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What struck me most in my conversation with author Jennifer Shaw is how often we underestimate the power of understanding our own story. Jennifer grew up sensing she was different, yet never had the words for why. Hearing her share how a late diagnosis of autism and ADHD finally helped her trust her own voice reminded me how important it is for all of us to feel seen. As she talked about raising two autistic sons, finding healing through writing, and learning to drop the shame she carried for so long, I found myself thinking about the many people who still hide their struggles because they don't want to be judged. I believe listeners will connect deeply with Jennifer's honesty. She shows that creativity can grow out of the very things we once thought were flaws, and that resilience is something we build each time we choose to show up as ourselves. This episode reminded me why I created Unstoppable Mindset: to hold space for stories like hers—stories that help us see difference as strength and encourage us to build a world where every person is valued for who they truly are. Highlights: 01:33 – See how early misunderstandings can shape the way someone learns to navigate people and communication.06:53 – Learn how masking and observation influence the way neurodivergent adults move through the world.11:21 – Explore how parenting experiences can open the door to understanding your own identity.12:20 – Hear how finally naming a lifelong pattern can shift shame into clarity and self-trust.20:46 – Understand why self-doubt becomes a major barrier and how stepping forward can change that story.25:57 – Discover how personal journeys can naturally weave themselves into creative work and character building.29:01 – Gain insight into why creative careers grow through endurance rather than rapid wins.30:55 – Learn how creative practices can act as grounding tools when life becomes overwhelming.33:20 – Explore how willpower and environment work together in building real resilience.40:23 – See how focusing only on limitations can keep society from recognizing real strengths.45:27 – Consider how acceptance over “fixing” creates more space for people to thrive.46:53 – Hear why embracing difference can open a more confident and creative way of living.51:07 – Learn how limiting beliefs can restrict creativity and how widening your lens can unlock growth.59:38 – Explore how curiosity and lived experience fuel a deeper creative imagination. About the Guest: J. M. Shaw lives in Alberta, Canada, with her husband and two young children. She has been writing for most of her life, though it took years to find the courage to share her stories. What began as a childhood hobby evolved into a passion that, at times, borders on obsession—and is decidedly cheaper than therapy. Though initially interested in teaching and psychology, Shaw ultimately graduated and worked as an X-ray technologist—all the while continuing to write in secret. Through it all, storytelling remained her constant: a sanctuary, a compass, and a way to make sense of the chaos. Her early work filled journals and notebooks, then spilled into typewritten manuscripts and laptop hard drives—worlds crafted from raw imagination and quiet observation. A pivotal turning point came in 2019, when Shaw was diagnosed with autism and ADHD. The news brought clarity to a lifetime of feeling “too much” or “too different.” She realized that her intense focus, emotional depth, and ability to live inside fictional worlds weren't flaws—they were the gifts of a neurodivergent mind. Her unique insights allow her to create characters with emotional realism, while her mythical creatures, societies, and belief systems draw inspiration from both history and modern culture. In many ways, her fantasy series mirrors her own arc: navigating society through the lens of autism, embracing her differences, and discovering where she belongs. Shaw's fiction blends magic with meaning, often exploring themes of identity, resilience, and redemption. Though her worlds are fantastical, her stories remain grounded in human truths. Her characters—flawed, searching, and sometimes broken—feel eerily real. Literary influences like Stephen King, Margaret Atwood, and Dean Koontz helped shape her genre-bending style, while her mother—an English major and blunt-but-honest critic—instilled in her a love of classic literature and the drive to become a better storyteller. In 2021, Shaw released The Ascension, the first book in her fantasy-adventure series, The Callum Walker Series. Since then, she's published three sequels, with dozens of short stories, poems, and manuscripts still in her vault. Though painfully introverted, she attends book signings and author talks to connect with readers—shedding ecstatic tears as they share how deeply her work resonates with them. While these moments can be overwhelming, they remind her why she writes: to create stories that matter. Currently, Shaw is working on the fifth installment of The Callum Walker Series, expanding the emotional arcs and raising the stakes in her imagined realms. Alongside it, she is developing a new dystopian-adventure that blends inequality, rebellion, love, and moral complexity. Whether indie or traditionally published, her dream remains the same: to see her books in bookstores across the world and to keep building worlds for those who need them most. Ways to connect with Jennifer**:** Website: www.jmshawauthor.com Facebook: jmshawauthor Instagram: @jmshaw_author About the Host: Michael Hingson is a New York Times best-selling author, international lecturer, and Chief Vision Officer for accessiBe. Michael, blind since birth, survived the 9/11 attacks with the help of his guide dog Roselle. This story is the subject of his best-selling book, Thunder Dog. Michael gives over 100 presentations around the world each year speaking to influential groups such as Exxon Mobile, AT&T, Federal Express, Scripps College, Rutgers University, Children's Hospital, and the American Red Cross just to name a few. He is Ambassador for the National Braille Literacy Campaign for the National Federation of the Blind and also serves as Ambassador for the American Humane Association's 2012 Hero Dog Awards. https://michaelhingson.com https://www.facebook.com/michael.hingson.author.speaker/ https://twitter.com/mhingson https://www.youtube.com/user/mhingson https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelhingson/ accessiBe Links https://accessibe.com/ https://www.youtube.com/c/accessiBe https://www.linkedin.com/company/accessibe/mycompany/ https://www.facebook.com/accessibe/ Thanks for listening! Thanks so much for listening to our podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and think that others could benefit from listening, please share it using the social media buttons on this page. Do you have some feedback or questions about this episode? Leave a comment in the section below! 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Thanks for joining me on my podcast as we explore our own blinding fears of inclusion unacceptance and our resistance to change. We will discover the idea that no matter the situation, or the people we encounter, our own fears, and prejudices often are our strongest barriers to moving forward. The unstoppable mindset podcast is sponsored by accessiBe, that's a c c e s s i capital B e. Visit www.accessibe.com to learn how you can make your website accessible for persons with disabilities. And to help make the internet fully inclusive by the year 2025. Glad you dropped by we're happy to meet you and to have you here with us. Michael Hingson  01:21 Well, hi everyone, and welcome to another edition of unstoppable mindset where inclusion, diversity and the unexpected meet. And we put it that way, because a lot of diversity people never address the issue of or include people with disabilities in their world, and some of us confront that, and I specifically take the approach you either are inclusive or you're not. There's no partial inclusion. So we put inclusion at the first part of unstoppable mindset, then diversity and the unexpected, which is everything that doesn't have anything to do with inclusion or diversity, which is most things, but it makes it kind of fun anyway, and we're glad that you're here, wherever you happen to be listening or watching, the Podcast. Today, we get to chat with Jennifer Shaw. Jennifer is an author, and she's been a a closet writer part of her life, but but she came out of the closet and has been publishing, which is cool, and she has a lot of other stories to tell, unstoppable in a lot of different ways. So I'm sure we're going to have a lot of fun talking today, and I hope that you learn some interesting and relevant concepts to your world. So Jennifer, thanks for being here and for being on unstoppable mindset. We really appreciate you coming. Jennifer Shaw  02:36 Thank you so much for having me. Well, Michael Hingson  02:38 why don't we start at the beginning, and why don't you tell us about kind of the early Jennifer, early Jennifer, Jennifer Shaw  02:44 so I was very much of an introvert, very shy. I didn't really know how to talk to people. Kind of was trying to figure things out, and was having, was having a hard time figuring things out, and became more of a misfit. And I needed a way of dealing with, you know, my misunderstandings. I came became very much a people watcher, and for a while, that worked, but I needed an outlet in order to be able to analyze and sort out my ideas. And then my mom bought me a typewriter because, you know, I'm that old. And I started, I know about typewriters? Yeah, and I started writing as a hobby, and then it became a passion and obsession. Now it's just cheaper than therapy. And in 2019 I was diagnosed with autism and ADHD, which makes total sense, looking back at all the things that I used to do and the way I felt, it makes sense now, and I thought I never shared any of my stories, but I've been writing by that point for over 30 years. And I thought, well, maybe writing is my special interest. And I got brave, and I sent off my first book in my series. It's now published because I just finished that one at the time to an editor, and I'm thinking, well, the worst they can say is it sucks. And my editor came back and said, This doesn't suck. You should publish. So two years later, I did Michael Hingson  04:05 cool well. So of course, one of the big questions, one of the most important ones of the whole day, is, do you still have the typewriter? No, yeah, I know. I don't know what happened to mine either. It is. It has gone away somewhere. Jennifer Shaw  04:19 Mine was really cool. It was a plug in electrical one had a white out strip and everything. I gave a presentation for grade five classroom, and I told them, I got started on a typewriter, and then I was going into how I got published, and different aspects of fiction writing and and plots and character development, that stuff and that, after an hour and a half, the only questions they had to ask was, what's a typewriter? Michael Hingson  04:43 Typewriter, of course, if you really want to delve into history and be fascinating to learn the history of the typewriter, do you know it? Jennifer Shaw  04:51 No, I do not. Michael Hingson  04:53 So the among other things, one of the first ways a typewriter was developed and used was. Was a countess in Europe who had a husband who didn't pay much attention to her. So she had a lover, and she wanted to be able to communicate with her lover. She is blind, and so she couldn't just have people write down messages and relay them and all that. So somebody invented this machine where she could actually create messages with a keyboard a typewriter, and then seal them, and she could get her ladies in waiting, or whoever to to give them to her, her lover. That was her way to communicate with with him, without her husband finding out. Yeah, so the ultimate note taker, the ultimate note taker, I learned to type. Well, I started to learn at home, and then between seventh and eighth grade, I took some summer school courses, just cuz it was something to do, and one of them was typing, and I didn't even think about the fact that all the other kids in the class kept complaining because they didn't know what letters they were pushing because there were no labels on the keys, which didn't bother me a bit. And so I typed then, I don't know. I assume it still is required out here, but in the eighth grade, you have to pass a test on the US Constitution, and for me to be able to take the test, they got the test transcribed into Braille, and then I brought my typewriter in and typed the answers. I guess. I don't know why they didn't just have me speak to someone, but I'm glad they did it that way. So it was fine. I'm sure it was a little bit noisy for the other kids in the class, but the typewriter wasn't too noisy. But, yeah, I typed all the answers and went from there. So that was kind of cool, but I don't remember what happened to the typewriter over the years. Jennifer Shaw  06:52 I think it gave way to keyboards and, you know, online writing programs. Michael Hingson  06:58 Yeah, I'm sure that it did, but I don't know what happened to my typewriter nevertheless, but oh well. But yeah, I did, and keyboards and everything else. But having used the typewriter, I already knew how to type, except for learning a few keys. Well, even mine was a manual typewriter. And then there was a Braille typewriter created by IBM. It's called the Model D, and it was like a regular typewriter, except instead of letters on the the keys that went up and struck the paper, it was actually braille characters and it and it struck hard enough that it actually created braille characters on the paper. So that was, that was kind of fun. But, yeah, I'm sure it all just kind of went to keyboards and everything else and and then there were word processors, and now it's just all computers. Jennifer Shaw  07:53 Yep, yep. We're a digital age. Michael Hingson  07:55 Nowadays. We are very much a digital age. So you went to to regular school and all that, yep, Jennifer Shaw  08:04 and I was never like I was it was never noticed that I was struggling because, I mean, for the most part, women tend to mask it. That's why less, fewer women are diagnosed than men. I just internalized it, and I came up with my own strategies to deal with things, and unless you were disruptive to class or you had some sort of learning difficulties and stuff, you never really got any attention. So I just sort of disappeared, because I never struggled in school and I was just the shy one. Yeah, taught myself how to communicate with other kids by taking notes of conversations. I have notebooks where I'm like, okay, so and so said this. This was the answer, okay, there was a smile. So that must be what I need to say when somebody says that. So I developed a script for myself in order to be able to socialize. Michael Hingson  08:55 And that was kind of the way you you masked it, or that was part of masking it. Jennifer Shaw  09:00 That was part of masking it. I spent a lot of time people watching so that I could blend in a lot more, kind of trying to figure it out. I felt like I was an alien dropped off on this planet and that somebody forgot to give me the script. And, you know, I was trying to figure things out as I went. Michael Hingson  09:15 Well, maybe that's actually what happened, and they'll come back and pick you up someday, maybe, but then you can beat up on them because they didn't leave a script. Jennifer Shaw  09:25 Yeah, you guys left me here with no instructions, Michael Hingson  09:27 or you were supposed to create the instructions because they were clueless. There's that possibility, you know, Jennifer Shaw  09:33 maybe I was like, you know, patient X or something, Michael Hingson  09:37 the advanced model, as it were. So you, you went through school, you went through high school, and all that. You went to college. Jennifer Shaw  09:45 I did, yes, yeah, I went through I was going to be a teacher, but they were doing the teacher strike at that time, and that I was doing my observation practicum. And I was like, I don't know if that's something I want to go into. I'm glad I didn't. And. Instead, you know, I mean, I had an interest in psychology, and I took some psychology classes, and loved them. It intrigues me how the mind works. But I ended up going into a trade school I went to in Alberta. It's the, it's called an innate northern Alberta Institute of Technology, and I became an x ray technologist, and I worked in that field for many years. Michael Hingson  10:22 Did you enjoy it? I loved it. I love that I Jennifer Shaw  10:25 didn't have to, you know, like, yes, you have to work in an environment where you got other people there, but you can still work independently and, and I loved that. And I love this. I've always been very much a science math geek, you know, things numbers. I have a propensity for numbers and and then science and math, just, you know, they were fun. Michael Hingson  10:45 Yeah, well, I agree, having a master's degree in physics and I have a secondary teaching credential, so I appreciate what you're saying. It's interesting. I would think also, as an x ray technician, although you had to give people instructions as to where to position themselves and all that. It wasn't something where you had to be very conversationally intensive, necessarily, Jennifer Shaw  11:07 yeah, and I mean, people didn't, you know, I didn't spend a lot of time with each patient, and I was able to mask a lot of my awkwardness and stuff and short short bursts, so nobody really noticed. And, you know, I had fun with the science part of it. And, yeah, it just it was never noticed. Although the social aspects, interacting with co workers and stuff, was bit difficult after, you know, outside of the actual tasks, that was interesting. Michael Hingson  11:38 I have a friend who just recently graduated from school learning to be an x ray technician. And I tease her all the time and tell her, you got to really be careful, though, because those x rays can slip out of your grasp if you're not careful, that you just never know when one's going to try to sneak away. So you better keep an eye on them and slap it when it does. Yeah, go catch them. I sent her an email last week saying, I just heard on the news an x ray escape from your hospital. What are you doing to catch it? They're fun, yeah, but, but you, but you did all of that, and then, so how long were you an x ray technician Jennifer Shaw  12:22 a little over 10 years I retired once my kids were born, Michael Hingson  12:27 okay, you had a more, well, a bigger and probably more important job to do that way, Jennifer Shaw  12:36 yes, and I mean, like at the time, we didn't know that both my boys would be, you Know, diagnosed on the spectrum, both of them have anxiety and ADHD, but I just, I was struggling with with work and being a mom, and it, in all honesty, it was going to cost me more for childcare than it was for me to just stay home. Michael Hingson  13:00 How did your so when they were diagnosed, what did your husband think Jennifer Shaw  13:04 my husband was? He says, okay, okay, I get it. Yeah, I can see those things and stuff like that. And I know when from my perspective, because both my boys went through the ADOS assessment, my thoughts were, those are the things you're looking for, because I've done those my whole life. And then, so, like, my oldest was diagnosed in like, June or July, and I received my diagnosis that September, and then my littlest guy was diagnosed the following year. Michael Hingson  13:29 You went through the assessment, and that's how you discovered it. Yep. So how old were you when they when they found it? Jennifer Shaw  13:35 Oh, I don't know if I want to give ages. I was just under 40. Okay. Michael Hingson  13:40 Well, the reason I asked was, as we talked a little bit about before we actually started the recording, I've had a number of people on the podcast who learned that they were on the spectrum. They were diagnosed later in life. I've talked to people who were 40 and even, I think, one or two above, but it just is fascinating to learn how many people actually were diagnosed later in life. And I know that part of it has to do with the fact that we've just gotten a lot smarter about autism and ADHD and so on, which which helps. So I think that that makes a lot of sense that you can understand why people were diagnosed later in life, and in every case, what people have said is that they're so relieved they have an answer they know, and it makes them feel so much better about themselves. Jennifer Shaw  14:36 Yeah, I know for myself, once I was diagnosed, I've never really kept it a secret. I've, you know, I I've given myself permission to ask questions if I'm confused, and then it opens up the doors for other people, like I will, I will tell them, like some things I don't understand, like I don't understand sarcasm. It's difficult. I can give it I don't understand when somebody is being sarcastic to me, and there's some idioms. And jokes that I that just they weigh over my head, so I'm giving myself permission to ask if I'm confused, because otherwise, how will I know? Michael