"Heartstorming" is a phrase Father Paul coined - it's a play on the word "brainstorming" but with the twist that you are letting your feelings flow rather than concepts or ideas. He defines it as "the process of listening to one's feelings and bringing them to the forefront of awareness where they can become allies and partners instead of obstacles to achieving inner peace". In this volume, Father Paul takes the reader through the process of coming to inner balance and peace in a way that lasts because it involves the heart with the mind and the soul, as it was designed to be. Once we've learned how to tap into the heart, we will find ourselves fulfilled and realize our purpose. Father Paul identifies three key questions we should ask as we heartstorm: what matters?; what do I believe in? (what does my mind tell me about what I feel?); and what brings me joy and peace? (what are the ideals and inspirations of my soul?) As we pursue these questions, we find ourselves growing in understanding of what matters to us. We begin to discover our passion.
I'm the co-host of "Religion on the Line" (Sundays, WABC Radio, New York, and www.wabcradio.com, 7:00 - 10:00 a.m.) with Rabbi Joseph Potasnik. I'm Director of Radio Ministry for the Archdiocese of New York, and serve as a priest at The Church of Our Lady of Peace in Manhattan. My monthly column, "Spiritual Matters," appears in Catholic New York newspaper. A regular blog and a weekly inspirational column appear on the website of the Archdiocese of New York, www.ny-archdiocese.org. I write a quarterly column, "As You Think," for the website www.soulfulliving.com. A monthly article on spirituality appears at Tom Tortorella's Trinitarian website at community-2.webtv.net/Tortorella/Trinitarian.
Recently, I wrote the Introduction to the forthcoming book "Empire State Catholics" by Father Thomas Shelley.
