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Jory Essay

Jory Des Jardins

The Inevitability of Authenticity

Summary

Over the past few years I’ve accidentally found portals to authenticity. Passing through each portal (portals being jobs, people I meet, situations I find myself in that force me to get closer to who I am)my professional life is never the same. My piece is a narrative of various events in which I get closer to my personal brand of truth, values, and passion through an almost paradoxical medium of corporate America.

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Jory Bio

Biography

Jory Des Jardins is a freelance writer and media consultant involved with a number of blogging initiatives, working with businesses on communications strategy and with media companies on enhancing communications through content. She is a co-founder of BlogHer, an organization designed to provide education, community, and exposure for women bloggers. Her most recent work can be seen in Inc. and Fast Company magazines. Currently she's writing a career memoir.

Jory’s most recent work can be seen on her blog Pause.