Temperament

We're talking about the temperaments.

I love the temperaments.

You've written this great book for us, Piety and Personality, The Temperaments of the Saints.

Catholics love talking about the temperaments, particularly traditional Catholics.

And I've often said that it's the ultimate... personality test because I think it lays beneath strength finder and working genius is a new popular one and Myers-Briggs.

It's another book.

It's fun to look at.

The Temperaments of the Popes.

Are you getting what I'm saying? So now, I've begun to explain that.

One thing we must understand for me to establish the teaching on stronghold is the understanding of Temperaments.

Because Satan designs strongholds based on your personality.

Strongholds can be customized.

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this is the one that, like, people go to to really understand, you know, their, their melancholic temperament.

But we've got dozens now of podcasts that are temperament focused on different niches.

Yes.

Um, the other one-

the other one was, uh, was Why Catholic Coaching? Season one, episode one That was one of our top ones

Really?

I think it was because we were really directing people there, right? But temperaments choleric, that was another one there.

Hey everyone, at the time that I'm recording this intro in the fall of 2026, I'm actually in the middle of preparations for an upcoming course I'll be teaching at the Avila Institute for Spiritual Formation.

The course is called Transformation of Our Temperaments, And while registration is closed because we're already more than full, I know that I'll be teaching it again, so stay tuned.

I will announce here when that opportunity comes back around because I have long believed that understanding our temperaments is key to our self-understanding, the health of our relationships, our leadership potential, our spiritual growth, and yes, our ability to discern and make good decisions.

Today, I'm joined by my friend Aaron Ingold of Metanoia Catholic to begin a multi-episode conversation about the four temperaments, the classical and now thoroughly Catholic understanding of the distinct emotional and motivational patterns that are part of our physiological makeup and our God-given design.

I have a certification in spiritual theology and spiritual direction.

And so it was a work that we had to study.

And I was introduced to The Temperaments, Erin, actually by my mom when I was young because she was reading, I had mentioned to you earlier in conversation, Tim LaHaye, who's a Protestant writer who has written multiple works on The Temperaments.

So my mom had an interest in it.