Psychology and Spirituality

Brene Brown states "Solitude is a place. It’s a place we choose. Loneliness is a feeling. It’s a feeling we often have when we think we should be with other people." In this episode Marcia Trajano joins Dr. Anahy Fonseca and Jussara Korngold in a conversation addressing the negative aspects of loneliness so that we can embrace the positive aspects of solitude for personal growth and ment...

In this episode Marcia Trajano joins Dr. Sonia Doi in a conversation around the notion that we are free to be happy or to suffer. Sonia Doi has been a member since the foundation of the Allan Kardec Spiritist Society of Maryland in 1990 and one of the founders and is the president of both the U.S. Spiritist Medical Association and the International Spiritist Medical Association. Dr. Doi graduated...

In this episode Marcia Trajano joins Dr. Anahy Fonseca and Jussara Korngold in a conversation designed to answer some of our fears and questions about the end of the world. What does Spiritism say about the visions of the end of the world that are so prevalent in our popular culture today? What is Joanna de Angelis' approach to this discussion about archetypes themes such as the apocalypse? Wh...

In this episode Marcia Trajano joins Dr. Anahy Fonseca in a conversation around the questions including:● Why are visions of the end of the world so prevalent in our popular culture today?● Why have apocalyptic themes been replicated in so many different forms across millennia; spanning art, religion, science, philosophy and our global media environments?● Do you ever have dreams with apocalyptic...

Marcia Trajano joins Anne Sinclair to discuss the complex path to wellness. Health psychologists study the factors that allow people to be healthy, recover from an illness or cope with a chronic condition. These experts work in the intersection of health and behaviors and are a part of integrated health care delivery. This conversation is an invitation to explore elements to promote health and pre...

In this episode Marcia Trajano joins Dr. Anahy Fonseca in a discussion about the different crises our world is undergoing and our impact to it. Specifically, they discuss challenges to our health and well-being and the urgent need to achieve conscientiousness. Joanna de Angelis states that human existence is a challenge. She continues saying that conflict is the chiaroscuro of what to do or not to...

Marcia Trajano joins Suzana Simões in an provocative discussion about how our ancestral legacies are deeply etched in the very core of our being and prevail in our unconscious archives, manifesting as escape mechanisms, concealing inner conflicts that transform into feelings of low self-esteem and self-respect, and leading to the lack of self love. The program is sponsored by: Mansão de Caminho -...

Spiritism, according to Joanna de Ângelis, synthesizes different currents of psychological thought and studies man as an eternal Spirit. Therefore, it presents the proposal for an idealistic, immortalistic philosophical behavior, helping us solve our problems, without violence and based on the concept of reincarnation. Long before the valuable contribution of humanist and transpersonal psychiatris...

Marcia Trajano joins Dr. Fonseca and Ms. Korngold fand explore pain and suffering. Emotional pain is referred as psychic pain, spiritual pain, psychalgia, emotional suffering, psychological pain, algopsychalia, soul pain, or mental pain. Regardless of the term we use, in order to fully understand the topic of pain and suffering we must ask ourselves: What is suffering? Why do we have to feel pain?...

Marcia Trajano joins Anne Sinclair to bring yet another facet to their earlier discussions on guilt. Arising from psychological immaturity in judging one's own actions, guilt opens up an abyss between what is done and what should not have been done, cruelly punishing those who suffer its persistent persecution. The phrase "it's all water under the bridge" means that something is...

Marcia Trajano joins Anne Sinclair to bring yet another facet to their earlier discussions on guilt. We carefully build personas and masks to present ourselves as the idealized person, a construct of how we would like to be. In doing so, we are most often unprepared to deal with failure, utilizing escape mechanisms to best defend the illusion of who want to be instead of facing who we really are....

Marcia Trajano joins Peter Hays to highlight some facets of one of four basic human emotions -- anger, joy, sadness and fear. A trigger to our own survival, fear is mostly considered an unpleasant emotion. It is caused by the belief that someone or something is dangerous, likely to cause pain, or a threat, we may not be prepared to confront. Joanna de Angelis states that "as the consciousness...

Marcia Trajano joins Dr. Fonseca and Ms. Korngold in this especial episode to discuss mental health in times of crises. An estimated 90 % of the southernmost state of Brazil has been flooded through most of May 2024, with severe floods caused by heavy rains and storms. The floods marks an environmental disaster and we want to discuss the emotional support needed during this time. The program is sp...

