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May 2015

May 18, 2015

Mother or Martyr? 3 Steps to Beating “Perfect Mommy Syndrome”

I regularly read blog posts from really great moms who tell some pretty disturbing stories...

February 2015

February 20, 2015

You Can Prevent Anxiety in Your Children

New research published in the Journal of Child Development shows that the degree to which...

February 20, 2015

How Healthy is YOUR Relationship with God? –TAKE THE QUIZ!

The following quiz* is a statistically valid and reliable measure that evaluates the degree to...

November 2014

November 12, 2014

What’s the #1 Thing Stressed Out Kids Need to Feel Better? (Infographic)

H/T Stress Better Take a look at this revealing infographic based on a survey of...

November 11, 2014

Neuroscience Proves “Perfect Love Casts Out Fear.”

There is no fear in love, but perfect love drives out fear (1 Jn. 4:18)....

September 2014

September 29, 2014

All Shook Up: “Therapy Better than Meds for Overcoming Anxiety.” Says Major Study

About a week-and-a-half ago, I taped a series on Women of Grace with Johnnette Benkovic...

September 04, 2014

Belief Beats Genes: Study Reveals Shocking Truth About Reaching Your Goals

Simply telling people that hard work is more important than genetics causes positive changes in...

August 2014

August 12, 2014

Effective Coping for Emotional Distress

Earlier today I offered some reflections on what people-of-faith need to know about depression. I...

April 2014

April 15, 2014

The Gates of Hell Will Not Prevail Against You: Mental Health, Medication, Healing, and Holy Week

One of the most liberating teachings of our Catholic faith is the idea that suffering--though...

February 2014

February 20, 2014

Inconsistent Home Life/Common Family Problems May Increase Risk of Brain Disorders by Up To 60%

Because parents don't have enough to worry about, two new studies point to the impact...

February 18, 2014

Double-Blind Study Shows Lavender Oil Capsules As Effective as Lorazepam (Ativan) for Treating Anxiety

This is fascinating. In doing some research for a client with generalized anxiety disorder, I...

August 2013

August 27, 2013

Research Validates Parent-Directed Treatments For Kids’ Anxiety

Parents often contact the Pastoral Solutions Institute's Tele-Counseling Practice for help in addressing their children's...

August 20, 2013

Kids’ Tummy Aches Predict Adult Anxiety/Depression.

Children who have frequent stomach aches are more likely to suffer from anxiety and depression...

July 2013

July 31, 2013

I’ll Be On Catholic Answers Tonight from 7-8pm Eastern

We'll be discussing A Christian Response to Anxiety. I hope you'll tune in and call...

July 29, 2013

“What’s that? Post-Abortion Syndrome May Exist…? Nevermind.”

This month, many secular psychologists are having an Emily Litella moment. Prevailing professional "wisdom" on...

July 17, 2013

Catholics and Mental Illness (An Ongoing Series): Michelle–A Woman with Depression Suffers Alienation in the Church

A new post in our "What’s Your Experience?" Series, in which People-of-Faith share their experience of...

July 15, 2013

Catholics and Mental Illness–What’s Your Experience? (An ongoing series)

A new post in our What's Your Experience? Series, in which People-of-Faith share their experience...

July 15, 2013

Emotional Security: Do You Know What YOUR Emotions Are Trying to Tell You?

Most Christians have a pretty ambivalent relationship with our emotions. We just don't know what...

June 2013

June 28, 2013

The Lies We Believe

We believe so many lies about ourselves. We believe we're hopeless, that we can never...

June 13, 2013

“Am I Crazy?” The 9 Components of Mental Health and How You Get Them.

Two decades of brain research show us that, in fact, it is our relationships that...

June 12, 2013

What Can the Theology of the Body Teach Us about Managing Stress?

"I'm so busy!" "There isn't enough time!" Seemingly universal laments. Life is filled with opportunities...

May 2013

May 22, 2013

Be Not Afraid: A Christian Response to Anxiety

In any given year about 20% of adults in the US experience one type...

May 22, 2013

Coming Wed on More2Life: Be Not Afraid.

Coming Wed on More2Life--Be Not Afraid: Scripture reminds us that Christians have no need to...

April 2013

April 30, 2013

Shame on You

Shame, guilt, embarrasment. Emotions that are as universally experienced as they are universally unwelcome. Elizabeth...

April 30, 2013

Coming Tues on More2Life Radio: Decisions…Decisions….

Today on More2Life Radio, we'll look at why it's so hard to make decisions. Sometimes...

April 19, 2013

Coming Fri 4/19 to More2Life Radio: Hanging on to Joy

COMING FRI on M2L--Hanging on to Joy. In light of the events of this week,...

April 16, 2013

COMING TUES on More2Life Radio–Out of Control

COMING TUES: Out of Control--Whether we're reacting to the headlines or unpleasant personal news, life...

April 10, 2013

Feel Insecure in Relationships? Healing the Roots of the Problem.

Last week we had a vigorous discussion (here and here, in particular) about the pseudo-scientific claims...

April 08, 2013

I Totally Did Not Plan This…

But here you go. Do you remember this and this? Now there's this... Provocative new...

April 04, 2013

Theology of the Body & Sleep Training–Part Deux (Or, every time you sleep-train, does a puppy really die?)

My post on sleep training, learned helplessness and the TOB predictably netted a lot of...