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...
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...
Jul 11, 2025 | Catholic Psychology, Faith, Featured Content, Popular
I was heading down to the basement to work out. That was the plan. But as I descended the stairs, I passed the storage closet—recently emptied of a few boxes—and noticed how disorganized it had become. And suddenly, reorganizing that closet felt… necessary. Urgent,...
Jul 4, 2025 | Catholic Psychology, Faith, Featured Content, Popular
As we celebrate the Fourth of July, it’s worth asking a question most Catholics probably haven’t considered: Can you be holy and still be American? Or more pointedly, does the American mindset help or hinder the spiritual life? In 1899, Pope Leo XIII wrote...
Jun 28, 2025 | Catholic Psychology, Faith, Featured Content, Popular
For a long time, Jesus’ mother meant nothing to me I knew Mary was important—she had a statue in the church, she was in the prayers—but she wasn’t for me. I grew up Catholic, but Mary wasn’t emphasized much in my formal formation. I never disliked her, but I never...
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 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 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 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 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...
Feb 27, 2024 | Catholic Psychology, Healing, Prayer
Shawn van der Linden, IDDM Master Mentor & CatholicPsych International Programs Consultant, shares how your “inner spiritualizer” can have more of an impact on your psychological life in this article! Unearthing the “inner...
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...
