178 Q&A on Ordered Self-Love, your Body, Parts Work and Catholicism
From Interior Integration for Catholics by Peter T. Malinoski, Ph.D.
January 5, 2026 · 1h 28m · Episode 178
About this episode
The episode explores the relationship between self-love, Catholic teachings, and Internal Family Systems therapy.
You need to love yourself properly to love others in an ordered way. How can we understand St. Thomas Aquinas' insistence on us governing our passions from an IFS perspective in a way that loves our passionate parts? How can we be detached from worldly goods? Do saints get blended with their parts? Are there benefits to some kinds of blending with parts? How can we frame the Theology of the Body to resonate more with women's concerns? How can we consider both errors of commission vs. errors of omission in parts work? What about the importance of mercy, the centrality of love, the requirement of interior integration in for human formation through an Internal Family Systems lens, grounded in a Catholic understanding of the human person? Join Dr. Gerry Crete, Dr. Peter Martin, and Dr. Peter Malinoski take these questions and more in this episode with a live audience.
People in this episode
Host: Dr. Peter T. Malinoski
Guests: Dr. Gerry Crete, Dr. Peter Martin
Topics covered
- ordered self-love
- Internal Family Systems
- Theology of the Body
- Catholicism
- mercy and love
- human formation
- passions and parts work
Keywords
- self-love
- Catholicism
- IFS
- St. Thomas Aquinas
- Theology of the Body
- parts work
- mercy
- human formation
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: Theology of the Body
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