Integrated Wholeness for Body, Mind, and Soul

What if many of the answers we are searching for today—better health, deeper peace, stronger families, meaningful relationships, greater energy, and spiritual wholeness—were understood more than 850 years ago?
In this powerful conversation, Angela welcomes back her beloved friend and mentor Jeannie O'Connell for an exploration of the remarkable wisdom of St. Hildegard of Bingen and its relevance for our modern lives.
Jeannie shares her personal journey through cancer, chronic health struggles, stress, and ultimately transformation—and how her "mess became her message."
She also introduces her forthcoming cookbook with Kim Maes, Simply Spelt: Where Nutritious Meets Delicious, inspired by years of serving Hildegard-inspired foods at their Cathedral of the Woods retreats.
But this conversation is about far more than food.
Angela and Jeannie explore the striking parallels between St. Hildegard's centuries-old teachings and many principles emphasized in modern lifestyle medicine: nutritious food, restorative sleep, movement, stress management, meaningful relationships, time in nature, freedom from destructive habits, silence, Sabbath, prayer, and spiritual healing.
At the heart of the episode is a simple but challenging question:
Are we living in a way that allows the human person to truly flourish as the Father intended?
 
KEY TAKEAWAYS
Your body often begins sending signals long before a major crisis arrives.
Nutrition matters—but food alone cannot heal an unsustainable lifestyle.
Chronic stress, sleep deprivation, overwork, and constant stimulation carry real consequences.
St. Hildegard understood health as an integration of body, mind, soul, relationships, creation, and most importantly, God.
The family table can become a place of nourishment, connection, conversation, and healing.
Silence, solitude, surrender, nature, Sabbath, prayer, forgiveness, and the Sacraments belong within a truly integrated vision of human flourishing.
Information does not automatically create transformation. Lasting change requires practice, support, community, and accompaniment.
You do not have to change everything overnight. Transformation often begins with one small, faithful change at a time.
 
COME AWAY WITH US
Viriditas Living Women's Retreat
October 14–18, 2026
Sycamore Tree Catholic Retreat Center | Montana
An intimate opportunity to step away from the noise and rediscover prayer, rest, nourishment, beauty, convivium, and the presence of God as inspired by St. Hildegard. Spaces are still available but limited. Please email to Angela to inquire: Angela Schnieders.
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SIMPLY SPELT
Simply Spelt: Where Nutritious Meets Delicious
by Jeannie O'Connell & Kim Maes
Expected release date: around October 1, 2026
Learn more:
[CATHEDRAL OF THE WOODS LINK]
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Sometimes the first step toward transformation is simply discovering:
There is another way to live!
 
KEYWORDS
St. Hildegard of Bingen, Hildegard von Bingen, Viriditas, Catholic health, holistic Catholic living, Catholic wellness, spelt, ancient grains, Simply Spelt, Jeannie O'Connell, Cathedral of the Woods, lifestyle medicine, nutrition, restorative sleep, chronic stress, burnout, nervous system health, healthy lifestyle, Catholic spirituality, spiritual healing, prayer, silence, Sabbath, fasting, detox, family meals, convivium, healing foods, body mind soul, integrated wholeness, Catholic retreats, women's retreat, healthy families, human flourishing, faith and wellness
 
Listener note: This episode shares personal experiences and educational discussion around health, nutrition, and lifestyle. It is not individualized medical advice. Medical conditions, medications, cancer treatment, celiac disease, fasting, or other therapeutic decisions should be discussed with an appropriately qualified healthcare professional.
 
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What does the Catholic Church actually teach about money?
Is wealth inherently dangerous? Is debt merely a financial problem—or can it interfere with our ability to answer God's call? How do Catholics hold together radical trust in Providence with budgeting, saving, investing, insurance, and long-term planning?
Angela Schnieders sits down with Amanda Teixeira, co-founder of WalletWin and co-host of The Catholic Money Show, for a candid conversation about debt, generosity, wealth-building, family legacy, openness to life, and the freedom to fulfill the unique mission God has entrusted to us.
Amanda shares how she and her husband, Jonathan, paid off approximately $25,000 in debt in seven and a half months on missionary salaries—and how that early financial freedom later helped them say yes to adoption, entrepreneurship, and a growing apostolate.
This is not a conversation about accumulating money for its own sake. It is about bringing our finances into the right order so that our families, vocations, generosity, and mission can bear superabundant fruit. Please go to the Wallet Win Store and use the promo code: "viriditas" to receive a 10% discount! 
 
Key Takeaways: 
The role of God's providence in financial struggles
Practical steps for debt reduction and financial planning
The moral and spiritual dimensions of money in Catholic teaching
The importance of long-term stewardship and virtue
Building a legacy that blesses future generations
The importance of estate planning and legal safeguards
Addressing misconceptions about money and faith
The cultural attack on family and children through financial narratives
 
Resources Mentioned:
Wallet Win Academy Link HERE
The Catholic Money Show Link HERE
Catholic Family Emergency Binder HERE
 
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For twenty-three years, Elizabeth and David Halliburton served faithfully in Christian ministry while privately carrying David's struggle with pornography—an addiction connected to sexual abuse he experienced as a child.
When the struggle was finally exposed, they feared losing their ministry, their community, and everything they had built.
Instead, they encountered truth, mercy, and an invitation to remain.
In this deeply honest conversation, Elizabeth shares how being fully known and still loved became the beginning of David's sobriety, the restoration of their marriage, her own healing journey, and ultimately the founding of True North 406 Ministries.
Angela and Elizabeth discuss the deeper wounds that can lie beneath addiction, the destructive power of shame, and why prayer must often be accompanied by trusted community, accountability, and wise support.
They also offer encouragement for spouses affected by pornography, single men and women struggling with purity, and anyone who fears that their wounds or failures make them unlovable.
This episode is an invitation to stop hiding, come into the light, and allow Jesus to meet you in the places you have been most afraid to reveal.
The Lord is not scandalized by your weakness.
You are not beyond restoration.
 
