Do you ever feel like you’re just scuttling through life, always on the lookout for ways to protect yourself from disappointment, criticism, disaster, or failure? We humans have an innate desire to feel safe, says Jacob Flores-Popcak, a pastoral counselor …Read More →

  In my time as a pastoral counselor (and my lifetime of being Catholic) I’ve heard a lot of mixed feelings and views about Lent, and how to approach our Lenten practices. More often than not, however, I hear of …Read More →

Guest Post by Jacob Francisco, LMHC, Pastoral Counselor at CatholicCounselors.com The time and energy that spouses dedicate to one another overflows into the peace and well-being of the entire family. My dad would come home from a day of teaching …Read More →

Last time, we explored the power of couple prayer and how praying together can bring you closer not only to God but also to each other. But once you’ve made the decision to pray as a couple, you might find …Read More →

Couples who pray together, whether they are dating or married, enjoy a wide range of benefits: better communication, relationship satisfaction, and trust, according to a wide body of research. So why do so few couples—perhaps only 4 percent—pray together? Many …Read More →

Few people have had as much opportunity to practice the art of de-escalating tense situations as Ron LaGro, LSW, a pastoral counselor with the Pastoral Solutions Institute. In the years since he graduated from Franciscan University at Steubenville, he has …Read More →

Perhaps no other teaching of the Catholic Church is more misunderstood than its take on human sexuality. That misunderstanding is often rooted in the way people understand the meaning and purpose of human sexuality, says Dr. Greg Popcak, director of …Read More →

The amount of affection children receive from their parents has a huge impact on many aspects of their development, as we discovered in the first part of this two-part article: children who don’t receive enough affection from their parents (or …Read More →

After winning the last game of his high school football career, the young man rushed over to his mother, and the two embraced in a big hug. “He still fits in his mother’s arms!” his father wrote when he posted …Read More →

Carol called into the More2Life radio show with a dilemma: Her 32-year-old daughter, Julia, had moved in with her boyfriend, Chuck. “I want to be supportive of her, but I can’t endorse her choices,” Carol said. She felt trapped, she …Read More →