<![CDATA[This Should Be Good]]>5c44098a-9701-5f26-9690-cd3bad5b5a06Wed, 07 Oct 2026 07:30:20 +0000Captivate.fmArthur Elliotthttps://artwork.captivate.fm/5444ab84-d15f-47b9-8814-fa64bdf09a82/This-Should-Be-Good-Cover-Logo.pngThis Should Be GoodArthur ElliottArthur ElliottThis Should Be Good is a video podcast hosted by Bishop Michael Martin and Andy Pfeiffer — two longtime friends having honest conversations designed to reach the disengaged, the curious, or those who have left the Catholic Church. To do so, they discuss topics people ask about and position the bishop as the humble, genuine, real, yet great spiritual guide that he is.https://this-should-be-good.captivate.fmfalseepisodicnopodcastEp7: From $500 and a Friend's Floor to a 40-Person Agency | This Should Be GoodEp7: From $500 and a Friend's Floor to a 40-Person Agency | This Should Be GoodAndy takes the hot seat to answer a listener's question about starting a business and leading a team, tracing his path from sleeping on a friend's floor to running a 40-plus-person ad agency, and he and Bishop Michael land on why hard work, open eyes, and authentic relationships matter more than the money and whether God has a plan for your career or you're writing your own.

Episode Highlights:

00:31 — Charlotte's Greek festival weekend, and a review of The Odyssey on IMAX: some eternal truths, and a warning about lotus flowers

01:50 — This week's listener question puts Andy in the hot seat: any advice on starting your own business and having employees?

02:22 — Why Andy doesn't think anyone should set out to be an entrepreneur, why running a business and doing the work are two separate jobs, and the myth that owning a business makes you rich

06:38 — Arriving in Charlotte in 2000 with $500, sleeping on a friend's floor, and the odd jobs that taught him what mattered

07:26 — How relationships opened every door, from a restaurant manager's tip to Coca-Cola event marketing to employee number three at Red Moon Marketing

08:52 — Bishop Michael's three keys for any job: work hard, watch for opportunities, and stay authentic in your relationships

11:01 — The 2007 call from a former client that pushed Andy to start his own business, and learning to build a culture people want to be part of

14:27 — Climbing the ladder only to find it leaning against the wrong building, and why the real prize is loving the people you build something with

23:12 — Andy's big question: does God have a divine plan for your career, or are you the author of your own destiny?

25:27 — Bishop Michael on why we shouldn't hide behind "God's plan," and how our freedom to co-create is the real gift

About Your Hosts:

Bishop Michael is a longtime friend and mentor to Andy, with more than three decades of shared history between them. A bishop known for his straightforward, often funny take on faith, he brings decades of pastoral experience, from teaching religious studies to serving as a first responder to his own community, to every conversation on the show.

Andy is a businessman, husband, and father who co-hosts This Should Be Good, bringing the questions real people are actually asking into conversation with Bishop Michael. Equal parts curious and irreverent, he keeps the conversation grounded in the everyday realities of work, parenting, and trying to keep up.

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]]>Andy takes the hot seat to answer a listener's question about starting a business and leading a team, tracing his path from sleeping on a friend's floor to running a 40-plus-person ad agency, and he and Bishop Michael land on why hard work, open eyes, and authentic relationships matter more than the money and whether God has a plan for your career or you're writing your own.

Episode Highlights:

00:31 — Charlotte's Greek festival weekend, and a review of The Odyssey on IMAX: some eternal truths, and a warning about lotus flowers

01:50 — This week's listener question puts Andy in the hot seat: any advice on starting your own business and having employees?

02:22 — Why Andy doesn't think anyone should set out to be an entrepreneur, why running a business and doing the work are two separate jobs, and the myth that owning a business makes you rich

06:38 — Arriving in Charlotte in 2000 with $500, sleeping on a friend's floor, and the odd jobs that taught him what mattered

07:26 — How relationships opened every door, from a restaurant manager's tip to Coca-Cola event marketing to employee number three at Red Moon Marketing

08:52 — Bishop Michael's three keys for any job: work hard, watch for opportunities, and stay authentic in your relationships

11:01 — The 2007 call from a former client that pushed Andy to start his own business, and learning to build a culture people want to be part of

14:27 — Climbing the ladder only to find it leaning against the wrong building, and why the real prize is loving the people you build something with

23:12 — Andy's big question: does God have a divine plan for your career, or are you the author of your own destiny?

