Comments for Rosie Molinary http://rosiemolinary.com Author, Speaker, Educator, Activist Fri, 18 May 2012 00:19:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on dealing with my own defensiveness by KCLAnderson (Karen) http://rosiemolinary.com/2012/05/15/dealing-with-my-own-defensiveness/#comment-28984 KCLAnderson (Karen) Fri, 18 May 2012 00:19:32 +0000 http://rosiemolinary.com/?p=8368#comment-28984 I have learned that when I am feeling defensive, it's time to take a deep breath and retreat. It's time to see what's going on on a deeper level. Thanks for this. I have learned that when I am feeling defensive, it’s time to take a deep breath and retreat. It’s time to see what’s going on on a deeper level. Thanks for this.
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]]> Comment on Nice to meet you! by Trish Pierson http://rosiemolinary.com/2012/05/13/nice-to-meet-you/#comment-28979 Trish Pierson Thu, 17 May 2012 22:05:54 +0000 http://rosiemolinary.com/?p=8345#comment-28979 Where do you live? I live in Butte, MT (but grew up near Omaha, NE) What’s a little known fact about you? Bumble bees absolutely freak me out, and will turn me into a squealing child (even though I can and have dealt with all manners of spiders, snakes, bats, animals, etc) What brought you to this little corner of the internet? I've been actively working on body image/self-esteem, and found your blog through Already Pretty. Do you have a blog? I have a personal blog at http://journeyofthemagpie.blogspot.com/, where I write about many different things. I have a website at http://patriciapierson.com/, which has a blog I use for more professional type posts. What posts do you like, and which ones bore you to tears? I don't think any of them are boring. I connect more with the ones that deal with body image and living life with intention. Do you have a question that you’d love for me to try to answer? No Do you know me, if so how? No And anything else you wish to share. I won a copy of your book, Beautiful You, from your blog when I first started following (one of the few things I've ever won!). I've been steadily going through it and it has been extremely helpful. Thanks! Where do you live?
I live in Butte, MT (but grew up near Omaha, NE)
What’s a little known fact about you?
Bumble bees absolutely freak me out, and will turn me into a squealing child (even though I can and have dealt with all manners of spiders, snakes, bats, animals, etc)
What brought you to this little corner of the internet?
I’ve been actively working on body image/self-esteem, and found your blog through Already Pretty.
Do you have a blog?
I have a personal blog at http://journeyofthemagpie.blogspot.com/, where I write about many different things. I have a website at http://patriciapierson.com/, which has a blog I use for more professional type posts.
What posts do you like, and which ones bore you to tears?
I don’t think any of them are boring. I connect more with the ones that deal with body image and living life with intention.
Do you have a question that you’d love for me to try to answer?
No
Do you know me, if so how?
No
And anything else you wish to share.
I won a copy of your book, Beautiful You, from your blog when I first started following (one of the few things I’ve ever won!). I’ve been steadily going through it and it has been extremely helpful. Thanks!

]]> Comment on Assume Right Intention by Rosie Molinary http://rosiemolinary.com/2012/05/14/assume-right-intention/#comment-28855 Rosie Molinary Wed, 16 May 2012 10:14:38 +0000 http://rosiemolinary.com/?p=8361#comment-28855 Michelle, such a good point that so much of this is often just rooted in language use. And, yes, all of us sometimes blurt out loud and it doesn't come out as polished as we might want it, too, but it doesn't mean that we meant to be offensive. We are just learning our way through the subject. Thank you so much for sharing these good thoughts! Michelle, such a good point that so much of this is often just rooted in language use. And, yes, all of us sometimes blurt out loud and it doesn’t come out as polished as we might want it, too, but it doesn’t mean that we meant to be offensive. We are just learning our way through the subject. Thank you so much for sharing these good thoughts!

