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ADHD in Marriage — When Two Brains Share a Life
When ADHD enters a relationship, it doesn’t just affect one person. It becomes a third partner — shaping communication, rhythms, and even…
Loving Difficult Parents: What St. Francis Teaches About Family and Freedom
It’s one of the hardest spiritual and emotional challenges a person can face: trying to honor your parents when the relationship feels…
Inside the ADHD Brain — The Science Behind the Struggle
When I first began learning about ADHD, I thought it meant I just had to “try harder” to focus — that I needed more…
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Helping Children Face Spiritual Fears The “Big God, Little Devil” Way
Baby Brian’s body was completely incorrupt. Thirty-seven years in the ground, and he looked as though he had just fallen asleep—rosy…
Three Parenting Lessons from an Incorrupt Baby
Baby Brian’s body was completely incorrupt. Thirty-seven years in the ground, and he looked as though he had just fallen asleep—rosy…
The Fantastic Four as a Symbol of Family
How does the new Fantastic Four movie reflect the Catholic vision of life, family, and moral responsibility?
Three Ways to Experience Sacred Stillness
I measure success by what I can fit into a day. But, as I recently learned from a conversation between Dr Greg…
When Panic Hits: What to Do, and What It’s Telling You
When someone is in the middle of a panic attack, you don’t start with deep conversations about childhood trauma or…
The Rise of AI Therapy: Can a Chatbot Help You Heal?
We’re seeing clinical outcomes from AI counseling tools that are comparable to traditional therapy. But the real question is what’s missing?
The Healing Power of Watchfulness
The devil spent a lot of time harassing St. John Vianney. He would light the saint’s bed on fire. He would fill the room with…
How to settle anxiety in the heart and mind of someone with OCD
On a spectrum from discomfort to the loudest of alarm bells, OCD longs, sometimes shouts, for more. It always wants, needs, more. More…
How Adultery Happens
Recently, a video surfaced online that took the country by storm: Andy Byron, the now-former CEO, caught on camera at a Coldplay concert…
Am I Addicted to My Phone?
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…
Why Every Addiction Is a Trauma Story
I’ve never encountered anyone with addiction problems who didn’t have some form of trauma. In other words, the addiction has always…
Rest Is Not Just a Mandate—It’s a Reflection of Your Identity
If you’re a father, your life is no longer your own. The reality is that school drop-offs, work emails, bedtime stories, and…
The True Cost of Being an “Always On” Dad
If you’re a father, your life is no longer your own. The reality is that school drop-offs, work emails, bedtime stories, and…
The Messy Closet and the Battle for My Soul
Every day, we’re faced with little choices. To follow through or back away. To do what’s good or what’s easy. To avoid…
Can You Be Holy and Still Be American?
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?
Five Things Everyone Should Know About the Immaculate Heart of Mary
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…
The Key to a Thriving Marriage
Marriage isn’t just about loving your spouse in the same way you love yourself—it’s about treating their internal world with…
The Love That Sets Us Free
Living with OCD, I’ve found myself turning the car around to check that I didn’t hit a pedestrian, throwing out a batch of cookies because…
Where Trust is Rebuilt
Fear is woven into the human experience. We fear that things won’t work out. That we’ll be hurt, abandoned, forgotten. That we’ll…
A Way Forward for Perfectionists
Well, there are many challenges that come from being a perfectionist. Not just one! Here are the three biggest, at least…
When I Feel Frozen
Saying something hard but true is a people pleasers worst nightmare. There’s a particular kind of fear I know well—the fear that if I speak…
The Two Types of Narcissism
When you hear the word “narcissism,” what’s the first thing that comes to mind? For many people, it’s an image of someone…
Pope Leo XIV: What His Name Choice Reveals About His Vision for the Church
White smoke has risen from the Sistine Chapel chimney, and the 267th pontiff has been elected. This choice brings historical…
Learning to Mother with Mary
If I could name one constant in my motherhood journey, it would be fear. I wish this wasn’t true, but it is…
Why the Force Still Moves Us
Star Wars illustrates three deep truths about what it means to be human—truths that we at the CatholicPsych Institute try to live out…
Mental Health, and the Gift of Becoming
Work, Mental Health, and the Gift of Becoming: Lessons from St. John Paul II on the Feast of St. Joseph the Worker “Daddy, why do you have to go to work?” For about a week or so, my daughter Maggie stopped me just before I left for work and looked up at me with her...
The Mindful Catholic
Written by Dr. Peter Kreeft, this foreward comes from Dr. Greg's book, "The Mindful Catholic" “Greg Bottaro was a student of mine at Boston College. He was a very good student, but even very good students seldom write very good books. He did.” It is a good book not...