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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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