Hingson  15:11 Yeah, it's it's pretty fascinating, and people deal with it in different ways. It's almost like being dyslexic, the same sort of concept you're dealing with, something where it's totally different and you may not even understand it at first, but so many people who realize they're dyslexic or have dyslexia, find ways to deal with it, and most people never even know, yeah, yeah. Jennifer Shaw  15:39 Well, I mean, I've like, not this year, but within the last couple years, I've been diagnosed with dyslexia as well. And then come to find out that my father had it as well, but he just never mentioned. It just never came up. Michael Hingson  15:51 Yeah, yeah. It's, it's pretty fascinating. But human the human psyche and the human body are very malleable, and we can get creative and deal with a lot of stuff, but I think the most important thing is that you figure out and you learn how to deal with it, and you don't make it something that is a negative in your life. It's the way you are. I've talked many times to people, and of course, it comes from me in part, from the being in the World Trade Center. Don't worry about the thing you can't control. And the fact is that autism is there, you're aware of it, and you deal with it, and maybe the day will come when we can learn to control it, but now at least you know what you're dealing with. And that's the big issue, yeah. Jennifer Shaw  16:39 And I think it like you hit it on the nail on the head, is like, the reason so many adults are being diagnosed is because we know more about it. I distinctly remember somebody asking me shortly after I was diagnosed, and they asked me specifically, oh, what's it like to be autistic? And I was like, I don't know. What's it like to not be. It's all I know. You tell me what it's like to not be, and I can tell you what it's like to be. Says it's not something you can really, yeah, people just can't experience it, I guess. Michael Hingson  17:08 Well, people ask me a lot, what's it like to be blind, and what is it like that you're just live in the dark? Well, I don't live in the dark, and that's something that is so unfortunate that we believe that eyesight is the only game in town, or most people do, and the reality is, blindness isn't about darkness. So I don't see, all right, the problem with most people is they do see, and that doesn't work for them. When suddenly the power goes out and you don't have lights anymore. Why do you distinguish one from the other? It's so unfortunate that we do that, but unfortunately, we collectively haven't taught ourselves to recognize that everyone has gifts, and we need to allow people to to manifest their gifts and not negate them and not demean the people just because they're different than us. Jennifer Shaw  17:56 Yeah, and I know I've had I've had people tell me it's like, oh well, you don't look autistic, and I'm like, I don't know what you would expect me to look like, but I've honestly tried really hard not to think of of the autism and the ADHD. I tried really hard not to look at it as a disability. In my own life, I've looked at it as it's just my brain is wired differently. Yeah, I've explained this to my boys. It's, you know, our minds are always open. We can't filter anything that's coming in. And it's like our computer, you know, our brain, if you imagine our brain as being a computer, we've got every possible tab open trying to perform a million different tasks. We've got music playing here, video playing here. We're trying to search for this file. We can't find anything. And then every now and then, it just becomes very overwhelming, and we get the swirly wheel of death and we have to restart, yeah, but we can multitask like nobody's business until then well, and Michael Hingson  18:45 the reality is, most people can learn to do it, although focusing on one thing at a time is always better anyway, but still, I hear what you're saying. My favorite story is a guy wanted to sell me life insurance when I was in college, and I knew at the time that people who were blind or had other disabilities couldn't buy life insurance because the insurance companies decided that we're a higher risk. It turns out that they weren't making that decision based on any real evidence or data. They just assumed it because that's the way the world was, and eventually that was dealt with by law. But this guy called up one day and he said, I want to sell you life insurance. Well, I thought I'd give him a shot at it, so I invited him over, and he came at three in the afternoon, and I didn't tell him in advance. I was blind, so I go to the door with my guide dog at the time Holland, and I opened the door, and he said, I'm looking for Mike Hinkson. And I said, I'm Mike hingson. You are. I'm Michael Hinkson. What can I do for you? Well, you didn't sound blind on the telephone. And I'm still wondering, what are the heck does that mean? Jennifer Shaw  19:52 Yeah, yeah, exactly. It's just, I think, you know, it's a lack of understanding. And. You know, the inability to put yourself in somebody else's shoes? Michael Hingson  20:03 Well, I think we have the ability, but we just don't, we don't learn how to use it. But you're right. It's all about education. And I think, personally, that all of us are teachers, or should be or can be. And so I choose not to take offense when somebody says you don't sound blind, or makes other kinds of comments. I i may push a little hard, but I can't be angry at them, because I know that it's all about ignorance, and they just don't know, and we as a society don't teach which we should do more of Jennifer Shaw  20:38 Yeah, I know that once I made, you know, like I posted on my, you know, with talk to my friends and stuff about the fact that I have autism and that I just, I'm learning about it myself as well. I've had a lot of people come to me and ask me, it's like, well, what, what? What did you notice? How did you find out? And I think I might be on the spectrum. And there's, you know, and it's amazing how many people came out of the woodwork with queries about, you know, questions. And I was like, This is awesome. I can answer questions and educate, yeah, Michael Hingson  21:09 well, and it's true, and the only way we can really learn and deal with some of the stuff is to have a conversation, and to have conversations with each other and be included in the conversation, and that's where it gets really comfortable, or uncomfortable is that people don't want to include you. Oh, I could end up like that person, or that person just clearly isn't, isn't as capable as I because they're blind or they have autism. Well, that's just not true, yeah, and it's, it's a challenge to deal with. Well, here's a question for you. What do you think is the biggest barrier that that people have or that they impose on themselves, and how do you move past it? Jennifer Shaw  21:52 I think that the biggest barrier that people pose on them, pose on themselves, is doubting whether or not they're worthwhile and and I know I did the lat I did that for many years and and, like I said, it wasn't until I received my diagnosis, I thought maybe, maybe, you know, I won't know unless I try. So I got out of my comfort zone, and I surpassed my doubt, and I tried, and then I come to find out that, okay, I should publish. And I've had some, you know, I've had a lot of fun doing that, and I've seen some success in that as well. Michael Hingson  22:24 One of my favorite quotes goes back to the original Star Wars movie Yoda, who said there is no try, do or do not. Don't try. I think that's absolutely true. Do it. That's why I also totally decided in the past to stop using the word failure, because failure is such an end all inappropriate thing. All right, so something didn't work out. The real question, and most of us don't learn to do it, although some of us are trying to teach them, but the biggest question is, why did this happen? What do I do about it? And we don't learn how to be introspective and analyze ourselves about that, I wrote a book that was published last year called Live like a guide dog, true stories from a blind man and his dogs about being brave, overcoming adversity and moving forward in faith, and it's all about teaching people from lessons I learned from my dogs about how to control fear and how to really step back when things happen and analyze what you do, what you fear, what you're about and how you deal with it. But there's no such thing as failure. It's just okay. This didn't work out right. Why? Why was I afraid? Or why am I afraid now? And what do I do about it? And we just don't see nearly as much analytical thinking on those kinds of subjects as we should. Jennifer Shaw  23:49 Yeah, wasn't there a quote somewhere? I can't remember who it was. I think was Edison, maybe, that he didn't fail 99 times. He found 99 times how not to do it right, and he just kept going and going and going until we got it right. Yeah. The other Michael Hingson  24:04 one I really like is the quote from Einstein that the definition of insanity is trying the same thing every time and expecting something different to happen. I think Jennifer Shaw  24:12 they said that at my graduation from high school, you'll get what you got, yeah, Michael Hingson  24:19 and you can decide to look for alternatives and look for ways to do it better, but, but it is, I think you're I don't know if it was Edison, but I'm going to assume it was who said that, but I think you're right, and it certainly makes a lot of Jennifer Shaw  24:35 sense, yes, yeah, and I've tried to live by embracing, because I've told this to my kids as well, and I've embraced the idea that, you know, we learn better from our mistakes than we do from the things we did right, Michael Hingson  24:49 although we could learn if we really thought about it, when we do something right and we go back and look at it and say, What could I have done to even make that better? And we usually don't do that well, that worked out well, so I don't have to worry about that. Well, exactly we should, you know, Jennifer Shaw  25:07 2020 looking back and saying, Well, what would we have done if this had happened? We just sort of stop. It's like when you're looking for your keys in your house. Once you find them, you stop looking. You don't keep looking for possible places it could have been. You just stop the journey. Michael Hingson  25:20 Or you don't look at why did I put them there? That's not where I usually put them. Speaker 1  25:26 Yeah, exactly, yeah. So when Michael Hingson  25:30 you discovered that you were on the spectrum, what did your husband think about Jennifer Shaw  25:34 that? He thought it made sense. Um, that Michael Hingson  25:37 explains a lot about you. Jennifer Shaw  25:38 Yeah, a little bit might be on the spectrum as well. He might be ADHD, because he has a lot of the same traits as me. But he says, yeah, it's kind of not worth going and getting it checked out and stuff like that so Michael Hingson  25:54 well, until he he wants to, then that probably makes sense. Jennifer Shaw  25:59 And there's no reason. There's no reason. Yeah, Michael Hingson  26:03 things go well, and that that's the big, important thing. But you look at at life, you look at what's going on, and you look at how you can change, what you need to change, and go forward Exactly. So tell me about your writing. You have, you have been writing a series. What did you do before the series? What was sort of the first things that you wrote that were published? Jennifer Shaw  26:26 That I wrote a short story for in a classroom assignment, my teacher published it. Wrote a couple poems. I had a teacher, a different teacher published those. But this, the series that I've written is kind of my first foray into publishing and stuff. And then just prior to that, it was just writing stories for myself, or writing scenes that came to to mind that I wanted to explore, and a lot of them had to do with characters overcoming adversity, because that's how I felt. That was what was going on in my life, Michael Hingson  26:57 and it was so what's the series about? Jennifer Shaw  27:03 So it's a magic, fantasy action adventure, some supernatural suspense kind of all sprinkled in for good measure, because I get bored of my series is there's our world, our time, coexisting magical realm, but there's a veil that separates us, and we can't see across this veil because we don't have magic. But these creatures that do can and have and they've been the source of inspiration for our fairy tales and Monster stories. And then my main character, a young man by the name of Callum Walker, is born with the ability to use magic. He doesn't know why. He's trying to make the most of it. We do learn why as we go through the series, but he doesn't know. And because he has magic, he's able to cross this veil into this magical realm. And he's learning about this world. He's learning about the beings in it. Adventures ensue, and we follow him through the series, trying to figure out as he's trying to figure out who he is, where he belongs, because he's too magic for here, but to human care and then master these abilities to survive. Michael Hingson  27:56 So has he figured out an answer to the question of why or where? Jennifer Shaw  28:00 Not yet. No answers as we go, but he's learning more. Mostly it's he's learning to accept himself and to start to trust and open up. And, you know, instead of thinking that there must be something wrong with him, and that's why he has these abilities, he starts to think, Okay, well, what can I do with these abilities and stuff? So in a lot of ways, his journey mirrors mine Michael Hingson  28:23 well, and he's asking questions, and as you ask questions, that's the most important thing you're willing to consider and explore, absolutely. So are these self published, or does a publisher publish them? Jennifer Shaw  28:40 I'm indie, published through press company called Maverick first press. Michael Hingson  28:44 Inc, have any of the books been converted to audio? Jennifer Shaw  28:48 Not yet, but I am looking into it. Michael Hingson  28:51 Some of us would like that I do read braille, and I could get a book in electronic form, and I can probably get it converted, but it'll be fun if you do get them into an audio format. I love magic and fantasy, and especially when it isn't too dark and too heavy. I've read Stephen King, but I've gotten away from reading a lot of Stephen King, just because I don't think I need things to be that dark. Although I am very impressed by what he does and how he comes up with these ideas, I'll never know. Jennifer Shaw  29:20 Yeah, I know. I don't think that it's as dark as Stephen King, but it's certainly a little darker and older than Harry Potter series. Michael Hingson  29:26 So, yeah, well, and and Harry Potter has been another one that has been certainly very good and has has encouraged a lot of kids to read. Yes and adults, Jennifer Shaw  29:42 yeah, we don't all have to be middle grade students to enjoy a middle 29:46 grade book, right? Michael Hingson  29:49 Oh, absolutely true. Well, so if you had to give one piece of advice or talk about experiences, to write. Writers who are trying to share, what would you what would you tell them? Jennifer Shaw  30:05 I would say that writing and publishing, it's a marathon. It's not a race. Don't expect immediate success. You have to work for it. But don't give up. You know? I mean, a lot of times we tend to give up too soon, when we don't see results and stuff. But if you give up, you'll never reach the finish line if you continue going, you may, you know, eventually you'll reach the finish line, and maybe not what you expect, but you will reach that finish line if you keep going. Michael Hingson  30:30 Yeah, we we are taught all too often to give up way too early. Well, it didn't work, so obviously it's not the right answer. Well, maybe it was the right answer. Most people aren't. JK Rowling, but at the same time, she went through a lot before she started getting her books published, but they're very creative. Yep, I would, I would still like to see a new series of Harry Potter books. Well, there is a guy who wrote James Potter his son, who's written a series, which is pretty good, but, you know, they're fun, yeah. Jennifer Shaw  31:07 Oh, I mean, that's why we like to read them. We like to imagine, we like to, you know, put ourselves in the shoes of, you know, the superhero. And I think that we all kind of, you know, feel a connection to those unlikely heroes that aren't perfect. And I think that appeals to a lot of people. Michael Hingson  31:27 I think it certainly does. I mean, that's clearly a lot of Harry Potter. He was certainly a kid who was different. Couldn't figure out why, and wasn't always well understood, but he worked at it, and that is something that we all can take a lesson to learn. Speaker 1  31:45 Exactly yes. So Michael Hingson  31:48 given everything that goes on with you, if the world feels overwhelming at some point, what kind of things do you do to ground yourself or or get calm again? Jennifer Shaw  31:59 Well, writing is my self care. It's my outlet. It's therapy. Aside from writing, I I'm getting back into reading because I'm going to book signing events and talks and such, and everybody's recommending, oh, read this book, read this book, and I'm finding some hidden gems out there. So I'm getting back into reading, and that seems to be very relaxing, but I do go. I do have to step away from a lot of people sometimes and just be by myself. And I'll, I'll put my headphones on, and I'll listen to my my track. I guess it's not track anymore. It was Spotify. And I'll just go for a walk for an hour, let my mind wander like a video and see where it leads me, and then come back an hour later, and my husband's like, Oh, where'd you walk? Because, like, I have no idea, but you should hear the adventures I had, yeah, Michael Hingson  32:44 both from what you read and what you thought Jennifer Shaw  32:45 about, yeah, just the things going through my head. What? And then the same thing when I'm writing, I see it as a movie in my head, and I'm just writing down what I see a lot of times, long for the ride. Michael Hingson  32:55 Yeah, your characters are writing it, and you're just there, Jennifer Shaw  32:58 yeah, you know. And when I'm when I'm in the zone. I call those the zone moments. And I won't know what's going to happen until it starts to happen. And I'm writing a sentence, oh, I didn't know that was gonna happen. I want to see where this goes. And it'll take me to somewhere where I'm like, wow, that's an amazing scene. How could I, how did I think of that? Or, on the contrary, it'll take me somewhere and I'll be like, What is wrong with me? I know that came out of my head, but what is wrong with me? So, you know, it's a double edged sword, Michael Hingson  33:26 but write them all down, because you never know where you can use them. Jennifer Shaw  33:29 Oh, absolutely. I don't delete anything. I can just wind and then start again, see where it leads. And it never goes to the same place twice. Michael Hingson  33:37 That's what makes it fun. It's an adventure. I don't know. I think there's an alien presence here somewhere. Jennifer Shaw  33:44 Who knows? Maybe I'm the next step in evolution. Could Michael Hingson  33:47 be or you come from somewhere else. And like I said, they put you down here to figure it out, and they'll come back and get you Jennifer Shaw  33:57 well, but never know. There's so many things we don't understand. You know, Michael Hingson  34:00 well, then that's true, but you know, all you can do is keep working at it and think about it. And you never know when you'll come up, come up with an answer well, or story or another story, right? So keep writing. So clearly, though, you exhibit a lot of resilience in a number of ways. Do you think resilience is something we're born with, or something that we learn, or both. Jennifer Shaw  34:25 I think it's a little of both. You know, maybe we have a stronger determination or willfulness when we're born, but it can also be a part of our environment. You know, we develop things that we want to do. We develop desires and dreams and stuff. And you know the combination of the two, the you know, the willful resolve and the desire to dream and be better. And I think those two combined will drive us towards our our goals. Michael Hingson  34:53 Now are your parents still with us? Yes. So what did they think when. You were diagnosed as being on the spectrum. Jennifer Shaw  35:03 Um, I think my dad was more open to the idea. I don't think my mom believed it, but then she's kind of, she's kind of saying, like, okay, maybe, maybe it's, oddly enough, she was, you know, more open to the idea of me having ADHD than autism. And I just think there was just a lack of understanding. But as time has gone on, I think she sees it, not just in me, but I think she sees aspects of that in herself as well. Michael Hingson  35:28 And in a sense, that's what I was wondering, was that they, they saw you grow up, and in some ways, they had to see what was going on. And I was wondering if, when you got an answer, if that was really something that helped them or that they understood? Jennifer Shaw  35:46 Yeah, I I think so. Although I did internalize a lot of of my understandings and misconceptions about life, I internalized it a lot, and I was the annoying cousins because I just, you know, said the appropriate things at inappropriate times and didn't catch jokes and didn't understand sarcasm and and I was just the oddball one out. But I think now that my mom understands a little bit more about autism and ADHD, she's seeing the signs Michael Hingson  36:13 well, and whether she understood it or not, she had to, certainly, as your mom, see that there was something going on. Well, I don't know my I'm whether she verbalized it or she just changed it out. Jennifer Shaw  36:28 I think she was just, she was working two full time jobs raising five kids on her own. I think that there just wasn't enough time in the day to notice everything. 