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...
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…...
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...
Mar 27, 2026 | Catholic Psychology, Faith, Family, Featured Content, Parenting, Popular
In healthy relationships, rupture and repair lead to growth. You fight. You reconcile. You understand each other more deeply. Trust consolidates. Peace increases. But in borderline relational cycles, repair does not heal. It resets. And then it happens again. And...
Mar 25, 2026 | Catholic Psychology, Faith, Family, Featured Content, Parenting, Popular
“Be perfect as your heavenly Father is perfect.” For many, especially those who struggle with emotional instability, scrupulosity, or intense spiritual swings, that command feels overwhelming. Perfect? As God is perfect? It can sound like a demand for flawless moral...
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....
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...
