Discovering God Together: The Catholic Guide to Raising Faithful Kids
Research shows again and again that when families openly live and share their faith together, their marriages are stronger, children and parents get along better, and children are less likely to succumb to drugs, alcohol, promiscuity, or negative peer pressure.
In this book, experienced psychotherapists Greg and Lisa Popcak show how you can transform your family into a joyful place where each member experiences life as a gift from God.
From tapping into the rich beauty of Catholic traditions to mustering the motivation needed to deepen your spiritual life, you discover the practical, positive, and tangible difference our faith can make in your family life.
You’ll also learn . . .
- The five marks of a Catholic family. Are you missing the most important?
- How to keep rituals fresh and alive rather than boring and routine.
- The four characteristics of teaching your children to have the heart of a disciple.
- The one thing children need to catch their faith on fire.
- How to shepherd your kids through the seven stages of faith.
- Six steps to helping kids develop individual prayer time
- How to discern your family’s charism – and what to do with it.
- How to foster your children’s sense of mission.
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Broken Gods: Hope, Healing, and the Seven Longings of the Human Heart
“You are gods.”
Blasphemy? No, those mysterious words, spoken by Jesus in the Gospel of John and alluded to in Psalm 82, point to a holy longing deep in our hearts that tells each of us that we were created for more.
“Imagine that you were to wake up tomorrow to discover that, by some miracle, you had become a god overnight,” writes Dr. Gregory Popcak. “Not THE God—omnipresent, all-knowing, all-powerful—but a god in the classic sense. That is to say, you woke to find that you were perfect, immortal, utterly confident in who you are, where you were going in life, and how you were going to get there. It might seem ridiculous to con sider at first, but allow yourself to imagine this truly miraculous transformation. What would it be like to live without fear? How would it feel to be completely at peace with yourself and the people in your life? Imagine what it would be like to be able to resolve—once and for all—the tension that currently exists between all your competing feelings, impulses, desires, and demands. What would change in your life as a result of your having become that sort of divinely actualized person?”
Bold questions are in need of bold answers. And in Broken Gods, a work that is both practical and inspirational, Dr. Greg explores what our deepest desires–and even our darkest desires— tell us about our ultimate destiny and reveals a commonsense approach to fulfilling our true purpose in life. |
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Then Comes Baby: The Catholic Guide to Surviving and Thriving in the First Three Years of Parenthood
In Then Comes Baby: The Catholic Guide to Surviving and Thriving in the First Three Years of Parenthood, Greg and Lisa Popcak lend readers the benefit of their twenty-five years’ experience in parenting and marriage and family counseling to help them navigate the earliest years of parenthood. They recommend rituals, routines, and tips on how to manage feeding, fatigue, and finances and how also to prioritize marital bonding and faith life, suggesting that setting the pattern early will pay dividends later. The Popcaks coach Catholic couples as they become first-time parents as they adjust to their new identities and help them face the inevitable challenges of parenthood with ideas for bonding with babies and getting sufficient sleep and nutrition—all while seeing these everyday experiences through the lens of Catholic teaching on the purpose of family life. |
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When Divorce Is Not An Option: How To Heal Your Marriage and Nurture Lasting Love.
God has put you and your spouse together for a reason and it’s not to argue. You are bonded together to cultivate in each other those virtues that lead to sanctification. That’s why this book isn’t just about saving your marriage it’s about transforming it into a joyful, loving relationship.
In these pages, acclaimed author and psychotherapist Gregory Popcak shows you how to heal the hurt in your marriage and develop the crucial habits necessary to resolve conflicts, renew the love you once had, and discover the passion you always wanted. |
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A Marriage Made for Heaven Marriage Enrichment Program
A Marriage Made for Heaven presents a faithful, practical path for getting the most out of your marriage. You’ll explore fool-proof techniques for effective communication and problem-solving, expose the secrets of lifelong passion, win the battle of the sexes, supercharge your spiritual life, make the most out of marriage after kids, and a whole lot more.
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Beyond the Birds and the Bees: The Secrets of Raising Sexually Whole (and Holy!) Kids
Teaching kids to live the Catholic vision of love doesn’t have to be scary. This faithful guide gives you the scripts, insights, and techniques you need to raise sexually whole and holy kids.
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For Better FOREVER, Revised and Expanded:
A Catholic Guide to Lifelong Marriage
“From this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, until death do you part.”
That all sounds great, we say, but is a “for better, forever” marriage even really possible? Especially today, in a world where even the definition of “marriage” is unclear
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God Help Me! These People Are Driving Me Nuts! Making Peace With Difficult People
“We all talk about the people in our lives who make us want to tear our hair out, but nobody has any clue what to do with them. Dr. Greg Popcak is a wonderful antidote to this problem, sharing a wealth of insights and solid wisdom.”
Mark P. Shea, author, Making Senses out of Scripture
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God Help Me! This Stress is Driving Me Crazy! Finding Balance through God’s Grace
Stress threatens to overwhelm all of us from time to time. God Help Me! comes to the rescue with practical tips and tools for lessening anxiety. Using a mix of religion and psychology-and throwing in a good dose of humor-author Gregory Popcak shows us how to avoid stress and maintain balance in our life.
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Holy Sex! A Catholic Guide to Toe-Curling, Mind-Blowing, Infallible Loving
Holy Sex! reveals the shocking truth about what Catholicism REALLY has to say about sex. Unblinking candor, practical advice, faithful insights, & respectful humor illustrate how the Theology of the Body can transform your marriage.
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How To Find True Love
In this reassuring and informative resource, Christian relationship counselor Greg Popcak takes a wide view of love and introduces new possibilities of finding different kinds of love everywhere in life—among couples, parents, friends, family, and strangers.
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Just Married: The Catholic Guide to Surviving and Thriving in the First Five Years of Marriage
Nationally syndicated radio hosts and international family life speakers Greg and Lisa Popcak combine decades of counseling, the latest findings in marriage research, twenty-three years of marriage, and the wisdom of Catholic teaching to offer newlyweds a master plan for creating a strong bond in the first five years of marriage.
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Parenting with Grace: Catholic Parent’s® Guide to Raising (almost) Perfect Kids (2nd Ed.)
Exactly what is a “Catholic parent? How does the Theology of the Body inform the relationship between parents and kids? Discover how our faith and insights from contemporary psychology can transform your family and enable you celebrate all the virtues that make life a gift.
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The Life God Wants You to Have: Discovering the Divine Plan When Human Plans Fail
Dispensing candid, practical, and ever-faithful advice, this fully revised and updated resource provides individuals and families with clear tips and strategies for finding God’s direction when life takes unforeseen turns.
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