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by Staci Gulino

FGC #302: Night’s Bright Darkness with Sally Read

British poet Sally Read lived in a place of great anxiety as an atheist, but could not grasp why.  She was perplexed by her anxiety, and a constant, tormenting fear of falling back upon a rock to be utterly destroyed. That is, until 2010 when, after painful, confusing existential crises and … [Read more...] about FGC #302: Night’s Bright Darkness with Sally Read

Tagged With: Atheism, Beauty & Culture, Catholic Convert, Faith & Mental Health, Faith & Spirituality, Head Heart & Health, Night's Bright Darkness, Radical Feminism, Sally Read, St. Mary Magdelene

by Staci Gulino

FGC #90: Spring Meditations with Fr. John Bartunek, LC

Does it strike you that - despite all the various conversations about our environment, nature, the universe, and our role as human persons within creation - that we seem to be more out-of-sync with Creation than ever before?   Still, we long for that connection to that … [Read more...] about FGC #90: Spring Meditations with Fr. John Bartunek, LC

Tagged With: Beauty & Culture, Beauty as Contemplation, Fr. John Bartunek, LC, Springtime Beauty

by Staci Gulino

FGC #97: Body Image: What’s Faith Got to Do With It? With Rachel Johnson, RDN, LDN, Registered Dietitian & Certified Personal Trainer

Another great episode with Rachel Johnson, Registered Dietitian and Certified Personal Trainer, speaking about what faith has to do with our feminine body image. In our first episode, Rachel shared some of her journey from a distorted body image to a healthier understanding of who she is a … [Read more...] about FGC #97: Body Image: What’s Faith Got to Do With It? With Rachel Johnson, RDN, LDN, Registered Dietitian & Certified Personal Trainer

Tagged With: Beauty & Culture, Body Image, Distorted Body Image & Faith, Faith & Mental Health, Theology of the Body

by Staci Gulino

FGC #95: From Revolution & “Free Love” to The Sunshine of “His Love” with Rose Sweet

What was it like to grow up in the 1960's in California?  My guest today, the beautiful Rose Sweet, lived it. Rebellion against authority.  Revolution and unrest - sexual, political, and everything in between. Long-haired Vietnam-protesting, dope-smoking, acid-dropping hippies and flower children … [Read more...] about FGC #95: From Revolution & “Free Love” to The Sunshine of “His Love” with Rose Sweet

Tagged With: Beauty & Culture, Love & the Human Person, Rose Sweet, Sexual brokenness, Sexual Revolution, Theology of the Body

by Staci Gulino

FGC #89: Broken to New “One Life”- Rachel Johnson, RDN, LDN, Registered Dietitian & Certified Personal Trainer

Raw...honest...humble radiant witness to God's healing mercy....that's what you are going to hear today from Rachel Johnson, RDN, LDN - Registered Dietician, Certified Personal Trainer, and & owner of One Life Food & Fitness. To gaze upon this beauty, one would never guess the depth of the … [Read more...] about FGC #89: Broken to New “One Life”- Rachel Johnson, RDN, LDN, Registered Dietitian & Certified Personal Trainer

Tagged With: Beauty & Culture, Fitness, Head Heart & Health, Healthy eating, One Life Food & Fitness

by Staci Gulino

FGC #81: Music & The Mystery with Mike Mangione

Singer & songwriter Mike Mangione is just the coolest.  Not only do I love his music - and his LYRICS (works of art!) - but he's just such an interesting, deep person to have a conversation with. And converse we did! While he was on the road between gigs (literally) Mike and I visited about his … [Read more...] about FGC #81: Music & The Mystery with Mike Mangione

Tagged With: At Your Gate, Beauty & Culture, Beauty will save the world, Beneath the Veil Blog, Christopher West, Cold Cold Ground, Girl from the Midwest, Love & the Human Person, Mike Mangione & The Union, Music as Beauty, St. John Paul II, Theology of the Body, Time & Mystery Podcast

by Staci Gulino

FGC #79: Women Engaging the World with Leah Darrow

Am I "good enough"? Who AM I as a woman?  And why is this so important to know? Is my worth found just in the curves of my feminine body, or in how I look?  Is it primarily found in my work and in my career?  Or in the things that I DO for other people?  Or, is it ...could it be....something … [Read more...] about FGC #79: Women Engaging the World with Leah Darrow

Tagged With: Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen, Beauty & Culture, Haiti 180, Leah Darrow, Second Vatican Council Church Fathers, St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross/Edith Stein, Vocation of Woman, Woman's Identity

by Staci Gulino

FGC #78: Subverted-How I Helped the Sexual Revolution Hijack the Women’s Movement with Sue Ellen Browder

Captivating... that word barely sums up my interview with Sue Ellen Browder, former long-time journalist with Cosmopolitan Magazine who - as an act of penance and of a contribution to cultural restoration - shares with us through eyewitness testimony the story of how she participated in the … [Read more...] about FGC #78: Subverted-How I Helped the Sexual Revolution Hijack the Women’s Movement with Sue Ellen Browder

Tagged With: Beauty & Culture, Betty Friedan, Cosmo Girl, Dr. Bernard Nathanson, Larry Lader, Margaret Sanger, NARAL, NOW, Radical Feminism, Sexual Revolution, Subverted, Sue Ellen Browder, The Feminine Mystique, Women's Movement

by Staci Gulino

FGC #72: Pierced By Beauty – Bill Donaghy

I was SO excited to speak with Bill Donaghy of the Theology of the Body Institute today about "The Way of Beauty"!  After attending the TOB course "The Way of Beauty" developed and taught by Bill, I knew I had to share Bill and his gifts with you! We are all drawn by Beauty...in music, in art, in … [Read more...] about FGC #72: Pierced By Beauty – Bill Donaghy

Tagged With: Beauty & Culture, Theology of the Body, Theology of the Body Institute, Way of Beauty

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I'm a wife, mom, a new grandmother. That's my primary vocation, and my family is the one gift of my life that I'm most grateful for. Professionally, I'm an entrepreneurial Psychiatric NP and a classically trained Soprano) who has somehow found her way into Catholic Radio, Media & Production as a means to share my heart + solid faith + mental health and wellness.

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