Being Human with Steve Cuss
From Christianity Today, Being Human with Steve Cuss is Christian counseling in podcast form. Steve Cuss, a former trauma and hospice chaplain, pastor, and leadership coach, guides listeners with a gospel-informed journey of discovery into the world of emotional health: everything from anxiety and reactivity, to triangulation, overfunctioning, and the Enneagram.
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Putting Beauty into the World with Charlie Peac...
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Faith in the Workplace with Jeff Haanen
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The Therapist and the Song Writer with Jill Phi...
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The Brain and Faith with Geoff Holsclaw
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Empathy and Remembering with Esau McCaulley
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Enneagram, Anxiety, and What We Live For
Steve Cuss and Jimmy Carnes discuss the Enneagram and how it helps us reflect on the character of God.
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Triangulation and Over Functioning
Steve Cuss and Jimmy Carnes discuss the complexities of introspection.
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The Journey Into Emotional Health
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The Nature of Every Belief
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Precious vs. Core Beliefs
What happens when we're reactive? We disconnect from our awareness of God.
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Notice and Diffuse Reactivity
Steve digs deeper into the anxiety known as "reactivity" and the different ways we all respond when our values are broken by others.
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Pilot Episode
The first episode of Being Human With Steve Cuss, in collaboration with Christianity Today.
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EP 196: Annual Wrap Up with Lisa Cuss
The Friendly Neighborhood Therapist joins Steve on this annual wrap up. They chat about lessons learned this year, giving yourself the gift of wellbeing in 2024 and what is coming down the pike for next year. Plus, Steve shares his favorite advent po...
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Ep195: J.S. Park
*Apologies for the crunchy audio at the beginning of the show* J.S. (Joon) Park is a hospital chaplain and author of The Voices We Carry. Steve first encountered J.S. through his remarkable twitter feed which is well worth a follow here. Joon ta...
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EP 194: Brad Lomenick
Brad Lomenick is the former president of Catalyst and the author of several books including the H3 Leader. Brad is a gifted connector and developer of people. For two decades he has met with thousands of Christian leaders. In this interview, Steve g...
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Ep 193: Julie Mavis and Annika Marek-Barta
Julie Mavis is the Founder of Dream Makers Project, an organization dedicated to helping youth as they age out of foster care. Because of Dream Makers, these kids do not have to face the world, their future and their decisions alone. Julie is join...
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EP 192: William Vanderbloemen
Steve LOVED interviewing William Vanderbloemen on this week's episode. He brought so much needed wisdom for leaders today. William is the founder of Vanderbloemen Search Group. Since their founding they have placed 2500+ employees into churches and...
52 min
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EP 191: MLA Turns 5
This week, Managing Leadership Anxiety turns five! This episode has four parts:1) Why Steve launched MLA, early concepts and lessons. 2) Why Systems Theory, other practitioners, Steve's unique contribution to the field. 3) What Steve has learned...
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EP 190: Self Care For The Holidays
Many leaders and people in care giving vocations are notorious for focusing on others to the detriment of wellbeing. In this episode Steve is joined by his wife Lisa as they discuss core tools of self care as we approach the holiday season. Self care...
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EP 189: Dr Kathleen Smith
Dr Kathleen Smith wrote one of my all time favorite Systems books called Everything Isn't Terrible. The book is brilliant, clear and witty and a great reflection of Kathleen herself. Kathleen is a therapist in the DC area and her book gets us righ...
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Ep 188: Four Dynamics Part Four: Attempted Solu...
This week Steve and Jimmy look beyond problems to 'attempted solutions.' Jay Haley famously said, 'I do not address problems, I address attempted solutions.' So often we get stuck in 'more of the same' and 'try harder' because we do not see our own c...
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Ep 187: Four Dynamics Part Three: Stuck Patterns
Today, Jimmy Carnes joins Steve to continue their four part series, 'the four dynamics that infect every relationship.' They look at 'stuck' or predictable, recurring patterns. First patterns in ourselves, then in our relationships and teams. Tips to...
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Ep 186: Book Recommendations and
I often get asked about Systems Theory books to read. In this episode, I list a number of books and also offer critique or recommendation AND I also pull out of some of the books a key tool you can use in your life. So you can listen to this book rev...
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Ep 185: Aundi Kolber
Aundi Kolber is a licensed professional counselor (MA, LPC) and the best selling author of the critically acclaimed Try Softer and her new book Strong like Water. She has received additional training in her specialization of trauma- and body-cente...
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Ep 184: Four Dynamics Part Two: Reactivity
There are four dynamics that infect every relationship you have: assumptions, reactivity, stuck patterns, attempted solutions. These four dynamics infect not only your human relationships, they also infect your relationship with God. They also ...
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