A new post in our “What’s Your Experience?” Series, in which People-of-Faith share their experience of depression, anxiety, and other mental illness as they relate to their parish and their Catholic faith. Today, Michelle writes of her experience with crippling depression. Dr. Greg, I was amazed when I came across a link for your article on Facebook because I have spent the past few days wondering about “What is my place in the Church?” as a mentally ill Catholic. I have... Read more
The NYTimes has an article about the effect of the college hook-up culture on young women and their potential for happiness in life and relationships. It is a poignant and painful look at what happens to a culture when it defines itself by its ability to produce instead of the quality of its character and depth of its relationships. The title of the article is, “Sex on Campus: She Can Play That Game Too.” The implication, of course, is that... Read more
A new post in our What’s Your Experience? Series, in which People-of-Faith share their experience of depression, anxiety, and other mental illness as they relate to their parish and their Catholic faith. W. a young woman in her 20’s writes of her experience with a disorder that leads to overwhelming and violent bouts of anxiety and anger. I’m a young adult, in my early 20s. It was only in college that major emotional wounds inflicted by my father manifested in... Read more
A new post in our What’s Your Experience? Series, in which People-of-Faith share their experience of depression, anxiety, and other mental illness as they relate to their parish and their Catholic faith. In this post, Kate, the wife of a man with Bipolar I shares her experience with how priests, the Church, and her faith have been intertwined in the drama of her life. My DH has been diagnosed in the past year with Bipolar I. He is 42 years... Read more
According to the University of Tennessee, in what is, reportedly, the first-ever attempt to classify different types of atheism, researchers have identified 6 types of atheists. If you are an atheist, what flavor are you? Is there a category they didn’t think of? If you are close to someone who is an atheist, do you recognize them in these types? 1. Intellectual Atheist/Agnostic–The true believer (er, non-believer) who seeks to develop his non-belief through reading and other intellectual pursuits related... Read more
A new post in our What’s Your Experience? Series, in which People-of-Faith share their experience of depression, anxiety, and other mental illness as they relate to their parish and their Catholic faith… Dear Dr. Greg, I’m writing in response to your series entitled “Catholics & Depression, Anxiety, & Mental/Emotional Illness. What is Your Experience?” As a Catholic Christian woman who has struggled to cope with mental and emotional illness for nearly 25 years, I am grateful for the time, energy, and expertise you shar e through... Read more
Most Christians have a pretty ambivalent relationship with our emotions. We just don’t know what to feel about our feelings. Sometimes, emotions can be the source of a great deal of joy, satisfaction, and well-being. Other times they can wreck us with anxiety, despair, anger, and angst. Of course, there are still other times when we get upset with ourselves for being upset, angry at ourselves for being angry, or depressed about how sad we feel. Emotions are a part... Read more
Contraception, abortion, women’s ordination, gay marriage. These represent just a few of the issues the Church is regularly criticized for being on the “wrong side” of. So, why can’t the Church change? Today’s episode of More2Life Radio was titled, “Stand Your Ground.” We looked at the challenge of knowing when we need to draw a line in the sand and when we need to be more flexible. Part of that discussion involved an interview with Bishop Jeffrey Montforton of Steubenville (former rector... Read more
Is it possible to articulate a consistent, coherent Catholic position on the use or corporal punishment? As a family therapist and Catholic parenting author. It’s a question I spend a lot of time prayerfully considering. Many good parents on both sides of the debate have very strong feelings on the subject and it can be confusing for parents to have to sort out the pros and cons on this issue. My own thoughts on the subject have been widely circulated.... Read more
You may have seen this viral video by Holly McNish’s poem on breastfeeding in public called, “Embarrassed.” She uses some strong language–so, sensitive souls be warned–but she makes a powerful point. I thought I’d pass it along for all you heroic moms who are self-donatively nursing your babies despite the funny looks or lack of support from family, friends or even the public-at-large. Keep it up! You are changing the world. Read more
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