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...
by Jen | Nov 8, 2023 | Uncategorized
Imagine a World without Competition Can you imagine a world without competition? This question came to mind in July of 2022, when I boarded a train bound for New York to attend my first module of coaching training. So many emotions were rising within me and I could...
by Jen | Nov 8, 2023 | Uncategorized
Recently, I attended a workshop hosted by the Center for Women in Enterprise. This is an organization that has been deeply supportive to me as I’ve worked to launch my business. The workshop was called Mindful Self Compassion Training, and boy did I need it! Knowing...
by Jen | Sep 27, 2023 | Uncategorized
As the summer began to wind down, I felt a strong calling to get back to my roots and return to the simplicity of road tripping to a music festival, as I had done so many times in my younger days. Each year when summer ends, I mourn the loss of sunshine and warmth. ...
