Other Titles by Dr. Gregory Popcak
Christian Living
Broken Gods: Hope, Healing, and the Seven Longings of the Human Heart (Image Catholic Books, 2015)
The Life God Wants You to Have: Discovering the Divine Plan When Human Plans Fail (The Crossroad Publishing Company, 2011)
God Help Me, These PEOPLE Are Driving Me Nuts! Making Peace with Difficult People (The Crossroad Publishing Company, 2010)
God Help Me, This STRESS Is Driving Me Crazy! Finding Balance Through God’s Grace (The Crossroad Publishing Company, 2010)
Marriage
For Better … FOREVER! (Our Sunday Visitor, 2015)
Just Married: The Catholic Guide to Surviving and Thriving in the First Five Years of Marriage (Ave Maria Press, 2013)
How to Heal Your Marriage and Nurture Lasting Love (Sophia Institute Press, 2017)
Holy Sex! The Catholic Guide to Toe-Curling, Mind-blowing, Infallible Loving (The Crossroad Publishing Company, 2008)
Praying for and with Your Spouse: The Way to Deeper Love (The Word Among Us, 2018)
Parenting
Parenting with Grace: The Catholic Parents’ Guide to Raising (almost) Perfect Kids (Our Sunday Visitor, 2010)
Beyond the Birds and the Bees: Raising Whole and Holy Kids (Ascension Press, 2012)
Discovering God Together: The Catholic Guide to Raising Faithful Kids (Sophia Institute Press, 2015)
Then Comes Baby: The Catholic Guide to Surviving & Thriving in the First Three Years of Parenthood (Ave Maria Press, 2014)
The BeDADitudes: 8 Ways to Be an Awesome Dad (Ave Maria Press, 2017)
The Corporal Works of Mommy (and Daddy Too) (Our Sunday Visitor, 2016)
Unworried
Unworried
A Life Without Anxiety
Dr. Gregory Popcak
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Contents
Getting on My Nerves — The Psychology of Anxiety
You’re Making Me Crazy — Relationships and Anxiety
My Anxious Spirit — Spirituality and Anxiety
Building an Emotional Elevator