Dr. Johann D'Souza
@drjohanndsouza
Clinical Psychologist and Founder of Values First Therapy where we provide cutting edge cognitive behavior therapy while respecting traditional family values.
"Truth speaking ruffles feathers. I'm ok with that. We are lions. We aren't trying to get sheep to become lions. We are simply trying to wake the sleeping lions." - @JordanLangdon @familiesofcharacter
Phones in teens’ bedrooms cause a sleep crisis, with 93% sleeping at 1-4 AM. This fuels a non-functioning generation. @tomkersting #VirtuousLeaders #PhoneFreeBedrooms #TeenSleepCrisis
Do you ever feel like Cassandra, the prophetess of old who was doomed to be ignored despite (or perhaps because of) speaking truth?
St. Bibiana is my favorite lesser known Saint. Bernini depicts her with the pillar on which she was scourged to death by lead ropes. The original column is preserved in the back of the church:


"The days are surely coming, says the Lord God, when I will send a famine upon the land, not a hunger for bread or a thirst for water, but for hearing the word of the Lord." - Amos 8:11
Congrats to my friend @monsalvemd for truth speaking in the @NewDarkAge

Ave Regina Pacis from St. Maria Maggiore. This is culture.

Is anyone else concerned that a typical American girl dresses less modestly than a 19th century strumpet?
“On the 16th December, 1975, Metropolitan Meliton of Chalcedon, the envoy of Patriarch Demitrios I, brought formal word to Rome, and announced inside the Sistine Chapel during Mass and in the presence of Paul VI, that a Pan-Orthodox Commission had been set up to prepare the…
Most people in the US are addicted, anxious, distracted or some combination of the three. Addiction: entertainment, pornography, or drugs. Anxiety: look at the medication rates. Distraction: doom scrolling, notifications, or multitasking.
As dark as child genital mutilation is (i.e. trans surgeries), I suspect it’s meant to distract and divide us from addressing even greater evils.
"Whoever does not renounce all that he has cannot be my disciple." - Lk 14:33
Why writing a smartphone agreement won’t help your teen from @MelanieHempe 1. Teen brains are not fully developed 2. Contracts blur the boundary between parent & child 3. Smartphone contracts are impossible to enforce 4. Contracts set you in opposition to your child
"Biologists from 1,058 academic institutions around the world assessed survey items on when a human's life begins and, overall, 96% (5337 out of 5577) affirmed the fertilization view."
"Ferber told parents that babies aren't supposed to cry and you have to let them cry" - @EricaKomisarCSW
Shifting gender norms unsettle us, sparking anger and unease. Many feel violated but can’t name why. - @Hartz_PhD #VirtuousLeaders #GenderNorms #CulturalUnrest
Ep.11 - Dr. Brandon Van Dyck of Princeton Discusses Getting Cancelled Brandon Van Dyck left academia over cultural leftism’s stranglehold, pushing identity over economics. #CulturalLeftism #IntellectualDiversity #AcademiaReform #Masculinity #DEIDebate #BrandonVanDyck…
Many midsize firms don’t even use AI like OpenAI! While tech feels mainstream, some companies miss the boat. - Gabriel Omat of AI Coachbox #VirtuousLeaders #AIAdoption #TechGap
Great founders embrace mistakes with humility and trust their gut over cloning others’ success. - Jamie Baxter of @Exodus90App #VirtuousLeaders #FoundersJourney #HumilityInLeadership