Grotto Network - Live Boldly

Welcome to Grotto Network, where we share
stories and insights about living life boldly.

Learn about how to practice radical self-acceptance to change the way you view your body.

Your Body is Not Your Enemy

Read to learn about how to improve your mind-body connection.

3 Ways Your Mind Can Help With Body Positivity

Take into consideration these five steps for how to recognize and appreciate body diversity.

5 Steps to Becoming More Body-Inclusive

Watch to learn how Kay is showing the world that yoga is for everyone.

Breaking the Mold as a Yoga Instructor

Being new to Chicago can be frightening, but we have everything here to make you feel like a local.

I Just Moved to Chicago — Now What?

Breaking bad habits can help you become a better person.

Breaking Bad (Habits)

Read this licensed clinical counselor's answer to "what is gaslighting in a relationship?"

What is Gaslighting, Exactly?

Don't ignore these abusive relationship signs.

Are You In An Abusive Relationship? Here’s How to Tell

Have you been navigating office friendships? Keep these four things in mind.

Navigating Friendships with Coworkers? Keep These 4 Things in Mind

Conserving the colobus monkey and other wildlife in Kenya is necessary and worth it — watch how these wildlife conservationists do it here.

Coexisting with Colobus Monkeys

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Read to learn about how to improve your mind-body connection.

3 Ways Your Mind Can Help With Body Positivity

Article / Health & Wellness

Watch to learn how Kay is showing the world that yoga is for everyone.

Breaking the Mold as a Yoga Instructor

Video / Health & Wellness

Breaking bad habits can help you become a better person.

Breaking Bad (Habits)

Article / Health & Wellness

Read this licensed clinical counselor's answer to "what is gaslighting in a relationship?"

What is Gaslighting, Exactly?

Article / Relationships

Don't ignore these abusive relationship signs.

Are You In An Abusive Relationship? Here’s How to Tell

Article / Relationships

Have you been navigating office friendships? Keep these four things in mind.

Navigating Friendships with Coworkers? Keep These 4 Things in Mind

Article / Relationships

Having unrealistic expectations when building your life can be detrimental. Find out why here.

Are You Building Your Life Around the Wrong Expectations?

Article / Career & Finance

Read this reflective narrative about changing majors in college.

‘I Hated All My Classes’

Article / Career & Finance

How would you spend 4,000 weeks on this Earth?

You Have 4,000 Weeks to Live — How Are You Spending Them?

Article / Career & Finance

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Learn about how to practice radical self-acceptance to change the way you view your body.

Your Body is Not Your Enemy

Read this reflective narrative about this author hosting Ukrainian refugees.

A Lesson in Patriotism from Ukrainian Refugees

Read this author's four points on the abortion debate that might help people on all sides of the debate find some common ground.

4 Points of Common Ground When it Comes to Abortion

Take into consideration these five steps for how to recognize and appreciate body diversity.

5 Steps to Becoming More Body-Inclusive

Article / Transform

Conserving the colobus monkey and other wildlife in Kenya is necessary and worth it — watch how these wildlife conservationists do it here.

Coexisting with Colobus Monkeys

Video / Transform

Expressing identity through art can come in all different ways — watch how Rachel honors her Korean identity.

Reconnecting Through Colors

Video / Transform

Learn about how living a life of service can have physical and mental health benefits.

The Surprising Way Self-Care and Service are Linked

Article / Volunteer

Have no time but still want to volunteer? Try these 7 easy ways to volunteer when you have no time.

7 Ways to Volunteer When You Don’t Have Much Time

Article / Volunteer

Who was St. Oscar Romero? Find out here as to why the saint was a fearless leader.

The Fearlessness of St. Oscar Romero | #GrottoMusic

Playlist / Volunteer

Keep the Faith

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Being new to Chicago can be frightening, but we have everything here to make you feel like a local.

I Just Moved to Chicago — Now What?

Article / Community

Meet Augustus Tolton, a soon-to-be saint.

Meet This Chicago South Sider on the Road to Sainthood

Article / Community

Read this reflective narrative about construction workers.

A Letter to Say ‘Thanks’ to the Workers Building Skyscrapers

Article / Community

Listen to Grotto's video team talk about mythical creatures, paranormal phenomena, and UFO sightings in this podcast episode.

Good and Decent S2|E6: Is It Real?

Have you had an out-of-body experience?

3 Celebrities Who Were Tuned Into the Supernatural

Article / Belief

Watch how the "God particle" inspired this comic/sci-fi author.

How the “God Particle” Inspired this Comic Author

What is the purpose of art, specifically abstract? This author reflects on that question here.

What’s the Point of Abstract Art? Maybe It’s How it Works on our Hearts

Article / Prayer

How do we know God exists? This man believes he found Him in the desert.

How Do I Know God Exists? He Found Me in the Desert

Article / Prayer

Do we have proof of God?

5 Ways We Can Find Proof of God’s Existence

Article / Prayer