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 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. And He...
Feb 11, 2026 | Featured Content, Narcissism, Popular
There’s a line from Jerry Maguire that became incredibly famous. At the end of the movie (spoiler alert) Tom Cruise (playing Jerry Maguire) finds his wife (Renée Zellweger) and tries to win her back with a big speech. At the end of his message he said these now...
Feb 4, 2026 | Featured Content, Narcissism, Popular
St. John Paul II is essential to providing deep and transformative care because he gives us the most complete understanding of the human person we have. Not just spiritually. Not just morally. Not just psychologically. But all of it, integrated, together. He helps us...
Jan 21, 2026 | Featured Content, Narcissism, Popular
A pattern of spiritual narcissism is a really touchy, sensitive, and difficult topic. It’s one of the hardest things I talk about…ever. And it’s one of the most difficult things to work on with people who come to us for help. Spiritual narcissism is when religion and...
Jan 16, 2026 | Featured Content, Narcissism, Popular
One of the reasons spiritual narcissism is so difficult to see is because it is so close to the truth. It borrows the language of Christianity. It borrows the posture of sacrifice. It borrows the call to die to self, to serve others, to pick up your cross and follow...
Jan 14, 2026 | Featured Content, Narcissism, Popular
Every January, people make resolutions. We want to change. We want to do better. We want to pray more, be healthier, be more disciplined, be more loving. And yet, so often, the same patterns return. The reason isn’t desire or willpower (though both impact the ability...
Jan 7, 2026 | Faith, Featured Content, Popular
God’s Patience, the Human Heart, and the Art of Entering Another World One of the greatest misunderstandings about evangelization is that it’s primarily about delivery, about getting the message out quickly, clearly, and efficiently. The story of Our Lady of Guadalupe...
Dec 30, 2025 | Faith, Featured Content, Popular
Every January, we rush toward resolutions that promise quick transformation. Pray more.Work out more.Lose weight.Fix the parts of ourselves that feel unfinished. But what if the most important spiritual and psychological resolution you could make this year is one...
Dec 19, 2025 | Faith, Featured Content, Popular
Appearance Versus Reality All right, I’m a little late to the game, but I finally watched K-Pop: Demon Hunters. I couldn’t help it. I mean Korean pop stars fighting demons? Pretty enticing. Turns out, though, the movie has a greater depth than the title suggests. The...
Dec 17, 2025 | Faith, Family, Featured Content, St. Joseph
Every once in a while, a book finds you at the exact moment God is trying to get your attention. Not a clever book. Not a popular book. A disruptive book. The kind that reframes your assumptions so completely that you end up seeing your faith, your history, and even...
Dec 10, 2025 | Faith, Family, Featured Content, St. Joseph
Why a silent carpenter might be your best guide when everything feels unclear. Most of us don’t struggle with knowing what’s right. We struggle with what Joseph never seemed to struggle with: Acting on it. Joseph never gives a speech in Scripture. He doesn’t ask for...
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...
Dec 3, 2025 | Dealing with loss, Featured Content
When something breaks, my first instinct is to fix it and make it look like it did before. But sometimes, what’s shattered can’t be glued together the way it was. And maybe, just maybe, it’s not supposed to be. My husband Tom died suddenly in 2019. He was 46, healthy,...
Nov 30, 2025 | ADHD, Featured Content
It’s not about effort. It’s about wiring — and learning to love through difference. The Invisible Third Partner When ADHD enters a relationship, it doesn’t just affect one person. It becomes the third partner in the room — shaping communication, rhythms, and even the...
