Understanding the meaning of physical and psychological suffering The spiritual accompaniment of the sick is an art, like all spiritual direction, with major challenges. In this article or script,...
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Logotherapy and religion
Last 2nd September marked the 26th anniversary of the Austrian psychiatrist Viktor E. Frankl, well known throughout the world for being the creator of the third Viennese school of psychiatry,...
Frankl for the Woman and Man of Today
Frankl: The Contribution of Man’s Search for Meaning to our Time Viktor E. Frankl is well known today as a psychiatrist and philosopher. Frankl was born into a Jewish family in Vienna on March 26,...
Crisis: opportunity for a new birth
Rebirth from a vocational crisis New birth from the vocational crisis is the theme of this tenth article in the One Hundred for One series on celibacy. Starting a vocational path is an adventure....
Research in Psychology and Spiritual Life
Research Group in Psychology and Spiritual Life The Pontifical University of the Holy Cross has received as a donation the personal archive Professor Joan Baptista Torelló. At the same university a...
Amazing Psychology of Celibacy
Benefits and challenges of Christian celibacy Reflections on the amazing psychology of celibacy of priests, religious and lay people. An experience of more than two thousand years and thousands of...
Criteria for vocational discernment
Let's look at some criteria for Christian vocational discernment. A few days ago, I was walking through Rome, I was dressed as a priest, and I was stopped by two young men, who were both covered...
Marijuana, love and health
Marijuana, benefits and risks Marijuana love and health, includes in the title something that this drug cannot provide. The access to marijuana nowadays has been accelerated in an unprecedented way....
Yoga and Mindfulness in Christian life
How to assess the usefulness of yoga and mindfulness What is the usefulness and goodness of mindfulness and yoga for the Christian life? Are these Eastern techniques a source of lasting peace in...
Sleeping problems and insomnia
Understanding and coping with sleep problems Sleeping problems are very frequent. Insomnia is difficulty falling or staying asleep, or waking up early. The person may not be aware of not having...
Young people’s emotional health
Mental health and emotionality in times of coronavirus Covid, as it is known, has changed lives and affected young people's emotional health. Shortly before writing these lines, a young teacher...
Role of affection in life of prayer
Including emotions in prayer with God Role of affection in prayer is very important, because prayer is an activity that involves all the faculties of the person. These faculties are: intelligence,...
Depression: what to say and what not to say
Dealing with depression with optimism Depression affects almost 15% of the world's population. The recent pandemic has increased the frequency of depressions. It is key to know what to say and what...
To purify the memory
The path to happiness: forgive, forgive yourself and forget To 'purify the memory' is a felicitous expression of the theologian Jutta Burggraf and is a fundamental process in the quest for...
Accompanying psychologically wounded people
Helping people with psychological wounds As we said in the first part of the guide, we hope that these lines will help us to recognize and better understand our own way of being and that of others....
Bipolar disorder and mania
Mania is an abnormal mood state with excessively elevated and expansive, euphoric mood tone, tendency to talk rapidly, psychomotor excitement, hyper-evaluation of oneself and one's own abilities,...
Psychosis, Delusions and Hallucinations
The term psychosis includes mental disorders in which there is a profound fracture or loss of contact with reality, which prevents the person from an adequate assessment of the real world. The two...
Addictions
Addiction or dependence is the urgent need for a substance (alcohol, drugs); or to perform a certain behavior (behavioral addictions such as gambling or pornography, or internet addiction), leading...
Obsession and compulsion
Obsession is an alteration of the content of thought The thinking of an obsessive person is invaded by irrational and repetitive ideas, perceived by the subject as his own but absurd or exaggerated....
Depression and Burnout
Depression and burnout are an alteration of the mood Depression is a mood disturbance. It is an illness characterized by symptoms such as low mood, loss of interest and initiative, psychomotor...
Anxiety
Anxiety is an unpleasant and painful emotional state, with a feeling of uneasiness and threat to one's physical or moral integrity. It is presented together with insecurity, perplexity, fear before...
The Father of Your Sons
Male and female complementarity Javier Vidal-Quadras I remember, when my children were young, a friend, who only had daughters, saying to me, “From time to time, I will borrow some of...
Sex and Ethics for Happiness
Morality in the Sexual Dimension Asghar Farhadi’s The Traveler won an Oscar for the best foreign language film in 2017. The plot begins with a stranger who sexually assaults the protagonist’s wife....
God gives us 5 stars
When they saw the star, they were overjoyed (Matthew 2:10) Stars are used to distinguish the quality of hotels. Stars are used to reward good restaurants. Stars, from one to five, are used to...
Guidelines for Sexuality Education
Educating the sexual dimension to be happier We offer part of chapter VII of the document on human sexuality of the pontifical council for the family. Some ideas are highlighted for easier reading....
Has the coronavirus changed the world?
Coronavirus and the post-pandemic world: a new War Not long ago we wondered whether the coronavirus would change the world for the better. Now, with a new war raging in the heart of Europe, with...
Sexuality education and Chastity
Resources to educate in the virtue that humanizes sexuality Bibliographic suggestions and other resources for sexual education, according to the age of the persons. We point out some useful books,...
Tenet explained: psychologically and spiritually
Tenet and our longing for God Christopher Nolan's film Tenet, analyzed in its psycho-spiritual dimension, shows a human aspiration. We will not tell the details of the story, which each one has to...
Tips for mental and spiritual health
Mental and spiritual health care How to be positive and optimistic in the face of the unknow. Updated while waiting for a third winter: Will there be a new wave of coronaviruses? Uncertainty...
Educating in Virtue: the Interior Gymnasium
Building a good and happy personal life By Iván López Casanova There is a certain idea gaining currency that, in one’s personal life and especially in the education of children, the...