36:37 Yeah, well, Michael Hingson  36:40 but it's always nice to really get an answer, and you you've accepted this as the answer, and hopefully they will, they will accept it as well. So that's a good thing. Jennifer Shaw  36:54 Whether or not they accept it is up to them. I'm that's their choice. Yeah, yeah. It's their choice. The most important thing is that I'm understanding it. Michael Hingson  37:04 Yeah, well, and then helps you move forward. Which is, which is a good thing? Yes. So do you think that vulnerability is part of resilience? Jennifer Shaw  37:18 I think it's important to understand where we're vulnerable. It's like accepting your weaknesses. We all want to improve. We don't want to stay weak and vulnerable, but the only way to improve is to accept those and to understand those and to identify those so that we know where to improve. So I think that it is important. Michael Hingson  37:38 I think it's crucial that we continue to work on our own ideas and attitudes and selves to be able to to move forward. And you're right. I think vulnerability is something that we all exhibit in one way or another, and when we do is that a bad thing? No, I don't think it should be. I think there are some people who think they're invulnerable to everything, and the reality is they're not Jennifer Shaw  38:09 those narcissists. Yeah, Michael Hingson  38:11 was getting there, but that's and that's exactly the problem. Is that they won't deal with issues at all. And so the fact of the matter is that they they cause a lot more difficulty for everyone. Yep, of course, they never think they do, but they do. Yeah. Jennifer Shaw  38:30 I mean, if you don't accept the fact that you're not perfect and that you have weaknesses and vulnerabilities, then you're just it turns into you're just either denying it or you're completely ignorant. How do you Michael Hingson  38:41 balance strength and softness? And because, you know when you're dealing with vulnerability and so on, and it happens, well, how do you, how do you bring all of it to balance? Jennifer Shaw  38:50 Um, it's the yin and yang, right? Um, you know, the strength keeps you going, the softness keeps you open to accepting and learning. Michael Hingson  38:59 Yeah, that makes sense. It gives you the opportunity to to go back and analyze and synthesize whatever you're thinking. Yes. Well, autism is, by the definitions that we face, considered a disability, which is fine, although my belief is that everybody on the planet has a disability, and for most people, as others have heard me say on this podcast, the disability that most people have is their light dependent, and they don't do well if suddenly the lights go out until they can find a smartphone or whatever, because the inventors, 147 years ago created the electric light bulb, which started us on a road of looking for ways to have light on demand whenever we wanted it and whenever we do want it, when that works, until suddenly the light on demand machine isn't directly available to us when light goes away. So I think that light on demand is a lovely thing, but the machines that provide it are. Only covering up a disability that most people have that they don't want to recognize. Jennifer Shaw  40:05 And I'd also argue that the more dependent we become on technology, that the harder it is to adjust to, you know, the way we used to live. If you go to the grocery store, everything's automated. And if the power goes out at the grocery store, nobody knows how to count out change now, yeah, Michael Hingson  40:22 they they cannot calculate on their own. I continue to work to be able to do that. So I like to to figure things out. People are always saying to me, How come you got the answers so quickly of how much change or how much to leave for a tip I practice, yeah, it's not magical. And the reality is, you don't always have a calculator, and a calculator is just one more thing to lug around. So why have it when you can just learn to do it yourself? Yeah? Jennifer Shaw  40:49 Or we have a cell phone which has got everything on it. Michael Hingson  40:52 Oh, I know, yeah, there is that too. But you know, the the thing about all of this is that we all have disabilities, is what I'm basically saying. But if you use disability in sort of the traditional sense, and by that I mean you have certain kinds of conditions that people call a disability, although I will submit absolutely that disability does not mean a lack of ability. But how do societal definitions of disability, kind of affect people more than the actual condition itself, whatever it is. Jennifer Shaw  41:26 I think society as a whole tend to focus on the negatives and the limitations, and if you focus solely on those, then nobody can see beyond those to what a person can do, because there's a whole, you know, there's a whole lot out there that people can do. You can, you can learn to adjust to a lot of things. The brain is very malleable. And, you know, we're not just given one sense for one reason. You know, we have five senses, well, arguably more, depending on who you talk to, yeah, to feel out the world. And same thing with autism is, you know, I mean, I had a hard time those things that would come naturally to people, like socializing, learning to speak, even my son at the playground, he didn't know how to approach kids to ask him to play and but those things can be learned. They just have to spend the time doing it well. Michael Hingson  42:19 And I hear you, do you think that autism is under the definition of disability? Jennifer Shaw  42:26 I think it can be very debilitating. I think that, you know, and then some people suffer more severe. They're more ranges than than I do mine, but I do think that the brain can learn to adjust a lot, maybe not the same as everybody else, and there will be struggles and there will be challenges, and there'll be anxieties and and things is it is, in a way, a disability. It'll never go away. But I don't think it has to be debilitating Michael Hingson  42:59 struggles and anxieties, but everyone experiences that in one way or another, and that's, of course, the point. Why should some of us be singled out? Jennifer Shaw  43:07 Yeah, exactly. Yeah. I do know, though, that with there's, I guess we call them an invisible disability, because I don't look autistic, I don't look ADHD, but I struggle inwardly. It's a lot more emotional. It's a lot more mental, you know, analyzing every conversation I've ever had. It's very exhausting and confusing, and it can lead to other things and stuff that, you know, I mean, I don't think everybody else goes around counting license plates obsessively, you know, adding up numbers on license plates and stuff. And if I don't, it can be very anxiety inducing. I don't think everybody else has to, you know, make notebooks worth of conversations to learn to talk to people and watch the world around them, to try to figure out how to act. I think for a lot of people, it comes naturally. And because I had to learn all those things on my own and stuff, it created a lot more anxiety than another person would have in that area, and life is already chaotic enough, you know, more anxiety on top of anxiety and such. Michael Hingson  44:11 Yeah, but some of that we create ourselves and don't need to. And again, it gets back to the fact we all have different gifts, and so some people are much more socially outgoing, so they can do so many more things that seem like everyone should be able to do them. But again, not everyone has the same gifts. Yeah, I think that we need to recognize that. Sorry, go ahead. I was gonna say, Jennifer Shaw  44:34 just like, not everybody has the same weaknesses, right? I learned. I think, you know, if we, if we learned to, you know, share the strengths that we have that might overcome somebody else's weaknesses and stuff. It would be a whole lot better place. Instead of trying to label everybody and segregate everybody based on their limitations, let's, let's look at their strengths and see which ones coordinate. Yeah. Michael Hingson  44:56 How does HD? ADHD manifest itself? Jennifer Shaw  45:00 Yeah, it's some, in a lot of ways, very similar to autism, and that's probably why it's now considered part of the autism spectrum. I have a difficult time focusing on things that I don't find intriguing, like, oh gosh, if I had to read a social studies textbook, I would go stark raving mad and fall asleep. And I've really hard time staying focused. Don't have to read the same paragraph 20 times, but you give me a textbook on physics, and I'm right in there, and I'll hyper focus for like, 12 straight hours, forgetting the world exists and don't eat, don't sleep, don't move, and I will just immerse myself in that. And then there's a difficult time regulating emotions so somebody gets upset about something for the most part. You know, you can calm yourself down and stuff like that. With autism and ADHD, it's really hard to regulate those emotions and come down from that hyper, hyper emotional state down to a normal state. Michael Hingson  46:00 I can see that in a lot of ways, it can look very similar to to autism in terms of the way you're describing it. It makes, makes sense, yeah, which? Which is something one has to deal with. Well, if people stop trying to fix what makes us different? What could we do with the world? How would things be different? Jennifer Shaw  46:22 I think the world be very interesting if we stopped trying to fix people and just started trying to accept people and see how, you know, like, I think that for one we would also be a lot more open to accepting people, but that would have to come first. And I think that would be amazing, because, you know, if we were all the same and we all tried to fit into the same mold, it's going to be a very boring place. Michael Hingson  46:46 The thing that is interesting about what you just said, and the question really is, when we try to fix things, why do we need to fix things? What is it that's really broken? And that's of course, the big issue is that people make assumptions based on just their own experiences, rather than looking at other people and looking at their experiences. Is that really broken? As it goes back to like when I talk about blindness, yeah, am I broken? I don't think so. I do things differently. If I had been able to see growing up, that would have been nice. But you know what? It's not the end of the world not to and it doesn't make me less of a person, and you happen to be on the autism spectrum, that's fine. It would be nice if you didn't have to deal with that, and you could function and deal with things the way most people do. But there are probably advantages, and there's certainly reasons why you are the way you are, why I am the way I am. And so why should that be a bad thing? Jennifer Shaw  47:48 I don't think it is. I mean, other than the fact that I would love to be, you know, not have to suffer with the stress and anxieties that I do, and the insecurities and the doubt and trying to figure out this world and where I belong and stuff, I wouldn't. I like the way my brain works. I like the way I think, you know, very What if, very out of the box, very creative mindsets. And I wouldn't change that for the world. Michael Hingson  48:15 Yeah, and I think people really should be accepted the way they are. Certainly there are people who we classify as geniuses because they do something that we didn't think of, and it catches on, and it's creative. Einstein did it. I mean, for that matter, there's something that that Elon Musk has done that has created this vehicle that no one else created successfully before him. Now I'm not sure that he's the greatest business guy, because I hear that Tesla is not the most profitable company in the world, but that's fine. Or Steve Jobs and Bill Gates created things. Did they do it all? Jennifer Shaw  48:56 Sorry, Sebastian Bach too. Yeah. I mean those prodigies, right? Michael Hingson  49:01 And they didn't do they didn't do everything. I understand that Einstein wasn't the greatest mathematician in the world, but he was great at concepts, and he had other people who who helped with some of the math that he didn't do, but, but the reality is, we all have gifts, and we should be able to use those gifts, and other people should appreciate them and be able to add on to what they do. One thing I always told employees when I hired people, is my job isn't to boss you around because I hired you because you demonstrated enough that you can do the job I want you to do, but my job is not to boss you, but rather to use my skills to help enhance what you do. So what we need to do is to work together to figure out how I can help you be better because of the gifts that I bring that you don't have. Some people got that, and some people didn't. Jennifer Shaw  49:50 Some people are just, they're less, you know, open minded. I think I don't know, like, less accepting of other people and less accepting of differences. And it's unfortunate. Passionate, you know, and that creates a lot of problems that, you know, they can't look beyond differences and to see the beauty behind it. Michael Hingson  50:11 Yeah, and, and the fact of the matter is that, again, we were all on the earth in one way or another, and at some point we're going to have to learn to accept that we're all part of the same world, and working together is a better way to do it. Yeah, absolutely. How do we get there? Jennifer Shaw  50:28 Yeah, I don't know. Maybe idealistic, you know, Star Trek society, or utopian society, you know. And maybe in 100 or 200 years, we'll get there. But if you think about 100 years ago, if you look at us 100 years ago, and then you think of all the technology that we have today, and that's in, like, one century is not a long time, given how long people have been on this planet. And look at all the things we've accomplished, technology wise, and look at all the great things that we have done, you know, and it's just imagine how many more, or how much, how much more we could do if we work together instead of working against each other. Michael Hingson  51:06 Yeah, and that's of course, the issue is that we haven't learned yet to necessarily work together. To some, for some people, that gets back to narcissism, right? They, they're, they're the only ones who know anything. What do you do? But yeah, I hear you, but, but, you know, I think the day is going to come when we're going to truly learn and understand that we're all in this together, and we really need to learn to work together, otherwise it's going to be a real, serious issue. Hopefully that happens sooner than later, Jennifer Shaw  51:39 yes, yeah, I don't think so, but it would be a nice to imagine what it would be like if it happened tomorrow. Michael Hingson  51:47 Yeah, how much potential do you think is lost, not because of limitations, but, but rather because of how we define them? Jennifer Shaw  51:58 I think we use limitations to set our boundaries, but by setting boundaries, we can never see ourselves moving past them, and nor do we try so. I think that setting limitations is hugely detrimental to our growth as as you know, creative minds. Michael Hingson  52:18 I think also though limitations are what we often put on other people, and oftentimes out of fear because somebody is different than us, and we create limitations that that aren't realistic, although we try to pigeonhole people. But the reality is that limitations are are are also representations of our fears and our misconceptions about other people, and it's the whole thing of, don't confuse me with the facts. Jennifer Shaw  52:51 Yes, yeah. And you know there's Yeah, like you said, there's these self limitations, but there's also limitations that we place on other people because we've judged them based on our understanding. Michael Hingson  53:03 Yeah, and we shouldn't do that, because we probably don't really know them very well anyway, but I but I do think that we all define ourselves, and we each define who we are, and that gets back to the whole thing of, don't judge somebody by what they look like or or what you think about them. Judge people by their actions, and give people the opportunity to really work on showing you what they can do. Jennifer Shaw  53:36 Absolutely, that's definitely a motto by which I've tried to live my life. I honestly don't know everybody out there. I mean, I don't think anybody does. And unless somebody gives me a reason or their behavior says otherwise, I'm going to assume that they're, you know, a good person, you know. I mean, if they, you know, if I assume this person is a good person, but maybe they smack me across face or take, you know, steal from me and stuff, then I'm going to judge those behaviors. Michael Hingson  54:02 One of the things that I learned, and we talked about in my book live like a guide dog, is dogs, and I do believe this love unconditionally, unless something really hurts them, so that they just stop loving. But dogs love unconditionally, but they don't trust unconditionally. But the difference between dogs and people is again, unless something truly has been traumatic for a dog. Dogs are more open to trust than we are. They don't worry about, well, what's this guy's hidden agenda, or why is this woman the way she is? The fact is that they're open to trust and they're looking to develop trusting relationships, and they also want us to set the rules. They want us to be the pack leaders. I'm sure there are some dogs that that probably are better than the people they're with, but by and large, the dog wants the person to be the pack leader. They want them to tell the dog, what are the rules? So. Every guide dog I've had, it's all about setting boundaries, setting rules, and working with that dog so that we each know what our responsibilities to the relationship are. And I think absolutely dogs can get that just as much as people do. They're looking for us to set the rules, but they want that, and the fact of the matter is that they get it just as much as we do. And if that relationship really develops, the kind of trust that's possible, that's a bond that's second to none, and we should all honor that we could do that with with each other too. Yeah, there are people who have hidden agendas and people that we can learn not to trust because they don't want to earn our trust either. They're in it for themselves. But I don't think that most people are that way. I think that most people really do want to develop relationships. Jennifer Shaw  55:51 Yeah, and another aspect of dogs too, is they're very humble, you know, they they don't, I mean, they probably do have some, you know, some egos, but for the most part, they're very humble, and they don't dwell on the mistakes of their past. They live in the moment. And I love Yeah, no, go ahead. They do absolutely they do Michael Hingson  56:14 one of the things that I learned after September 11, because my contacted the folks at Guide Dogs for the Blind about it, my diet, my guide dog was Roselle, and I said, Do you think this affected her, the whole relationship? And the veterinarian I spoke with, who was the head of veterinary services, the guide dogs asked, did anything directly threaten her? And I said, no, nothing did. He said, Well, there's your answer. The fact is, dogs don't do what if they don't worry about what might have been or even what happened if it didn't affect them? They they do live in the moment when we got home after the events on September 11, I took roselle's harness off and was going to take her outside. She would have none of it. She ran off, grabbed her favorite tug bone and started playing tug of war with our retired guy dog, Lenny. It was over for her. It was done. Jennifer Shaw  57:06 It's finished, the journey's done, and I'm living in this moment now, yeah, Michael Hingson  57:10 different moment. I'm not going to worry about it, and you shouldn't either, which was the lesson to learn from that. Yes, but the reality is that dogs don't do what. If dogs really want to just do what they need to do. They know the rules, like I said. They want to know what you expect, and they will deal with that. And by and large, once you set rules, dogs will live by those rules. And if they don't, you tell them that you didn't do that the right way. You don't do that in a mean way. There are very strong ways of positively telling a dog, yeah, that's not what the right thing was to do. But by the same token, typica

