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Mary Walks With Us in Loss
October is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Month and Catholic Women in Business is grateful to author Michelle Hamel who vulnerably shares her personal experience of losing a child in a new book for families facing this tragedy.
Round Trip to Hell (Michigan): On Trust and Encountering God
Several years ago now, when my husband and I were living in Ann Arbor, Michigan, we made an epic journey together to Hell and back. Now, I’m not trying to evoke a metaphor here to refer to a tumultuous time in our lives. Rather, I’m speaking about our trip to Hell, Michigan, a small and unconventional community in Livingston County. Whenever I think back to this trip, I am reminded of important life lessons on trust and encountering God in all circumstances.
Finding Faustina’s Strength
In this personal reflection on the feast day of St. Faustina, we are reminded to commit ourselves to the Lord as she did. Despite dealing with ridicule and doubt, and ultimately dying young after a painful illness, St. Faustina left a life that serves as an example for us all.
Nurturing Whole Health: Faith, Clinical Wisdom and Motherhood
Nicole Lea founded Hello Eema to support mothers in nurturing whole health for themselves and their children. “Eema” means mama or mother in Hebrew.
When Your Career Takes an Unexpected Turn
Getting laid off hurts. There is nothing — and I mean nothing — quite like hearing that your role is being eliminated and immediately wondering whether it means you weren't valuable. But, friend, a layoff has far less to do with you than it does with a company's budget, priorities, or organizational chart.
The Cost of Getting Quiet… and Why It’s Worth It
Everywhere I look on the Catholic interwebs the past few weeks, I see one major theme: leisure, or purposeful and restorative rest for our bodies and souls. From Pope Leo XIV to my favorite Substack writers to witty reels on Instagram, we are suddenly laser focused on leisure time.