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The Olly Project is a collection of blog posts on emotional intelligence, vulnerability, authenticity, courage, bravery, loss, and grief. This a platform for exploring the heart of human experience, from the lightest and loveliest moments to the darkest and heaviest.
truth
I believe in the power of language through my commitment to truth. All of experience is subjective, and yet an essential task of mine is to capture some of these irreducible experiences honestly and intimately.
Transition
We find the most sacred parts of ourselves in the midst of transition: what we value, whom we love, where we hurt. I find the expression of these bits of our humanity critical, and therefore moments of transition capture much of my attention as a writer.
The light. THe dark. The Gray. THE FIELD.
Honest reflections on the shades of human experience.
THe light
The Light
the dark
The Dark
The Gray
The Gray
the field
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Olivia Gaughran founded The Olly Project in April of 2018 to fulfill a deep personal need to write her way through vulnerability, authenticity, courage, bravery, loss, and grief.
As a Mexican-Irish immigrant to the United States, she continues to cultivate a global, interdisciplinary perspective throughout her personal and professional life. Olly received a masters degree from the University of Cambridge and currently lives in Seattle.
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