Ave Explores
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Displaying 8 items of Ave Explores with the tag "coronavirus".
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Regroup and Let it Go with Jeannie Gaffigan
August 14th, 2020 | Season 6 | 56 mins 25 secs
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Jeannie Gaffigan, author of the bestselling When Life Gives You Pears, wife to comedian Jim Gaffigan, and mother of five, talks candidly with host Katie Prejean McGrady about balancing family life, her Catholic faith, and maintaining a sense of sanity and fun in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic in New York City. Gaffigan shares practical tips on how Catholic family life can thrive by lowering your expectations and letting stressful things go so you can focus on your family’s health, happiness, and holiness.
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Thriving as a Family with Tommy Tighe
April 20th, 2020 | Season 2 | 18 mins 16 secs
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Catholic counselor Tommy Tighe shares ways we can help our children cope with the current crisis and how couples and families can continue to thrive with routine, prayer, and facing their feelings of uncertainty together.
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Addiction and Recovery with Scott Weeman
April 13th, 2020 | Season 2 | 21 mins 21 secs
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Scott Weeman, founder of Catholic in Recovery, talks with Katie Prejean McGrady about how to help those who struggle with addictions when they are unable to attend support-group meetings in person and are tempted to fall back into old habits as their routine and structure shift.
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Hold Fast to Hope with Leah Darrow
April 9th, 2020 | Season 2 | 28 mins 12 secs
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Leah Darrow, Catholic author, speaker, and founder of Lux U, invites you to look to the Cross for comfort, inspiration, and solace in the middle of COVID-19. She tells Katie Prejean McGrady that hope is the virtue we need most while facing this pandemic.
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Helping Teens through Quarantine with Roy Petitfils
April 2nd, 2020 | Season 2 | 16 mins 56 secs
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Catholic psychotherapist Roy Petitfils talks with Katie Prejean McGrady about how to help teens find structure and rhythm in the midst of anxiety and uncertainty. As schools shift to online learning, colleges close, and teens and young adults are at home, Petitfils will tell you how to help them process what's happening, live with their anxious feelings, and maintain a sense of normalcy.
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Suffering goes Hand in Hand with Joy with Mary Lenaburg
March 31st, 2020 | Season 3 | 39 mins 38 secs
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Mary Lenaburg, author of Be Brave in the Scared: How I Learned to Trust God during the Most Difficult Days of My Life, talks with Katie Prejean McGrady about how suffering and joy go hand-in-hand, especially during Lent. With a heart for hospitality, Lenaburg shares how her family joyfully lives life while always celebrating the memory of her daughter Courtney.
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Our Mental Health Reboot
March 25th, 2020 | Season 2 | 5 mins 6 secs
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Ave Maria Press wants to help with a new Ave Explores podcast mini-series that focuses on mental health. Host Katie Prejean McGrady revisits some of our panel of stress, anxiety, and mental health experts to help you cope. Leah Darrow, Roy Petitfils, Tommy Tighe, Scott Weeman, and Sr. Miriam James Heidland, S.O.L.T., will help you end up mentally and spiritually stronger on the other side of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Our Common Humanity with Joyce Rupp
March 24th, 2020 | Season 3 | 32 mins 32 secs
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Joyce Rupp, author of Jesus: Friend of My Soul, shares how the season of Lent is an invitation to love other people in more intentional ways, just as Jesus loves us. Rupp also relates how the COVID-19 crisis is a chance to be more aware of our common humanity, seeing Christ in each person we encounter.