May 26, 2026 | Communication, Featured Content, Popular
You probably know the feeling: Someone you care about is struggling. They’re stuck. They’re overwhelmed. They’re not thinking clearly. You can see what they need to do, and you want to help. So you offer some advice. A suggestion. A truth that feels obvious. And then…...
Nov 3, 2025 | Catholic Mindfulness, Catholic Psychology, Communication, Featured Content, Popular, Relationships
Every once in a while, someone asks:Is this trauma response coming from the brain… or the body… or the relationship? The answer is yes. We like categories. We want to know if healing is neurological or emotional, cognitive or behavioral, relational or somatic. But the...
Aug 6, 2025 | Anxiety, Catholic Psychology, Featured Content
Panic attacks can be terrifying. If you’ve had one, you know what I mean: your heart’s racing, your chest tightens, your thoughts spiral, and for a second—or several minutes—it feels like you’re going to die. Or like you’re going crazy. Or both. The good news is...
Jul 29, 2025 | Addiction, Catholic Psychology, Featured Content
How Adultery Happens: An Integrated Psychological Perspective Recently, a video surfaced online that took the country by storm: Andy Byron, the now-former CEO of Astronomer, caught on camera at a Coldplay concert with a woman who wasn’t his wife—the company’s head of...
Jul 22, 2025 | Addiction, Catholic Psychology, Featured Content, Trauma
When we think of addiction, our minds often go straight to the behavior: the bottle, the pills, the porn, the gambling. We focus on the what. But if we stop there, we miss the deeper truth—the why. The reality is this: every addiction is a trauma story. I’ve...
Jul 15, 2025 | Catholic Psychology, Faith, Featured Content, Popular
And for many dads, this constant state of responsiveness comes with a hidden cost: the slow disappearance of their inner life. When Every Moment Belongs to Someone Else If you’re a father, your life is no longer your own. That’s not a complaint—it’s a vocation. But...
May 2, 2025 | Faith, Mental Health Awareness Month, Popular
A Reflection on May the 4th, the soul and the fallible Mentor Spirituality entered into my consciousness through Star Wars. The original film carried with it the weight of transcendence beyond the material world, and it blew my six-year-old mind. I couldn’t articulate...
Feb 18, 2024 | Femininity, Masculinity
Have you ever considered the psychology of the Star Wars films? I’d like to talk about the different characters in the new film and how some of the dynamics have shifted with male and female leads. Let’s begin with an “opening crawl” of caveats: FULL SPOILER...
