Posts by Molly
Vulnerability + Creativity Hangovers + How to Make it Through
“When you are sad or hurt by an old wound, and then ticked off because you thought you were “over it’, it’s not that you weren’t healed, but that you have a deep heart and soul and it is multi-layered. The pain is not an old incision opening, but a new layer of healing and…
Read MoreMeeting Yourself Where You Are aka Surrender
You’ve done it. I’ve done it. We’ve all done it… Kicked + screamed + flatout ignored that change was underway or that desperation was creeping in or that love was being ignited. You weren’t ready or able or in the mood for something you couldn’t control. Yet, denying change pretty much guarantees it’s going to…
Read MoreJust because Change is Hard, Doesn’t Mean it’s Wrong
Lots of shifts going on over here because of the decisions I made about how I want to feel + who I want to be in 2018. Short version? I picked FREE as my theme word for 2018. Free from my own forms of self-sabotage (overwork, external validation of worth, alcohol). Free to claim each…
Read MoreChoosing Instinct over Logic
Last month, I launched my 6th year of my Elevate Mastermind Group to a waitlist of over 400 women. I posted about it on social media. I read beautiful applications, made acceptance calls and watched deposits roll in. Three days later, I woke up feeling like shit. Like super sick, but beyond that — there…
Read More3 Beliefs Standing Between You + Your Dream Life
If you open the doors of my art closet, you’ll see every old vision board I’ve ever made taped to the walls.
Since I’ve been in California these past 6 years, the personal inspiration pics have been full of babies on the beach, adult picnics with mason jars of rosé, outdoor living rooms, and yoga/surfing/taco shack/Highway One adventures.
Yup, I’m pretty much a walking cliché…
The career inspiration pics have stayed consistent since I started Stratejoy back in 2009 — stages I want to speak on, retreats I want to lead, mentors I want to learn from, writing spaces tucked away in various glorious lady offices and continually growing Tribe goals.
Read MoreWhat I Learned from a Weekend with Liz Gilbert + Cheryl Strayed
You may have seen this picture on my Instagram on Friday — 37th birthday trip has commenced! Hitting the road to Santa Cruz for a solo writing retreat at @1440multiversity with Elizabeth Gilbert and Cheryl Strayed!!!!! I am not excited at allllllll! Pretty much everyone responded with, “OMG! Tell me everything!” Well, that’s going to…
Read MoreBut What Will They Think?
I interviewed my good friend, Michelle Ward, about Courage last week for Reclamation. Michelle is the poster child for courage in action — chasing a life of musical theater in NYC, letting go of that dream to become a creative career coach, surviving boob cancer (twice), making tough choices about how to grow her adorable…
Read MoreOff The Grid
I spent all of July adventuring in Croatia and Italy. It was a stunningly picturesque vacation with Ken, the littles and my Mom. And I gave myself full permission to just play and be present — thinking that if I felt inspired, I would work on Stratejoy stuff. It was kind of fake permission, because…
Read MoreSelf Care vs. Self Comfort: Which Do You Really Need?
If you’ve been sliding into the land of distraction, numbness, excessive soothing at the expense of your values, there’s no point in beating yourself up.
Practice some self compassion and let today be the “reset” button. If the comfort has been gaining crazy momentum, make a different choice now. Today. Tonight.
I know you can do it.
Read MoreIncreasing Your Daily Pleasure
I chose Pleasure as my guiding word for the year because I was craving something that felt the opposite of hustle. The opposite of focus and drive and the pressure of shoulding myself to achieve more, more, more. As someone who doesn’t shy away from hard work, big ambition and buckling down to “get shit…
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