Dec 7, 2025 | Catholic Psychology, Faith, Family, Featured Content
As we look forward to celebrating the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, we remember the reality of how this day came to be. There stands the quiet sorrow of Our Lady’s parents, Anne and Joachim. Before they became Saints, they were a quiet couple who suffered the...
Nov 15, 2025 | Artificial Intelligence, Catholic Psychology, Featured Content
Why ADHD isn’t a failure of focus, but First of All, We Named It Wrong If we named ADHD more accurately, we’d probably call it Executive Functioning Disorder.Because what’s really affected isn’t attention itself — it’s the brain’s management system: the part that...
Nov 13, 2025 | Artificial Intelligence, Catholic Psychology, Featured Content
In 452 AD, Pope St. Leo the Great rode out to meet Attila the Hun, who was threatening to overtake and destroy Rome. To that point, Attila the Hun was one of history’s most feared figures, a complex blend of brutal warrior and shrewd diplomat. As the ruler of the...
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...
Oct 8, 2025 | Anxiety, Catholic Psychology, Featured Content, OCD, Personality Disorders, Popular, Prayer
When most people hear “OCD,” they think of neat freaks, color-coded closets, or someone who just really likes things tidy. Maybe they picture a coworker joking, “I’m so OCD about my desk.” But that’s not always what it means to have an OCD part. Having a part...
Oct 1, 2025 | Catholic Psychology, Featured Content, Parenting, Popular, Prayer, Suffering
When I first became a mom, I never would have said I thought holiness meant control. What I told myself was that I was pursuing holiness in my vocation, trying to live it as perfectly as possible. That doesn’t sound like a bad goal, right? But only later did I begin...
Sep 26, 2025 | Catholic Psychology, Featured Content, Parenting, Popular, Stress
This summer I had a wake-up call in my own living room. The TV had become my friend. As a working mom, there were moments when I needed something to keep the kids occupied while I got things done. While it was happening I didn’t know it, but in retrospect, I leaned on...
Sep 23, 2025 | Catholic Psychology, Popular
What does it take to effectively accompany another person on the journey to Heaven? Most people would agree that two of the essential ingredients are compassion and truth. But which one comes first? Let’s look to Padre Pio (and Jesus) for the answer. Padre Pio...
Aug 15, 2025 | Catholic Mindfulness, Catholic Psychology, Featured Content, Podcast
How does the new Fantastic Four movie reflect the Catholic vision of life, family, and moral responsibility? Lately, Marvel hasn’t exactly been delivering its best. The golden age of the Infinity Stones, Tony Stark, and Steve Rogers feels like a distant memory. Since...
Aug 12, 2025 | Catholic Mindfulness, Catholic Psychology, Featured Content, Podcast
Why slowing down might be the most countercultural—and fruitful—thing you do today. If you’re anything like me, your day is ruled by a calendar. Meetings. Calls. Google reminders. Maybe even time-blocking your lunch break because otherwise, it disappears. I...
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...
Aug 5, 2025 | Artificial Intelligence, Catholic Psychology, Featured Content
Let me start with something surprising: AI therapy works. We’re now seeing clinical outcomes from AI-driven counseling tools that are comparable to—and sometimes even better than—traditional therapy. That’s not science fiction. That’s current reality. Whether it’s...
Aug 4, 2025 | Catholic Psychology, Featured Content
The key to taking the next step forward in your life may be a deeper understanding and application of a singular word: watchfulness. As legend has it, the devil spent a lot of time harassing St. John Vianney. He would light the saint’s bed on fire. He would fill the...
Aug 1, 2025 | Addiction, Catholic Psychology, Featured Content
How to settle anxiety in the heart and mind of someone with OCD On a spectrum from discomfort to the loudest of alarm bells, OCD longs, sometimes shouts, for more. It always wants, needs, more. More proof, more evidence, more certainty, more clarity, more...
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 24, 2025 | Addiction, Catholic Psychology, Featured Content, Trauma
Oof. That question. No one really wants to ask it—and certainly no one wants to answer it. But if we’re honest? Most of us are probably somewhere on the yes spectrum. And listen—no judgment if that’s you. Because it’s me, too. I have ADHD.I didn’t stand a chance.I...
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 16, 2025 | Catholic Psychology, Faith, Featured Content, Popular
Recently, I called a friend of mine to ask for some wisdom. I don’t know about you, but I have a tendency to overcomplicate things and overcommit myself. So I reached out and shared the challenge I was facing—one I was confident he had encountered before—hoping he...
