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Let Christmas Correct Aquinas
Every Christmas, our attention turns to the manger scene and the profound mystery of the Incarnation: the eternal Son of God entering the world through the womb of the Virgin Mary. In meditating on this event, it is striking to note how Mary gave Jesus at least half...
Complementarity Without The Competition: Why We Need Each Other – Episode 202
Transcript Hello and welcome to the Being Human Podcast. I'm your host, Dr. Greg Bottaro, and today we're going to carry on this theme over the last couple of episodes. I shared with you for our 200th episode a keynote that I delivered at the Franciscan...
Being Human Episode 200: Keynote from Franciscan University
Transcript Hello and welcome to the Being Human podcast. This is episode number 200 and I have something to share with you today. I wasn't sure if I was going to have permission to share today's episode, but I did just get permission just in time to release this...
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Let Christmas Correct Aquinas
Every Christmas, our attention turns to the manger scene and the profound mystery of the Incarnation: the eternal Son of God entering the world through the womb of the Virgin Mary. In meditating on this event, it is striking to note how Mary gave Jesus at least half...
Complementarity Without The Competition: Why We Need Each Other – Episode 202
Transcript Hello and welcome to the Being Human Podcast. I'm your host, Dr. Greg Bottaro, and today we're going to carry on this theme over the last couple of episodes. I shared with you for our 200th episode a keynote that I delivered at the Franciscan...
Being Human Episode 200: Keynote from Franciscan University
Transcript Hello and welcome to the Being Human podcast. This is episode number 200 and I have something to share with you today. I wasn't sure if I was going to have permission to share today's episode, but I did just get permission just in time to release this...
Overwhelmed by Shame
Life isn't always so clean cut. Sometimes you are thrown a curveball and wondering how you're meant to make it through. With God, there is always hope. “Will they ask me about my baby's dad?” When I was pregnant, I would put on a fake wedding band when I'd go in...
Correcting Aquinas: JP2’s Truth Bomb on Gender and Human Dignity – Episode 197
Hello and welcome to the Being Human Podcast. I'm your host, Dr. Greg Bottaro, and today is a really special day. This is being released on the Feast of St. John Paul II. So, happy Feast Day St. John Paul II. Pray for us. AI-Generated transcript of this episode: I'm...
Are You Dreaming? (3 Tips to Help You Start)
Dreaming big is what God expects of us! I'm sharing 3 tips for dreaming if it's been a while and you don't know where to start. “If you don’t use it, you lose it” This clichéd phrase has commonly been used to explain how, if you don’t exercise the physical...
Catholic Psychology: Combining Easter and Trauma
Catholic Psychology recognizes the Resurrection of Christ as a reason to hope while we suffer our own traumas. The Resurrection of Christ is our source of hope Integrating the field of psychology into a Catholic framework is not an easy task when you consider that...
Healing After Trauma: Q&A with Maura Preszler
Maura Preszler, author and non-profit leader, promotes healing after trauma and the idea that spiritual and mental health are connected. Mental illness does not mean you don't pray enough On the CatholicPsych Facebook page, I once shared a post that ended up...
God Created Us to Need Each Other
Modern culture seems to no longer see why men and women need each other, especially when it comes to the structure of a family. God designed the family so that both men and women's contributions are needed. You probably already know by now that I have a weekly podcast...
Emotional Pornography
There are two types of pornography: physical and emotional. Let's talk about what emotional pornography is and why it tends to target and hurt women. Sex sells Marketing in our culture is almost exclusively based on sex. We have known this for years, and although we...
The Light That Shines in the Darkness
Though He doesn't always take away our problems, Jesus is the light that dispels our fears and uncertainties. Change can be scary The year 2020 reminded us that it’s really scary to not be in control; to live in time where things can change rapidly from moment to...
Proposing Love
Misguided ideas about gender and sexuality have infiltrated schools, homes, families, marriages, parishes, and communities, causing many Catholics to feel lost in how to approach conversations related to those topics. How do we react? The possibility for conflict and...