]]> Comment on Nice to meet you! by Rosie Molinary http://rosiemolinary.com/2012/05/13/nice-to-meet-you/#comment-28853 Rosie Molinary Wed, 16 May 2012 10:11:21 +0000 http://rosiemolinary.com/?p=8345#comment-28853 It was what I needed to hear, too, Kat. His point was to write everything that needs to get written. If it comes to you, write it and then discern whether or not you share it. He's right-- there is a big difference between writing and sharing but what the soul most needs is to write to learn what is known deep inside. It doesn't have to exist in any space that you don't want it to... It was what I needed to hear, too, Kat. His point was to write everything that needs to get written. If it comes to you, write it and then discern whether or not you share it. He’s right– there is a big difference between writing and sharing but what the soul most needs is to write to learn what is known deep inside. It doesn’t have to exist in any space that you don’t want it to…

]]> Comment on Assume Right Intention by Michelle McGrath http://rosiemolinary.com/2012/05/14/assume-right-intention/#comment-28851 Michelle McGrath Wed, 16 May 2012 10:01:16 +0000 http://rosiemolinary.com/?p=8361#comment-28851 I love this post Rosie. I think sometimes we can take offence too easily just because we use language differently. As you so rightly point out, 99% of the time people are just curious and trying to understand. It can just sometimes be a 'blurting out loud' of their thought process and not intending to be offensive. If we assume that most of the time people have good intentions and respond with that in mind, we can often defuse situations that could otherwise be inflamed unnecessarily... I enjoyed the way you have voiced this subject xxx I love this post Rosie. I think sometimes we can take offence too easily just because we use language differently. As you so rightly point out, 99% of the time people are just curious and trying to understand. It can just sometimes be a ‘blurting out loud’ of their thought process and not intending to be offensive. If we assume that most of the time people have good intentions and respond with that in mind, we can often defuse situations that could otherwise be inflamed unnecessarily… I enjoyed the way you have voiced this subject xxx

]]> Comment on Nice to meet you! by Kat Anderson http://rosiemolinary.com/2012/05/13/nice-to-meet-you/#comment-28817 Kat Anderson Wed, 16 May 2012 03:12:33 +0000 http://rosiemolinary.com/?p=8345#comment-28817 Oh boy, "write like your mother is dead", as worrying as this sounds, I think this is exactly what I needed to hear!!! I'm so glad to have found you and your work, it's been an unbelievable help to me, thank you so much! Oh boy, “write like your mother is dead”, as worrying as this sounds, I think this is exactly what I needed to hear!!!

I’m so glad to have found you and your work, it’s been an unbelievable help to me, thank you so much!

]]> Comment on Nice to meet you! by Colleen Durham http://rosiemolinary.com/2012/05/13/nice-to-meet-you/#comment-28803 Colleen Durham Tue, 15 May 2012 21:20:16 +0000 http://rosiemolinary.com/?p=8345#comment-28803 •Where do you live? Del Rio Texas - 140 miles due west of San Antonio, on the Texas-Mexico Border. Would you like to see "The Fence"? •What’s a little known fact about you? I am an excellent speller. •What brought you to this little corner of the internet? Saw your blogs posted on somebody's Facebook page. YOur body image mission dovetails nicely with the Girl Scout mission, and my mission as a Physical Education teacher on the border. Also, I helped raise 3 kids I did not give birth to, but I dare anyone to tell me I am not their Mom! •Do you have a blog? If so, please tell me a little bit about it and include a link! •What posts do you like, and which ones bore you to tears? Haven't read any boring ones; loved the Birthmother Day post. Sent it to my kids. They are sometimes conflicted on Mother's Day - loyalty issues. •Do you have a question that you’d love for me to try to answer? •Do you know me, if so how? •And anything else you wish to share. Somehow, you and Anna Maria Chavez need to meet! •Where do you live? Del Rio Texas – 140 miles due west of San Antonio, on the Texas-Mexico Border. Would you like to see “The Fence”?
•What’s a little known fact about you? I am an excellent speller.
•What brought you to this little corner of the internet? Saw your blogs posted on somebody’s Facebook page. YOur body image mission dovetails nicely with the Girl Scout mission, and my mission as a Physical Education teacher on the border. Also, I helped raise 3 kids I did not give birth to, but I dare anyone to tell me I am not their Mom!
•Do you have a blog? If so, please tell me a little bit about it and include a link!
•What posts do you like, and which ones bore you to tears? Haven’t read any boring ones; loved the Birthmother Day post. Sent it to my kids. They are sometimes conflicted on Mother’s Day – loyalty issues.
•Do you have a question that you’d love for me to try to answer?
•Do you know me, if so how?
•And anything else you wish to share.
Somehow, you and Anna Maria Chavez need to meet!

