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My 12th Thanksgiving Ever

By Clare | Published December 2, 2012

This has been my 12th Thanksgiving ever. Almost half of my previous 11 Thanksgivings have been spent away from home in various places, including North Carolina, California, Virgina, and England. Needless to say, with the newness of the holiday to me and with so much traveling, I haven’t found myself participating in any specific Thanksgiving [...]

Posted in All Posts, Clare, Family, Season 7 | Also tagged holidays, thanksgiving, tradition 1 Comment

My Thanksgiving Tradition of Not Having a Tradition

By Mary | Published November 19, 2012

I love a good tradition, but for some reason, not having one on Thanksgiving doesn’t bother me. As long as I’m with people that I love, it’s all good. Eating lots of food is also a bonus.

Posted in Family, Mary | Also tagged gratitude, thanksgiving, thanksgiving traditions 2 Comments

Learning to Let Go

By Nicole K | Published November 9, 2012

Once I got over the initial OHMYGOD, MY BABY IS IN KINDERGARTEN shock, I’ve settled into a more relaxed acceptance of the whole situation. I think all the time we were spending together was making us both a little crazy. {Well me, for sure!}

Posted in All Posts, Family, Mamahood, Nicole, Season 7 | Also tagged authenticity, letting go, living in the present, love, nicole, nicole season 7 stratejoy, self-awareness, Stratejoy Nicole 6 Comments

A Colorful Visit to One Of My Favorite Cities

By Nicole K | Published October 26, 2012

I’m so excited to discover that I’m giving myself permission to be myself. To have fun and enjoy my life for me and not solely as a momma. I make plenty of memories with my little person. But the Color Run was for me. Every powdery, colorful, skin-staining minute of it!

Posted in All Posts, Inspiration, Mamahood, Nicole, Season 7, Travel/Adventure | Also tagged choosing happiness, happiness, Joyful Living, life, living in the present, love, mamahood, nicole, nicole stratejoy season 7 4 Comments

Pushing Through It

By Clare | Published September 23, 2012

INTRODUCING CLARE: “Two little pink lines brought me crashing back down to earth.” One day during the summer of 2011, I excitedly emailed Molly with the subject line, “On why I won’t be applying to be a Stratejoy blogger.” Why? Because I thought I had my life figured out. A couple months worth of [...]

Posted in All Posts, Events, Family, Quarterlife Crisis, Season 7 | Also tagged babies, pregnancy, Quarterlife Crisis 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.

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

Posted in Family, Love/Relationships, Quarterlife Crisis, Sarah | Also tagged adult child, daughters, Molly Mahar, motherhood, mothers and daughters, parenting, Quarterlife Crisis, sarah bagley, stratejoy 5 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?

Posted in Family, Love/Relationships, Mamahood, Quarterlife Crisis, Sarah | Also tagged 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

Self Compassion and the Journey to Fierce Love

By Sarah | Published May 13, 2012

Radical acceptance has a best friend. And that best friend is self compassion. While I’m all about my newfound appreciation for radical acceptance, I’m still finding it doesn’t quite get me in the frame of mind I need to be in to accomplish my goals and feel good about myself.

Posted in Family, Job/Career/Work, Quarterlife Crisis, Sarah | Also tagged fierce love, fierce love course, Molly Mahar, motherhood, parenting, Quarterlife Crisis, sarah bagley, self compassion, self love, stratejoy 10 Comments

Carry my Heart and I’ll Carry Yours

By Camila | Published May 11, 2012

Today I’m babysitting a kitten. Not just a kitten, but a baby-infant-little-pipsqueak-of-a-kitten. Apparently some person found her, dropped her off at the local liquor store, and my friend took her home and is now bottle feeding her every two hours. It’s strange having to care for something so completely vulnerable and unable to take care of itself.