Jul 22, 2026 | Catholic Psychology, Dealing with loss, Faith, Featured Content, Healing, Popular, Prayer, Relationships, St. Joseph
by Dr. Gerard McNicholas A few months back I sat down with Dr. Greg Bottaro on the Being Human podcast for an episode called “Stop Preventing the Saints From Doing Their Job.” The premise was simple but, I think, quietly radical: the saints are not statues to admire...
Jul 20, 2026 | Catholic Psychology, Featured Content, Healing, Popular, Positive Psychology
The psychology of desire is complicated. It can be that emotion that drives us toward the most noble of human experiences. And yet it can also arrive uninvited. It can run amiss. Desire doesn’t always align with the person we are trying to become or honor our...
Jul 15, 2026 | Featured Content, Healing, Popular, Trauma
Most of us have felt the pull at some point. When the world gets too loud, the relationships too complicated, something in us just wants to go quiet, to shrink the radius down to something manageable, to stop returning calls, to close the door. That impulse is not...
Jul 8, 2026 | Communication, Featured Content, Popular, Relationships
We all avoid. Let’s start there. We avoid far more than we realize. Just like breathing—we all breathe—but how often are we consciously aware that we’re doing it? Avoidance can be much the same way. It becomes so automatic, so woven into our daily lives,...
Jul 1, 2026 | Catholic Psychology, Communication, Faith, Featured Content, Healing, Human Dignity, Popular
When I mentor others, clients commonly express concern that our conversation might just amount to venting or badmouthing others in their lives. I hear things like, “Yeah, I was hurt, but I don’t want to throw this person under the bus.” In other words, there is often...
Jun 24, 2026 | Catholic Psychology, Faith, Featured Content, Healing, Popular, Prayer
The story goes that I first asked Jesus into my heart around three or four years old, after punching my friend Katie. Apparently, I felt remorseful; my mom asked me if I wanted to ask Jesus to forgive me, and I agreed. I’m sure that wasn’t the first I...
Jun 17, 2026 | Catholic Psychology, Featured Content, Healing, Popular, Prayer
Every June, the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart arrives and I often find myself feeling unprepared. There is something intriguing about this mystery, but also something I can find hard to grasp. What does the Heart of Jesus have to teach us, especially about being...
Jun 10, 2026 | Family, Featured Content, Healthy Living, Parenting, Popular
As a working mom raising three little ones, life often feels like a constant balancing act. The school year especially can begin to feel like survival mode: packing lunches, getting everyone out the door on time, managing schedules, activities, appointments, work, and...
Jun 3, 2026 | Featured Content, Personality Disorders, Trust
So, I spent some time in prison… just kidding. Well, kind of. The first leg of my journey as a mental health professional was in the prison setting. I value the time I got to spend with the inmates, especially the most secluded among them. I felt like I was in a...
May 26, 2026 | Communication, Featured Content, Popular
You probably know the feeling: Someone you care about is struggling. They’re stuck. They’re overwhelmed. They’re not thinking clearly. You can see what they need to do, and you want to help. So you offer some advice. A suggestion. A truth that feels obvious. And then…...
May 20, 2026 | Family, Featured Content, Parenting
Earlier this year, my four-year-old daughter stopped sleeping through the night and started experiencing significant emotional distress every time my wife or I left the house. On the one hand, the change came out of nowhere. Maggie is our best sleeper. She...
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 15, 2026 | Anxiety, Featured Content
Wanting to be seen is normal. It’s deeply human. But there’s a difference between wanting to be seen and needing to be seen. When you need to be seen, there can be a feeling of anxiety flooding your body at the thought of going unnoticed. I remember being at a...
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...