25:27 — Bishop Michael on why we shouldn't hide behind "God's plan," and how our freedom to co-create is the real gift

About Your Hosts:

Bishop Michael is a longtime friend and mentor to Andy, with more than three decades of shared history between them. A bishop known for his straightforward, often funny take on faith, he brings decades of pastoral experience, from teaching religious studies to serving as a first responder to his own community, to every conversation on the show.

Andy is a businessman, husband, and father who co-hosts This Should Be Good, bringing the questions real people are actually asking into conversation with Bishop Michael. Equal parts curious and irreverent, he keeps the conversation grounded in the everyday realities of work, parenting, and trying to keep up.

Connect & Resources:

Have a question or a topic you'd like covered? Submit it here: thisshouldbegood.show, your question could become a full episode.

]]>8b5f0c1b-d393-4bd2-b16e-8500a770c3ecWed, 07 Oct 2026 03:30:00 -040029:06falsefullEp6: The Part of Forgiveness Nobody Talks About | This Should Be GoodEp6: The Part of Forgiveness Nobody Talks About | This Should Be GoodBishop Michael and Andy take on three listener questions on forgiveness and confession (whether it's better to forgive or be forgiven, how to forgive someone while still drawing a boundary, and why Catholics confess their sins to a priest) and land on why forgiveness starts with humility and means letting go of the hurt, not erasing the consequences.

Episode Highlights:

00:31 - Andy tries something new, opening with three listener questions, including one from Sara, a pastor's daughter, on forgiveness and boundaries

03:49 - Andy's take on forgiveness as shedding the layers we pile on, and the bishop's case for starting with an honest look at a broken world

08:47 - Thirty years of hearing confessions, and the spouses who come in to confess each other's sins

10:26 - Forgive or be forgiven? Why it begins with asking for forgiveness yourself

11:57 - “Not transactional, transformational,” and why the dishwasher keeps coming up

15:08 - Sara's question on boundaries: forgiveness means letting go of the hurt, not the consequences, and what expelling students taught the bishop about that

19:23 - The monkey, the vase, and the date: what refusing to forgive actually looks like

21:14 - Why forgiving and forgetting are two different things

22:16 - Why confess to a priest? Hearing God's forgiveness through a human voice, and why the hard part is the point

30:20 - Why sin is the least creative thing in the human experience, the seal of confession, and a last word from Andy's dad

About Your Hosts:

Bishop Michael is a longtime friend and mentor to Andy, with more than three decades of shared history between them. A bishop known for his straightforward, often funny take on faith, he brings decades of pastoral experience, from teaching religious studies to serving as a first responder to his own community, to every conversation on the show.

Andy is a businessman, husband, and father who co-hosts This Should Be Good, bringing the questions real people are actually asking into conversation with Bishop Michael. Equal parts curious and irreverent, he keeps the conversation grounded in the everyday realities of work, parenting, and trying to keep up.

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]]>Bishop Michael and Andy take on three listener questions on forgiveness and confession (whether it's better to forgive or be forgiven, how to forgive someone while still drawing a boundary, and why Catholics confess their sins to a priest) and land on why forgiveness starts with humility and means letting go of the hurt, not erasing the consequences.

