Adolescent is a Latin word meaning to grow up or nearing maturity. Anyone who actually has an adolescent in their house will be tickled to know that the word is very closely related to alere, another Latin word meaning to eat. Whereas...
Posted by Daniel Johnson, MA, LMFT
“I killed my child,” the woman whispered in abject anguish as she was blessed with oil. She was not alone in her heartache, as the entire room was overflowing with raw, palpable grief from those brave enough to share their regret from being...
Posted by Dana Nygaard, MA, LPC
As we begin this New Year, we need to hold on to HOPE, which is both a theological virtue and a psychological reality. This hope of ours draws God's promised future here into the present, to affect our lives today....
Posted by Barry Levy, LCSW-C, CCDC, LMFT, BCN
“Wait for me!” This was an appeal I often made to the other kids as one of the youngest growing up on my street. My cul-de-sac was filled with little rascals chasing one another for a game of tag, or playing baseball where we spray painted...
Being a parent is by far the most important job any of us can have. We are not only responsible for the formation of another person, but in forming that person we have a share in shaping the larger world in which we live. This...
Posted by Janice Carbon, LCSW
Food and eating have become such a common source of unhappiness. It’s astonishing to hear that the weight-loss industry in the United States hauls in $40 billion annually with diet pills, diet books, meal plans and surgical procedures. The...
Posted by Elizabeth Galanti, MBA, MA, LMHC
As men, God calls us to be leaders, protectors and providers in our families. This is our mission, and this is how we need to think as fathers in raising our boys into mature, responsible and virtuous young men....
When I was younger, I had a timeshare with friends at the beach for nine years. Our weekends were filled with long, lazy days on the beach where stress was as foreign as "Pasta e Fagioli". The late afternoons were spent on the deck with frozen...
Posted by Karen Rumore, MSW, LSW
Raised an evangelical Protestant with degrees in Christian Ministries and biblical studies, and an ordained Pastor, I would have never imagined that in 2003 my wife and I would be received into full fellowship with the Roman Catholic Church. The...
Posted by Timothy Heck, PhD, LMFT
