Mariah Cressy

Alternate-Thanksgiving-Meals

Thanksgiving Meals for Every Dietary Restriction

Article / Health & Wellness

Non-Pumpkin-Fall-Recipes

14 Fall Recipes That Leave the Pumpkin in the Patch

Article / Health & Wellness

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4 Things I Didn’t Expect from Pregnancy

Article / Health & Wellness

Read these tips for cooking vegan holiday recipes.

How to Make Vegan-Friendly Meals for the Holidays

Article / Health & Wellness

Read these 6 book recs for tips on how to adult.

6 Books to Help with Next-Level Adulting

Article / Career & Finance

These 5 adulting activities have been great ‘excuses’ for bringing new friends together.

5 Adult-ish Activities to Gather New Friends Together

Article / Relationships

Read how to use intrinsic motivation and why it works better than if-then rewards.

Why Internal Beats External Motivation Every Time

Article / Health & Wellness

Life lessons I learned while potty training a cat.

Lessons I Learned from Potty-Training My Cat

Article / Relationships

We should never stop learning — and if we're living intentionally, we'll become forever learners. Read why that's important.

How Changing My Mindset Made Me a Forever Learner

Article / Career & Finance

Here's how to overcome fear — and it's not the way you think.

How to Use Your Fear in a Way that Helps You

Article / Health & Wellness

Here's how to get better at something — harness flow to expand your mental limits.

The Art of Flow and How to Harness It

Article / Health & Wellness

Use these 4 essential job application tips to make your application really stand out.

4 Essentials for a Stand-Out Job Application

Article / Career & Finance

Can people really change? While trying to realize her own potential, this author learned it's all about a person's mindset.

Why I Changed the Way I Say Hello

Article / Transform

Is multitasking possible? No, but here's how you can get more done in any given day AND sleep better.

Why I Ditched Multitasking For Brain Dumping

Article / Health & Wellness

What is a Catholic feminist? This author sat down with the creator of The Catholic Feminist Podcast. Read the interview here.

What It Means to be a Catholic Feminist

Article / Transform

Read how this author discovered the importance of being vulnerable.

How I Realized the Value of Vulnerability

God winks help me know I'm headed in the right direction, so I can be mindful and joyful in the moment.

Why I Believe in “God Winks”

Article / Belief

Here's how this newlywed couple has learned to compromise in marriage, especially between maximizer and satisficer decision-making tendencies.

What Our First Year of Marriage Taught Us About Compromise

Article / Relationships

Man and woman holding hands and praying around a dinner table full of merged families during the holidays.

What My In-Laws Taught Me About Merging Holiday Traditions

Article / Relationships

A woman checking in with her online community while tying her sneaker on the side of the bed early in the morning.

What an Instagram Fitness Crew Taught Me About Community

Article / Health & Wellness

Notes on how to be a better friend. Handwritten notes about life events taped to a wall include the following: John's birthday August 21st; Maggie hears back about job interview on Wednesday; Elizabeth's sister's baby is due in June; Sarah is moving to a new house on Saturday; Chris's dog's name is Penny, favorite food is Chipotle; Gina is running the Chicago marathon.

This Simple Life Hack Makes Me a Better Friend

Article / Relationships

One way to stay in touch with friends: two women tying their running shoes, getting ready for a run together.

4 Creative Ways to Stay in Touch with Friends Post-College

Article / Relationships

Dirt road winding through pine trees, getting back to nature.

Why “Getting Back to Nature” is Overrated

Article / Health & Wellness

Black and white wedding photo of the author Mariah and her husband.

Why I Changed My Last Name — And Don’t Care That You Didn’t

Article / Transform

A man and woman who were set up by family, sitting next to each other at a dinner table, talking over two glasses of red wine.

6 Reasons You Should Let Your Family Set You Up

Article / Relationships

Why go on a Catholic pilgrimage? My reason was these four rocks glasses, with different shades of bourbon, lined up horizontally on top of a wooden bourbon flight board.

I Went on a Catholic Pilgrimage for the Bourbon

Article / Community

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Dealing with shame? Learn what is shame and how it can affect your life.

How Shame Really Impacts Us

Who was Our Lady of Guadalupe? Listen to this Spotify playlist to learn more about this apparition of Mary.

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Enjoy this free download of Christmas cards illustrated by Grotto freelancers.

Free Download: Christmas Cards by Grotto Freelancers

Man and woman holding hands and praying around a dinner table full of merged families during the holidays.

What My In-Laws Taught Me About Merging Holiday Traditions

Check out why Molly believes you are not your job, but your own, unique identity.

“Who I Am” is More Important than “What I Do”

Relationship-Fights

10 Ways We Don’t Fight Fair in Relationships

Learn why it's acceptable to avoid family during holidays to protect your emotional and mental health.

Why I’m Avoiding Family This Christmas

Watch these pilgrims in their efforts of helping immigrants cross into the US to seek asylum at the Mexican border.

The El Paso Pilgrimage

Being-Authentic

3 Guidelines for Dating with Authenticity

Give the gift of charitable gifts this Christmas. Here's how.

Give the Gift of Charity This Christmas