Episode Highlights:

00:31 - Andy tries something new, opening with three listener questions, including one from Sara, a pastor's daughter, on forgiveness and boundaries

03:49 - Andy's take on forgiveness as shedding the layers we pile on, and the bishop's case for starting with an honest look at a broken world

08:47 - Thirty years of hearing confessions, and the spouses who come in to confess each other's sins

10:26 - Forgive or be forgiven? Why it begins with asking for forgiveness yourself

11:57 - “Not transactional, transformational,” and why the dishwasher keeps coming up

15:08 - Sara's question on boundaries: forgiveness means letting go of the hurt, not the consequences, and what expelling students taught the bishop about that

19:23 - The monkey, the vase, and the date: what refusing to forgive actually looks like

21:14 - Why forgiving and forgetting are two different things

22:16 - Why confess to a priest? Hearing God's forgiveness through a human voice, and why the hard part is the point

30:20 - Why sin is the least creative thing in the human experience, the seal of confession, and a last word from Andy's dad

About Your Hosts:

Bishop Michael is a longtime friend and mentor to Andy, with more than three decades of shared history between them. A bishop known for his straightforward, often funny take on faith, he brings decades of pastoral experience, from teaching religious studies to serving as a first responder to his own community, to every conversation on the show.

Andy is a businessman, husband, and father who co-hosts This Should Be Good, bringing the questions real people are actually asking into conversation with Bishop Michael. Equal parts curious and irreverent, he keeps the conversation grounded in the everyday realities of work, parenting, and trying to keep up.

Connect & Resources:

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]]>2af94fb1-8005-4849-a001-8c381afdc672Wed, 30 Sep 2026 09:25:00 -040038:12falsefullEp5: Staying Friends Across the Political Divide | This Should Be GoodEp5: Staying Friends Across the Political Divide | This Should Be GoodBishop Michael and Andy tackle a listener's question, inspired by a mother and daughter torn apart by politics, about how to stay close to people whose politics differ from yours. They land on why seeing past labels and choosing relationship over being right matters more than winning the argument.

Episode Highlights:

00:39 — Andy asks Bishop Michael if he's ever crushed a homily, only to find out later it fell completely flat

03:11 — Preaching to a congregation that spans newborns to 90 year olds, every political persuasion, and every kind of pain walking in the door

04:59 — The old seminary rule about crying babies, and why a silent congregation is the real warning sign

07:32 — This week's listener question: how do you stay friends with someone whose politics differ from yours, sparked by a mother and daughter who lost their relationship over it

09:45 — The studies on political division: how many Americans have lost a relationship over politics, and why people overestimate how far apart they really are

12:42 — Andy's case that most people agree on the same ten things and only disagree on how to get there, until you sit through an HOA meeting

15:51 — Choosing to love people unconditionally instead of basing it on whether they agree with you

17:48 — Why Andy thinks having friends who disagree with you, à la Lincoln's Team of Rivals, makes for a richer life and better decisions

23:20 — Practical advice for the mother and daughter: starting from “we're both made in God's image” and setting a loving boundary around political talk

27:55 — Andy on the time Bishop Michael chose unity over taking sides, and what it taught him about leadership

About Your Hosts:

Bishop Michael is a longtime friend and mentor to Andy, with more than three decades of shared history between them. A bishop known for his straightforward, often funny take on faith, he brings decades of pastoral experience, from teaching religious studies to serving as a first responder to his own community, to every conversation on the show.

Andy is a businessman, husband, and father who co-hosts This Should Be Good, bringing the questions real people are actually asking into conversation with Bishop Michael. Equal parts curious and irreverent, he keeps the conversation grounded in the everyday realities of work, parenting, and trying to keep up.

Connect & Resources:

Have a question or a topic you'd like covered? Submit it here: thisshouldbegood.show, your question could become a full episode.

]]>Bishop Michael and Andy tackle a listener's question, inspired by a mother and daughter torn apart by politics, about how to stay close to people whose politics differ from yours. They land on why seeing past labels and choosing relationship over being right matters more than winning the argument.

