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What does it mean to truly care for your body, mind, & soul in a way that aligns with Christ? Orthodox Health explores the timeless wisdom of the Orthodox Church in cultivating holistic well-being—spiritually, physically, & mentally.Join your hosts as we dive into topics like…
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What Is Exercise Actually For? | Presbytera Marina Thornburg (opens the original)
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What is exercise actually for? In this episode, Presbytera Marina Thornburg returns to the Orthodox Health Podcast for a conversation with Dr. Michael Christian & John about what happens when something genuinely good (exercise, discipline, taking care of the body) begins demanding more than it should. Can physical discipline make us more virtuous? Is something ascetical simply because it's difficult? What happens when the “optimal” training plan conflicts with prayer, marriage, children, work, o
Why The Athos Diet Changes How We Think About Food | Dr. Pete Patitsas (opens the original)
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What can modern medicine learn from Orthodox fasting without reducing an ancient ascetical practice to another health intervention? In this episode of the Orthodox Health Podcast , Dr. Pete Patitsas, emergency physician & author of The Athos Diet , joins Dr. Michael Christian & John to explore what the fasting traditions associated with Mt. Athos can teach us about food, health, discipline & the formation of the human person. They discuss intermittent fasting, metabolic health, protein during Gr
Is Stress Always Bad? The Lost Case for Voluntary Hardship (opens the original)
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What if the goal of health isn’t to eliminate stress... but to become capable of responding to the right kinds of stress well? Modern wellness culture is intensely focused on lowering cortisol, regulating the nervous system, maximizing recovery, & avoiding added strain. Sometimes that is exactly what health requires. But somewhere along the way, “chronic stress can make us sick” became “stress itself is bad.” Exercise is stress. Fasting is stress. Heat & cold are stress. Hunger is uncomfortable.
Our Thoughts Determine Our Health? Nocebo, Fear & the Orthodox Mind (opens the original)
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Can fear, expectation, & the stories we tell about our bodies actually change what we experience physically? Elder Thaddeus of Vitovnica famously taught that “our thoughts determine our lives.” Modern research into the nocebo effect, pain, conditioning, stress, & health anxiety gives us a fascinating (though much narrower) window into the relationship between thought & bodily experience. In this episode of the Orthodox Health Podcast , Dr. Mike & John explore what our thoughts can and cannot do
The Dormition: What the Death of the Theotokos Reveals About Yours (opens the original)
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You will die. So what exactly are you preparing your body for? After exploring how Orthodox Christians should feed the body during fasting & how to train without making the gym an idol, in this episode of the Orthodox Health Podcast , Dr. Michael Christian & John confront the question that neither nutrition nor physical discipline can answer: What are health, strength, suffering, & ultimately the body itself actually for? The Dormition gives the Church’s answer. The Theotokos, the holiest human
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