Ali O’Grady

ounder of Thoughtful Human, Ali O’Grady started a greeting card line that puts meaningful prose and illustrations into cards, but most importantly, into the hands and hearts of those who open them up.
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It all started when she was on a complex journey with grief ever since she lost her “favorite human,” her dad, to colon cancer in 2011. She noticed the difficulty people had in communicating with her around that time.
– “Me struggling to talk to my dad about the possibility of his death, my friends and family struggling to talk to me about grief and depression, I created Thoughtful Human to help people find honest ways to communicate in dynamic relationships and challenging circumstances like these,” said O’Grady
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Avoiding catch-all phrases and clichés, O’Grady’s said her goal is to address the challenges and complexities of real relationships head- on — with raw, open-ended questions and sentiments that invite real conversation.
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For that person going through cancer and grief, O’Grady created, “Not going to sugar-coat it, this is going to SUCK … but I’m thinking that together we can make it a little less sucky.” Or how about, “HEY! Keep your head up. OR DON’T. Whatever feels right.”
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Her cards include sentiments for those going through relationship issues, too. We wanted to create honest, beautiful sentiments, without the waste,” she said.
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She is an entrepreneur and a card-lover her entire life, and helping others through her cards and as a thoughtful human being is at the core of her business model.
– “It’s our shared struggle to love, fight, grieve, forgive, overcome, and celebrate, even in some of our darkest moments,” she said. “It’s accepting and de-stigmatizing dysfunction and meeting our loved ones where they’re at.”
– **Source: http://www.oaklandmagazine.com/June-2019/Ali-OGrady-Creates-a-New-Kind-of-Greeting-Card/

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