I am so excited to welcome back my dear friend Jennifer Watson, who originally joined us back on episode 42 with her book Freedom. Today, she's back to talk about her brand-new book,What If You're Doing Better Than You Think? Finding Courage and Confidence When Life Gets Messy—and wow, is this message timely as we head into the fast, chaotic holiday season.Jennifer is a writer, podcaster, mama of two adult daughters, and a passionate advocate for mental health and real-life faith. In this powerful and honest conversation, we talk about what it really looks like to walk through depression, seasonal struggles, shame spirals, counseling, community, and the courage it takes to ask for help.✨ In This Episode, We Talk About: • Why mental health struggles are inevitable in a chaotic world • The dangerous cycle of the shame spiral • Jennifer's personal journey with seasonal depression and seeking medical help • Why getting help is not weakness—it's bravery • How the church can better support mental health • The power of community and counseling • Walking with children and teens through anxiety and depression • Writing from the messy middle, not just the healed place • Why women need spaces that go deeper than small talk • Scriptures that anchored Jennifer in her darkest seasons • A gentle but powerful truth: You are doing better than you think.This episode is full of hope for anyone who feels like they're barely holding it together—and a reminder that you might be doing so much better than you think.Bio:Jennifer Renee Watson is a fierce advocate for mental health and abuse survivors who are bravely healing from unresolved trauma and finding their voice. She is the cohost of the More Than Small Talk Podcast, and has spoken at churches and conferences all over the US. Anchor Verses:Psalm 34:18Isaiah 40:31Connect with Jennifer:Website: www.jenniferreneewatson.comFB: https://www.instagram.com/jenniferwatson/IG: https://www.instagram.com/jenniferwatson/***We love hearing from you! Your reviews help our podcast community and keep these important conversations going. If this episode inspired you, challenged you, or gave you a fresh perspective, we'd be so grateful if you'd take a moment to leave a review. Just head to Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen and share your thoughts—it's a simple way to make a big impact!*** 

