The Interior Integration for Catholics Podcast
The mission of the Interior Integration for Catholics podcast is the formation of your heart in love and for love, Together, we shore up the natural, human foundation for your spiritual formation as a Catholic. St. Thomas Aquinas asserts that without this inner unity, without this interior integration, without ordered self-love, you cannot enter loving union with God, your Blessed Mother, or your neighbor. Informed by Internal Family Systems approaches and grounded firmly in a Catholic understanding of the human person, this podcast brings you the best information, the illuminating stories, and the experiential exercises you need to become more whole in the natural realm. This restored human formation then frees you to better live out the three loves in the two Great Commandments – loving God, your neighbor, and yourself. Check out the Resilient Catholics Community which grew up around this podcast here.
Be with us live for the recording of Interior Integration for Catholics podcast episode 172 Your Questions about Catholicism and Parts Work Answered, on the evening of Tuesday, August 5, 2025 from 8:00 PM to 9:30 PM Eastern Time. We will start with a brief drop-in experiential exercise, and then take your questions and have a panel discussion on the Catholic foundation for parts work approaches to flourishing, covering primarily episodes 166-170 of the IIC podcast on how a Catholic understanding of IFS and parts and systems thinking was prefigured by Scripture, the Early Church Fathers, St. Augustine, St. Maximus, and St. Bonaventure. Registration is free but required.
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IIC 169: St. Maximus the Confessor and Catholic Parts Work
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Summary
Q: Did St. Maximus anticipate Internal Family Systems thinking by 13 centuries? A: In a word, Yes. Maximus, writing in the seventh century, described in detail the unity and distinctions within the human person, and how each of us is a mediator that connects the spiritual and natural realms, and microcosm that contains within us the entire cosmos. Mind-blowing ideas. He also believes that each of us is a macrocosm, being able to influence the whole world in ways that matter. Maximus was a sophisticated systems thinker. He believed we already have certain virtues within us that can and should be released to flower. And love was at the very center of his message. Join Dr. Gerry Crete, Dr. Christian Amalu, and Dr. Peter Malinoski as they explore Catholic parts work and St. Maximus to your imagination break free.
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Past Episodes
- IIC 168: Restless Hearts: St. Augustine and Catholic Parts Work
- IIC 167: Early Church Fathers and Catholic Parts Work
- IIC 166: Can IFS and Parts Work Be Catholic? Listening to Scripture
- IIC 165: Your Questions About IFS and Catholicism Answered
- IIC 164: What are Internal Systems in Catholic Parts Work?
- IIC 163: You Are One and Many: Unity, Multiplicity, and Internal Systems
- IIC 162: Your Body and Your Parts
- IIC 161: Integrity: That You Be One Inside
- IIC 160: Your Parts Have These Six Attachment Needs
- IIC 159: Who Are My Parts and Why Do They Battle Within Me?
- IIC 158: Who is Your Inmost Self?
- IIC 157: Overview of Internal Family Systems -- Catholic Style
- IIC 156: Attachment, Love, God, and Parts: Q&A with Dr. Peter Martin
- IIC 155: You Evangelizing You – “Internal Evangelization”
- IIC 154: Attachment and Learning How to Love with Dr. Peter Martin