Catholic Psychologist’s Take on Inner Healing & Forgiveness w/ Dr. Matthew Breuninger

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0:00 -- Dr. Matthew Breuninger's conversion story
7:24 - The vital connection between the spiritual life and mental health
8:03 - How we can be blind to healing we need
9:25 - The crucial role of community and relationship in our lives to effect transformation
13:42 - The crisis of friendship among men
14:38 -- How self-reliance cuts us off from deep relationships with others and from the grace of God
18:08 - The illusion of control
19:28 - St. Paul as the antidote to the avoidance of feeling the pain of suffering
21:31 - The line between embracing suffering and working on healing
22:08 - The difference between primary wounds and secondary wounds
26:13 - A systematic way to approach forgiveness and the amending of harms
32:10 -- What is redemptive healing?
36:29 - The role of the Church in this kind of healing
41:52 -- How God can break the cycle of family wounds
45:36 - Why we’re only as sick as our secrets
52:01 - Why there's no healing without a relationship with the Lord
53:02 - Inspiration from Alcoholics Anonymous
55:00 - How fatherhood helps men understand the love of God for us
58:37 - Dr. Breuninger's new program 'Known: Embraced by the Heart of the Father' (Visit www.knownbythefather.com)
We all need healing...every last one of us.
And the latest Art of Catholic Podcast episode explores a bit of a different, but powerful angle on the topic that can make all the difference when it comes to healing deep emotional wounds and finding true freedom.
Most Catholics are at least somewhat familiar with the idea of redemptive suffering.
It's what your mom was referring to every time you stubbed your toe as a kid and she'd tell you to "offer it up."
Redemptive suffering takes place when we unite our own trials to Christ's through a simple act of the will and obtain graces for ourselves and others.
But have you ever heard of redemptive healing?
In my conversation with Catholic psychologist and Franciscan University of Steubenville professor Dr. Matthew Breuninger, we discuss what redemptive healing is and why approaching inner healing through a trusting relationship with God is the only way to make real progress.
We also hit topics like:
-The powerful role of forgiveness in healing
-How suffering mistakenly becomes normalized
-Why living for security robs us of freedom
-The difference between pain and suffering
-How we can experience freedom in Christ and still carry wounds.
So if you or anyone you know has struggled to heal from interior wounds, this is an episode you don't want to miss.

[@TheYoungProdigal]

I heard it said recently that not only do "hurt people hurt people," but "healed people heal people." Thank you for reaffirming this.

[@DyzeDyze]

Amen! I just went to a Life Giving Wound Retreat for adult children of divorced parents. Oh boy, what a blessing and profound healing experience. I thought I had already dealt with the pain of my broken family and boy how wrong was I! Thanks be to God. He let me look at my wounds honestly and share the hurt with people who have the same experience so our shared pain was acknowledged and honored. I mourned my loss of parents love. Jesus was there for me during my journey. Because of all the hurts that are not healed, I committed sins, horrible sins. But thank God he gives us the sacrament of confession and eucharistic adoration. I was able to have my sins forgiven and receive his love and mercy abundantly. I was becoming a child again who made a mess then ran to my Father, He told me it was alright and held me tight. He was there along. Oh, man. I wish everyone would have the grace to experience divine healing!

[@mistyviolet3825]

Thank you ❤so much! When is he returning to your podcast Mr Leonard??! This was so profound and efficacious to many it seems….. I know it was for me!😊🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@janetmariemccoll4098]

Thank you for your powerful sharing. Can’t wait till you come back. Need to hear more.❤️🙏

[@paulag8575]

This is so good, very much profound healing! Matt God bless you as you help to heal so many others; who may not even be aware of their need for a loving Father like God is to us. ❤❤❤

[@GodisGood-pk9fl]

God bless the both of for this powerful message. May we all be permeable to the grace of God

[@chamoan3]

That makes sense… we sometimes react to our kids because of our own fears.