In this episode, I sit down with Jennifer Westpfahl, founder of Be.Retreats, to talk about what it looks like to build a life and a business that make space for rest, intention, stillness, and connection — and how those four pillars spell something else entirely: RISK.Jennifer shares the winding story of how B-Retreats came to life, not from a business plan or a strategic vision, but from a feeling that just wouldn't go away. What began as a simple women's weekend at a cabin has evolved into a growing series of in-person and virtual retreats designed to help people slow down, reconnect, and live with more authenticity.We talk about:

As the flowers fade and the farm quiets down for winter, Jennifer reflects on what this past year of rebuilding her farm has taught her about patience, gratitude, and growth. Inspired by the timeless reminder that “it's not the destination, it's the journey,” she shares how slowing down and being present has brought new meaning to the work of tending both the land and the heart.This episode is an invitation to pause and reflect, to notice the beauty in what's already growing, to find joy in the process, and to move forward with faith even when the outcome isn't yet visible. Jennifer shares lessons learned from transforming a fallow field into a thriving flower farm, from the small wins to the moments that stretched her the most. Along the way, she offers reflections to help you reconnect with your own journey, the one that's unfolding right now between the planting and the bloom.Whether you're a flower farmer, gardener, or simply navigating a season of change, this episode is a gentle reminder that growth takes time and that the real magic isn't found at the finish line but in who we become along the way.Podcast Listeners Enjoy 7 Days of Growth Day FREE:Try the GrowthDay App, Jennifer's favorite tool for journaling, tracking habits, and staying grounded in personal growthhttps://app.growthday.com/signup/referral-trial/floweringfarmhouseShow Notes: https://thefloweringfarmhouse.com/2025/10/25/ep-73-journey-to-bloom/Connect with Jennifer:Website: https://thefloweringfarmhouse.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thefloweringfarmhouse/Follow the Podcast: https://www.instagram.com/thebackyardbouquetpodcast/Sign up for our newsletter: https://bit.ly/thefloweringfarmhousenewsletter*** Rate, Review, & Follow The Backyard Bouquet ***If you enjoyed this episode, will you please consider leaving the podcast a review? Your review helps make the podcast more discoverable to others and allows me to continue creating more episodes. I'd love to know what you enjoyed most about the episode.New episodes every week to help keep your garden blooming!