Episode Highlights:

00:39 — Andy asks Bishop Michael if he's ever crushed a homily, only to find out later it fell completely flat

03:11 — Preaching to a congregation that spans newborns to 90 year olds, every political persuasion, and every kind of pain walking in the door

04:59 — The old seminary rule about crying babies, and why a silent congregation is the real warning sign

07:32 — This week's listener question: how do you stay friends with someone whose politics differ from yours, sparked by a mother and daughter who lost their relationship over it

09:45 — The studies on political division: how many Americans have lost a relationship over politics, and why people overestimate how far apart they really are

12:42 — Andy's case that most people agree on the same ten things and only disagree on how to get there, until you sit through an HOA meeting

15:51 — Choosing to love people unconditionally instead of basing it on whether they agree with you

17:48 — Why Andy thinks having friends who disagree with you, à la Lincoln's Team of Rivals, makes for a richer life and better decisions

23:20 — Practical advice for the mother and daughter: starting from “we're both made in God's image” and setting a loving boundary around political talk

27:55 — Andy on the time Bishop Michael chose unity over taking sides, and what it taught him about leadership

About Your Hosts:

Bishop Michael is a longtime friend and mentor to Andy, with more than three decades of shared history between them. A bishop known for his straightforward, often funny take on faith, he brings decades of pastoral experience, from teaching religious studies to serving as a first responder to his own community, to every conversation on the show.

Andy is a businessman, husband, and father who co-hosts This Should Be Good, bringing the questions real people are actually asking into conversation with Bishop Michael. Equal parts curious and irreverent, he keeps the conversation grounded in the everyday realities of work, parenting, and trying to keep up.

Connect & Resources:

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]]>8a4f3379-943c-4f07-8628-b6f407cadedaWed, 23 Sep 2026 03:30:00 -040035:01falsefullEp4: The Vow That's Hardest to Keep | This Should Be GoodEp4: The Vow That's Hardest to Keep | This Should Be GoodBishop Michael and Andy break down the vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience, trace the word “friar” back to its Latin roots, and land on which vow is hardest to actually live and why real selflessness has almost nothing to do with money.

Episode Highlights:

00:00 — Andy makes his case for honorary Franciscan status, from a company called “Fran Holdings” to a dog named Franny

02:07 — The real meaning of “fraternity,” and how diocesan priests differ from religious orders like the Franciscans, Jesuits, and Benedictines

07:21 — What “ordained” actually means, and who takes vows without becoming a priest

08:01 — Crossing from Franciscan life into diocesan responsibility as a bishop

08:42 — The three vows poverty, chastity, and obedience and why chastity means more than “no sex”

12:32 — The bishop turns the question around: which vow would be hardest to live, and which would make you most selfless?

17:27 — Why obedience is the hardest vow to keep in a culture built on “my will, my way”

19:00 — Rethinking generosity: why writing a check isn’t the same as giving your time

28:00 — The case for martyrdom as the ultimate selflessness and an answer to the atheist’s challenge

33:40 — The daily practice of selflessness: “get out of yourself,” and why we’re meanest to the people we love most

About Your Hosts:

Bishop Michael is a longtime friend and mentor to Andy, with more than three decades of shared history between them. A bishop known for his straightforward, often funny take on faith, he brings decades of pastoral experience, from teaching religious studies to serving as a first responder to his own community, to every conversation on the show.

Andy is a businessman, husband, and father who co-hosts This Should Be Good, bringing the questions real people are actually asking into conversation with Bishop Michael. Equal parts curious and irreverent, he keeps the conversation grounded in the everyday realities of work, parenting, and trying to keep up.

Connect & Resources:

Have a question or a topic you'd like covered? Submit it here: thisshouldbegood.show, your question could become a full episode.

]]>Bishop Michael and Andy break down the vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience, trace the word “friar” back to its Latin roots, and land on which vow is hardest to actually live and why real selflessness has almost nothing to do with money.

Episode Highlights:

00:00 — Andy makes his case for honorary Franciscan status, from a company called “Fran Holdings” to a dog named Franny

02:07 — The real meaning of “fraternity,” and how diocesan priests differ from religious orders like the Franciscans, Jesuits, and Benedictines

07:21 — What “ordained” actually means, and who takes vows without becoming a priest

08:01 — Crossing from Franciscan life into diocesan responsibility as a bishop

08:42 — The three vows poverty, chastity, and obedience and why chastity means more than “no sex”

12:32 — The bishop turns the question around: which vow would be hardest to live, and which would make you most selfless?

