21: To Live Fully Alive

AMDG. Today’s episode is about life and life in abundance, from the molecular to the cross-county road trip. Science chair Elizabeth Hoxie joins Bonnie and Hope to discuss the foundational needs to live a healthy life—physical, mental, emotional, social, and spiritual—and how Kolbe’s science curriculum teaches students the Ignatian concept of cura personalis or care of the whole person. Topics also include why all Kolbe science classes use secular textbooks, how Kolbe course plans empower parents to have discussions with their children on topics that can be sensitive or tricky, and how Kolbe students graduate with a profound reverence for their bodies.  

Content warning: This episode includes a brief discussion of suicide in context of addressing various mental health concerns. 

 

Websites: 

• Daughters of St. Paul
• Souls and Hearts

Books  

• The Mindful Catholic 
• Emily Stimpson Chapman’sThese Beautiful Bones  

Podcasts 

• CFR Poco a Poco 
• Souls and Hearts: Be with the Word 
• Coronavirus Crisis Carpe Diem
• St. Dymphna’s Playbook

 

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