gdp's Comments

Stratejoy : [Essay Contest] - Finalist #3 - Tina Robbins

Thu, 14 Feb 2013 19:42:54 +0000

This is stunning, Tina. Trans stories and voices are too often silenced and I commend you for being so candid with your experience.

Stratejoy with Molly Mahar | Coaching, Courses & Community for Gen Y Women : Introducing Amanda

Thu, 20 Sep 2012 17:13:12 +0000

I cannot wait to hear more about your NYU journey, Amanda!

Stratejoy with Molly Mahar | Coaching, Courses & Community for Gen Y Women : Signs of Life

Tue, 18 Sep 2012 17:15:54 +0000

Hillary, I can't wait to read more of your journey. It feels so familiar to me already. I'm currently in that spot of "What do I want out of therapy?" "How can I feel more like myself?" "What does it all feel like?" and "How can I make peace with it?" xoxo

Stratejoy with Molly Mahar | Coaching, Courses & Community for Gen Y Women : Stratejoy Essay Contest - Finalist # 5 - Akirah

Tue, 21 Aug 2012 20:32:13 +0000

Akirah, I just love everything about this post. I hope you continue to inspire young women to stay true to themselves!

Stratejoy with Molly Mahar | Coaching, Courses & Community for Gen Y Women : Stratejoy Essay Contest - Finalist #1 - Brandy

Mon, 13 Aug 2012 21:49:33 +0000

YES! Brandy, so good. I've only recently figured out what the hell my body looks like. Meaning, I've stopped torturing myself with low-rise pants and purchased a plethora of pencil skirts instead. These days, the size matters very little. As for taking credit when you deserve it --- YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS. Look for my TED talk later for more about this!

Stratejoy with Molly Mahar | Coaching, Courses & Community for Gen Y Women : Stratejoy Book Club: My Year with Eleanor on August 21

Thu, 2 Aug 2012 16:51:12 +0000

Thank you Caiti!! I just joined the group. There's actually an event tonight just a couple blocks from my house but I'm drowning in unpacking. I hope I can go to an event soon! (And maybe see you when you're back from Ireland??)

Stratejoy with Molly Mahar | Coaching, Courses & Community for Gen Y Women : Stratejoy Book Club: My Year with Eleanor on August 21

Wed, 1 Aug 2012 19:35:42 +0000

Married grad student in Oak Park, IL seeks lady friends in the near western 'burbs. Enjoys award shows and sporting events, coffee and beer... with a side of snark. Loves cooking and hosting. Looking for similarly coupled group of gals who want to come over for brews and boardgames. (Husband wouldn't mind a friend or two, too.)

Stratejoy with Molly Mahar | Coaching, Courses & Community for Gen Y Women : From Self-Loathing to Self-Love

Tue, 8 May 2012 05:42:22 +0000

Well, I certainly wasn't expecting to cry tonight, but this post did it. You're beautiful. This is beautiful.

Stratejoy with Molly Mahar | Coaching, Courses & Community for Gen Y Women : On Finding What Was Never Really Hidden

Mon, 16 Apr 2012 22:44:27 +0000

I had a similar click moment. I was interviewing with the owner of a tea house who was open to new ideas about marketing and I said I could keep a blog. She said, "Oh, you're a writer?" Like you, I was taken aback. It's like being slapped in the face with m-f-ing knowledge, man. I gathered myself and said, "Yes."

Stratejoy with Molly Mahar | Coaching, Courses & Community for Gen Y Women : The Highs and Lows of Shaping My Own Career

Mon, 2 Apr 2012 18:41:01 +0000

Ugh. How heart-wrenching. Hopefully something pans out soon!

Stratejoy with Molly Mahar | Coaching, Courses & Community for Gen Y Women : 3 Stories, 3 Values, 1 (Hopefully) Amazing Journey

Mon, 19 Mar 2012 19:38:27 +0000

I struggle with vulnerability, too. I'm so looking forward to watching your journey unfold!

Stratejoy with Molly Mahar | Coaching, Courses & Community for Gen Y Women : Stratejoy Essay Contest – Finalist #3 – Brandy

Fri, 3 Feb 2012 23:59:27 +0000

I'm obsessed with you, Brandy.

http://www.knowingthedifference.com/ : Living My Truth

Mon, 17 Oct 2011 00:42:22 +0000

Its sort of like taking life by the balls and saying "you screwed me hard this time, but next time, we're doing it my way." Get it, girl.

