Author: Jay Ileto

One of the main objectives I want to accomplish with this website it giving people the tools to improve their lives. Ultimately though, it is up to each person to do this. This begs the question: who wouldn’t want a better life? We all want less stress, more time with…

I’m taking this opportunity to change gears and talk about the basics of human existence that set us up for success. I went to a seminar when I was just out of grad school and this was the focus of the seminar. There were these ideas that were boiled down…

I work in home health and the past few weeks I’ve noticed this unfortunate trend in many of the patients I see. There seems to be an excessive amount of unchanneled and unresolved anger. I have a few theories on this but first, I’d like to explain further. There are…

We have the first week of Lent underway and the difficulties are present but manageable. My wife and I are somewhat working together, both fasting for spiritual health. An old patient of mine had told me he was fasting every other day for 40 days. So we decided to do…

I was at mass the this past week and the gospel was preaching about belief. Jesus was beckoned by a man to help his son, driving out a demon that possessed him. “Jesus asked the boy’s father, ‘How long has he been like this?’ ‘From childhood,’ he answered. ‘It has often thrown…

This week had a lot of mental and spiritual ups and downs. I was struggling a bit with how I view others and my interactions with them. I was contemplating big decisions and how those decisions might play out. There was a lot going on in my head and heart…

I was at mass on Friday and the first reading was from Jeremiah, speaking of trusting in God. “But blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in him. They will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream. It does not…

“Cast your anxieties on him because He cares for you.” (1 Pt 5:7) I wanted to examine this awesome and wonderful chapter from Peter in discussing fear. It has been said fear is False Evidence Appearing Real. Evidence is what we use to determine facts. If I can look up…

We all know eating healthy is important and in many cases even vital. When then is it so hard? There is no easy simple answer. Often, it comes down to our relationship with food. How do we see it? What purpose does it serve? How readily available is it and…

It seems like a small think, but I pray to St. Anthony every time I lose something. Sometimes it’s big things, things that are important, like my passport. Other times, and more often, its insignificant things like my headphones or my nail clippers. It occurred to me a few months…