297. How to Change Your Desires (A Catholic Guide to Habit Change)

About this episode

Matt and Erin explore how to change and redirect desires using insights from neuroscience, psychology, and Catholic theology.

Have you ever found yourself stuck in a loop—doing the exact things you want to stop doing, and failing to start the habits you actually want to build? In this final episode of our Discernment Series on the Catholic Coaching Podcast, Matt and Erin dive into the practical neuroscience, behavioral psychology, and Catholic theology (hello, St. Thomas Aquinas!) behind how to actually change and redirect your desires. Many of us feel stuck with our disordered attachments, but our minds are plast...

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Hosts: Matt Ingold, Erin Ingold

Topics covered

• habit change
• Catholic theology
• behavioral psychology
• neuroscience
• desire management

Keywords

• habit change
• Catholic coaching
• neuroscience
• behavioral psychology
• St. Thomas Aquinas

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