Episode 189: Social Sabbatical: Join Our 31-Day Summer Challenge for Personal Growth!

Welcome to Episode 189 of the Being Human Podcast: Social Sabbatical: Join Our 31-Day Summer Challenge for Personal Growth!   In this short episode, Dr. Greg introduces a 31-day social media fast challenge, inspired by his experiences as a Franciscan friar. He explains the importance of interior silence and invites listeners to join him and the CatholicPsych team in this social sabbatical. Discussed in this episode: Insights from Dr. Greg's time as a Franciscan friar, including the cadence of prayer throughout the day and "Hermitage Day" each week;  The need for interior silence in personal and professional life; Prioritizing the contemplative life of intimacy with God from which all charitable activity flows; In some way, shape, or form, every single one of us baptized into Christ is called to develop intimacy with Him; We all need to grow in intimacy with God, so we all need to cultivate interior silence; An invitation and challenge to participate in CatholicPsych's 31-day social media fast; Why CatholicPsych is going dark for a month (August 2024), including pausing the Being Human podcast;  Dr. Greg's personal commitment and sacrifice during this social media fast; How to use this social media sabbatical to cultivate interior silence and intimacy with God.   Resources mentioned or relevant:  Learn more about Catholic Mindfulness: Blog article: "Why Catholic Mindfulness?"  Book: The Mindful Catholic 8-Week Catholic Mindfulness Virtual Retreat Need help? Schedule a free consultation with someone on our team to discuss how we can support you; Want to help others? Learn more about our Certification program (CPMAP): CatholicPsych Model of Applied Personalism; Sign up for Being Human, our weekly newsletter, to stay up to date on the exciting developments at CatholicPsych; Visit our website to read the CatholicPsych blog,  shop in the CatholicPsych bookshop, or discover other resources we have available; Download The Integrated App for access to free audio exercises, courses, prayer resources, and more; Become a member of the Integrated Life Community to get access to every course Dr. Greg has created, plus the opportunity to participate in Integrated LIVE's - weekly, Mentor hosted Q&As covering topics like boundaries, communication, trauma, forgiveness, and more! Follow:  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CatholicPsych  Instagram: @catholicpsych  X: @CatholicPsych Contact us! Have a topic or a question you would like Dr. Greg to address on the podcast? Want to give some feedback about this episode? Email us at [email protected] - we would love to hear from you!   Rate, review, and subscribe   Please help us in our mission to integrate the Faith with Psychology by hitting subscribe and also sharing this podcast with your friends.   Please consider rating or leaving a review of our show. It helps us reach other Catholics just like you who want to become more integrated, whole, and happy human beings.   For Apple podcasts, click here, scroll to the bottom, tap to rate 5 stars, and choose "write a review." Then type your sincere thoughts about the show! If you haven't already, make sure to subscribe so you don't miss out on any episodes. Subscribe to the podcast now!