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Anxiety and Stress – The Inner Life – April 22, 2026

Patrick Conleyby Patrick Conley

Father Dave Heney joins Patrick to discuss Anxiety and Stress

  • (9:07) Spiritual need to not be stressed.
  • (13:44) How to sleep better at night?
  • (17:45) Jim – I was married at St. Bruno 30 years ago. I’ve just recently had a lot of stress in my life. Our marriage isn’t 100percent as it used to be. AS far as married couples, you’re both going to stress…how do we approach that subject together and help each other? I pray a lot, but she takes it a little bit differently.

(23:41) Break 1

  • Patty – I refrain my anxiety to the word of fear. Fear is a lot easier to overcome than anxiety in my head.
  • (34:21) Rose – How do you handle the stress over a child who isn’t responsible? He’s an adult and I don’t know how to cope with it.

(41:03) Break 2

  • What do you do if you want out in your marriage because of all of the stress?
  • (45:57) Adrianne – I had been watching Mass most days and I came across a priest who talked about his life and how things were going wrong. One day, he said, ‘what’s important…I don’t care about my business…bank account, etc.’ I kind of modified that to any kind of stress and think of it that way, it looks stupid. It helped me a lot.
  • Who is a great saint for anxiety?

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Patrick Conley

Patrick Conley

Patrick Conley was born, raised, and baptized in Wisconsin in a Protestant tradition. After meeting his wife, Kendra, through an Evangelical ministry at the University of Minnesota, they entered the Catholic Church in 2010. They listened to Relevant Radio, specifically The Inner Life, while preparing to enter the Church. Conley now holds a degree in theology from Oxford University and has served the Church in both academic theology and grassroots pastoral ministry. Conley teaches religion classes in a Catholic elementary school, serves as his parish Director of Religious Education, and is in formation for the permanent diaconate. He also hosts Practicing Catholic on Relevant Radio, exclusive to the Minneapolis area’s airwaves, and is a traveling presenter for the Catherine of Siena Institute apostolate. He lives in rural Wisconsin with his wife and their bulldogs, Georgie and Bingley.