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Wishing You a Blessed Advent and a Joyous Christmas

It’s Advent once again. As we prepare to celebrate the birth of Jesus, we naturally turn to Scripture and the Nativity story. As one of the mysteries we meditate upon in the Rosary, the story of the Nativity offers us so much to contemplate. I always like to pray for...

Holding Onto Your Faith When Your Kids Leave The Church

by Allison Ricciardi, LMHC | Relationships

Allison Ricciardi, LMHC provides encouragement for a parent whose child has left the church and abandoned their faith.

Reconciling Your Faith When Your Grown Children Abandon Theirs

by Allison Ricciardi, LMHC | Counseling

For the devout Catholic parent, often nothing is more challenging to one’s faith than having a child leave it when they become an adult.

As Divisions Multiply

by Allison Ricciardi, LMHC | General

With the division in our country these days, it’s hard not to get discouraged, even angry. There are divisions in our families as well, sometimes related to politics, and many times related to differing moral perspectives. It’s hard to have a productive discussion...

Letting Go of Resentment Leads to a Stress-Free Life

by Elizabeth Galanti, MBA, MA, LMHC | Counseling

Stress comes from many sources. It is highly stressful when a person delivers a wallop of emotional or physical pain to us (or someone we love). It then adds significantly more stress when we store that negativity and we don’t let it go.

Overcoming the Hate that Threatens to Consume Us

by Allison Ricciardi, LMHC | General

Allison Ricciardi, LMHC shares steps to overcome hate and live in the peace that surpasses all understanding so you can be part of the solution.

Prevailing Over the Raging Turmoil of Hatred

by Allison Ricciardi, LMHC | Counseling

Our society in which we live is experiencing a disturbing increase of vile maliciousness. It’s easy to get pulled into the vortex of hate that threatens to consume us all when you’re hurting deeply or view the world as becoming more and more divided.