[@Nicole-uq2ul]

Yes, but seriously, why do they throw their dirty socks in the corner? 😳🙏

[@julieevery7468]

An excellent program, thanks to both of you for this information. Blessings

[@catherinefrederickson2348]

Beautiful testimony of living life in the Sunlight of the Spirit at last! Thank you both.

[@annewalsh-gg7jo]

Joining from the UK

[@DavidRiveraArchDen]

Please pray for me and my family. We are legally divorced. We were married in the church a year after going to WYD 2002 in Toronto. The lies of the world and the devil have rooted deeply into my wife’s heart.

[@eugene54547]

Bet she thinks the same about you!

[@NihouNi]

Praying for your family, that the love of God is felt, sanctifying and reuniting.

[@lb10445]

I don't know what to do sometimes having spent my entire life alone. Autism and an abusive home gave me very poor tools for developing community I reckon. And now I've reached an age where it feels like the world cares a little bit less about me than it seems it used to, and I guess that only gets worse as the years go on. What to do, what to do. Just continue to attempt to harness the despair I suppose.

[@AngelBien]

You mist find community! You’re worth all the love and care in the world!

[@DavidRiveraArchDen]

God loves you as you are. Find a Neocatecumenal Way community. Move cities if you have to. God has a plan for your life and a place for you in His Church.

[@NihouNi]

I know how difficult it can be for some autistic people to build meaningful and lasting relationships. Have you joined any groups for autistic folk? Finding a counsellor who is well versed in autism could also really help.,,though I know this is expensive. Praying you find the community you need.

[@smc4jmj1]

Wow a very powerful conversation indeed. Would love to see you do more with Dr. Matthew. We all have so much hurt in us. Even though we are faithful people we all have hurts and need healing. Thank for all that you do Matthew. God bless you! 🙏🏼

[@mistyviolet3825]

YESSSSSSS…..😢😢😢😢💔💔💔

[@larios0709]

Excellent! Can't wait to buy the book, it's in my cart 😃

[@richardkasper5822]

Forgiveness of all others is the key 💙🙏🏻💙🙏🏾💙 pray that God will bring all of your former "foes " to your mind and pray for them it sounds much harder than it is.

[@joanpinto3642]

Thanks you

[@marthaaroh-onuoha8496]

This is eye opening and highly recommended.

[@user-gl9jd3ih8h]

You are an excellent interviewer Matthew! You ask insightful questions. Superb listening skills and you did your homework. I felt (unfortunately) that Dr Matthew was a bit cagey and vague when talking about the earlier phase of his life and what led him on a path of genuine self discovery and God centred healing. Thank you.

[@AngelBien]

Maybe he didn’t want to revisit that time of his life, so as not to glorify it

[@stpatrick614]

Or maybe it was AA where in the traditions it mentions that AA is not to advertised but it's a program of attraction because all he is talking about is 12 step program.

[@user-gl9jd3ih8h]

@@AngelBien with respect, just because a person talks about their previous mistakes, poor judgement, sinful life, doesn't mean the person is glorifying it. I'd say it's about being "real" and not trying to white wash it or pop wallpaper over it. We ALL have baggage!

[@eugene54547]

My desire to believe is completely compromised by knowing a babies head was burned off its body in the fire at the Rafah camp. I have to forget about such horrors in order to believe that Jesus is there for me as an individual. Why would he be there for me and not that innocent little baby and possibly her poor mother was probably set on fire too??? And so close to Jerusalem…….the sacred city??? Unspeakably awful.

[@christinesmith1499]

I yelled at my kid because that's how my parents raised me?

[@Nicole-uq2ul]

I'm sorry for you. Just apologize if you haven't already. One "I'm sorry " goes a long way. My mom just randomly said that she was sorry for being mean in general. I said thank you, then apologize for being a jerk sometimes. In about 2 minutes, years of pain melted away. I realize that it doesn't always happen that quickly, but I say 3 rosaries a day and she had begun going to daily mass months earlier. God was priming us for that moment individually. God is so amazing! I'll pray for you 🙏

[@mistyviolet3825]

@@Nicole-uq2ul😊😊😊WOW❤