Nicole Stanley, Author at LifeTeen.com for Catholic Youth

Nicole Stanley

I got scolded in school for being too talkative. Not much has changed since then. I love deep conversations over coffee and mindless laughter at a party. I have intermediate volleyball skills, a rough case of wanderlust, and prefer sushi over everything else. The best decision I've made in my life is to follow Christ. If you need me, you'll probably find me taking home videos of my daughter or trying to get my husband to dance with me in public. Let's be friends: follow me @nicoleemilie23

Saving and Spending Like a Saint: 5 Money Tips

I didn’t realize that God was entrusting responsibility to me through my use of money. I believed that money was ‘out of my control’, ‘the root of all evil’, that I would always be running out it, and that to know too much about money meant I had made an idol of it.

I’m Hispanic… but I Don’t Speak Spanish

I often felt I didn’t fit in a cultural box. I wasn’t Hispanic enough, and I wasn’t American enough. This was especially difficult with my family.