Who Are We, Really?
Guest blogger and CatholicPsych Institute psychotherapist, Sean Faulkner, LPC, shares what should define our identity, and what shouldn't. God is in our identity There are many ways that we try to define ourselves. We so often seek to determine our identity based on...
Become Who You Are
Are you waiting for life to look a certain way before focusing on faith? The truth is, you have everything you need right now to become who you are - a saint! Once/Then Reasoning It's easy to fall into thinking in “once/then” terms when it comes to...
The Key to Resolving Conflict
Conflict in relationships is unfortunately unavoidable. But how we get through said conflict is a skill we can try to develop. Here are my thoughts on how to get better at resolving conflict. Consider the last argument or disagreement you had with a loved one During...
“Brother Ass” or Masterpiece: How Do You View Your Body?
What do you think of when you consider who "you" are? Do you feel like you are a spiritual being, living in a body but separate from it? Do you have a positive or negative view of your body? While it's true that there is a difference between the...
The Influence of Your Inner Spiritualizer
Shawn van der Linden, IDDM Master Mentor & CatholicPsych International Programs Consultant, shares how your "inner spiritualizer" can have more of an impact on your psychological life in this article! Unearthing the "inner spiritualizer" Let's embark on...
Why Catholic Mindfulness?
Human experience is fraught with a multitude of problems, most of which stem from doubt. Our lives begin without much complication until we start to worry if everything is really going to be okay. Are we doomed to live in anxious doubt for the rest of our lives? No!...
Catholic Guilt Is A GOOD Thing?!
Catholic guilt gets a bad rap. But guilt is actually an amazing spiritual survival instinct that God built into our humanity to reorient us back to our proper identity - back to who we really are. In other words, the fact that you feel guilt is because you're so good!...
Why You Don’t Need to Fear Failure
When we view failure through the lens of our faith, it becomes possible to see how failure can actually be a doorway to growth, development, and conversion. Failure The word itself is enough to give some of us a mild panic attack. Generally seen as something to avoid...
How to Win at New Year’s Resolutions
Every New Years the blog posts sound the same. If I hadn’t learned a few game-changers in the last year, I wouldn’t be adding to the noise. I want to share with you a few simple brain hacks that, if put into practice, will help you not only win at your New...
A Match Made in Heaven: 5 Tips for Online Dating
I want to give some tips for online dating, to the very large population of single men and women using the same means to find their vocation that Barbra and I did. The love of my life I married the love of my life. I met the one woman in the world chosen for me from...
An Excerpt from Kathryn Anne Casey’s Book, “Journey In love”
We are sharing an excerpt from Kathryn Anne "Casey's book, "Journey In Love, A Catholic Mother's Prayers After Prenatal Diagnosis. (You can find a link at the bottom of this page to purchase the book) The ultrasound was our first opportunity to see our child. The...
What’s the One Secret to Living a Faithful Life?
Living a faithful life comes down to one thing: trust. It all comes down to trust. I suppose I shouldn’t start with that if it all comes down to it so I will back up. So many things stem from distrust Anxiety, Neuroticism, Eating Disorders, Phobias, Depression,...
St. Therese: Just a Cute Saint?
St. Therese is generally regarded as a cute saint. But there was much more to her as found in her writing and way of thinking that we can apply to our lives today. St. Therese's not-so-cute writing In her autobiography, she wrote the types of things that might make...
Gosnell, Sex, and “The Walking Dead”
In a world of culture wars and absence of thinking, it is vital that we preserve culture and civilization in ourselves. This is true as a group wherever possible, but primarily and most importantly as individuals. What I've learned about culture wars from The Walking...
On Having a Baby
My wife gave birth to our first son, Elijah. This event has turned my life upside down. Here are some of my thoughts on having a baby. 3 thoughts I've had over the past year What I thought I knew before was only a shadow of knowledge, and what I felt before was...