Feb 22, 2024 | Catholic Psychology, Faith, Healthy Living
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...
Feb 22, 2024 | Healthy Living, Positive Psychology
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...
Feb 22, 2024 | Relationships
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...
Feb 22, 2024 | Catholic Psychology, Trust
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,...
Feb 21, 2024 | Anxiety, Faith, Trust
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...
Feb 21, 2024 | Pregnancy and Life Issues
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...
Feb 21, 2024 | Parenting
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...
Feb 21, 2024 | Catholic Psychology
Catholic Psychology is built on the premise that we are on a journey for purpose, and we can find happiness if we look in the right place. In the image and likeness of God Catholic Anthropology (the study of human beings) is built on the principle that human...
Feb 21, 2024 | Anxiety, Faith, Trust
Though we are limited by our mortal understanding, our souls can find reassurance when we remember the promises of God and Jesus Christ, who is the light of our faith. Light and darkness In his encyclical Lumen Fidei, Pope Francis talks about faith as...
Feb 21, 2024 | Masculinity
If we know it or not, the natural need for male role models is inside all of us. Awe-inspiring men Every day I take the subway to my office and I spend a few minutes staring at the ads in the train. On the NYC trains, one company sometimes buys all of the ad space in...
Feb 21, 2024 | Pregnancy and Life Issues, Trauma
There is no doubt in my mind that abortion hurts women. Let’s talk about the research that would have us believe otherwise and why I’m so upset about it. A flawed study “Abortion is found to have little effect on women’s mental health.” WHAT?! Is this...
Feb 20, 2024 | Catholic Mindfulness, Parenting
Guest blogger Barbra Bottaro reflects on how both motherhood and mindfulness can exist at the same time, especially when it seems impossible. 10:47am on a Wednesday We were enduring the 4th snowstorm in three weeks, and it was the first day of Spring. We...
Feb 20, 2024 | Masculinity, St. Joseph
What does “non-toxic” masculinity looks like in today’s culture? Does “non-toxic” masculinity exist? What’s the first image that comes to your mind when you think about “masculinity”? The image will most likely differ...
Feb 20, 2024 | Church Crisis
I’d like to humbly share five lessons for Bishops from my own marriage and those I have worked with. To the Bishops of the Catholic Church Who Are Not Complicit in Scandalous Crimes: (To the Bishops who did know about the scandals and coverups, I’m not ready to write...
Feb 18, 2024 | Church Crisis
I offer these observations as a humble attempt to contribute to the conversation that will hopefully move us through this church crisis to the great hope of renewal on the other side. As a Catholic Psychologist, I work very closely with the Church I am, of course,...
Feb 18, 2024 | Church Crisis
With all the negativity and even the reality that there is little we can do in the face of some of this church crisis evil (read my post here about why this is the case), I want to talk about some things we can do. 1. Stay Catholic The Body of...
Feb 18, 2024 | Body-Spirit Integration, Catholic Psychology, Faith
I have been thinking and praying about how God is calling me to be a witness, and as a result, have decided it’s time to do something new. A broken culture Most people don’t believe me when I say this, but it’s true: I don’t watch the news. So...
Feb 15, 2024 | Femininity, Masculinity, Relationships
Objectifying women is a result of men’s weakness and lack of virtue. I learned as a young student (and am still learning) how the Holy spirit can change our hearts and fill us with virtue. Beautiful women are NOT the problem Before I transferred to Franciscan...