When we think about fixing burnout, most conversations start with purpose, work design, or leadership. But according to Jennifer Moss, the real starting point is hope. And not vague optimism, but cognitive hope—a measurable skill that gives people the power to set goals, find ways to reach them, and keep moving forward, even in uncertain times. In this episode, Dart and Jennifer discuss the link between hope and purpose, the warning signs of hopelessness at work, and what leaders can do to build cultures where people thrive.Jennifer Moss is an award-winning journalist and author of The Burnout Epidemic and Why Are We Here? She's a leading expert on workplace well-being who has advised Fortune 500 companies, governments, and the UN.In this episode, Dart and Jennifer discuss:- Why hope comes before purpose- How hopelessness shows up in workplaces today- How micromanagement kills hope- The “language of permanence” as a red flag- Moving from empathy to compassion in leadership- What organizations can do to steward hope at scale- How community and belonging fuel hope at work- Why self-care alone won't fix burnout or despair- Practical ways leaders can build pathways and agency- And other topics…Jennifer Moss is an award-winning journalist, international speaker, and workplace culture strategist recognized globally as a leading voice on burnout and well-being. She is the author of Unlocking Happiness at Work, The Burnout Epidemic and Why Are We Here? A former member of the Global Happiness Council and co-founder of the Work Better Institute, Jennifer has advised governments, the UN, and dozens of Fortune 500 companies on building cultures where people can thrive. Her work has earned honors including Canadian Innovator of the Year, International Female Entrepreneur of the Year, and a Public Service Award from the Office of President Obama.Resources Mentioned:Why Are We Here?: Creating a Work Culture Everyone Wants, by Jennifer Moss: https://www.amazon.com/Why-Are-We-Here-Creating-ebook/dp/B0CT6NB5Q3 The Burnout Epidemic: The Rise of Chronic Stress and How We Can Fix It, by Jennifer Moss: https://www.amazon.com/Burnout-Epidemic-Rise-Chronic-Stress/dp/1647820367 Connect with Jennifer:Website: https://www.jennifer-moss.comLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jenleighmoss Work with Dart:Dart is the CEO and co-founder of the work design firm 11fold. Build work that makes employees feel alive, connected to their work, and focused on what's most important to the business. Book a call at 11fold.com.

