Taryn DeLong co-wrote Holy Ambition: Thriving as a Catholic Woman at Work and at Home (Ave Maria Press) to help women hear and follow God’s unique calling for their life. Following her own calling, she currently spends much of her time caring for her two daughters, including homeschooling her preschooler. She is also the co-president of Catholic Women in Business, a small media company dedicated to providing Catholic women business owners, professionals, and leaders with the educational and spiritual resources they need to excel in their vocation to business.
Taryn studied psychology and education at Meredith College in Raleigh, NC. Before becoming a mother, she worked in university advancement and then B2B editing.
Since Taryn was a child, she’s called the Raleigh area home, and she and her husband are now raising their family in a small Raleigh suburb. In addition to supporting Catholic women, she’s passionate about inclusion of people with disabilities in life, work, and (most importantly) the Church. She also enjoys reading and playing the piano.
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Published in Public Discourse, CatholicMom.com, FemCatholic, Radiant Magazine, Well-Read Mom Magazine, NC Catholics Magazine, Catholic Exchange, SpiritualDirection.com, Natural Womanhood, Philanthropy Journal, Training Industry Magazine and TrainingIndustry.com
Appearances on EWTN Women of Grace, Archangel Radio LA Catholic Morning, The Katie Prejean McGrady Show, Catholic Faith Network CFN Live (Jan. 23, 2025 and April 25, 2023), CatholicTV This Is the Day, The Possibility Mom Live, Charting Toward Intimacy, FAbM Base Podcast, Abundantly Yours, The Catholic Entrepreneur Podcast, FemCatholic community, Busted Halo, Public Discourse, Right-Ordered Life podcast, Innovative Leadership Institute, Clarity Life Consulting
Speaker at The Possibility Mom Business Summit, Bella Brigata (St. Catherine of Siena, Wake Forest, NC), Virtuous Growth Business Summit, TechUP for Women, DisruptHR RDU
Editor of ChewsLife’s 28-Day Rosary Challenge, Mary Bruno’s Missing Pieces: Female Perspectives on Sex for Catholic Women, Training Industry research reports (2016-2021), Motherhood Through the Mysteries I (2020), An Inclusive Future of Work: A Systems Approach (co-editor; SourceAmerica 2020)
Contributor to Global Perspectives on Women’s Leadership and Gender (In)Equality (Palgrave MacMillan 2020)
Volunteer experience as a board member of EngageNC (disability employment advocacy and support), coach at Miracle League of the Triangle, parish pro-life ministry, development/fundraising committee of various nonprofits
“Though we speak much we cannot reach the end, and the sum of our words is: ‘He is the all’” (Sirach 43:27).
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