The Lila Rose Show

Chase Follows Christ, a Catholic faith creator; Will Bogdan, a Catholic writer and poet; and John Sansone, a Catholic media creator and former reality dating contestant, unpack Christian dating from the male perspective. They discuss rejection, social media, red flags, signaling interest, attraction, purity, marriage roles, and what it takes to build a faithful family without chasing perfection.

Hannah Crews, a Christian content creator and former news broadcaster, shares her journey through grooming, healing, and conversion. She recounts how a youth pastor exploited her at 17 and discusses boundaries, accountability, predators, and protecting children. Hannah also explores her path from evangelical roots to Catholicism, including church authority, Mary, confession, the Eucharist, and family life.

Dr. Camilo Ortiz, a New York City clinical psychologist specializing in child anxiety and parenting, challenges parents to ease up. They explore how manageable discomfort, safe risks, free play, boredom, and age-appropriate independence build resilience. Ortiz also discusses calm discipline, sleep training, screen habits, and ways parents and children can become less anxious together.

A candid conversation about raising eight children, discovering wisdom through family life, and choosing people over possessions. They explore homeschooling, hybrid education, faith, finances, and trusting God through uncertainty. The discussion also turns to entrepreneurship, taking creative risks, overcoming impostor syndrome, and the importance of living near family and seeking wise counsel.

A searching analysis of the Lindsay Clancy trial explores motherhood, mental illness, perfectionism, resentment, and the pressures surrounding modern parenting. The discussion examines Patrick Clancy’s forgiveness, the insanity defense, the mistrial, reported signs of remorse, and comparisons with other cases involving mothers who killed their children. It closes with questions about justice, accountability, and protecting families.

Nick Vujicic, a Christian evangelist and founder of Life Without Limbs, shares his extraordinary journey from childhood depression, bullying, and a suicide attempt to preaching Christianity worldwide. He discusses the faith experiences that changed his life, surviving threats, defending people with disabilities and unborn children, and balancing global ministry with marriage, parenting, and family.

Dr. Ray Guarendi, a clinical psychologist and Catholic family counselor, explores the growing crisis of family estrangement. They discuss warning signs, grandparents and siblings caught in conflict, boundaries versus “no-contact,” sincere apologies, and loving relatives without surrendering convictions. The conversation also examines humility, faith, free will, and how time and maturity can reopen the door to reconciliation.

Dr. Greg Bottaro, a Catholic clinical psychologist and founder of the CatholicPsych Institute, explores anxiety through the lenses of psychology, theology, and spirituality. He explains why “have more faith” misses the mark, how therapy can restore freedom, and why whole-person care matters. They also discuss divine providence, addiction, scrupulosity, Internal Family Systems, medication, and psychedelic therapy.

Bryce Crawford, a 22-year-old Christian street preacher followed by millions, recounts the Waffle House encounter that changed his life. He discusses recurring anxiety, street evangelism, marriage, pornography recovery, accountability, ministry finances, abortion, and equipping students to share their faith. An intimate conversation about redemption, courage, and living with integrity.

Dr. Greg Popcak, a Catholic therapist, author, and parenting expert, explores why parenting is a relationship to form, not a project to manage. He connects attachment with faith, explains tantrums as regulation struggles, and discusses teaching skills instead of punishing failures. They also cover firm yet gentle discipline, repairing family patterns, role-playing for resilience, and making time for prayer, meals, and meaningful connection.