Awhile back I started a discussion thread on jealousy at Group Beyond Blue (you can get to by clicking here). Check some great suggestions on what fellow depressives do when they start feeling green! To read more Beyond Blue, go to www.beliefnet.com/beyondblue, and to get to Group Beyond Blue, a support group at Beliefnet Community,…

Back when the private writings of Mother Teresa were published, we talked a lot about the difference between the dark night of the soul and clinical depression. My friend Jim Martin became the talking head on that point in various news outlets, including an appearance on “The Colbert Report.” I asked him about this, as…

The following piece, “Shadows in Prayer,” written for “America” magazine by my priest friend, Jim Martin, who is like the Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus (superstar) of the Catholic publishing and media world, is a fascinating read because it covers absolutely everything that I obsess about on a daily basis and asks the very questions that often…

I recently did some research for a women’s magazine about depression in young women (ages 18 to 30). The editors wanted to know why so many more women than men struggle with depression. I got out my copy of “A Deeper Shade of Blue: A Woman’s Guide to Recognizing and Treating Depression in Her Childbearing…

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