17:27 — Why obedience is the hardest vow to keep in a culture built on “my will, my way”

19:00 — Rethinking generosity: why writing a check isn’t the same as giving your time

28:00 — The case for martyrdom as the ultimate selflessness and an answer to the atheist’s challenge

33:40 — The daily practice of selflessness: “get out of yourself,” and why we’re meanest to the people we love most

About Your Hosts:

Bishop Michael is a longtime friend and mentor to Andy, with more than three decades of shared history between them. A bishop known for his straightforward, often funny take on faith, he brings decades of pastoral experience, from teaching religious studies to serving as a first responder to his own community, to every conversation on the show.

Andy is a businessman, husband, and father who co-hosts This Should Be Good, bringing the questions real people are actually asking into conversation with Bishop Michael. Equal parts curious and irreverent, he keeps the conversation grounded in the everyday realities of work, parenting, and trying to keep up.

Connect & Resources:

Have a question or a topic you'd like covered? Submit it here: thisshouldbegood.show, your question could become a full episode.

]]>cdc62249-b534-4cfb-8fc0-c94d80369e3dWed, 16 Sep 2026 03:30:00 -040039:06falsefullEp3: Is Comparison the Thief of Joy? | This Should Be GoodEp3: Is Comparison the Thief of Joy? | This Should Be GoodAndy and Bishop Michael tackle a listener's question about comparison culture and social media: why do we measure our lives against everyone else's, and what actually helps? Along the way, the Bishop gets honest about whether the life he chose ever leaves him envious of the one most people get to live, and the two land on gratitude as the real antidote to comparison.

Episode Highlights:

00:00 — Introducing today's topic: comparison culture and envy

01:11 — What Bishop Michael says he still misses, and what he doesn't

05:24 — Is social media the cause of comparison culture, or just fuel?

08:57 — The 1954 Festinger study: why we compare ourselves to the neighbor, not LeBron 14:19 — Where healthy comparison tips over into envy

16:35 — How comparison hits Andy: motivation, imposter syndrome, and “accomplishment addiction”

18:08 — Imposter syndrome, Catholic guilt, and feeling “not good enough”

22:03 — Gratitude as the real antidote to comparison

26:00 — The practical shift: turning envy into gratitude

27:01 — Closing thought: where does the comparison game end?

About Your Hosts:

Bishop Michael is a longtime friend and mentor to Andy, with more than three decades of shared history between them. A bishop known for his straightforward, often funny take on faith, he brings decades of pastoral experience, from teaching religious studies to serving as a first responder to his own community, to every conversation on the show.

Andy is a businessman, husband, and father who co-hosts This Should Be Good, bringing the questions real people are actually asking into conversation with Bishop Michael. Equal parts curious and irreverent, he keeps the conversation grounded in the everyday realities of work, parenting, and trying to keep up.

Connect & Resources: Have a question or a topic you'd like covered? Submit it here: thisshouldbegood.show, your question could become a full episode.

]]>Andy and Bishop Michael tackle a listener's question about comparison culture and social media: why do we measure our lives against everyone else's, and what actually helps? Along the way, the Bishop gets honest about whether the life he chose ever leaves him envious of the one most people get to live, and the two land on gratitude as the real antidote to comparison.

Episode Highlights:

00:00 — Introducing today's topic: comparison culture and envy

01:11 — What Bishop Michael says he still misses, and what he doesn't

05:24 — Is social media the cause of comparison culture, or just fuel?

08:57 — The 1954 Festinger study: why we compare ourselves to the neighbor, not LeBron 14:19 — Where healthy comparison tips over into envy

16:35 — How comparison hits Andy: motivation, imposter syndrome, and “accomplishment addiction”

18:08 — Imposter syndrome, Catholic guilt, and feeling “not good enough”

22:03 — Gratitude as the real antidote to comparison

26:00 — The practical shift: turning envy into gratitude

27:01 — Closing thought: where does the comparison game end?

About Your Hosts:

Bishop Michael is a longtime friend and mentor to Andy, with more than three decades of shared history between them. A bishop known for his straightforward, often funny take on faith, he brings decades of pastoral experience, from teaching religious studies to serving as a first responder to his own community, to every conversation on the show.

