Reclaim-App Podcast

Cari Fydirchuk & Liz Kahle

Creating and reclaiming calm spaces of connection with God, neighbours and ourselves.

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Ep. 14 - The Wisdom of Emotions / Head and Heart Connection
30-09-2023
Ep. 14 - The Wisdom of Emotions / Head and Heart Connection
Hello Friends and Welcome to the Reclaim-App Podcast. Thank you for being here!  We’re looking forward to our conversation today on The Wisdom of Emotions/Head and Heart Connection. A favourite topic of both Liz and Cari :) As we begin this new podcast season, our deepest hope continues to be, creating space for connection, while experiencing faith and life together. So emotions seemed like a good place to start since emotions are something we all experience throughout our life as human beings. They immediately connect us to our “human sameness” (Henry Nouwen). And they have huge impacts on our choices, relationships, how we are in the world and who we perceive God to be.In her chapter, entitled, Try Softer with your Emotions, Aundi Kolber helps frame our conversation today, writing, “You are not weak for having feelings. You are not less than because you react to the world around you. Your grief, joy, anger, disgust or fear does not define you, but it is a clue to what’s going on inside you - and this is where the beauty happens. As we honour our experiences, we gain more freedom to move through our emotions rather than become stuck in them.”Through our conversation we hope to invite a relationship with our emotions. Even the hard ones. A relationship that promotes flourishing, maybe even healing. Not only for ourselves but for each other and the world we live in. Many Blessings. Book References: ACT Made Simple 2nd Ed. - Russ HarrisPermission to Feel - Mark BrackettTry Softer - Aundi KolberAtlas of the Heart - Brene BrownGospel of Luke 22:39-46 (Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane)#podcast #emotions #feelings
Ep. 9 - Soul Feast - Sin and Shame
11-03-2023
Ep. 9 - Soul Feast - Sin and Shame
In our Lenten series, Soul Feast, we’re using the dual lens of Counselling Therapist (Liz Kahle) and Christian Spirituality (Pastor Cari) in hopes of gaining a deeper understanding of what our soul is, how to become more aware of our soul, and what it may be communicating to us right now.The basic definition we’re using for the soul comes from the work of Ruth Haley-Barton who defines the soul as the core of our very selves. Which we would add, points to our truest identity.It’s within this context that we’re going to try to tackle the big topics of sin and shame as they are deeply interwoven into the very fabric of life, and deeply impact our connections.Before we dive in, we’d like to take a moment to ground our conversation in the love and hope we are moving toward in this season of Lent. Richard Foster writes,“At the heart of God is the desire to give and to forgive. Because of this, He set the entire redemptive process that culminated on the cross and was confirmed in the resurrection. The usual notion of what Jesus did on the cross runs something like this: people were so bad and so mean and God was so angry with them that he could not forgive them unless something big enough took the rap for the whole lot of them. Nothing could be further from the truth. Love, not anger, brought Jesus to the cross. Jesus knew that by his vicarious suffering he could actually absorb all the evil of humanity and so heal it, forgive it, redeem it.”It's from this place of greatest love, and the movement toward healing, forgiveness and transformation - that we talk about sin and shame in the second episode of Soul Feast  - A Lenten Series by Counselling Therapist Liz Kahle and Pastor Cari Fydirchuk.  References:Richard Foster - Celebration of DisciplineBrene Brown - Altas of the Heart Mark McKinnon - Counselling Therapist and Christian lens Gregory Boyle - The Whole Language - The Power of Extravagant Tenderness Genesis 3:15, NIVGenesis 1:26-28Luke 5:16, NIVLuke 15 - The Prodigal Son Ignatian Spiritual Exercises
Ep. 8 - Soul Feast - Fasting
25-02-2023
Ep. 8 - Soul Feast - Fasting
What is the soul? How would you describe it?How is your soul right now?Join us as we consider these questions alongside the practice of fasting, in the first episode of Reclaim’s Lenten series Soul Feast. Available now, on YouTube and wherever you listen to your podcasts!As we begin Lent, this quote from Henri Nouwen caught my eye and seems to encompass a good deal of our conversation today...He writes, “Whether we give alms, pray, or fast, we are to do it in a hidden way, not to be praised by people but to enter into closer communion with God. Lent is a time of returning to God. It is a time to confess how we keep looking for joy, peace, and satisfaction in many people and things surrounding us, without really finding what we desire. Only God can give us what we want…Lent is a time of refocusing, of re-entering the place of truth and reclaiming our true identity.”Henri Nouwen (1932-1996) from Sabbatical Journey: The Diary of His Final Year as recounted in Lent and Easter Wisdom from Henri J.M. Nouwen, comp. by Judy Bauer (Liguori: Liguori Publications, 2005) 8.Episode References:*Special Guest, Lesley McClure - Intermittent Fasting (IT) and Spirituality Over the past couple of years, Lesley has been on a journey with intermittent fasting, finding a deep connection to God through this practice. We are so blessed to hear from parts of her story in this episode! Along with being Cari's beautiful mom, Lesley is also an accomplished artist. You can learn more about her and check out her artwork at her Etsy shop called MixedMediaMum. Richard Foster - Celebration of DisciplineHenri Nouwen - Sabbatical Journey: The Diary of His Final Year Jay, W., Richards, (Jason Fung - forward): Eat, Fast, Feast - Heal Your Body While Feeing Your Soul - A Christian Guide to FastingRuth Haley Barton Marjorie Thompson  - Soul Feast (Thank you for the great title :))Mark 8:36, NIVMatthew 6:16-18, NIVMatthew 4:1-11, NIVPsalm 139:23,24