by Jen | Aug 19, 2024 | Uncategorized
Farmer’s Market Treasures Time travel with me for a moment… Can you remember the summer of 2020? Something called the coronavirus had taken us hostage. For a few months now, we had been isolated. Going out into the wild, aka leaving the house, required...
by Jen | Jun 8, 2024 | Uncategorized
Self-Care Road Trip As I write this, it’s the eve of my 47th birthday, and a self-care road trip comes to mind. I’m sitting alone at 9 PM in an empty sushi restaurant in Schenectady, NY. How did I get here? Let’s go back in time for a moment… Just over a year ago,...
by Jen | May 28, 2024 | Uncategorized
Honoring Your Energy Honoring your energy is no easy task when you are constantly busy and pulled in different directions. In addition to my coaching and education business, I also work for a fantastic EdTech startup. This is a customer success role, the type of work...
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...
