4 Cards to Keep in Your Hand: The Cardinal Virtues
The cardinal virtues—prudence, justice, fortitude, and temperance—provide a solid foundation for professional work and everything else God has called a person to. They insulate Catholic professionals from burnout by helping to keep work ordered so that it remains a source of sanctification, deep joy, and serviceability in the kingdom of God. The cardinal virtues provide […]
How to Work Without Getting Worked up
Working mothers are uniquely challenged to find time to care for ourselves amid the demands of parenting, marriage, and professional life—but responsibilities and strong maternal inclinations toward self-sacrifice can gradually lead to exhaustion and burnout if we don’t. Exercise and prayer time are often placed on the back burner as deadlines for work, homework, games, […]
St. Hildegard de Bingen and Creative Flow in Business
St. Hildegard of Bingen, whose feast day we celebrate today, is an excellent role model for businesswomen. She was the Catholic doyenne of female leadership, entrepreneurship, and management of her age. She was a foundress, abbess, prolific author, poet and composer. In 1165, seventeen years after founding Rupertsberg Abbey and in response to increasing vocations, […]
A Trimly Advent and Christmas: Eliminate Unnecessary Distractions This Season
Advent is a time of preparation for the coming of our Lord. Heavy-hitters from our Advent reading cycle—Mark, Isaiah, Peter, and Paul—give clear directives to sober up and take seriously the preparation process (Mark 13:33-37, Isaiah 40:3, 2 Peter 3:8-14, 1 Thessalonians 5:16-24). While these Advent exhortations are stern, they also provide assurance of why, […]