Stratejoy with Molly Mahar | Coaching, Courses & Community for Gen Y Women : What If Your Pregnancy is Wrong? And Other Tough Choices

Fri, 14 Oct 2011 02:19:58 +0000

I am severely disappointed that my commentary was shoved off as "politically charged" and irrelevant. But the personal is, in fact, political. Dusti, you brushed me off as though I just told a silly story. My commentary was not about my cousin. My commentary was calling out your ableism and perpetuation of systems of oppression. This IS a relevant conversation that NEEDS to be had. I do not think this is the appropriate space to have a discussion about reproductive freedom, as I fear this discussion has veered away from the obvious ableism, for which Dusti has still not apologized. This was never intended to be a discussion about the freedom of choice. I, as a former Stratejoy blogger, know full well how the Stratejoy community can respond positively to the most political posts as long as they are written with compassion and honest self-reflection. This lacked the warmth, honesty, and vulnerability that is often inherent in Stratejoy's message. People with disabilities deserve the same choices as the rest of us. Yes, we are legally able to do what we want with our reproductive systems at this point, but children with disabilities don't have the liberty to choose as we do. Their voices are often silenced. The Stratejoy community recognizes their silence and wants to speak out. At what point do you believe we can choose to give up our kids because their disabilities are an inconvenience to us? Your ableism, Dusti, is what has outraged the community. I, and many others, would appreciate it if you would acknowledge that and learn from it. "At the end of our lives, we will not be judged by how many diplomas we have received, how much money we have made or how many great things we have done. We will be judged by ‘I was hungry and you gave me to eat. I was naked and you clothed me. I was homeless and you took me in.’ Hungry not only for bread-but hungry for love. Naked not only for clothing-but naked of human dignity and respect. Homeless not only for want of a room of bricks-but homeless because of rejection." Mother Teresa Thank you.

Stratejoy with Molly Mahar | Coaching, Courses & Community for Gen Y Women : What If Your Pregnancy is Wrong? And Other Tough Choices

Thu, 13 Oct 2011 17:19:45 +0000

This isn't just politically incorrect, it's downright offensive.

http://www.knowingthedifference.com/ : Catching Up

Thu, 13 Oct 2011 16:39:59 +0000

I think it's really brave to admit to yourself that this isn't going to work. I don't think I could do it because I'm the type to suck it up and spiral into self-loathing. At the risk of sounding trite, I'm proud of your for acknowledging that it's not a good situation for you and taking action to get yourself out of it. Very inspirational. :-)

The Broke-Ass Bride : An Open Letter to Spirit Airlines

Fri, 26 Aug 2011 15:35:47 +0000

I am so glad this post is making its way around social media. You are leveraging one hell of a community and I, for one, am grateful that you wrote this. Though it breaks my heart that you've had to put up with so much bullshit and victim blaming, know that millions of women who have been sexually assaulted are proud of you for speaking out.

Stratejoy with Molly Mahar | Coaching, Courses & Community for Gen Y Women : Maybe Baby, But Not Right Now

Sun, 24 Apr 2011 16:11:51 +0000

"It’s not a fear of the loss of identity, but rather the understanding that, for a little while at least, it seems necessary to allow the role of Mother to subsume other aspects of identity in favor of nurturing a new human being." AMEN, SISTER. I just feel I have so much to say on my own before I want to say it through my children. Having kids might be in our future, it might not be, but I want to bask in my two-person family right now... and there's nothing wrong with that! (So stop asking, nosy neighbors!)

Stratejoy with Molly Mahar | Coaching, Courses & Community for Gen Y Women : Big Things Part 1: An Engagement

Thu, 7 Apr 2011 16:08:35 +0000

As an old married woman, I'd like to tell you to have patience and trust his decisions even if you think they aren't the best ones. And never say "I told you so" (something I'm still working on). Be completely honest, even if that honesty requires a glass of wine (well, eventually), but don't be hurtful. Brutal honesty is no one's friend. Communicate communicate communicate but take days away from one another when necessary. And when things get hard, don't feel defeated because you're not.

Stratejoy with Molly Mahar | Coaching, Courses & Community for Gen Y Women : 5 Reasons Why the Quarterlife Crisis is Good for You

Mon, 28 Mar 2011 17:18:48 +0000

Without my QLC, I probably would be making four or five times what I make right now. But I would have been forty or fifty times unhappier than I am right now. I say that's a fair trade off. No, not just fair-- a NECESSARY trade off.