
How to Organize Your Life and Make Sense of Your Vocation with Andy Hickman // Episode 185
05/15/24 • 78 min
We're delighted to be joined by Andy Hickman, whose approach to work and organization somehow, and we're not sure how, contains elements that appeal to both Joseph and Crystal, who have...very different approaches to work and organization.
Andy Hickman is the Founder of hēl, a ground breaking art form for clarifying thoughts, healing emotions, and regenerating creativity.
After losing his mind in a neurotic breakdown at age 17, Andy found the four specific behaviors that create overwhelm, foster apathy, and sterilize playfulness. These four negative behaviors each have a positive counterpart. Instead of overwhelm, they create clarity and presence of mind. Instead of fostering apathy, they reenergize you by reconnecting you with your core self and desires. Instead of sterilizing your playfulness, they animate and organize your creative faculties. These four core positive behaviors form a simple and practical ecosystem that unlocks your personal development and transforms your life. This ecosystem, called hēl, is the organic and natural alternative to overly complex and stressful productivity systems. It is designed to be used in both your personal and professional life. It is the rare and middle way between the path of control and the path of chaos. Find out more here: https://hel.co/
As always,
- check out our work, and join our email list, at https://ouroutpost.org/
- join our free resource library platform here
- catch our other podcast, Love Your Marriage, by clicking here: https://ouroutpost.org/podcasts/
- see what we have upcoming in terms of events here: https://ouroutpost.org/events/
- send us an email at [email protected]
- and please rate, review, and share!
- If you're a Catholic husband, feel free to sign up for some time to chat with Joseph! https://bookme.name/ouroutpost/45-minutes-with-joseph
We're delighted to be joined by Andy Hickman, whose approach to work and organization somehow, and we're not sure how, contains elements that appeal to both Joseph and Crystal, who have...very different approaches to work and organization.
Andy Hickman is the Founder of hēl, a ground breaking art form for clarifying thoughts, healing emotions, and regenerating creativity.
After losing his mind in a neurotic breakdown at age 17, Andy found the four specific behaviors that create overwhelm, foster apathy, and sterilize playfulness. These four negative behaviors each have a positive counterpart. Instead of overwhelm, they create clarity and presence of mind. Instead of fostering apathy, they reenergize you by reconnecting you with your core self and desires. Instead of sterilizing your playfulness, they animate and organize your creative faculties. These four core positive behaviors form a simple and practical ecosystem that unlocks your personal development and transforms your life. This ecosystem, called hēl, is the organic and natural alternative to overly complex and stressful productivity systems. It is designed to be used in both your personal and professional life. It is the rare and middle way between the path of control and the path of chaos. Find out more here: https://hel.co/
As always,
- check out our work, and join our email list, at https://ouroutpost.org/
- join our free resource library platform here
- catch our other podcast, Love Your Marriage, by clicking here: https://ouroutpost.org/podcasts/
- see what we have upcoming in terms of events here: https://ouroutpost.org/events/
- send us an email at [email protected]
- and please rate, review, and share!
- If you're a Catholic husband, feel free to sign up for some time to chat with Joseph! https://bookme.name/ouroutpost/45-minutes-with-joseph
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"Late Have I Loved You" with John Michael Talbot // Episode 184
John Michael Talbot joins us for an engaging conversation about his life, his conversion, and his thoughts on Christian community and how lacking the American church is in contemplative prayer and the contemplative life.
Joseph read his latest book, an autobiography, and recommends it to all of our listeners! If you haven't heard John Michael Talbot's work before, Joseph recommends doing what he did-- read the book, and every time John Michael Talbot mentions a song, take a pause and find it and listen to it.
Links to all the work that John Michael Talbot is up to can be found below!
https://www.inner-room-school.org/
https://troubadourforthelord.net/store/ols/products/late-have-i-loved-you-book
https://troubadourforthelord.net/store/ols/products/late-have-i-loved-you-cd
https://littleportionbakery.org/
As always,
- check out our work, and join our email list, at https://ouroutpost.org/
- join our free resource library platform here
- catch our other podcast, Love Your Marriage, by clicking here: https://ouroutpost.org/podcasts/
- see what we have upcoming in terms of events here: https://ouroutpost.org/events/
- send us an email at [email protected]
- and please rate, review, and share!
- If you're a Catholic husband, feel free to sign up for some time to chat with Joseph! https://bookme.name/ouroutpost/45-minutes-with-joseph
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Changing the Dating Culture with MaryRose Depperschmidt // Episode 186
We are delighted to share a conversation with MaryRose Depperschmidt with you all! She is the host of two podcasts, The Crab and the Cross and The Catholic Dating Podcast.
Our conversation ranged all over, getting some of her story, her takes on the dating culture, and some really interesting dives into issues facing men and women today. We hope you enjoy!
You can find MaryRose on Instagram @thecrabandthecrosspodcast and @thecatholicbachelorette
And her podcasts can be found on Spotify and on Apple podcasts: The Crab and the Cross and The Catholic Dating Podcast
For those in and around southern Michigan who are single, Crystal and Joseph will be leading a one day retreat on June 22, 2024 in Jackson, MI: http://bit.ly/june22retreat
And for all Catholic singles, we'll be hosting a 12-week program called Save the Date starting the second week of July: https://ouroutpost.org/dating/ Please share with your single friends-- it's designed to help people grow in a community, date with freedom and clarity, and live their vocations joyfully!
As always,
- check out our work, and join our email list, at https://ouroutpost.org/
- join our free resource library platform here
- catch our other podcast, Love Your Marriage, by clicking here: https://ouroutpost.org/podcasts/
- see what we have upcoming in terms of events here: https://ouroutpost.org/events/
- send us an email at [email protected]
- and please rate, review, and share!
- If you're a Catholic husband, feel free to sign up for some time to chat with Joseph! https://bookme.name/ouroutpost/45-minutes-with-joseph
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