Psychology and Spirituality
Why Spirituality and Psychology Are Increasingly Integrated In recent decades, spirituality and psychology have become more closely connected as researchers and clinicians recognize that human [...]
The Daily Examen – a helpful tool to promote clarity
St. Ignatius taught a method called the examen to his students that was focused on discernment , or gaining insight into which activities were life giving and which were draining. Although [...]
Facing NEW Experiences
“In facing new experience or in facing death, eventually we need to let go of our supports and trust what happens. We need to free ourselves from relying on any props whatsoever. That [...]
Grieving the death of a parent
Shared as part of a memorial service at Niagara-On-The-Lake, June 17, 2023 Today we gather as a community of mourners, each of us drawn here by a common thread as we seek to remember and honor [...]
What does it mean to be present?
We often spend much of our time thinking about the future, or the past. As a result, we miss the experience of being here now, or being present. Richard Rohr describes the importance of [...]
Growing through Grief
Grief is a normal, natural response to loss but we often don’t want to know about it. The reality is that we will all experience major and minor losses in our lifetime. Not acknowledging [...]
Being grateful promotes health and well-being
There has been much focus over the past several years on the practice of gratitude and how it can positively influence our emotional and mental health. A recent study (Brown and Wong, 2017) [...]
Listening to the inner silence
Parker Palmer, the author of “The Courage to Teach” writes about the importance of listening for the voice of inner vocation. Sometimes referred to as a “calling” this [...]
Mindfulness alleviates anxiety
We have known for many years about the benefits of mindfulness as a way to live more peacefully. Now, recent research from the Journal of the American Medical Association reinforces mindfulness [...]
