What’s My ‘Why’?
I fell in love with Jon Batiste’s music these past few weeks, and I don’t know why it took me so long to find this artist. This is a musician who not only knows what he’s about, but he also knows why he’s about it. He has built his life around relationship and connection and joy, and those values function like a motor inside his music. You can hear it. You can feel it. This is the dynamic we wanted to focus on this month with the stories we tell — how to find that “why” motor.
I Didn’t Think I Could Be Happy Without a Pregnancy
If you are facing infertility, this story might bring some light.
Ice Cream Minivan
UFC Fighter Finds Motivation through his Son
‘I Hated All My Classes’
She Heard a Calling to Help Immigrants Find Dignity — ‘It Was So Clear’
A Zoomer’s Guide to Finding Purposeful Work
From His Bedroom Studio to an Award-Winning Music Career
Sharing Love Through Her Pottery
Listening to the Gentle Nudge to Leap Into Service
Meet Corita Kent, Trailblazing Catholic Artist
Artist Colors Her City With Vibrant Murals
Making the Saints Come Alive through Modern Icons
What ‘Fixer Upper’ Can Teach Us About God’s Will
3 Ways Tolkien’s Stories Point Us to a Good Life
The beautiful, sweeping stories created by a quirky Catholic Oxford professor named J.R.R. Tolkien offer practical examples of how to live a good life in our own time. Here are three things we learned from his literature.
7 Habits to Help You Take Charge of Your Life
We’ve pulled together wisdom from a researcher who studied people who are effective, driven, and connected to purpose — here’s how you can learn from their experience.
How Jon Batiste’s Music Can Help Us ‘Hold On To the Light’
After being nominated 11 times in this year’s Grammy Awards and taking home five trophies — the most of any artist that night — the world is learning more about Jon Batiste. And for good reason.
Raiders Newcomer Advocates for Mental Health
Myron Tagovailoa-Amosa just finished college and, as a captain for Notre Dame Football, is aiming for the NFL. As he navigates the uncertainty of life after graduation, he’s also coming to terms with his mental health in a new way.
You Have 4,000 Weeks to Live — How Are You Spending Them?
We all have a limited amount of days on this planet, and it’s helpful to actually put a number to how many weeks that is likely to be. Read this examination of how our concept of time itself might be skewed by our modern age.
‘I’ve Seen All That the World Has to Offer. It’s Not Enough.’
Aaron’s college experience was the stuff of music videos. He woke up one day alone and rudderless, haunted by a question that turned his life around.
Good and Decent S2|E7: Reaching Out
In this episode, Myron Tagovailoa-Amosa, the former captain of Notre Dame’s football team and an NFL hopeful, shares his journey through grief to find hope in his faith and caring for his mental health.
The Commencement Address We Can’t Stop Thinking About
The heart of the speech is Wallace’s contention that the real value of education is learning how and what to think — to choose “what you pay attention to and to choose how you construct meaning from experience.”
‘I Hated All My Classes’
Allison was just about ready to start her senior year in aeronautical engineering at Georgia Tech when she looked around and realized that she was miserable. She was working herself to exhaustion and losing her zest for life. So she made a drastic move to get her life back.
UFC Fighter Finds Motivation through his Son
TJ Brown is a UFC fighter and his passion & success in the sport is inspired by his son. Growing up with an absent father motivated him to be the best dad he could be. TJ says his son is his reason for his desire to win.
Are You Building Your Life Around the Wrong Expectations?
Adulthood gives us the opportunity to make our lives into what we want them to be—but that’s easier said than done. Here are a few habits that can help in the process.
Meet the Man Fighting the System with Stubborn Hope: Wendell Berry
Wendell Berry is a farmer who doesn’t own a TV or computer, and he farms with horses rather than heavy machinery. He’s also a writer who is inspiring a revolution against an economic system that is built on waste and exploitation. Here’s why one writer sees him as a model for a new way to live in harmony with the land and each other.
