by Jen | Apr 3, 2024 | Uncategorized
More Day & The Power of Choice The final day of my most recent retreat with Hedonism Wild was ‘More’ day. My emotions were on overdrive, and I found it difficult to move during the final morning of movement. I surrendered to this and allowed the words to pour out of...
by Jen | Apr 3, 2024 | Uncategorized
The Integration Chronicles When I first experienced a retreat, I hadn’t considered the concept of integration. This is how I thought it would go…“I’m going to go meditate for a week and be all blissful and shit and then go back to work.” I laugh at this now. My first...
by Jen | Mar 30, 2024 | Uncategorized
by Jen Landing Softly in the Jungle with Soma Tending Landing softly in the jungle was a recent experience when I traveled to Costa Rica. The night I landed in the jungle, I was exhausted. But I couldn’t help but notice and record in my journal… I have arrived. The...
by Jen | Mar 6, 2024 | Uncategorized
As a coach, I recently hired a coach, but I’ve always wondered… If you were a painter, would you hire someone to paint your house? If you were a mechanic, would you hire someone to fix your car? Do landscapers mow their own lawns? I have no idea of the answers to the...
by Jen | Jan 17, 2024 | Uncategorized
...Through the Lens of Football When I was studying mindfulness at Lesley University, the first class that I took was one on Buddhism. In my mind, there was some resistance to this. I had come to mindfulness from a secular place. And as a recovering Catholic, I...
by Jen | Jan 12, 2024 | Uncategorized
Why am I like this? It’s a question I’ve asked myself for over 40 years. Additionally, I will continue to ask for years to come. Certainly, it will never be fully answered but I have more clarity now than I ever have. Thanks to my energetic self perception. Why?? A...
by Jen | Jan 3, 2024 | Uncategorized
Self Care for the Holiday Season: A Shamanic Journey The holiday season is ‘supposed’ to feel magical, but sometimes it just doesn’t. Everyone experiences it differently. For me, in the weeks leading up to Christmas, it just feels like there is a whole bunch of...
by Jen | Jan 3, 2024 | Uncategorized
Reflections on thanksgiving past: we closed on our house in November of 2006. The air was crisp and cool. Autumn had arrived. The house is at the top of a hill on a narrow and somewhat hidden street. This cozy little log cabin, with a fenced in yard was all...
by Jen | Jan 3, 2024 | Uncategorized
First, big confession; before we get into growing myself through a cooking class. I wouldn’t say that I am a person who has a lot of hobbies, per se. Most of my adult life has consisted of working myself into the ground, which hasn’t left time for much else. I am...
by Jen | Nov 8, 2023 | Uncategorized
Before I started traveling mindfully, everything annoyed me when I traveled. As a road warrior, I was on the road almost every week. As exhausting as it was, I could have done it forever. Let me be clear, unless you are a billionaire, travel is not glamorous. But...
