CXMH: On Faith & Mental Health
Health & Fitness:Mental Health
This week we’re joined by Melody Moezzi, author of the new book The Rumi Prescription: How an Ancient Mystic Poet Changed My Modern Manic Life. She talks with us about Rumi, her experiences with a bipolar diagnosis, the challenges between faith & mental healthcare, and how to fight injustice with love instead of anger. In the intro, Robert & Holly talk about end-of-the-school year traditions.
Things we mention in this episode/other resources:
- Melody’s other books
- Rumi: Past and Present, East and West: The Life, Teachings and Poetry of Jalal al-Din Rumi by Franklin Lewis
Connect with Melody on her website, Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Buy The Rumi Prescription or Melody’s other books on Amazon.
Quotes:
- “Wherever you’re wounded, it calls the Beloved to you.” (tweet)
- “There’s such a conflict between the mental health community and the faith community because one wants to be right. And they think to be right, the other has to be wrong. They don’t realize that they could possibly both be right.” (tweet)
- “We have suspended love, and we want medals for it.” (tweet)
- “Somebody else’s racism isn’t about me, it’s about pain that they have.” (tweet)
- “Love is our most powerful weapon against injustice, not anger.” (tweet)
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Intro/Outro music for this episode is ‘Fall Down’ by Rivers & Robots.
Recast - Black Mental Wellness, the Black Church, & Public Health (feat. Brandon Johnson)
161 - Vulnerability vs. Exploitation & How We Find Our Self-Worth (feat. Eryn Eddy)
160 - Letting Go & Finding Joy (feat. Kevin Sweeney)
159 - Creativity, Faith, & Mental Health (feat. Stephen Roach)
We're Back! // Welcome to Season 7.
Summer 2022! // Season 6 Finale
Bonus! "Witness" by Morgan Harper Nichols
158 - Peace as a Practice (feat. Morgan Harper Nichols)
157 - What If Our Pain Is Telling Us Something? (feat. Eric Minton)
156 - Navigating Depression & Doubt with Saints (feat. Diana Gruver)
155 - Spirituality in Therapy Sessions (feat. Russell Siler Jones)
154 - How We Grieve and Why 'Moving On' Isn't the Goal (feat. Dr. Jill Harrington)
153 - How to Be a Trauma-Informed Community (feat. Dr. Amy Marschall)
152 - How to Find Contentment (Instead of Happiness) (feat. Niro Feliciano)
151 - Grief, Certainty, Deconstruction, & Superheroes (feat. James Prescott)
150 - Faith, Mental Health, & Rest for the Weary (feat. Emmy Kegler)
149 - Black Mental Wellness, the Black Church, and Public Health (feat. Brandon Johnson)
Recast - Seeing the Sacred in Ourselves & Each Other (feat. Dr. Holly Oxhandler)
148 - Homelessness & Housing Insecurity (feat. Kevin Nye)
Recast - Singleness (feat. Holly Stallcup & Dr. Bella DePaulo)
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