May 27, 2025 | Faith, Mental Health Awareness Month, Popular
Did You Know There Are Two Types Of Narcissism? Why Narcissism Sometimes Sneaks Up On Us. When you hear the word “narcissism,” what’s the first thing that comes to mind? For many people, it’s an image of someone loud, arrogant, and aggressively...
May 9, 2025 | Faith, Mental Health Awareness Month, Popular
Habemus Papam! We have a pope, and his name is Leo XIV. White smoke has risen from the Sistine Chapel chimney, and the Catholic world has a new shepherd. Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost has been elected as the 267th pontiff and has chosen the name Leo XIV, a choice...
Dec 27, 2024 | Catholic Mindfulness, Healthy Living
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...
Dec 10, 2024 | Catholic Psychology, Podcast
Transcript Hello and welcome to The Being Human Podcast. I’m your host, Dr. Greg Bottaro, and today, I’m going to share a secret with you — the secret for self-compassion. Now, this might sound fluffy or easy, something you can just roll past, but wait a...
Dec 4, 2024 | Catholic Psychology, Podcast
Transcript Hello and welcome to the Being Human Podcast. I’m your host, Dr. Greg Bottaro, and today I’m going to share with you another continuation of this little series we’re doing on man and woman. Specifically, I’m sharing with you the...
Nov 26, 2024 | Gender and Sexuality
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...
Nov 20, 2024 | Catholic Psychology, Podcast
Transcript Dr. Greg:Hello and welcome to the Being Human Podcast. I’m your host, Dr. Greg Botarro. Today, I’ve got my favorite special guest ever. She’s my wife, and we always get great reviews whenever she’s on. I really should learn more...
Nov 18, 2024 | Catholic Mindfulness, Healthy Living
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...
Nov 6, 2024 | Catholic Psychology, Podcast
Transcript Dr. Greg:Hello and welcome to the Being Human Podcast. I’m your host, Dr. Greg Bottaro, and today I’ve got a special guest from across the world. We have Alex Havard, who’s coming from Moscow. We’re on a Zoom call on a call...
Oct 30, 2024 | Catholic Psychology, Podcast
Transcript Dr. Greg:Hello and welcome to the Being Human Podcast. I’m your host, Dr. Greg Bottaro, and today I’ve got an awesome, super special, blessed conversation to share with you. Such a blessing to be able to speak with Bishop Conley. He is just...
Oct 22, 2024 | Gender and Sexuality
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:...
Oct 16, 2024 | Catholic Psychology, Podcast
Transcript Dr. Greg:Hello and welcome to the Being Human Podcast. I’m your host, Dr. Greg Bottaro, and today I have a co-host with me for this episode, Fr. Louis Merosne. He is a being human friend and favorite. Today, actually, we’re doing something...
Oct 2, 2024 | Catholic Psychology, Podcast
Dr. Greg:Hello and welcome to the Being Human Podcast. I’m your host, Dr. Greg Bottaro, and today I’ve got an amazing guest, another graduate from the CPMAP certification. And the day this episode is getting released, it’s a really special day...
Sep 24, 2024 | Catholic Psychology, Podcast
Transcript Dr. Greg:Hello and welcome to the Being Human Podcast. I’m your host, Dr. Greg Bottaro, and we are continuing our series of insider baseball here. A look at the Catholic Psych CPMAP certification through the lens of graduates, students who...
Sep 18, 2024 | Catholic Psychology, Podcast
Transcript Dr. Greg: Hello and welcome to the Being Human Podcast. I’m your host, Dr. Greg Bottaro, and today I have another amazing guest, a graduate from the CPMAP Certification Program. We’re doing this little series of graduates in...
Mar 5, 2024 | Catholic Mindfulness, Healthy Living
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...
Mar 5, 2024 | Catholic Psychology, Positive Psychology, 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...
Mar 5, 2024 | Body-Spirit Integration, Healing, Trauma
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...
