A Word and a Saint for 2025: Setting Your Spiritual Focus for the Year Ahead
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A Word and a Saint for 2025: Setting Your Spiritual Focus for the Year Ahead

If you’ve listened to Fairest Love’s latest podcast: Single, Not Stalled, you’ve probably heard Katie and Monica talking about picking a word and a Saint to set your focus for 2025. This time of year, many of us feel inspired to set goals or resolutions that reflect the changes we hope to see in our…

Building Better Habits: How to Create Lasting Change This Year
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Building Better Habits: How to Create Lasting Change This Year

The start of a new year often brings with it the motivation to make positive changes in our lives. Whether it’s improving our spiritual life, enhancing our mental well-being, or taking better care of our physical health, this fresh beginning feels like the perfect time to form new habits. But as many of us have…

Setting New Year’s Resolutions for a Balanced and Fulfilling Year
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Setting New Year’s Resolutions for a Balanced and Fulfilling Year

As the new year approaches, many of us begin to reflect on what we want to accomplish in the months ahead. New Year’s resolutions offer a fresh start—a chance to set meaningful goals that will help us grow spiritually, mentally, physically, professionally, and relationally. But it’s important to set resolutions that nurture balance in every…

Essential Skills for Children to Learn Before Leaving for College
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Essential Skills for Children to Learn Before Leaving for College

As the new school year begins, families with college-bound children are faced with the exciting, yet daunting, task of preparing them for life away from home. College represents a significant step toward independence, and while academics are crucial, there are other areas of preparation that children need before they embark on this journey. Ensuring they…

Teaching Children to Use Freedom Responsibly 
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Teaching Children to Use Freedom Responsibly 

When freedom is misunderstood as the ability to choose to do whatever you want whenever you want, it is absolutely critical to teach children the true meaning of freedom. Parents have the great task of teaching children to use their freedom in order to respect the dignity of themselves and others. While the task may…