Burnout with Life & Leadership Coach Jennifer Brown In this episode, Life and Leadership Coach, Jennifer Brown, shares a wealth of knowledge to increase awareness of the effects burnout is having on the human experience, personally and professionally. At a time in human history where stress and autopilot are dominating so many lives, understanding why, and incorporating tools and strategies to mitigate these challenges are all part of arming yourself with knowledge to avoid burnout! Topics explored include the signs of burnout, the impact on health and wellness, self-care, prevention and recovery, and so much more!  Connecting with Jennifer: Website: https://www.journeyofgracecoaching.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61554267837833 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/journeyofgracecoaching   Connect with She Wise Wellness: Website: https://www.shewisewellness.com/ Website: www.shewisepublications.com Email: shewisepublications@gmail.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/she_wise_publications/ https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100094044723450 YouTube: SHE Wise @survivingthehumanexperience https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtYaqS-cL1WAFQKDadapxPQ

In this episode of The Impostor Syndrome Files, we explore what happens when logic isn't enough to break through self-doubt—and how hypnosis can help us shift long-held patterns that keep us stuck. My guest this week is Jennifer Fidder, a social psychologist, NLP practitioner, and transformational hypnotist who helps high-achievers move from awareness to sustainable change.Together, we discuss the hidden logic of the subconscious mind and why the fears, perfectionism, and self-sabotage we experience aren't personal failings—they're outdated protective strategies. Jennifer offers a powerful reframe of impostor syndrome, not as a flaw to fix, but as a signal that we're leveling up and stretching into new territory.We also dive into how hypnosis can help rewire our thinking and create space for more confident action — from applying for a promotion to simply taking the next bold step. If you've ever found yourself stuck in a cycle of overthinking, procrastination, or fear of failure, this episode offers a fascinating look at how we can reprogram old patterns and move forward with clarity and courage.About My GuestJennifer Fidder is a social psychologist and hypnotist with almost 20 decades experience in the coaching field. She helps others overcome their fears, doubts, and insecurities, so they can feel more empowered, confident, and fulfilled - in their personal life and business.Her services include virtual one-on-one hypnosis sessions, workshops, seminars, as well as speeches.~Connect with Jennifer:Website: https://www.jenniferfidder.com~Connect with Kim and The Impostor Syndrome Files:Join the free Impostor Syndrome Challenge:https://www.kimmeninger.com/challengeLearn more about the Leading Humans discussion group:https://www.kimmeninger.com/leadinghumansgroupJoin the Slack channel to learn from, connect with and support other professionals: https://forms.gle/Ts4Vg4Nx4HDnTVUC6Join the Facebook group:https://www.facebook.com/groups/leadinghumansSchedule time to speak with Kim Meninger directly about your questions/challenges: https://bookme.name/ExecCareer/strategy-sessionConnect on LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/kimmeninger/Website:https://kimmeninger.com

Jennifer Kok is a small business consultant. Today, Jennifer and I are chatting about what happens in our minds when we get to the point where we need to grow, scale and expand our businesses. How do our minds sometimes get in the way of business, and what can we do to change up our way of thinking? Work with Me - https://www.ciarastockeland.com/work-with-meVisit the Bookstore - https://www.ciarastockeland.com/bookstoreSign Up for Free Weekly Tips and Trainings - https://www.ciarastockeland.com/subscribe Connect with Jennifer:Website: https://nextwavebusinesscoaching.com/Free Masterclass 3 Keys to Growing a Profitable Business: https://nextwavebusinesscoaching.com/webinar More About the Episode Sponsor:Finding Freedom Financial Services (https://www.findingfreedomfinancial.com/) - Get help managing your business finances!

Jennifer Kok is a small business consultant. Today, Jennifer and I are chatting about what happens in our minds when we get to the point where we need to grow, scale and expand our businesses. How do our minds sometimes get in the way of business, and what can we do to change up our way of thinking? Work with Me - https://www.ciarastockeland.com/work-with-meVisit the Bookstore - https://www.ciarastockeland.com/bookstoreSign Up for Free Weekly Tips and Trainings - https://www.ciarastockeland.com/subscribe Connect with Jennifer:Website: https://nextwavebusinesscoaching.com/Free Masterclass 3 Keys to Growing a Profitable Business: https://nextwavebusinesscoaching.com/webinar More About the Episode Sponsor:Finding Freedom Financial Services (https://www.findingfreedomfinancial.com/) - Get help managing your business finances!

Have you recently started a gluten-free diet and now wonder how to make that work with plant-based eating? What are some key things you need to watch out for so you can handle both aspects with confidence…and actually enjoy this combined new lifestyle?   Well, I've got you covered. Today on the podcast, I have invited Guest Expert Jennifer Marcks to join us so she can share some top tips to help you navigate a gluten-free diet with enjoyment and safety. Jennifer is a Gluten-Free Health Coach helping women create a sustainable and delicious gluten-free lifestyle that becomes routine in their everyday lives. In this episode, we chat about terms and plant-based foods to be cautious about when grocery shopping because of they may contain or be contaminated with gluten. You'll also learn great baking tips and walk away with a key takeaway tip for enjoying a delicious gluten-free diet. Ready? Let's dive in!     How to Connect More with Jennifer: Website: https://glutenfreemarcksthespot.com/ Saying Goodbye to Gluten Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/saying-goodbye-to-gluten-gluten-free-living-celiac/id1774748379 Facebook Group: Empowering GF Women - https://www.facebook.com/groups/healthyglutenfreemoms       Contact -> healthnow@plantnourished.com Learn -> www.plantnourished.com Join -> Plant-Powered Life Transformation Course: www.plantnourished.com/ppltcourse Connect with Community -> www.facebook.com/groups/beginnerplantbaseddietsuccess Get Free 15-Minute Strategy Call -> www.plantnourished.com/strategycall Free Resource -> Quick Start Grocery Guide for Plant-Based Essentials: www.plantnourished.com/groceryguide     Have a question about plant-based diets that you would like answered on the Plant Based Eating Made Easy Podcast? Send it by email (healthnow@plantnourished.com) or submit it by a voice message here: www.speakpipe.com/plantnourished

Episode 155: Grab the Ultimate Ad Script right HERE - https://join.digitaltrailblazer.com/ultimate-ad-script   We've all been there. You had a down week that turned into a down month, and now it's a down quarter and you're at the point where if you don't turn things around yesterday, you're going to have to start making a decision between paying the mortgage vs buying groceries.In this episode, Jennifer Gligoric draws upon her experience as a business crisis intervention specialist to give us her insights on where to look in your business to find the chokepoints that are stifling sales. Then she tells us her strategies for quickly generating an influx of leads and sales to get your business back into profits fast.About Jennifer Gligoric: Jennifer dedicates her time to reviving businesses, empowering leaders, and helping business owners reclaim their vision while unlocking their full potential and serving in the government cabinet for the world's first fully digital nation. As a certified business coach and fractional consultant, she specializes in helping clinic owners and service-based businesses strengthen their foundations, overcome critical challenges, and scale their practices effectively. With over two decades of experience in business crisis intervention and optimizing remote workplaces, Jennifer empowers her clients to harness the power of technology to repair, grow, and sustain thriving businesses.Her current work is rooted in providing real, actionable insights to help owners navigate the complexities of business and life, with a strong emphasis on ethical entrepreneurship.Join Jennifer's Free Mastermind here: https://bit.ly/4ixuhkUClaim your Complimentary Brainstorm Session with Jennifer:  https://go.oncehub.com/JenniferGligoricPodcastConnect with Jennifer: Website: https://superclinicproject.com LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennifergligoric/ YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCS05tGbmlY-hWRdyR_N8WMA Apple Podcasts:  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/super-clinic-project-podcast/id1796240784 Spotify:  https://open.spotify.com/show/3Ie4XopxXIe3PFecDFmG15Grab the Ultimate Ad Script right HERE - https://join.digitaltrailblazer.com/ultimate-ad-script✅ Connect With Us:Website - https://DigitalTrailblazer.comFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/digitaltrailblazerTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@digitaltrailblazerTwitter: https://twitter.com/DgtlTrailblazerInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/DigitalTrailblazer

