The Psych Monologues

In this episode, Dr. Mitsch recounts the history of The Psych Monologues, and tells the development of SGI, and the vision for the future that is unfolding. Listen to this episode to hear some momentous news for the future of SGI and the Psych Monologues. It will be well worth 33 minutes of your time!

Dr. Mitsch explores the next stage of the spiritual journey which is referred to as the "Discipled/Mentored Life."  Listen in as he discusses the key characteristics, how to make progress in this stage of development, and the importance of choosing your mentor wisely since he/she will help you set the foundation of the rest of your journey.  

Dr. Mitsch explores the internal landscape of depression, and how it impacts our spiritual journey.  Listen in and find insight and encouragement for those who are struggling with depression (and those are who are not).  

Continuing our series on the spiritual journey, Dr. Mitsch explores the characteristics and the issues that interfere with our growth during this part of our journey.  Recognizing God as part of our lives or reintroducing ourselves to God is an important first step of the journey.  What issues do we bring with us that interfere with the continuing journey with God?  Listen in and find out!  

Dr. Mitsch continues the series on Broken People of the Bible focusing on the story of the a woman experiencing a 12 year hemorrhage that had marginalized her in her culture, and left her hopeless and looking for healing.  She turns to Jesus, and finds a remarkable display of compassion and grace.  Her story is our story struggling with shame, and our approach to God in the midst of it.  How does...

What would Jesus do with your grief whether it was from loss for other reasons or loss from death?  The grief we experience comes from many different experiences not the least of which is grief from death.  Is there something we can learn from someone just like us who is grieving and interacted with Jesus just as we would?  Check it out... the next in the Broken People of the Bible series - Jesus...

We are tempted to look for external solutions for internal problems, and we meet with problems and wonder why.  Dr. Mitsch explores this temptation of ours, and how much it sabotages our best efforts to manage the anxiety in our lives. 

Dr. Mitsch continues his series on "Barriers to God" and looks at another "a" word - Anxiety. Do you have questions about anxiety and the role that it plays in your life or others, and what impact it has on your relationship with God? Tune in and be encouraged.

Dr. Mitsch introduces his listeners to the importance of silence and solitude, and "pulls back the veil" on the silent retreats that he leads.  Do you ever wonder what happens on a silent retreat, and what are the important issues that come up as a result?  Hear it all here!

In this episode, Dr. Mitsch explores a new but ancient pandemic with which we are all afflicted but act as if it doesn't exist.  What is it?  Listen in to find out!

What words come to mind when someone mentions God or Jesus?  Angry?  Vengeful?  Manipulative?  Loving?  Compassionate?  Our words and phrases connected to God reveal a lot about us.  Listen in to find out why.  

Dr. Mitsch continues his series on the broken people of the Bible with the story of the demon possessed man.  He explores the implications of Jesus' interaction with the man, and how remarkably it relates to our own "demons" that we fight.  Often we will choose our known "demons" over an unknown angel provided by God Himself.   "Man of the Tombs" by Bob Bennett

Do you know how you are growing spiritually?  That question is one we rarely think about when things are going well, but it's often a bigger concern when we are stuck.  Dr. Mitsch starts a new series examining what the spiritual journey actually looks like, and what the challenges are when we first start out.  

How often do we say that we know something, but it has nothing to do with the choices we make or how we live our lives?  Have you ever wondered why we do that?  What's the point of knowledge if it doesn't touch our lives in some way?  Of course, some knowledge does but more importantly there is knowledge we have that we say is important but it never enters into the decisions we make.  Listen in to...

Dr. Mitsch initiates a new series called "Broken People of the Bible" this week with episode 128.  He takes time to breathe life into a story that many people know or with which they are familiar.  Is there something here for us to learn about our own spiritual condition and what insight might the paralytic's story offer for us as we follow Jesus?

It is a very common experience to be angry at God for a variety of reasons.  That anger is enough to separate us from Him, but is it enough to separate Him from us?  Dr. Mitsch looks at one of the key barriers in our relationship with God - our anger with Him.  Where does it come from, what is the cost, and what are the steps to address it.  

What kind of people populate your life?  What kind of person are you?  Dr. Mitsch looks at a topic that is rarely discussed.  When we engage friends and family over personal issues, are you likely to start your comment with a "At least..." and provide a perspective about the issue your friend is facing that compares what he/she has experienced to something far worse?  What kind of people do you ne...

Dr. Mitsch explores how pervasive the language of power has changed us, our relationships, and even how we think about ourselves and God.  Listen to a thought-provoking podcast that will challenge you to consider changing your language from power to love.  

In this episode, Dr. Mitsch looks at the final crescendo to forgiveness and repentance and that is reconciliation.  He explores what reconciliation is and what it isn't including the key elements which are displayed in the story of the prodigal son.  

Continuing from the forgiveness episode(#122), Dr. Mitsch talks about what it means to forgive an institution like the church.  He also explores what repentance actually looks like, and the differences between superficial and genuine repentance.

In this episode, Dr. Mitsch confronts and unravels the distortions and myths that we have around the aspect of forgiveness in our relationships.  Both the social convention of forgiveness and genuine forgiveness are explored and explained.   Dr. David Stoop's book was mentioned in this episode and can be found here .

In episode 121, Dr. Mitsch explores the key for healthy relationships - boundaries.  If you hope to have healthier relationships in 2023, then this is a great episode to start with!  The three characteristics of boundaries, and the patterns that create problems in relationships are discussed and a way to concretely address boundaries throughout the year is also mentioned.   Watch the next episode...

To begin a new year with The Psych Monologues, Dr. Mitsch takes on the issues in relationship between the generations that include whether or not we will connect with another person, or just simply focus on how they think.  Also, check out the new video podcast that can be found here .

Dr. Mitsch tackles both an important but also painful subject that people often experience around the holidays - grief.  While many sing gleefully about "home for the holidays" there are those in our world (and maybe us) who don't feel the same way about the holidays because they just remind us who is NOT there.  While the topic sounds like a "downer" for the holidays, it's important to give a voi...

Dr. Mitsch tackles a very familiar topic not only from his career in helping people, but also his teaching career.  He tackles the issue of how comfortable shame is for us.  Shame is an underestimated but overly familiar feature of most of our relationships with ourselves and with others.  Without a clear understanding of it, we can do little to live fully in the grace that God offers us.