It’s here. Today closes the last of my forties. Up to a couple of days ago, I was eagerly awaiting my fifties. I told people all the time how amazing my forties had been, how this decade was easily the best of my life. Sometimes I would feel a pang when I said this, a …
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Learning Acceptance: The Art of Awareness
Sometimes, saying goodbye looks very different than we expect. Today’s lesson: learning acceptance.
Navigating My Vocation and Equality: The Butker Effect
I’ve been thinking a lot this week about what living my vocation means. After hearing Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker’s heartbreaking commencement speech, everything in me wants to hibernate. The loud silence from the Kansas City Chiefs, broken only by owner’s wife Tayvia Hunt defending Butker, has made the week harder. The Message to …
Menopause Musings
Oh my gosh you guys, I have missed you. And I have missed me. The past however-long-it-has-been-since-I-wrote was long enough that my website crashed and add-ons weren’t updated. None of that seemed remotely important, though, because new ages and stages of my life were unlocked. I have been going through it, is the point. But, …
Going Through It: Freelance by Jen
It’s easy to forget the lessons gained when we’re going through it. Sometimes we have to break it down – especially when it’s breaking us down.
Putting in the Work, Freelance-Style
I’ve been putting in some work on myself lately. One thing it taught me was that I really, really miss writing. So here I am.
Healthiness Will Hurt: Freelance Free-For-All 
“Your healthiness will hurt some people. I told you about this at the beginning, remember?” My therapist is great. I’ve been seeing her for six months and three days, not that I’m counting, and I have been able to see and learn a lot about myself and the way I show up in the world …
Even When You Don’t: Freelance By Jen
Sometimes you have to go back to move forward. Remember who you were – and realize who you are.
It’s All The Story: Freelance Fitness
There’s a reason we don’t start stories with “And they lived happily ever after.”
It takes the bad to appreciate the good. It’s ALL the story.
Check IN: Freelance Fitness
It’s easy to check out of our lives in the interest of self-care. Here’s how to check IN – and get to know ourselves in the process.