Andy is a businessman, husband, and father who co-hosts This Should Be Good, bringing the questions real people are actually asking into conversation with Bishop Michael. Equal parts curious and irreverent, he keeps the conversation grounded in the everyday realities of work, parenting, and trying to keep up.

Connect & Resources: Have a question or a topic you'd like covered? Submit it here: thisshouldbegood.show, your question could become a full episode.

]]>6369619c-1d0c-4fa7-a08f-69d6cc4224acWed, 09 Sep 2026 03:30:00 -040027:21falsefullEp2: I have my doubts. Do you? | This Should Be GoodEp2: I have my doubts. Do you? | This Should Be GoodBishop Michael and Andy dig into one of the biggest questions listeners have sent in: is it okay to have doubts? After a round of rapid-fire questions, the two get into what doubt really is, why the opposite of faith isn't doubt but certainty, and how even a bishop wrestles with it.

Episode Highlights:

00:00 — Introducing today's topic: doubt versus faith

00:45 — Rapid-fire: the career he'd have chosen instead of the priesthood

03:35 — Rapid-fire: his most embarrassing sing-along confession

04:10 — The phone call that led him from sportswriting to religious life

08:02 — Discernment, doubt, and the freedom to walk away

09:18 — Marriage as a covenant, not a contract

11:03 — Doubt as a function of relationship, not belief

21:30 — Why faith feels harder to talk about than almost anything else

26:08 — Owning the Church's flaws without losing faith in it

33:54 — The dark night of the soul, and what real spiritual strength looks like

About Your Hosts:

Bishop Michael is a longtime friend and mentor to Andy, with more than three decades of shared history between them. A bishop known for his straightforward, often funny take on faith, he brings decades of pastoral experience, from teaching religious studies to serving as a first responder to his own community, to every conversation on the show.

Andy is a businessman, husband, and father who co-hosts This Should Be Good, bringing the questions real people are actually asking into conversation with Bishop Michael. Equal parts curious and irreverent, he keeps the conversation grounded in the everyday realities of work, parenting, and trying to keep up.

Connect & Resources:

Have a question or a topic you'd like covered? Submit it here: thisshouldbegood.show, your question could become a full episode.

]]>Bishop Michael and Andy dig into one of the biggest questions listeners have sent in: is it okay to have doubts? After a round of rapid-fire questions, the two get into what doubt really is, why the opposite of faith isn't doubt but certainty, and how even a bishop wrestles with it.

Episode Highlights:

00:00 — Introducing today's topic: doubt versus faith

00:45 — Rapid-fire: the career he'd have chosen instead of the priesthood

03:35 — Rapid-fire: his most embarrassing sing-along confession

04:10 — The phone call that led him from sportswriting to religious life

08:02 — Discernment, doubt, and the freedom to walk away

09:18 — Marriage as a covenant, not a contract

11:03 — Doubt as a function of relationship, not belief

21:30 — Why faith feels harder to talk about than almost anything else

26:08 — Owning the Church's flaws without losing faith in it

33:54 — The dark night of the soul, and what real spiritual strength looks like

About Your Hosts:

Bishop Michael is a longtime friend and mentor to Andy, with more than three decades of shared history between them. A bishop known for his straightforward, often funny take on faith, he brings decades of pastoral experience, from teaching religious studies to serving as a first responder to his own community, to every conversation on the show.

Andy is a businessman, husband, and father who co-hosts This Should Be Good, bringing the questions real people are actually asking into conversation with Bishop Michael. Equal parts curious and irreverent, he keeps the conversation grounded in the everyday realities of work, parenting, and trying to keep up.

Connect & Resources:

Have a question or a topic you'd like covered? Submit it here: thisshouldbegood.show, your question could become a full episode.

