May 6, 2026 | Catholic Psychology, Faith, Featured Content, Healing, Prayer
It may sound strange, but sometimes disconnection from God is not about a lack of faith. At different times in my own faith journey, I have found myself doing all the right “Catholic things” while still feeling disconnected from God. I would go to Mass,...
Apr 29, 2026 | Catholic Psychology, Featured Content, Healing
It doesn’t matter how many people you’re surrounded by. If you are never vulnerable, you will still feel alone. This instinct to hide, to avoid vulnerability, is very human. The first human beings did it, and we continue to do it today. But this instinct, however easy...
Apr 21, 2026 | Anxiety, Catholic Psychology, Featured Content
When You Can’t Stop Needing the Room to Notice You. Here’s Why. You have tried to stop. You have told yourself it does not matter what people think. You have prayed for humility, confessed vanity, and genuinely meant it every time. And then you walk into...
Apr 8, 2026 | Borderline Personality Disorder, Catholic Psychology, Featured Content
For those on the outside, witnessing the choices and behavior of someone with a Borderline defense can feel utterly confusing. Why do they “blow up” over a simple question? Why do they say they love me one day, then threaten to leave the next? Their reactions seem so...
Apr 4, 2026 | Catholic Psychology, Family, Featured Content, Parenting
You’re made to teach one subject to your children. Now that may feel intimidating, especially if school wasn’t something you excelled in. Just the simple reference to being a teacher may give you anxiety because you may not have excelled in chemistry or history. And...
Apr 1, 2026 | Catholic Psychology, Featured Content, Healing, Popular
Recently, I was seeing a Mentee who was struggling to break a habit that was causing a lot of spiritual, emotional, and relational pain. When we started working together, he walked me through his healing journey and all the places he looked for healing before finding...
Mar 27, 2026 | Catholic Psychology, Faith, Family, Featured Content, Parenting, Popular
In healthy relationships, rupture and repair lead to growth. You fight. You reconcile. You understand each other more deeply. Trust consolidates. Peace increases. But in borderline relational cycles, repair does not heal. It resets. And then it happens again. And...
Mar 25, 2026 | Catholic Psychology, Faith, Family, Featured Content, Parenting, Popular
“Be perfect as your heavenly Father is perfect.” For many, especially those who struggle with emotional instability, scrupulosity, or intense spiritual swings, that command feels overwhelming. Perfect? As God is perfect? It can sound like a demand for flawless moral...
Mar 18, 2026 | Catholic Psychology, Family, Featured Content, Parenting, Popular
My four-year-old daughter was standing at the edge of the pool. She wanted to jump. She just wasn’t sure if she could do it. So she looked back at me. She didn’t ask a question. She didn’t say she’s afraid. She just searched my face. Wondering… Am I watching? Am I...
Mar 11, 2026 | Borderline Personality Disorder, Catholic Psychology, Dating, Relationships, Trauma
Is there someone in your life you feel like you have to walk on eggshells around? There is someone in my life who I used to treat like that. When things were really difficult, it didn’t matter what I did or how I did it, at least once a month we’d get into a fight....
Mar 4, 2026 | Catholic Psychology, Dating, Featured Content, Popular, Relationships
It’s become commonplace in a romantic relationship for one person to say to the other, “I don’t know what I’d do without you!” On one hand, it’s really nice to know you’re making a difference in someone’s life. Especially someone you deeply care about. But when we...
Feb 28, 2026 | Catholic Psychology, Dating, Featured Content, Popular, Relationships
You’re doing the work. You’re confronting your not-so-ideal habits. You’re naming your wounds. You’re in therapy, mentorship, spiritual direction—or maybe all three. You’re growing. And your partner isn’t. They’re staying stuck. They’re avoiding help. They’re not...
Feb 24, 2026 | Catholic Psychology, Dating, Featured Content, Popular, Relationships
Five Questions Every Couple Should Ask Themselves Not all connection is good connection. Sometimes the wires run too deep – become too entangled – for the connection to be truly stable. Consider this couple: John and Rebecca have been together for two years....
Feb 18, 2026 | Anxiety, Catholic Psychology, Featured Content, Popular, Relationships
Finding the line between a free gift of self and giving to regulate a deep inner anxiety. From the beginning of our spiritual formation, we’re told to follow Jesus. To imitate Him. To do what He does. We’re supposed to pick up our cross and follow after Him....
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...
