There is a long tradition of wondering about the mental health implications of religious practice. The psychiatrist and psychoanalyst Carl Jung famously claimed to have seen almost no practicing ...

In honor of Mental Health Awareness Month, the second edition of our upcoming ESSENCE Wellness House virtual summit will focus largely on how you can continue managing your well-being as our nation ...

Five years ago, Pati Stives had no one to turn to after her husband Ray’s suicide. She felt miserable and desolate, alone in her pain. Today, Stives is her Catholic parish’s first Mental Health ...

The Holy See's representative to the United Nations appealed Wednesday to the Human Rights Council to couple psychological treatment with spiritual care. In response to a recent report on mental ...

An unwillingness to accept spiritual struggle could contribute to major social ills, leading to lost opportunities to engage with people of different faith beliefs and backgrounds and come to view ...

The year 2020 was a demanding time for the Rev. Dr. Scott Venable, lead pastor of Northwood Church in Keller. At the start of the pandemic, questions buzzed over whether to wear a mask to church, ...

Since 2014, Fr. Roger Dawson has run a retreat house in the idyllic countryside of north Wales. When the U.K. went into lockdown in March, he was forced to cancel retreats. But he was determined to ...

Many of us have been searching for meaning during the pandemic. We’ve been asking ourselves questions such as: What are my priorities? What do I want out of my life? How can I live with all the ...

We just celebrated Thanksgiving, and are in the middle of the festive holiday of Chanukah. They "come out" several days apart on the calendar this year – and are linked in meaning as well. Giving ...

CAMP ARIFJAN, Kuwait -- "When you're spiritually and emotionally fit, you'll take care of yourself because you love yourself," said Master Sgt. David Mundy, 35th Infantry Division chaplain assistant.