CNLP 659 | Dr. Alison Cook on Why Therapy Has Become the New "Church", The Dangers of Spiritual ByPassing, and What To Do When You Want to Escape From Your Life
The Carey Nieuwhof Leadership Podcast
Carey Nieuwhof
4.8 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 25 June 2024
⏱️ 73 minutes
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Summary
Dr. Alison Cook discusses how therapy has become the new church. She and Carey also discuss the dangers of spiritual bypassing, what to do when you want to escape your life, and how much cognitive dissonance is normal for leaders.
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TIMESTAMPS:
The rise of therapy in the culture (00:00:01)
Therapy as the new church (00:00:20)
The intersection of faith and psychology (00:02:04)
Challenges in the church regarding mental health (00:04:38)
The dangers of spiritual bypassing (00:19:02)
The need for deep transformational work (00:28:34)
The impact of compulsive availability (00:31:15)
The normality of escape fantasies and cognitive dissonance (00:39:01)
Dealing with shame in a religious context (00:46:13)
Shame and its neurobiology (00:46:15)
Understanding shame and guilt (00:47:15)
The practice of Naming, Framing, and Braving (00:50:51)
The challenge of numbness in leadership (00:53:51)
Addressing toxic leadership situations (01:01:59)
Options for dealing with toxic environments (01:06:46)
The importance of healthy communities (01:08:59)
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| 0:00.0 | The Art of Leadership Network. |
| 0:03.0 | Some of us, even in the best of homes, grew up where it was like, |
| 0:06.2 | no, all of that was spiritual. |
| 0:08.0 | All of that, just pray that away, just choose joy. |
| 0:11.6 | It's mind over matter, and's like well actually it's not. |
| 0:19.6 | Welcome to the Carrie Newhoff Leadership Podcast. |
| 0:22.8 | It's Carrie here and I hope our time together today helps you thrive in life and leadership. |
| 0:27.0 | And today we have Dr. Allison Cook. |
| 0:30.0 | We talk about why therapy has become the new church, and sometimes why church has become the new therapy, |
| 0:35.4 | the dangers of spiritual bypassing. The spiritual bypassing thing is huge. We're going to talk about that |
| 0:42.4 | and also talk about what to do if you ever feel like you want to escape |
| 0:46.4 | from your life or your job. Hey, want to thank William, a lead pastor in the Gulf Coast for his five-star review. He says, |
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| 1:24.8 | at glue.US slash free texting and by compassion. Watch how God uses your church to impact the world |
| 1:32.1 | when you host a compassion Sunday. |
| 1:34.0 | Find out more at Compassion.com slash Carrie. |
| 1:37.0 | So Dr. Allison Cook is a therapist and host to the top rank, |
| 1:40.0 | the Best of You Podcast. |
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