St. Dymphna’s Playbook: A Catholic Guide to Finding Mental and Emotional Well-Being

Depression & Anxiety

Tighe teaches readers how to identify signs of depression and anxiety. He also describes the difference between the two and how to tell that it is time to seek help.

Trauma

Tighe provides readers with a roadmap for navigating different kinds of trauma including Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, dissociation, self-destructiveness, and loneliness.

Grief

Tighe discusses heartbreak, joylessness, powerlessness, and substance misuse in relation to grief and bereavement. He provides hope and healing for those suffering and feeling lost.

Relationships

Tighe writes about the difficulties of cultivating and maintaining relationships, providing a path forward for those experiencing resentment, manipulation, or stagnation.

Meet the Author: Tommy Tighe

Tommy Tighe is a marriage and family counselor, creator of the Saint Dymphna’s Playbook podcast, and the cohost of Repent and Submit on CatholicTV. He is the author of The Catholic Hipster Handbook, The Catholic Hipster: The Next Level, and #BlessedMother. He is the coauthor of How To: Catholic Family and Catholic Funny Fill-ins with his wife Karen. Tighe has appeared on Relevant Radio, EWTN Radio, and The Catholic Channel on SiriusXM Radio—the station that runs his podcast The Chimney. He has contributed to publications including Angelus News, Catholic Herald, CatholicMom.com, Aleteia, and Catholic Digest. He lives with his family in the San Francisco Bay area of California.

Saint Dymphna’s Playbook podcast

Saint Dymphna's Playbook podcast is about finding mental well-being as a Catholic, with the help of community and the saints. The podcast is hosted by Tommy Tighe, a marriage and family counselor, husband, and father. In each episode Tommy addresses different mental health issues, introduces listeners to a saint who is relevant to mental health and wellness, and responds to questions from Twitter followers.

The Catholic Hipster Handbook

Being a Catholic Hipster is all about an attitude—an attitude grounded in being part of a countercultural community of believers dedicated to something bigger than themselves in a world dominated by self-centeredness. It’s about yearning to learn more about the faith by seeking out “Catholic cool”—overlooked saints, forgotten prayers and feast days, and traditional practices long set aside by mainstream believers. The Catholic Hipster podcaster Tommy Tighe will help readers rediscover everything awesome about the Catholic faith.

The Catholic Hipster: The Next Level

Do you have what it takes to become a next-level Catholic hipster? Building on the overwhelming popularity of The Catholic Hipster Handbook, Tommy Tighe is back with a new cast of fellow hipsters—including Haley Stewart, Samantha Povlock, Matthew Sewell, Fr. Damian Ferrence, and Patrick Neve—to share overlooked saints, forgotten prayers, and profound practices that define the countercultural Catholic lifestyle, inspiring you to live your faith in radical ways.