Boundaries
So many themes have surfaced this year that are directly connected to my favorite topics. Boundaries are one of them. I’m going to use an example I’ve seen come up time and time again [...]
Why Perfect Really IS Bullshit
We’re going to get a little exercise today. Those of you who have ever felt a deep need to be “perfect” or categorized yourself as a “perfectionist”, please stand up? Anyone who has ever [...]
Put Your Mask on First
How many of you have flown on an airplane, even once in your life? Once is enough to know the mandatory safety announcement (that you completely ignore, but whatevs) tells you to “put your [...]
Permission
I spent the week leading up to Christmas in Panama. 2018 has been “a year” in the Life of Jen, leaving me “soul-tired”. Time by the ocean in a beautiful location always fills me up. [...]
Perfect Is Bullshit
Perfect. Perfection. Perfectionist. Lean in, folks. Get close. Truth bomb, ready to explode. PERFECT. IS. BULLSHIT. Perfect isn’t a THING. You are not, and never will be, “perfect”...unless you’re a snowflake (and if you [...]
Of Bears and Black Belts
I used to have a black belt in kicking my own ass. (Tip: not the cardio workout you’d hope)I was an expert in beating myself up.A World Champion, a full-on ninja. And I wore it loud.The [...]
Sit with the Squirm
Title alone kind of makes you squirm, huh? I wanted to write the third post in my series on "Pain and Pleasure and Motivation and all the things". It's coming. But it can wait. [...]
“Know Your Worth”
Another phrase that has become cliche. And yet the reason a phrase becomes “cliche” is that the series of words strung together to create a powerful phrase started because people NEEDED to hear it. [...]