]]> Comment on Nice to meet you! by Rosie Molinary http://rosiemolinary.com/2012/05/13/nice-to-meet-you/#comment-28728 Rosie Molinary Tue, 15 May 2012 00:45:07 +0000 http://rosiemolinary.com/?p=8345#comment-28728 Kim, I would say that was one intense week but, of course, those things are never contained in one week, are they? They infiltrate a lifetime. It seems like you handle it with a lot of grace and good humor, though I am not at all surprised. I can't believe you remember when we first meet. I must have been turning 7 that year, I imagine. Wild. I LOVE those Keen Mary Janes-- I had a pair that I wore into the ground one summer. My shoe selection has remained Dansko-- I bought a couple pairs of their sandals for summer and they are just as comfy but not as hot as the clogs- and boots. You just can't replace good comfy shoes! Kim, I would say that was one intense week but, of course, those things are never contained in one week, are they? They infiltrate a lifetime. It seems like you handle it with a lot of grace and good humor, though I am not at all surprised. I can’t believe you remember when we first meet. I must have been turning 7 that year, I imagine. Wild. I LOVE those Keen Mary Janes– I had a pair that I wore into the ground one summer. My shoe selection has remained Dansko– I bought a couple pairs of their sandals for summer and they are just as comfy but not as hot as the clogs- and boots. You just can’t replace good comfy shoes!

]]> Comment on Nice to meet you! by Audrey http://rosiemolinary.com/2012/05/13/nice-to-meet-you/#comment-28726 Audrey Tue, 15 May 2012 00:40:27 +0000 http://rosiemolinary.com/?p=8345#comment-28726 Rosie, thanks so mch fo your insight and your interest.I have been a dancer all my life and had an eatin disorder for my whole adult life. so somewhere in recovery this summer I had the aha moment and applied to Lesley U in Camvridge.I technically start this fall, but am taking summer classes to lessen my load so I can be somewhat available to my daughter. You see I am quite old, have another daughter in college. So I am excited and terrified, but my family is supporting the decision so i'm jumping in! Rosie, thanks so mch fo your insight and your interest.I have been a dancer all my life and had an eatin disorder for my whole adult life. so somewhere in recovery this summer I had the aha moment and applied to Lesley U in Camvridge.I technically start this fall, but am taking summer classes to lessen my load so I can be somewhat available to my daughter. You see I am quite old, have another daughter in college. So I am excited and terrified, but my family is supporting the decision so i’m jumping in!

]]> Comment on Nice to meet you! by Rosie Molinary http://rosiemolinary.com/2012/05/13/nice-to-meet-you/#comment-28725 Rosie Molinary Tue, 15 May 2012 00:40:05 +0000 http://rosiemolinary.com/?p=8345#comment-28725 Kat, your blogging reminded me of a conversation that I had with my graduate school advisor. I went into grad school as a poet and he saw a couple prose pieces I did and pushed me to write prose. "I don't have any stories made-up in my head so I just cannot write fiction," I told him. "Then write non-fiction. I've heard you tell your stories and you are a good storyteller," he told me. "I can't write non-fiction. My mother would KILL me," I answered "You have to write like your mother is dead" was his reply. "But my mother is not dead and she's a feisty Puerto Rican woman." Ultimately, I got my MFA in both nonfiction (essay writing) and poetry and he was write, I am much more fulfilled writing non-fiction but I still write with extreme caution (although an outsider might not see it). So I completely understand that push/ pull. You have to walk the line that is right for you and that could indeed be an anonymous blog or waiting until another time in your life or just not publicly about some things. So glad to have connected, Kat. I feel like we're girlfriends. Kat, your blogging reminded me of a conversation that I had with my graduate school advisor. I went into grad school as a poet and he saw a couple prose pieces I did and pushed me to write prose. “I don’t have any stories made-up in my head so I just cannot write fiction,” I told him. “Then write non-fiction. I’ve heard you tell your stories and you are a good storyteller,” he told me. “I can’t write non-fiction. My mother would KILL me,” I answered “You have to write like your mother is dead” was his reply. “But my mother is not dead and she’s a feisty Puerto Rican woman.” Ultimately, I got my MFA in both nonfiction (essay writing) and poetry and he was write, I am much more fulfilled writing non-fiction but I still write with extreme caution (although an outsider might not see it). So I completely understand that push/ pull. You have to walk the line that is right for you and that could indeed be an anonymous blog or waiting until another time in your life or just not publicly about some things. So glad to have connected, Kat. I feel like we’re girlfriends.

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