Trending with Timmerie - Catholic Principles applied to today's experiences.

Dr. Gregory Bottaro – Catholic psychologist, author, and founder of the CatholicPsych Institute joins Trending with Timmerie

Episode Guide
Difficult Conversations: principles for listening that transform a conversation. (1:26)
Acknowledging Pain: How do we acknowledge another person's pain and help move them from despair toward healing? (23:00)
Would someone know I am Catholic by my actions? (36:43)
How we bring back the neighborhood (46:39)

Resources mentioned:

Catholicpsych Institute
https://catholicpsych.com/

Book: The Power of Listening Well: How Holy Curiosity Can Build Trust and Restore Relationships
https://sophiainstitute.com/product/the-power-of-listening-well/

Laughter, Facing Fears, & Morning Prayer Routines
https://relevantradio.com/2021/04/laughter-facing-fears-morning-prayer-routines/

Bringing back the neighborhood - video
https://x.com/Katy_Faust/status/2076677519542300695

Dr. Hannah Spier joins Trending with Timmerie. A Norwegian-born psychiatrist and cognitive behavioral psychotherapist based in Zurich, she dissects how liberal narratives, pop-therapy fads, and identity politics have reshaped the mental health field.
Episode Guide
Motherhood scripted as a risk and framed as a psychiatric diagnosis through postpartum depression (2:49)
Rethinking how we support new mothers (25:37)
How feminism reshapes female psychology and common sense (37:21)
Resources Mentioned
Dr. Hannah Spier
https://hannahspier.substack.com/podcast
Article: How Motherhood Became a Diagnosis
https://substack.com/@psychobabblewithspier/p-176354823

Jim O’Day, executive director of, Integrity Restored joins Trending with Timmerie.

Episode Guide
AI: isolation, kids, & sexual relationships (1:23)
Tech-Enabled Sexual Abuse (TESA) (20:07)
Parents healing from past sexual mistakes kids see (40:12)
Back to college – interior designers now come with the dorm room (46:14)
Resources mentioned:

https://integrityrestored.com/

1 in 4 Young Adults Believe AI Partners Could Replace Real-life Romance
https://ifstudies.org/blog/artificial-intelligence-and-relationships-1-in-4-young-adults-believe-ai-partners-could-replace-real-life-romance

Catholic Psychological association - find a therapist
https://catholicpsychotherapy.org/

2025 Impact: Unstoppable progress in child safety
https://www.thorn.org/about/our-impact/2025-impact-report/

Good Pictures Bad Pictures – teaching kids about porn
https://www.defendyoungminds.com/product/good-pictures-bad-pictures

On this episode of Trending with Timmerie

Episode Guide
Giving your life away to God – Sunday Mass prep! (1:38)
St. Augustine (22:15)
Real rice (32:25)
Abortion as a religious ritual – who thought we left human sacrifice behind? (37:09)
Fighting anxiety, depression, and hopelessness with faith – Venerable Fulton Sheen (48:23)
Resources mentioned:

Satanic Temple launches virtual 'religious medication abortion' clinic
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/1787333/satanic-temple-launches-virtual-religious-medication-abortion-clinic/?utm_source=chatgpt.com

Perez Hilton – Catholic?
https://relevantradio.com/2026/08/perez-hilton-catholic/

Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse, founder and president of the Ruth Institute, joins Trending with Timmerie
Episode Guide
The study that was buried on gay parenting that no one wants you to hear (1:42)
What children of same sex parents are missing & what kids need (22:35)
Megan & Harry moving back to England – when going no contact comes to an end – Saint Monica (36:22)

Resources mentioned:
https://ruthinstitute.org/

The study they Buried - video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9l6QIMbxEDw

Developing the nervous system
https://relevantradio.com/2026/04/developing-the-nervous-system/
Book: Love & Economics
https://www.amazon.com/Love-Economics-Takes-Family-Village/dp/0981605915

Fr. Paul Sullins, “Sample Errors Call Into Question Conclusions Regarding Same-Sex Married Parents”
https://link.springer.com/article/10....
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28971...

Reczek, Spiker, Liu, and Crosnoe, “Family Structure and Child Health: Does the Sex Composition of Parents Matter?”
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27553...
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles...

Reczek, Spiker, Liu, and Crosnoe, “The Promise and Perils of Population Research on Same-Sex Families”
https://link.springer.com/article/10....
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles...

NCHS / CDC, “Changes to Data Editing Procedures and the Impact on Identifying Same-Sex Married Couples”
https://archive.cdc.gov/www_cdc_gov/n...

Fr. Paul Sullins, “Emotional Problems among Children with Same-Sex Parents: Difference by Definition”
https://journaljesbs.com/index.php/JE...
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.c...