I’m not a Dad, but when I came across this video online I knew it would be worth sharing. Every family-man longs to be a good husband and a good father. And they all try to do so, often slaving at a job they don’t particularly like. It’s often draining trying to...
After my meeting I walked back to my office feeling small and overlooked. At my place of work the wheels above me had turned and I had been told that I was not going to be consulted on some decisions which closely affected my job. It felt that whether I threw myself...
Self-care is a term that has grown in popularity of late. Suddenly it's everywhere: thrown around with hashtags all over social media, used in advertising and on lifestyle blogs, and even making appearances on health websites. Clearly, it means different things to...
A common answer to the question, "How are you?", is often "Busy." Yet, many times we don't have to be quite as busy as we schedule ourselves to be. Though there is great importance and dignity in the work we do, we often forget that there is also value in rest. Our...
In the field of business, economic systems are characterized as either capitalist or socialist; they appear mutually exclusive, either supporting the freedom of the individual or the needs of society. Since the eighteenth century, capitalism and socialism have...
We are called to remember the Sabbath day and keep it holy (and as Catholics we have a moral obligation to attend Sunday Mass). For many of us, however, our job or station in life may mean that Sundays are just as busy as every other day of the week, maybe even more...
Nowadays it is common to hear people say, “There’s an app for that.” about anything and everything. But long before we had apps, we had Saints. There truly is a patron saint for just about everything from oversleeping (Saint Vitus) to clowns (St. Julian the...
Meet Jared Axen, Los Angeles’ “singing” nurse whose voice began to catch the attention of his patients when he was putting together their daily medications. He makes his daily tasks an act of love; even something as simple as changing his patients’ medication turns...
This video serves as a humorous reminder of how to keep our priorities focused on the family. Canadian advertising company UNION made the video, entitled “Employee Appreciation Day,” for Strategy Online's Agency of the Year awards. The depiction of employees running...
"El Empleo” (The Employment) is an animated short that has been winning awards at film festivals around the world since it’s released in 2008. With over 2.5 million YouTube views, director Santiago Bou Grasso is reaching many with his depiction of the working world....