Books

Reclaiming Motherhood

In the midst of a culture that is increasingly confused about sexuality, love, life, and our very identity as persons, the Church offers us the truth of who we are.

Will we unmask the fundamental lies fueling our culture's attacks on marriage, motherhood, and the family, or stand watch as these pillars of society unravel for future generations?

Reclaiming Motherhood equips Catholics to combat our current madness by boldly proclaiming God's vision for our lives.

Mama Prays

The Mama Prays devotional is an invitation for mothers to immerse themselves in the wonder of their everyday lives, to watch as the seeds of contemplation bloom in the messy and the miraculous, in fleeting moments and timeless truths.

A new story each day offers a month of faith-filled reflections revealing that every moment of motherhood truly is holy ground. 

Abortion

Crisis Magazine: Abortion is the Real Assault on Women

Faith + Bioethics: The Domino Effect: Roe Falls. What Else Goes?

Faith + Bioethics: The One Question Mission from the Abortion Debate

FemCatholic - Abortion and Maternal Health

Word on Fire - Women Deserve Better than Abortion

Artificial Wombs

FemCatholic - Could Artificial Wombs End Abortion?

FemCatholic - Are Artificial Wombs the Future of Reproduction?

Bioethics

Crisis: Does Genetic Prenatal Testing Actually Put Babies at Risk?

OSV: Designer Babies and Genetic Editing: Guidelines for Catholics

Faith + Bioethics Newsletter on Substack

Grotto Network - 5 Questions to Ask Before Testing Your Ancestry DNA

Faith + Bioethics: What is the Catholic Take on Human Composting?


Contraception

OSV: Why OTC Birth Control Pills Are Dangerous to Women and Girls

Faith + Bioethics: When Contraception is Actually Abortion

Faith + Bioethics: Should the Church Allow Abortifacient Contraceptives for ‘Medical Reasons’?

Natural Womanhood: That Time When Hormonal Contraceptives Almost Killed Me

Culture

Crisis: In Defense of Anti-Feminism

Crisis Magazine: Huxley’s Brave New World Is Here

Radiant: Finding Real Happiness in a Success-Driven Culture



Embryonic Research

Faith + Bioethics: Researchers Create Synthetic Embryos

Our Sunday Visitor: Why Embryonic and Fetal Tissue Research is the Next Prolife Frontier

Gender

OSV: How to Help a Child Struggling with Gender Identity

Faith + Bioethics: Why is Planned Parenthood Offering Transgender Services?

The Federalist - ‘Gender Affirmation’ for Minors is Child Abuse, Not Treatment

Our Sunday Visitor: What Does the Church Teach about Gender Identity?

Motherhood

FemCatholic - We Need a Theology of Motherhood

CatholicMom.com - It’s Okay to Hide in the Shower

CatholicMom.com - When the Cry Room Makes You Want to Cry

FemCatholic - Dismantling the ‘Just a Mom’ Myth

The Catholic Woman - What I’ve Learned from Becoming a Stay-at-Home-Mom

Prayer and discernment

Our Sunday Visitor - Learning to Love Mary as a Convert

Blessed Is She - Using Negative Feelings In Discernment

Blessed Is She - How Questioning My Faith Opened the Way to Knowing Jesus

CatholicMom.com - The Art of Allure in Marriage

Catholic Women in Business - 5 Ways Ignatian Wisdom Can Help You Cultivate Work/Life Balance

Catholic Women in Business - Letting Go of Perfectionism by Embracing Weakness

Catholic Women in Business - 7 Virtues for the Workplace

Catholic Women in Business - 6 Hallmarks of Catholic Mentorship

LMU Magazine - “The Value of the Stick” (print interview, Summer 2010)

Los Angeles Loyolan - “Losing the Ability to Be Lost” (print)

Millennial Journal - Mercy for the Outcast: The Story God Wants Told

LMU Magazine - For and With (print, Winter 2020)

Reproductive Technologies

Public Discourse: Elon Musk and the Reproductive Revolution

Catholic Review: Postmortem Conception is No ‘Miracle’

Our Sunday Visitor: Netflix’s ‘Our Father’ Grapples with the Perils of Artificial Insemination

Our Sunday Visitor: Prohibition Isn’t Punitive: Understand the Catholic Church’s Stance on IVF

FemCatholic - Why Surrogacy Is a Social Justice Issue

Faith + Bioethics: 7 Documentaries that Unveil the Truth about Reproductive Technologies

Current Projects

Reviving Femininity on Instagram

Brave New Us Podcast/ YouTube

Brave New Us: Faith + Bioethics Newsletter

CatholicMom.com - Contributor (2019-present)

Past Projects

Mama Prays Podcast

Spoken Women - Founder and podcast host (2020)

FemCatholic - Contributor (2019-2020)

Spirituality of the Ordinary - Creator and Editor

Christus Ministries - Lenten/Advent Reflection Contributor (2016-2020)