DeepSummary
The episode is a conversation with Jackie Mulligan, the founder of Reform Wellness, a Christ-centered wellness practice focused on nurturing the whole person by integrating physical, emotional, and spiritual health. Monsignor James Patrick Shea interviews Jackie about her personal journey toward wellness, the challenges modern life poses to well-being, and the principles and practices Reform Wellness promotes to help people live a more balanced and fulfilling life.
Jackie shares how her own experiences, including witnessing her sister's resilience during a difficult time and her own search for deeper meaning, led her to embrace prayer and make Christ the center of her life and work. She discusses the importance of tending to the essentials of well-being, such as proper nutrition, adequate sleep, stress management, and creating space for silence and prayer.
The conversation covers a wide range of topics, including the role of technology and social media in contributing to burnout and dissociation, the need for play and rest, and the challenges of balancing self-care with responsibilities. Jackie and Monsignor Shea also explore the relationship between physical and spiritual health, the dangers of perfectionism, and the value of progress over perfection in pursuing a more integrated and purposeful life.
Key Episodes Takeaways
- True well-being involves nurturing the whole person, integrating physical, emotional, and spiritual health.
- Prioritizing essentials like proper nutrition, adequate sleep, stress management, and creating space for silence and prayer is crucial for well-being.
- Modern life, with its constant stimulation and distractions, can contribute to burnout, dissociation, and a lack of balance.
- Incorporating play, rest, and activities that bring joy and presence is important for overall well-being.
- Progress and small, consistent steps are more valuable than striving for perfection when pursuing a healthier lifestyle.
- Seeking balance and avoiding extremes is important, as well-being involves moderation in many areas.
- Self-care and personal well-being are not selfish pursuits but rather essential for fulfilling one's responsibilities and serving others effectively.
- A spiritual foundation and openness to prayer can provide a deeper sense of purpose and meaning in the pursuit of well-being.
Top Episodes Quotes
- “I realized that to be well, I needed the Lord. And if other people wanted to truly be well, that they, the elites needed to be open to prayer.“ by Jackie Mulligan
- “You don't have to wait to get to heaven to live at a heavenly pace designed to live at a heavenly pace. And to have consistency and regularity in our days, there should be order to our days. That does not change.“ by Jackie Mulligan (quoting St. Padre Pio)
- “If there hasn't been any silence in your day, then it's okay to even. Right now, hit pause.“ by Jackie Mulligan
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Episode Information
Pints With Aquinas
Matt Fradd
5/1/24
Reform was founded and started by Jackie. After years of tireless striving, stress, and compromised health as a result of her lifestyle, Jackie found her identity, healing, and wholeness in God. She found a more simple way; a way centered in faith, wellness, and freedom. Now, she is devoted to helping others find the same. Combining her passions of wellness, faith, and education, Jackie works with clients locally and around the world. Along the way, she discovered that one of her greatest passions was helping others build stronger connections to themselves, their health, and their faith through wellness at every level: physical, emotional and spiritual.
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