“If you want happiness for an hour, take a nap. If you want happiness for a day, go fishing. If you want happiness for a year, inherit a fortune. If you want happiness for a lifetime, help somebody.” - Chinese Proverb

Katie is a television and news presenter for Shalom World, and the co-founder and presenter of Called to More, a Catholic apostolate based in Dublin with the mission of helping people know their faith as a way of life and relationship with God.

Trust has been described as “Choosing to risk making something you value vulnerable to another person’s actions”.

It’s always good to consider the ways that we need to improve. But there’s a difference between self-reflection and negative self-talk. Negative self-talk isn’t constructive, and it rarely motivates us to make any changes.

On Thursday, April 7th @ 7 pm, Glenard Residence are holding a fundraiser for Ukraine called a "Night In for Ukraine".

When we are offended, aggrieved, wronged we win when we do the forgiving. We win when we become vulnerable and take the “hit” for someone else’s wrongdoing.

This blog is not an attempt to deal with any one issue, but to look at the bigger picture and perhaps try to answer the questions: Why is there suffering in the world at all? And what is God doing about it?

I often feel that I’ve nothing to say. There was a time when this niggled at me, forcing me to wrack my brains as to why? What was wrong with me?  And how should I fix this?

Audrey is the Chief Operations Officer of Citywise Education. Citywise is a not-for-profit organisation which was set up to run education, sporting and personal development programmes. In this interview, we discuss how Audrey came to know of Citywise and the impact it made on her life.

Right down through our history, Christianity has been a hallmark of Irishness. It inspired the rise of independence, resilience in the face of poverty and the combat of disease by missionaries on a global scale.

Our everyday routine is made up of little things: making breakfast, cleaning up, arriving on time for a meeting, parallel parking… In this podcast episode, we talk about the deeper meaning behind all these “little” things.

One interesting question I have heard recently is whether 'working from home' has affected your relationships at work? For many people the option to work from home was unavailable, or simply impossible - until of course the pandemic. Then there was no option but to work from home.

Is poetry something that is incomprehensible to you? Our guest on this episode is British poet and writer, Sally Read. Sally didn’t always “get poetry” and yet poetry had a transformative effect on her.

The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quiet, alone with the heavens, nature and God. Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be. – Anne Frank

Maybe because the world I inhabit seems to be very far removed from the policy of honesty. The reason for this is perhaps that we find it so hard to take the truth about ourselves. 

How can we do less but accomplish more? But we can be fearful – it is not to eliminate the things you care about from your life. It’s simply to get laser-focused on why they matter to you.

Everything we know or we do we had to learn how to do it. I find this idea very consoling. Because we so easily forget it. In fact, we are surprised when we don't know how to do certain things and are even scared of learning new things! 

It is a call to be the unique and unrepeatable me. There is something very compelling about authenticity. My choices say a lot about me.

Our guest on our latest podcast episode is Margaret Kane-Roe, a multi-award-winning scriptwriter, filmmaker, actress, and voice-over artist. She has described the best films as metaphors for life.

How can we make this year’s Christmas special with all the various things we have going on? This looks like focusing on the real meaning of this season and allowing ourselves to enjoy this time with family and friends in whatever way this looks like this year!