Feb 29, 2024 | Human Dignity, Identity, Relationships
Guest blogger and CatholicPsych Institute psychotherapist, Sean Faulkner, LPC, shares what should define our identity, and what shouldn’t. God is in our identity There are many ways that we try to define ourselves. We so often seek to determine our identity...
Feb 27, 2024 | Faith, Human Dignity, Identity
Are you waiting for life to look a certain way before focusing on faith? The truth is, you have everything you need right now to become who you are – a saint! Once/Then Reasoning It’s easy to fall into thinking in “once/then” terms when it comes to...
Feb 27, 2024 | Body-Spirit Integration, Human Dignity, Identity
What do you think of when you consider who “you” are? Do you feel like you are a spiritual being, living in a body but separate from it? Do you have a positive or negative view of your body? While it’s true that there is a...
Feb 27, 2024 | Faith, Healthy Living, Human Dignity, Identity
Catholic guilt gets a bad rap. But guilt is actually an amazing spiritual survival instinct that God built into our humanity to reorient us back to our proper identity – back to who we really are. In other words, the fact that you feel guilt is because...
Feb 14, 2024 | Identity, Relationships
This month brings with it one of the most loved and hated days of the whole year- Valentine’s Day. Whether you are in a relationship or not, everyone of us can celebrate love, true love, on this popular holiday. What really gets commercialized on Valentine’s...
Feb 6, 2024 | Faith, Healthy Living, Identity
As you make New Year’s resolutions, start from a place of feeling loved and celebrated by God, even in your weaknesses. New Year’s resolutions: the trap of perfection January 1st. The New Year. A time to symbolically start over. When considering what...
Feb 5, 2024 | Gender and Sexuality, Homosexuality, Identity
I’m sharing my thoughts on Cardinal Dolan’s recent message and clearing up some of the confusion surrounding the topics of sexual identity, identity, and sexuality. Cardinal Dolan, a public figure and leader in the Church Cardinal Dolan has certainly been...
Feb 3, 2024 | Gender and Sexuality, Identity
The Church’s Stance on Homosexuality Instead of talking about what went wrong with the Synod in Rome, (*This article was written in response to the 2015 Synod on the Family.) I’d like to propose some of the things that our world actually needs from the...
Jan 31, 2024 | Identity, Mental Health Awareness Month
Selfishness or Narcissism? What exactly is narcissism, especially as it presents in narcissistic personality disorder? We throw around the term “narcissist” and “narcissism” a lot these days, usually when we refer to someone who we believe has...