Category Archives: Sarah

It’s Been Real

By Sarah | Published August 13, 2012

When I got Molly’s email notifying me I was a finalist in the Season 6 Stratejoy Blogger search, I was getting ready to board a plane to the Blissdom blogging conference. It was late February, and I was just starting to come down from a bad winter. I was down and out, depressed, anxious, and suffering from esphagitus.

Also posted in Inspiration, Job/Career/Work, Life Lesson, Love/Relationships, Quarterlife Crisis, Spirituality | Tagged challenges, Final Post, goals, life, Molly Mahar, overcoming challenges, overcoming struggles, sarah bagley, stratejoy, struggles, sunny side up, What I've learned | 4 Comments

That’s What She Said

By Sarah | Published August 5, 2012

I wasn’t convinced I had it in me to reach my goals. I had a tough winter before coming on as a Stratejoy blogger, and I lost faith in myself and my abilities. Five months later, the stuff that used to plague me doesn’t haunt me any more.

Also posted in All Posts, Quarterlife Crisis, Season 6 | Tagged Molly Mahar, QLC, Quarterlife Crisis, sarah bagley, stratejoy, stratejoy bloggers, stratejoy interview questions | 6 Comments

Faith, Death, and Tough Questions

By Sarah | Published July 30, 2012

There’s something I think about a lot. But I never want to talk about it outloud. Something that sets my stomach churning in that I’m-about-to-vomit way. My mind goes into hyperoverdrive. I want to squeeze my eyes shut and pull myself into a ball and try not to move.

Also posted in Family, Love/Relationships, Quarterlife Crisis, Spirituality | Tagged anxiety, death, life, Molly Mahar, nervousness, QLC, Quarterlife Crisis, religion, sarah bagley, stratejoy, uncertainty, unknown | 4 Comments

The Converted Adventurer

By Sarah | Published July 15, 2012

Remember how I said I wouldn’t travel? Because I get all antsy about my routine and picky about how I like my coffee and fussy about pillows? Well. I did it. I threw my fears about traveling off a cliff. And not just any cliff. The cliff of the Grand Canyon.

Also posted in All Posts, Creativity, Family, Inspiration, Love/Relationships, Quarterlife Crisis, Travel/Adventure | Tagged adventure, anxiety, arizona, biking, grand canyon, hiking, love, marriage, Molly Mahar, out of africa wildlife park, overcoming fear, pink jeep tours, red rocks, sarah bagley, sarahrosemary, sedona, sunny side up blog, Travel, travel fear, Traveling, worry | 8 Comments

Giving Up Perfect for Good Enough

By Sarah | Published July 8, 2012

In some ways, as a toddler-mom, I feel I’m getting the chance to re-do that child part of myself that got lost in seeking As and perfection. My boss, a three-foot-tall, animal cracker eating tyrant, doesn’t give out many sparkling reviews. And she gives me no time to make anything perfect. She only gives me 10 seconds to figure out what I’m going to do and act accordingly. I make mistakes often, and I make up everything as I go along.

Also posted in All Posts, Family, Job/Career/Work, Quarterlife Crisis, Season 6 | Tagged confidence, family, graduate school, Molly Mahar, perfection, Perfectionism, Quarterlife Crisis, sarah bagley, school, self love, stratejoy | 2 Comments

Full Circle

By Sarah | Published July 1, 2012

On the morning of my taping – 8 a.m. on a Saturday to a 26-person class – I had that icky, sweaty palms feeling. You know that sweaty palms feeling? Where you keep nervously wiping your hands on your pants in a desperate attempt to get rid of that clamminess but it keeps coming back? Yes. That feeling.

Also posted in All Posts, Job/Career/Work, Quarterlife Crisis | Tagged BodyStep, certification, challenges, exercise, fitness, goals, group exercise, group exercise certification, group fitness, health, health and fitness, les mills, Molly Mahar, sarah bagley, sarah rosemary bagley | 4 Comments

Mothers and Daughters

By Sarah | Published June 17, 2012

Part of me feels itchy and uncomfortable, seeing my mom as a person with her own struggles and challenges. Part of me only wants to view her and my Dad as Parents. Those People Who Know Everything. Seeing her as someone apart from my mother is a strange realization.

Also posted in Family, Love/Relationships, Quarterlife Crisis | Tagged adult child, daughters, family, Molly Mahar, motherhood, mothers and daughters, parenting, Quarterlife Crisis, sarah bagley, stratejoy | 5 Comments

Combating Negativity with Positive Triggers

By Sarah | Published June 10, 2012

Negative triggers, I’ve got them a plenty. A toddler temper tantrum. Argument with Dan. Family trama drama. Issue with a friend. Northern Virginia traffic. Endless loads of laundry. These things set me on edge. And when a couple of them collide, well, I’m a gonner.

Also posted in All Posts, Creativity, Family, Love/Relationships, Money, Quarterlife Crisis | Tagged exercise, fitness, group fitness, gym, how to be happy, Molly Mahar, negative emotions, negativity, overcome negativity, Quarterlife Crisis, sadness, sarah bagley, stratejoy, unhappiness | 8 Comments

Lessons From a Two Year Old

By Sarah | Published June 3, 2012

As the mom of a two-year-old, I’ve learned not to take myself so seriously. It can be fun to do the unexpected, be silly, and eat apple sauce for dinner. Why not?

Also posted in Family, Love/Relationships, Mamahood, Quarterlife Crisis | Tagged family, fierce love, fierce love course, Molly Mahar, motherhood, parenting, Quarterlife Crisis, sarah bagley, self compassion, self love, stratejoy, toddlers, what i've learned from parenting | 12 Comments

A Vow of Kindness

By Sarah | Published May 27, 2012

While everyone had an opinion on how I should get married, no one offered up their feelings on how to stay married. And for me (a total non bride, if there ever was), that first year we spent together mattered more than all the tulle on Earth.