by Jen | May 27, 2024 | Uncategorized
20 Years I…am a Red Sox fan. I have been for over 20 years now. More accurately, all my life. As a kid, I watched the games with my dad or my grandpa. I can remember with all my being, the station identification: TV38…WSBK…Boston. This always seemed really cool...
by Jen | Apr 20, 2024 | Uncategorized
No! I want you to say it. Practice it daily – loud & proud. There need not be anything that follows it. Just No! No excuses, no justification, no holding back. Just No! I know that this is not easy. In fact, it’s been one of the hardest lessons for me...
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...
