series that expands Gary Chapman and Ross Campbell 1997...
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Words of Affirmation and Parts
May 1, 2024
Dear Souls and Hearts Members, Bishop Oscar Romero highlighted the need for affirmation when he wrote: “I don’t want to...
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A Touch of Love
April 17, 2024
Dear Souls and Hearts Member, “To touch can be to give life,” said Michelangelo. And today, I bring you the...
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How Children Need Love from You
April 10, 2024
Dear Souls and Hearts Member, In July 1967, the Beatles released a single titled All You Need is Love, written...
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Healing Our Parts ... So We Can Love Better
April 3, 2024
Dear Souls and Hearts Members, Catholicism is all about love. That’s the core message of the Gospel, the Good News...
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A Guide to Your Personal Formation for Holy Week
March 27, 2024
Dear Souls and Hearts Member, Souls and Hearts is all about your personal formation, primarily your human formation and secondarily...
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Unintentional Bedfellows: The Marriage of IFS and Catholic Thought
March 20, 2024
Dear Souls and Hearts Member, I am so pleased and eager to bring you a guest weekly reflection by Michelle...
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State of Souls and Hearts
March 6, 2024
Dear Souls and Hearts Members, We almost never mention politics, current events, the “news,” etc., in these weekly reflections; it’s...
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Litanies of the Heart, Reviewed by Elizabeth Galanti
February 28, 2024
Dear Souls and Hearts member, Elizabeth Galanti, MA, MBA is both a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (licensed in NY and...
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Applied Review #3 Boundaries For Your Soul: Intense Emotions and Parts
February 21, 2024
Dear Souls and Hearts Member, Today I share with you the fourth and final installment of our review of Alison...
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Applied Review #2: Boundaries for Your Soul
February 14, 2024
Dear Souls and Hearts Member, We are continuing our in-depth review of the 2018 book Boundaries for Your Soul by...
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A Dissertation on IFS and Catholicism
February 2, 2024
Dear Souls and Hearts Member, I had not intended to send out an email this week; but something happened –...
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Applied Review #1: Boundaries For Your Soul
January 24, 2024
Dear Souls and Hearts member, I am very excited to offer you my review of the 2018 book Boundaries for...
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Boundaries For Your Soul: Understood through a Catholic Anthropological Lens
January 17, 2024
Dear Souls and Hearts Members, As we continue our series of reviews of Christian IFS works, I am so pleased...
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Book Review: Part 3 -- A Catholic Review of Altogether You by Jenna Riemersma
January 10, 2024
A Catholic Review of Altogether You (Part 3: Clinical / User Review) by Dr. Peter Martin This is the third...
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Book Review: Part 2 -- A Catholic Review of Altogether You by Jenna Riemersma
January 3, 2024
Dear Souls and Hearts Member, Happy New Year to you! In 2024, I am happy to share that we are...
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Book Review: Part 1 -- A Catholic Review of Altogether You by Jenna Riemersma
December 27, 2023
Dear Souls and Hearts Member, Merry Christmas to you and to your loved ones. I hope this season is one...
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Book Review: Restoring Relationship
December 20, 2023
Dear Souls and Hearts Member, I am very excited to continue our series of books reviews on books informed both...
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