IN THIS EPISODE:
Why addiction often points to a deeper wound
How truth and mercy can exist together
Why healing cannot happen in isolation
How sexual wounds can affect marriage and intimacy
Why spouses need their own support and healing
The difference between conviction and toxic shame
How our deepest wound can become our greatest calling
Why every person needs to know, "You are a good gift"
 
ABOUT ELIZABETH HALLIBURTON
Elizabeth Halliburton is the co-founder and Executive Director of True North 406 Ministries. Her calling to help the Church become a safe place for transformational healing was born from her own personal and marital story of redemption.
Elizabeth serves on the national training team for Desert Stream Ministries and coordinates and facilitates Living Waters alongside her husband, David. She also provides training, pastoral care, and support for churches, pastors, ministry leaders, and lay leaders.
 
RESOURCES
True North 406 Ministries
www.truenorth406.org
Listeners may contact Elizabeth through the website to request a complimentary thirty-minute discovery call.
CrossCurrent Online Program
Tuesday evenings, August 11–September 29, 2026
7:00–8:30 p.m. CDT
Registration: https://www.desertstream.org/equipping
Living Waters Montana
Beginning January 11, 2027
 
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A powerful conversation with January Donovan on Catholic Feminine Formation, spiritual motherhood, human flourishing, and why the renewal of culture begins with formed women.
What if the greatest crisis facing women today is not a lack of information—but a lack of formation?
In this rich and deeply personal conversation, Angela sits down with her dear friend, January Donovan, founder of The Woman School and the newly launched Catholic Feminine Formation initiative.
Together they explore why so many faithful women are growing spiritually yet still feel overwhelmed, exhausted, lonely, and stuck in survival mode. They discuss the critical difference between spiritual formation and human formation, the role of Our Lady as the model of the "New Woman," and why reclaiming feminine genius may be one of the most important missions of our time.
January shares the story behind her 30-year journey developing The Woman School, the vision behind Catholic Feminine Formation, and her conviction that the renewal of families, parishes, and culture begins with one formed woman at a time.
If you've ever felt called to more but lacked the skills, confidence, clarity, or support to step into that call, this conversation is for you.
 
Key Takeaways: 
Why formation is different from information
The four dimensions of Catholic formation
Human formation as the missing piece for many women
Our Lady as the model of the New Woman
Why faithful women still struggle with overwhelm and anxiety
The connection between formation and flourishing
The role of spiritual motherhood in cultural renewal
Healing, accompaniment, and personal transformation
The loneliness epidemic among women
Raising confident daughters through apprenticeship and formation
The future of Catholic Feminine Formation
How formed women can transform families, parishes, and society
 
Resources Mentioned:
https://www.viriditasliving.com/catholic-group-intensive-coaching
https://catholicfeminineformation.com/new-woman-masterclass-preview
http://Catholicfeminineformation.com
https://catholicfeminineformation.com/the-new-woman
 
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In this deeply moving conversation, Angela welcomes Nisrine El-Choueifati, a speech pathologist, communications consultant, international speaker, and student of Theology of the Body, for a profound reflection on communication as a path back to love, presence, identity, and communion with God.
Drawing from 20 years of experience working with children, families, and professionals, Nisrine reveals how children are often mirrors of the culture around them—and how their struggles can become invitations for parents and adults to return to safety, presence, wonder, and relationship. Together, Angela and Nisrine explore how technology, busyness, productivity, and fragmentation have weakened our capacity to truly see, hear, and love one another.
At the heart of the episode is Nisrine's Courageous Communication approach: restoring communication to its God-given design as something deeply relational, embodied, healing, and rooted in the heart. This conversation is an invitation for parents, spouses, professionals, and all who feel disconnected to slow down, listen again, and rediscover the sacred space where love speaks.
Key themes include:
communication as relationship, children as teachers, technology and disconnection, the body as made for communion, restoring family culture, Theology of the Body, spiritual childhood, and the healing power of presence.
A beautiful final invitation from Nisrine: watch what your child loves—and let that become the doorway back into the relationship.
 
Key Takeaways: 
Authentic communication starts from the heart and is rooted in love and safety.
Children mirror society and are the best teachers of our true human nature.
Technology can distort our connection to the body and emotions, leading to fragmentation.
Restoring communication involves wholeness, presence, and listening to the heart.
Our deepest identity and mission are unveiled through relationships with God, others, and ourselves.
 
Resources Mentioned:
Nisrine El Choueifati, Child and Family communication therapist 
Founder and Director of Talking Triumphs Speech and communication consultancy services
Our mission is to restore communication to its heart - life-giving, relational and human
Working with children and families, professionals and communities 
www.talkingtriumphs.com.au 
www.nisrineelchoueifati.com.au 
 
#communication#theology#wholeness#family#relationships#God#love#presence#speech pathology#courage

 
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