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...
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...
