The Catholic Bookworm

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  • Kiki Latimer interviews Catholic authors who speak about theology, philosophy, spirituality, and literary works.
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  • Episode 103: Dr. Andrew Abela on Superhabits: The Universal System for a Successful Life (October 30, 2024)

    Episode 103: Dr. Andrew Abela on Superhabits: The Universal System for a Successful Life (October 30, 2024)
    Oct 31 2024
    In this episode of The Catholic Bookworm, Kiki Latimer interviews Dr. Andrew Abela on Superhabits: The Universal System for a Successful Life (October 30, 2024)

    For too many of us, life is harder than it needs to be. We have forgotten the ancient system of “super habits” — a specific set of habits for making decisions, managing our emotions, and dealing with other people that fosters lives of greater ease, happiness, and power. Ancient civilizations relied on these habits to produce some of the greatest achievements in human history. Now, contemporary researchers in psychology, education, and management are rediscovering these habits and empirically demonstrating the power and goodness that they bring to everyday life. As many self-help gurus will tell you, we are the summation of our daily habits. What has so far been missing is a comprehensive guide to which habits are most valuable to us and how they work together as a system, for the best impact on our lives. This invaluable book by Dr. Andrew Abela shows how attaining virtue requires not a herculean effort but, rather, steady daily practice, which is accessible to all. He explains how the genius of a thirteenth-century philosopher-monk codified the super habits into a veritable human operating system, one that’s more relevant today than ever. Abela highlights:
    • How super habits make life easier — because once something becomes a habit, it takes less effort
    • Why super habits lead to lasting joy rather than just temporary gratification
    • The effects of super habits on physical, mental, and emotional health

    In a culture that prioritizes short-term fixes over long-term solutions, Super Habits offers a foundational, back-to-basics plan that produces both immediate and enduring results. Whatever issue you are struggling with right now, whatever challenge you may be facing, there is a super habit to help you overcome it. Dr. Abela equips readers with the tools needed to embrace the lifelong pursuit of self-improvement to attain a life of greater ease, joy, and strength.

    Superhabits: The Universal System for a Successful Life: Abela, Andrew V.: 9798889113409: Amazon.com: Books
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    50 mins
  • Episode 102: Dr. Deborah Savage on her edited volume Lived Experience and the Search for Truth (October 28, 2024)

    Episode 102: Dr. Deborah Savage on her edited volume Lived Experience and the Search for Truth (October 28, 2024)
    Oct 28 2024
    In this episode of The Catholic Bookworm, Kiki Latimer interviews Dr. Deborah Savage on her edited volume Lived Experience and the Search for Truth: Revisiting Catholic Sexual Morality.

    This book is an initial attempt to arrive inductively at the truths embedded in the moral teaching of the Church through the lived experience of faithful men and women, rendered intelligible in conceptual terms. While attending to one’s own experience is certainly one step in coming to understand oneself, it provides but a glimpse – a partial clue – into the mystery of who one is and is meant to be. Indeed, experience is not alienated from human cognition but integral to it. Wisdom is the fruit of both experience and reason. But, contrary to claims of those who would give primacy to subjective personal experience over and against the conclusions of right reason, it is only possible to arrive at the full truth about oneself if the intellect is allowed to pursue its proper end, not mere knowledge but understanding. We hope to persuade the reader that a proper grasp of the place of lived experience in the search for truth reveals that the Catholic understanding of the human person and human sexuality provide the only sure route to human happiness.

    https://enroutebooksandmedia.com/livedexperience/
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    1 hr and 16 mins
  • Episode 101: Jay Morris on his book Masterpiece: Our Journey to Spiritual Transformation (October 25, 2024)

    Episode 101: Jay Morris on his book Masterpiece: Our Journey to Spiritual Transformation (October 25, 2024)
    Oct 25 2024
    In this episode of The Catholic Bookworm, Kiki Latimer interviews Jay Morris on his book Masterpiece: Our Journey to Spiritual Transformation (October 25, 2024)

    We all must ask crucial questions about our life here on earth. Am I experiencing life the way God, the Master Creator, designed my life to be lived? Or am I living a lesser, devolving life of my own choosing?

    We, God’s ultimate creations, can only understand our purpose in life if we learn to see ourselves through the eyes of our Creator. This book provides practical steps on walking with the Holy Spirit. It will transform your soul if you follow the instructions.

    Amazon.com: Masterpiece: Our Journey to Spiritual Transformation: 9781625862525: Morris PhD, Jay: Books
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    1 hr and 1 min

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