Marcia Trajano joins Dr. Anahy Fonseca and Jussara Korngold in an provocative discussion about the human experience the awakening of our soul. They reference Joanna de Angelis thought on the subject: The individual possesses, even if unconsciously, the germ of the ethical sense of earthly existence. Spark of the Divine Psyche that it is, it carries within the depths of the Self this embryo that de...

Marcia Trajano joins Suzana Simões in an provocative discussion about the human experience and the evolution of thought. Suzana will introduce the concept that everything is in God's time as it relates to how we, humans, have have evolved. The program is sponsored by:Mansão de Caminho - https://mansaodocaminho.com.br United States Spiritist Federation - https://spiritist.us International Spiri...

Dr. Corbett, Dr. Fonseca, and Mrs. Korngold joins Marcia Trajano to discuss some aspects of suffering. In his book The Soul in Anguish: A Depth Psychological Approach to Suffering, Dr. Corbett leads us in an inquisitively and beautifully written examination of the problem of suffering. Suffering can be understood as the necessary first step into a process leading to a new level of consciousness. D...

Marcia Trajano joins Anne Sinclair and continue an earlier discussion on some aspects of guilt. As we know, guilt is an emotional experience that manifests itself in response to an action, a thought, a word, or even a feeling or emotion around a mistake or wrong doing. In so many words, guilt stems from the tension between an one's desires and the expectations and the outcomes. So, how do we o...

Peter Hays joins Marcia Trajano when she poses the question: do most of us prefer to get through our days without ending up in an argument? If the answer is yes, then the conclusion is that most of us aim for a life filled with days where interactions our family, our colleagues, our neighbors, demonstrate harmony, understanding, and collaboration. Unfortunately, in a time of extreme social and pol...

Marcia Trajano joins Dr. Anahy Fonseca and Jussara Korngold on this topic of why do we long for solitude. Joanna de Angelis in her book The Integral Human Being, reminds us that modern society has witnessed unimaginable advances of knowledge and technology. Yet, we continue to suffer through restlessness, realizing that while these cultural achievements have broadened our horizons of understanding...

Marcia Trajano joins Júlio Padovan in a discussion about the escape mechanisms of the ego. Also known as escapism, escape mechanisms are emotional or mental tools to help us avoid acknowledging unpleasant or threatening realities. In a world where we are mostly distracted, this will be a topic we can all relate to. The program is sponsored by: AME Brasil - https://amebrasil.org.br Mansão de Caminh...

Marcia Trajano joins Jussara Korngold in a conversation about what it takes for us to leaving our old self behind. They reference Joanna de Angelis' and her book The Integral Human Being. In this work, we are urged to look at ourselves enough so that we can choose therapies, activities, habits to soften the pressures or eliminate all the tension we go through in life and achieve physical, emot...

Marcia Trajano joins Dr. Anahy Fonseca and Jussara Korngold in a conversation around achieving a state of emotional well-being. Is it the road less traveled or the road we must take? Thank you for joining us in this discussion, referencing Dr. M. Scott Peck classic bestseller The Road Less Traveled. The program is sponsored by:AME Brasil - https://amebrasil.org.br Mansão de Caminho - https://mansa...

Marcia Trajano joins Bea Lopes in a conversation around achieving a state of emotional well-being. One domain within this field of positive psychology is the study of religious faith as a human strength that has the potential to enhance individuals' optimal existence and well-being. Joanna de Angelis urges us to add prayer and meditation as tools to channel our connection and inspiration from...

Marcia Trajano joins Anne Sinclair to discuss some aspects of health and well being. Joanna de Angelis reminds us that it is in the planning of any project that we can predict the quality of its implementation. A project plan often includes estimations, forecasts, calculations and references, organization charts. The successful or failure to execute depends on how much we monitor its progress. The...

In this episode Marcia Trajano joins Dr. Anahy Fonseca in a discussion about the different crises our world is undergoing and our impact to it. Specifically, they discuss collaboration and competition in light of the anthropo-socio-psychological processes experienced in humanity's march toward development. The program is sponsored by:AME Brasil - https://amebrasil.org.br Mansão de Caminho - ht...