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.

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.

Do you have a patron saint for your business? If you don't, you should. One way to find one is to look for a saint connected to the work you do.

I am due with our newest baby (#6!) in early-to-mid October. In the three weeks surrounding my due date, one of my businesses has three weddings scheduled in our event space. One of them is my sister's, and I am the matron of honor.

On social media, we become digital neighbors. And if social media makes us digital neighbors, then accessible social media is one way we practice love of neighbor. As Pope Francis beautifully expressed: “Communication is really about realizing that we are all human beings, children of God. I like seeing this power of communication as ‘neighbourliness.’”

At Catholic Women in Business, we run a Facebook group with almost 10,000 women. As a result, we’ve seen it all, from heartfelt pleas for prayers and requests for career advice to spam and bots. Sometimes the posts that seem spammy come not from AI or scammers but from well-intentioned women who aren’t sure the best way to promote themselves in a Facebook group.