
The Good of Play
We look at the basic good of play. There are three reasons why people play games. 1) to win, 2) for the love of the game, and 3) for the love of the people we play with. As long as we value the love of the game and the l

Hosted by Christopher J. Lisanti, MD · 🇺🇸 US · EN-US · 30 episodes
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We explore the big picture of our humanity through medical knowledge, philosophical reasoning, and theological insights leading to a better understanding of human flourishing.
Christopher J. Lisanti, MD hosts Roots of Flourishing, a health show with 30 episodes published.

We look at the basic good of play. There are three reasons why people play games. 1) to win, 2) for the love of the game, and 3) for the love of the people we play with. As long as we value the love of the game and the l

This episode looks at a Biblical view of flourishing through the Shema from Deuteronomy 6:4-5: "Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and wit

This last of a five-part series on identity analyzes an identity in Christ. This identity answers the three fundamental questions: who is my God (spiritual dimension), who is my neighbor (social) and who am I (psychologi

Critical theory is a way of looking at humanity through power imbalances that may have harmed a person’s human flourishing as currently defined by economic and/or sexual expression. Critical theory's Achilles heel is tha

This is the 3rd of a five-part series on identity. We analyze the identities of a Mandalorian (Star Wars series), a physician, and a member of the profession of arms. We analyzed all three identities through our 5 questi

This is the 2nd of a five-part series on identity. We review our current identity trends by answering our 5 questions that help us answer how good an identity is. Our identities are currently psychologically driven. With

This is the first of a five-part series on identity. It is useful to examine identities throughout history and up to our modern day by asking one or more of three fundamental questions. Who is my God (spiritual dimension

This episode concludes our examination of the spiritual dimension by analyzing common errors. Error #1: Mistaking the social for the spiritual. We think the religious service with its liturgy and building or obedience to

Second episode of two parts on the spiritual dimension. Humans appear designed to pursue knowledge and particularly knowledge of the sacred or transcendent. Defining the spiritual dimension as things that are transcenden

First episode of two parts on the spiritual dimension. Humans appear designed to pursue knowledge and particularly knowledge of the sacred or transcendent. Defining the spiritual dimension as things that are transcendent

This is the final lectures on the challenges of the digital revolution on our humanity where we discuss its impact on the spiritual dimension. All aspects of the spiritual dimension can be harmed by the digital revolutio

This is the second of two lectures on the social harms by the digital revolution. In the pre-digital world, we desired and sought out relations with those that we had common beliefs and interests; however, the degree of

This is the first of two lectures on the social harms by the digital revolution. The digital world has led to two main features: we ignore the people in front of us and bully those we don’t see. We will address the first

3rd part on the digital revolution looking at biologic harms. Key brain aspects include networks, the neurotransmitter dopamine, and mirror neurons. 4 networks. 1) executive control network (ECN): decision making and sel

3rd part on the digital revolution looking at biologic harms. Key brain aspects include networks, the neurotransmitter dopamine, and mirror neurons. 4 networks. 1) executive control network (ECN): decision making and sel

2nd of 5-part series on the digital revolution. Today we look at the psychologic harms. Expressive individualism sets the background that already drives us more into the psychologic. This overemphasis on our thoughts, em

This is the first part of a five-episode series on the challenges that the digital revolution pose for our humanity. This episode will provide a general framework to analyze the effects of tools and specifically the digi

Join me in the last of a two-part conversation with college student Micah Allen. This episode continues our discussion of human flourishing from both philosophical and theological perspectives. We introduce three philoso

Join me in the first of a two-part conversation with college student Micah Allen as we discuss human flourishing in the college experience and beyond. This wide ranging discussion covers issues within college from Micah'

The last of a four-episode series on redeeming work that discusses how ideological intrusion into our work can degrade, dilute, and even distort the good of our work. Finally, we discuss the one area of positive enhancem
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