To Inspire:   Rosie Grant picked up an unusual hobby during the COVID lockdown in 2020, one that she’s still doing and it’s bringing her some viral fame. Grant bakes recipes found on gravestones. Grant was studying library science and a class had her create a social media account to learn how networks work. At […]

To Inspire: Last Tuesday, I was privileged to host a group of our women clients and friends for a day at the Ohio Reformatory for Women in Marysville. We spent that day with 40 women, many of whom have been incarcerated for many years. They are part of a program called Embark, offered in that […]

To Inspire: “The ‘personal vocation’ is, in fact, the secret of unity and integration at the heart of a whole life.”  – Father Herbert Alphonso, S.J What is a vocation? Many people assume that their vocation resides solely in their profession. Scott Waalkes dissects the idea that work equals vocation in his paper, Rethinking Work […]

To Inspire:   Allisen Corpuz found herself on the biggest and most beautiful stage in women’s golf last weekend and made it look like a stroll on the beach. Never mind that she had never won on the LPGA Tour or that she had heard all week about the historic occasion of the U.S. Women’s Open […]

To Inspire: What really makes you happy? Through a series of stories, Shauna Niequist’s book Present Over Perfect tries to help you identify what is really important and how you can live a simpler yet fuller and more honest life. So many of us are hardwired to want to do and have it all – […]

To Inspire: As we step into this 4th of July weekend, it may be tempting to focus on the tremendous problems we face as a nation: growing violence, deep division; staggering poverty; and the continued breakdown of the family. But lest we move too far towards despair, I much prefer to shift our thinking to […]

To Inspire:   Maybe you’ve seen this poem before. It was featured in the New York Times Magazine in September of 2019, then gained viral fame in 2020 as people looked for signs of hope during the pandemic. Somehow, I missed it. But I read it a few weeks ago and have been thinking about […]

To Inspire: How’s your heart? I don’t mean your physical heart – all of us likely are getting plenty of information and insight on our physical heart and how to better care for it. I mean your spiritual heart – your soul, the place where our deepest sense of identity, love, meaning and purpose is […]

To Inspire:   This week members of The Joseph Team had the opportunity to spend the afternoon at the Mid-Ohio Food Collective, helping with their On-Site Community Pantry. While the Collective has multiple food bank locations, this on-site pantry in Grove City is their only drive-thru pantry and serves a lot of people. Some team […]

To Inspire: At our Wealth Summit on Wednesday evening, Dr. Marc Milstein gave a fascinating talk on how to age-proof our brains. Marc is the best-selling author of The Age-Proof Brain and a nationally known neuroscientist and researcher on brain health at UCLA. For those of you who weren’t able to attend, here are 7 […]