Beneath every negotiation is a psychological layer you can’t afford to ignore. Our nervous systems affect one another in ways we can’t see. In clinical work, we call this co-regulation: One person’s ability to stay calm and grounded can become…
There are movies you watch once and eventually forget, and then there are movies you keep coming back to, no matter how many years have passed. For me, To All the Boys I've Loved Before has always been the latter.
A relationship. Your reputation. A chance you worked hard to earn. It can happen when your emotions take control and your pride starts making decisions for you. You feel disrespected, so you say something cruel. You feel disappointed, so you…
On the second day of the meeting reflecting on ten years of Amoris Laetitia, the bishops dedicate time to “the reality, beauty, and challenges of families today”. Cardinal Kevin Farrell and Cardinal Mario Grech urge their fellow bishops to listen…
There is something I’ve been thinking about lately. We spend so much of our lives trying to become. We want to become successful. We are constantly reaching toward some imagined version of ourselves that we believe will finally make us…
Let me tell you something embarrassing. Until I was about 27, I genuinely believed true love was supposed to feel like a movie. You know the formula: eyes meet across a crowded room, heart does a weird little flip, cue the…
Growing up in Waterford, Michigan, north of Detroit, I was the eldest of ten children. Dad worked in an auto factory. Mom ran the home. Despite what were limited financial means, we found our basic needs met. And our parents…
Communio founder J.P. De Gance says churches can help reverse America's family decline by inspiring young people to pursue marriage before relationships reach crisis. America's birthrate has fallen to just 1.57 births per woman, a level that one Christian leader warns could…
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