“I am not what happened to me; I am who I choose to become.” —Carl Jung Knowledge and Reality When was the last time you looked at yourself in the mirror? Did you like what you saw? Did you really ...

I once attended a seminar on “vocation” delivered by a Benedictine monk. He recounted how, if someone bounced up to him with a beaming smile and declared, “I am convinced God has called me to be a ...

Our hearts and souls can’t fulfill the Great Commandment without our minds. Jesus was once asked to identify the greatest and most important thing for followers of God to do (Matt. 22:36–37). His ...

Self-knowledge plays a central role in contemporary psychological science across various domains, including interpersonal relationships, moral behaviour and health. Despite its importance, many ...

Christian faith calls not for indulgence or self-denial but something else entirely. A few decades ago, you might have found me taking pot-shots at John the Baptist’s “I must decrease” (John 3:30).

Between 1970 and 2000, over 15,000 “scholarly” articles appeared in journals and magazines about self-esteem in children and its relationship to career achievement, educational success, sexuality, ...

Over the past few years, some Catholic publishers have reintroduced classic spiritual writings to a new generation. That is a tremendous gift. Today, when so many of us Catholics seem inordinately ...