Assertiveness is one of the most important qualities to have for success in your professional life. Jordan Peterson, a Canadian psychologist, says that assertiveness and
There is a quote attributed to G.K. Chesterton: “When a man stops believing in God, he doesn’t then believe in nothing, he believes in anything”.
A career counselor once told me, “I’m not sure if you’re a leader” when I went to consult him after my first baby was born.
I still vividly remember my best friend’s speech on domestic violence for the Speech and Debate Club in high school I also participated in. It
Before I had kids, I would look at the children I knew and the students I taught and would comment about how they were badly
The Black Plague in the Middle Ages was during medieval times. You know, before modern medicine and the industrial revolution and technology. Even the Spanish
Here in Portugal, it is common to say to a pregnant woman, “As long as the baby is healthy… that is most important.” What if
I recently talked to an elderly friend who has been in a nursing home for two years. Her words struck a chord in me: “You’ll
A friend was telling me the other day about a priest who visited brothers in Venezuela. They were living in bad conditions. They were having
In an interesting talk between Bishop Barron and Jordan Peterson, Jordan Peterson talks about how people fill up auditoriums by the thousands to hear him
I am 40 weeks and 3 days pregnant as I write this. This is my fourth time around pregnancy and childbirth, and all my other
I recently went to mass at a Convent of the order of St. Clare in Sintra, Portugal. We talked to one of the nuns briefly
I recently participated in a training course for the International Federation for Family Development, where families met from all over Europe and a couple from
My husband and I are expecting a fourth child and when that dreaded time of telling everyone came around I realized it never gets
I urge you to answer this question for yourself before you read on. I myself am constantly reformulating my answer and expanding on what is
I heard a nurse speak about her missionary work in Africa. She worked in several former Portuguese colonies, such as Cape Verde, and was telling
There is a sort of “holy envy”, in which we compete with others on how good our apostolate is and how much God uses us.
I have always struggled with feelings of insecurity and comparing myself to others, but I thought it was just a part of my personality. In
Most Catholics are aware that there is a real attack on marriage these days. Our culture and mainstream media do not tolerate voices who defend
I recently moved house and city and was surprised at how painful it was to say goodbye to the friends we had made during the
Every time our mailman knocks at the door, I know I can expect an update about his son’s medical school. He has two children and
With my first child, I rigorously studied infant sleep schedules and development books and felt like I was giving my baby everything she needed. With