]]>c4827fd6-0c66-4eb3-afc6-16a505d8b1e8Wed, 02 Sep 2026 03:30:00 -040037:25falsefullEp1: Is Rest Actually Allowed? Bishop Michael on Hustle Culture and the Sabbath | This Should Be GoodEp1: Is Rest Actually Allowed? Bishop Michael on Hustle Culture and the Sabbath | This Should Be GoodBishop Michael and Andy have been friends for over 30 years, and they're kicking off This Should Be Good by tackling a question a lot of us are quietly asking: is it actually okay to rest? Between hustle culture, the $1.8 trillion wellness industry, and the guilt that creeps in the moment we slow down, Bishop Michael breaks down what the Sabbath was really designed for, and it's not about doing nothing.

Episode Highlights:

00:00 — Bishop Michael and Andy open with this week's real question: is rest actually allowed?

02:02 — Bishop Michael on his own Friday day off — golf, a late breakfast, and actually stepping back

03:12 — What the Sabbath was designed for, with roots tracing all the way back to creation

06:41 — Hustle culture, grind culture, and the $1.8 trillion wellness industry cashing in on our guilt

09:08 — Where self-improvement tips into narcissism, and why “balance” is a smaller target than we think

12:17 — What the saints — and our own grandparents — can teach us about pace

14:47 — Orthorexia: how even eating healthy can become its own trap

16:03 — The Sabbath as one of the Ten Commandments, and why it still holds up

19:38 — “You're not the savior”: rest as a boundary for doctors, therapists, priests, and parents

25:18 — Where to start: the one question to ask before your own Sabbath

About Your Hosts:

Bishop Michael is a longtime friend and mentor to Andy, with more than three decades of shared history between them. A bishop known for his straightforward, often funny take on faith, he brings decades of pastoral experience, from teaching religious studies to serving as a first responder to his own community, to every conversation on the show.

Andy is a businessman, husband, and father who co-hosts This Should Be Good, bringing the questions real people are actually asking into conversation with Bishop Michael. Equal parts curious and irreverent, he keeps the conversation grounded in the everyday realities of work, parenting, and trying to keep up.

Connect & Resources:

Have a question or a topic you'd like covered? Submit it here: thisshouldbegood.show, your question could become a full episode.

]]>Bishop Michael and Andy have been friends for over 30 years, and they're kicking off This Should Be Good by tackling a question a lot of us are quietly asking: is it actually okay to rest? Between hustle culture, the $1.8 trillion wellness industry, and the guilt that creeps in the moment we slow down, Bishop Michael breaks down what the Sabbath was really designed for, and it's not about doing nothing.

Episode Highlights:

00:00 — Bishop Michael and Andy open with this week's real question: is rest actually allowed?

02:02 — Bishop Michael on his own Friday day off — golf, a late breakfast, and actually stepping back

03:12 — What the Sabbath was designed for, with roots tracing all the way back to creation

06:41 — Hustle culture, grind culture, and the $1.8 trillion wellness industry cashing in on our guilt

09:08 — Where self-improvement tips into narcissism, and why “balance” is a smaller target than we think

12:17 — What the saints — and our own grandparents — can teach us about pace

14:47 — Orthorexia: how even eating healthy can become its own trap

16:03 — The Sabbath as one of the Ten Commandments, and why it still holds up

19:38 — “You're not the savior”: rest as a boundary for doctors, therapists, priests, and parents

25:18 — Where to start: the one question to ask before your own Sabbath

About Your Hosts:

Bishop Michael is a longtime friend and mentor to Andy, with more than three decades of shared history between them. A bishop known for his straightforward, often funny take on faith, he brings decades of pastoral experience, from teaching religious studies to serving as a first responder to his own community, to every conversation on the show.

Andy is a businessman, husband, and father who co-hosts This Should Be Good, bringing the questions real people are actually asking into conversation with Bishop Michael. Equal parts curious and irreverent, he keeps the conversation grounded in the everyday realities of work, parenting, and trying to keep up.

Connect & Resources:

Have a question or a topic you'd like covered? Submit it here: thisshouldbegood.show, your question could become a full episode.

]]>5ef48f9d-14be-452a-a51a-2d9da0f6bc10Tue, 18 Aug 2026 12:30:00 -040028:17falsefull