To say that people are stressed in the face of global pandemic is an understatement. Beyond the very real concerns about our health and the health of our loved ones, the shelter-in-place orders combined with the loss of so many normal spiritual resources are making many people feel unmoored. Psychologists have coined the term Covid Stress Syndrome to describe the psychological effects of the pandemic, and the CDC has released recommendations for dealing with the emotional fallout from this crisis. How… Read more
March 26, 2020
How Are You Coping With COVID? Take Our Quiz.
March 26, 2020 By Rachael Popcak and Dr. Gregory Popcak
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March 24, 2020
The Church At Home: Celebrating the Liturgy of Domestic Church Life
March 24, 2020 By Rachael Popcak and Dr. Gregory Popcak
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By Dr. Greg and Lisa Popcak Whatever else God might be doing at this time, it seems clear that he is calling us to discover the power and importance of the Domestic Church. With masses suspended and churches closed, we simply don’t have access to the spiritual resources we normally rely on. We are, quite literally, stuck at home with little choice but to figure out how to encounter God as we shelter-in-place. Despite the very real limitations we’re all laboring… Read more
March 24, 2020
Quarentine Blues: How Can Your Family Cope While You’re All Cooped Up
March 24, 2020 By Rachael Popcak and Dr. Gregory Popcak
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By: Dr. Greg Popcak Beyond the obvious challenges we all face in dealing with the pandemic, many households are experiencing real shock as the activities that used to fill our days suddenly come to a grinding halt. Schools are closed. People are working from home. Life as we know it has been upended. On the relational front, “sheltering in place” is guaranteed to ramp up your family dynamic at least 10 fold. When you’re around each other 24/7, you… Read more
March 19, 2020
Hurting/Angry Over Mass Suspensions? Finding Spiritual Consolation in Times of Pandemic
March 19, 2020 By Rachael Popcak and Dr. Gregory Popcak
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It felt like a gut punch. This past week, the Ohio Bishops’ Conference, along with many other dioceses and bishops’ conferences across the country have suspended the celebration of Mass through Easter. Last weekend was the first weekend I haven’t been to mass since…I can’t remember. It was certainly the first time I have ever missed mass without being ill and unable to leave the house. And I have never once missed any of the Holy Week liturgies—especially Easter Sunday… Read more
March 11, 2020
Get a Grip—Mastering Your Emotional Life
March 11, 2020 By Rachael Popcak and Dr. Gregory Popcak
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What feelings tend to get the best of you? Do certain people or situations provoke emotional reactions in you that are hard to get a handle on? For that matter, does someone you love struggle with their emotions and you’re not sure how to support them? In order to handle these difficult situations for ourselves and others, it’s helpful to understand the answer to the following question: Are our emotional reactions universal, or are they conditioned by culture and environment? … Read more
March 4, 2020
Set Your Child Up For Success: The Relationship Between Attachment Style and Financial Well-Being
March 4, 2020 By Rachael Popcak and Dr. Gregory Popcak
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We all want the best for our children: for them to succeed, be happy, and be their best selves. But did you know that you can even have an influence on your child’s financial security later in life simply through the way that you parent? A study out of the University of Arizona found that “people with high attachment anxiety and people with high attachment avoidance both reported low life satisfaction and low relationship satisfaction. Those with attachment anxiety also… Read more
February 16, 2020
Not a Gumball God – A Gospel Meditation for the 6th Sunday in Ordinary Time
February 16, 2020 By Rachael Popcak and Dr. Gregory Popcak
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“I feel like I sacrifice everything for my kids, running them to all their activities, and yet they don’t seem to like me. It breaks my heart…” “I make a good living, I’m not mean, and still my wife says that I don’t show her I love her – what gives?” “I say a rosary every day but I still don’t feel God. In fact, I feel nothing.” What do these questions have in common? Well, for starters, they all… Read more
February 7, 2020
God Goes to Flavor Town – a Reflection for the Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time
February 7, 2020 By Rachael Popcak and Dr. Gregory Popcak
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“But if salt loses its taste, with what can it be seasoned?” How often do we try to be someone or something else? How often do we try to fit into someone else’s mould of holiness? Personally, I think this is an especially big temptation for us Catholics. We have so many examples of holiness to look to, both in the saints and in the sanitized version of the saints we see on holy cards, that we can feel inadequate… Read more
January 24, 2020
The Ruler of Relationship: A Gospel Reflection for the Third Sunday in Ordinary Time
January 24, 2020 By Rachael Popcak and Dr. Gregory Popcak
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“Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men.” It’s one of those passages that we’ve heard so often we take it for granted. But have you stopped to think what an odd statement it is? What a truly unique message it is in the context of the world’s religions? Every other group on earth rates their success by how well their doing. Their leaders and their gods promise them that, if they do what they’re told, they’ll… Read more
January 13, 2020
Four Ways to Keep Your Relationship Afloat In Tough Times
January 13, 2020 By Rachael Popcak and Dr. Gregory Popcak
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Husbands and wives pledge to love each other through good times and bad, sickness and health, wealth and poverty. On the day of the wedding, these promises feel comforting. But when bad times come through the door, love often flies out the window. How can a couple stick together even when the going gets tough? Decades of research have revealed the following four habits to be essential for staying close through difficult times. They are like four pontoons that keep… Read more
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