Pain versus Suffering: How to Decrease Suffering by Acknowledging Pain

When we are in the swirling storm of emotional suffering, we can either adopt ways of thinking and acting that increase our distress or foster ways of…

Feb 26 • Jenny duBay

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Stonewalling vs. Safeguarding: Learn the Differences

When we hear the term “stonewalling,” we most often think of it as a negative thing.

Feb 19 • Jenny duBay

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Breaking the Bonds of Silence

"While I, spurred on by yet another thirst, kept silent ..." (Dante, Purgatorio XVIII)

Feb 11 • Jenny duBay

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Finding Your Joy, Part 2: Charisms

In last week’s article, “Finding Your Joy, Part 1: Releasing Yourself from Functional Freeze” I described how it feels to be stuck in the “freeze…

Feb 4 • Jenny duBay

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January 2026

Finding Your Joy, Part 1: Releasing Yourself from Functional Freeze

How can you get yourself back after the emotional and psychological effects of abuse—and do you even know who you truly are any longer?

Jan 28 • Jenny duBay

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A Blurry “No” and a Confused “Yes”: How to Detect Covert Intimate Abuse Within Marriage

The gift of self should be just that: a gift.

Jan 21 • Jenny duBay

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Protecting the Soul Against Wickedness and Snares

“My mother’s sons turned their anger on me, they made me look after the vineyards. Had I only looked after my own!” (Song of Songs 1:6)

Jan 8 • Jenny duBay

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December 2025

A Joyous Holiday Sabbatical

The holidays will be a time to write, reflect, and enjoy family

Dec 15, 2025 • Jenny duBay

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Stop Apologizing

“Take every thought captive and make it obedient to Christ.” (2 Cor. 10:5)

Dec 9, 2025 • Jenny duBay

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Boundary Breakers: What to Do When Your Needs Aren't Respected

Boundaries are about changing your world, not changing other people.

Dec 3, 2025 • Jenny duBay

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November 2025

How to Recognize Change: The Antidote for Anger and Impatience

"Impatience reveals, more than any other vice, that the soul has lost God." (St. Caterina of Siena)

Nov 20, 2025 • Jenny duBay

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Hard Hearts, Vulnerable Hearts

Our hearts should be shaped like a lamp, wide at the top and narrow on the bottom

Nov 14, 2025 • Jenny duBay

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