Tag Archives: confidence

Ask Me Anything

By Arielle | Published July 30, 2012

Life is better when you make yourself vulnerable. There are more ups and downs, but it’s so much more fulfilling to put your true self out there for others to see.

Posted in Arielle, Life Lesson, Quarterlife Crisis, Season 6 | Also tagged goals, Inspiration, interview, Life Lessons, Meg Jay, Quarterlife Crisis, stratejoy 9 Comments

Confidence Doesn’t Always Come from a Bottle

By Arielle | Published July 9, 2012

I would be doing myself a disservice if I didn’t publicly acknowledge that yes, taking those few weeks off from drinking was a good thing. An awesome thing, in fact.

Posted in Arielle, Life Lesson, Season 6 | Also tagged alcohol, lessons learned, sobriety 6 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.

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

Taking Back My Beauty

By Arielle | Published June 4, 2012

Sure, I could be thinner. And I could continue letting that get me down, thinking I’m not worthy of love or affection. Or, I can find whatever it is out there that makes me hold my head high and say to the world, “Let’s face it, guys. I’m pretty awesome.”

Posted in Arielle, Life Lesson, Season 6 | Also tagged attractiveness, body image, Inner Beauty, Joy Juice, Loving Yourself, outer beauty, taking back beauty 19 Comments

For the Love of Group Fitness

By Sarah | Published May 20, 2012

As I adjusted the microphone on my head and snapped my tunebelt around my waist, my body started to shake with nervous energy. My mind screamed at me. I can’t do this, I can’t do this, I can’t do this. I’ve been preparing for this moment for weeks and weeks. Months even. By all accounts, I had prepared to the fullest. Yet my palms sweated, my knees knocked together, my heart thumped in my ears as I stared out at the 35 people waiting for me to present.

Posted in All Posts, Events, Job/Career/Work, Quarterlife Crisis, Sarah | Also tagged BodyStep, exercise, fitness, group fitness, group fitness instructor, gym, Molly Mahar, Quarterlife Crisis, sarah bagley, stratejoy, teaching, training 12 Comments

The ABC’s of Self-Love Free Guide

By Molly Mahar | Published March 7, 2012

I Believe in the Transformational Power of Adoring Ourselves. And the gorgeous women who contributed to this FREE GUIDE do to! As you probably know, I spent two weeks in February hosting a Fierce Love Blog Crawl to start a lively conversation across the internet about the meaning and practice of self-love. Before you? The 74 page aftermath of this experiment…

Posted in Inspiration, Life Lesson, Molly | Also tagged adoring myself, fierce love, free guide, how do I love myself, how to gain confi dence, how to love myself, inner confidence, life coach, self doubt, self love, transformation 1 Comment

“I am my Hair” or “A Repose in Womanhood”

By Molly Mahar | Published June 14, 2011

Long hair and the elusive nature of femininity is a deep well of hurt for me. For a long, long time, I had a hard time feeling female. Gender dysphoria, although rarely discussed in polite company, is something that was a real issue for me growing up.

Posted in All Posts, Amanda, Life Lesson, Love/Relationships, Season 4 | Also tagged adultery, cheating, feminine, hair, men, QLC, quarter life crisis, womanhood 11 Comments

Standing Up to Negative Self Talk

By Juliana | Published April 10, 2011

I want to talk about The Voice for a bit. You know. THAT VOICE… the one in your head that tells you things like
“You suck.” “Why are you trying this? It’s stupid.” “Oh, Big Deal. Like that’s even important.” and one of my faves…
“Your parents will be so disappointed.”