A strong reputation can grow your business faster than any ad—and a single bad impression can undo it just as quickly.Jennifer Kaplan, founder of Evolve Public Relations, and I, talk about the true power of relationships in business. She shares why PR isn't just about media buzz—it's about staying visible, building trust, and showing up with integrity every step of the way. From dealing with a reputation crisis to creating a compelling brand narrative, Jennifer offers insights that are just as useful for entrepreneurs as they are for large organizations.Jennifer shares why small businesses need to be especially mindful of how they're seen, both online and in person, and how small gestures—like following up or owning your mistakes—can leave a lasting impact. We also dig into the evolving media landscape, the emotional power of good storytelling, and why curiosity might just be the secret to stronger connections.Highlights:Why small businesses need to protect and nurture their reputation with intention.How to stay ahead of communication challenges before they turn into full-blown PR problems.Ways to craft a clear, authentic brand message that actually connects with your audience.The role of non-verbal communication in shaping how people see and remember your business.Why building relationships—and maintaining them—is still the most powerful PR tool you have.Connect with Jennifer:Website: www.evolveprandmarketing.comLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennifer-kaplan-b331948Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/evolveprandmarketing/ In appreciation for being here, I have some gifts for you:A LinkedIn Checklist for setting up your fully optimized Profile:An opportunity to test drive the Follow Up system I recommend by taking the3 Card Sampler – you won't regret it.AND … Don't forget to connect with me on LinkedIn and be eligible for mycomplimentary LinkedIn profile audit – I do one each month for a luckylistener!Connect with me:http://JanicePorter.comhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/janiceporter/https://www.facebook.com/janiceporter1https://www.instagram.com/socjanice/Thanks for listening!Thanks so much for listening to our podcast! If you enjoyed this episode andthink that others could benefit from listening, please share it using the socialmedia buttons on this page.Do you have some feedback or questions about this episode? Leave a note inthe comment section below!Subscribe to the podcastIf you would like to get automatic updates of new podcast episodes, you cansubscribe to the podcast on Apple...

Feeling unfulfilled in your career? What if your soul is calling you to something bigger? In this episode, Jennifer Spor reveals what it really takes to leave behind a career that no longer fits and step fully into your purpose. She shares the moment she knew she couldn't ignore her calling any longer—and how she finally let go of fear and trusted Source.  Are you ready to turn your spiritual gifts into a thriving business that raises the vibration of the planet?  Join the Spiritual Biz Challenge here: https://bit.ly/3Xn1705 _____________ Jennifer Spor, a spiritual business mentor and Akashic Records consultant, reveals how she navigated career change for purpose and corporate burnout to step fully into her calling. She shares how to recognize when it's time to make the leap, why trusting the universe is essential, and how following small intuitive nudges can lead to massive transformation. You will discover how to: -Recognize the signs that it's time to leave your corporate career behind. -Trust your spiritual awakening and step into your divine purpose. -Break free from societal conditioning and create a business on your own terms. -Overcome fear and doubt to confidently follow your soul's calling.  -Embody the entrepreneur mindset and attract opportunities effortlessly. By the end of this episode, you'll see that your dream life isn't just possible—it's already waiting for you. You just have to say yes. 

In this episode of the Health Detective Podcast by Functional Diagnostic Nutrition, host Evan Transue, AKA Detective Ev, welcomes holistic health coach and bodyworker Jennifer Lazar. Jennifer shares her insights on identifying root causes of chronic pain, the crucial role of nerve function and musculature alignment, and advocating for one's health. Evan and Jennifer also touch on effects of strength training and proper body alignment.  We pretty much guarantee that you'll hear something in this podcast you've never heard before! Want to watch this episode on YouTube? Click here. Subscribe if you'd like to catch all new episodes live and participate with our guests directly. Join FDN and the team at the BiohackerExpo in beautiful Miami, Florida! Go to BiohackerExpo.com and use code "HDP" at checkout to get 50% off your tickets. Want to learn more about becoming an FDN? Go to fdntraining.com/resources to get our best free workshops and mini-courses! Where to find Jennifer: Website: www.jenniferlazar.com

Jennifer Lang joins Let's Talk Memoir for a conversation about asking the right questions, understanding what home means and where it is, being sure to put your story in the narrative you're sharing, her sense of self on and off the yoga mat, answers to mid-life questions, learning to write flash prose, putting manuscripts away for a while, being a Jewish writer living in Israel, leaning into experimental and playful prose, coping with imminent empty nests, and her new book Landed: A Yogi's Memoir in Pieces & Poses.   Also mentioned in this episode  -self-doubt and self censoring -reading our work aloud -honing skills as an editor   Books mentioned in this episode: -Several Short Sentences About Writing by Verlyn Klinkenborg -Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life by  Amy Krass Rosenthal    Jennifer Lang is a San Francisco Bay Area transplant in Tel Aviv. Last September, she gave birth to her first book, Places We Left Behind: a memoir-in-miniature; in October2024, she welcomes Landed: A yogi's memoir in pieces & poses into the world. A graduate of Vermont College of Fine Arts, Jennifer was an Assistant Editor at Brevity. Her prize-winning essays appear in Baltimore Review, Under the Sun, Midway Journal, and elsewhere. A longtime yoga instructor, she teaches YogaProse. Findable at www.israelwriterstudio.com  Connect with Jennifer: Website: https://israelwriterstudio.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jenlangwrites Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jenlangwrites/ Ger her book: https://vineleavespress.myshopify.com/products/landed-a-yogi-s-memoir-in-pieces-poses-by-jennifer-lang BookShop: https://bookshop.org/p/books/landed-a-yogi-s-memoir-in-pieces-poses-jennifer-lang/21684650?ean=9783988320872 Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Landed-yogis-memoir-pieces-poses/dp/3988320870/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&dib_tag=se&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.bd8lRm7rAOuV3k1usbF7vA.M-X19uPxbllhxbajEHxpKmH_KgcTpjocnI07C8iCSdA&qid=1723456516&sr=1-1   – Ronit's writing has appeared in The Atlantic, The Rumpus, The New York Times, Poets & Writers, The Iowa Review, Hippocampus, The Washington Post, Writer's Digest, American Literary Review, and elsewhere. Her memoir WHEN SHE COMES BACK about the loss of her mother to the guru Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh and their eventual reconciliation was named Finalist in the 2021 Housatonic Awards Awards, the 2021 Indie Excellence Awards, and was a 2021 Book Riot Best True Crime Book. Her short story collection HOME IS A MADE-UP PLACE won Hidden River Arts' 2020 Eludia Award and the 2023 Page Turner Awards for Short Stories. She earned an MFA in Nonfiction Writing at Pacific University, is Creative Nonfiction Editor at The Citron Review, and lives in Seattle with her family where she teaches and edits memoir and is working on her next book. More about Ronit: https://ronitplank.com Subscribe to Ronit's Substack: https://substack.com/@ronitplank Follow Ronit: https://www.instagram.com/ronitplank/ https://twitter.com/RonitPlank https://www.facebook.com/RonitPlank   Background photo credit: Photo by Patrick Tomasso on Unsplash Headshot photo credit: Sarah Anne Photography Theme music: Isaac Joel, Dead Moll's Fingers

Welcome to another episode of The D Shift. Today, we tackle one of the most emotionally charged aspects of divorce: money. Joining us is Jennifer Lee, founder of Modern Wealth, a Sarasota-based financial firm that specializes in helping individuals navigate life transitions such as divorce, losing a spouse, career changes, and retirement planning. Jennifer is also the author of the book "Squeeze the Juice: Live Life with Purpose, and Leave a Legacy." In this episode, Jennifer shares her expertise on why understanding your financial options is crucial before even consulting an attorney, common misconceptions about divorce finances, and the importance of assembling a solid support team to ensure you don't leave money on the table. This is a practical and informative podcast that highlights the benefits of having the financial information you need to make informed choices throughout your divorce and beyond. About the Guest:Jennifer Lee, AIF®, AWMA® is the founder of Modern-Wealth; a Sarasota based financial firm with a focus on helping individuals experiencing transition.Originally from Maryland, Jennifer brought her over 26 years (44 years if you count going into the office with her father as a child) of expertise in the financial services industry to Florida. Jennifer has found that a relationship with an advisor is most critical at the intersections in life where emotions collide with financial events.She enjoys facilitating her clients through challenges as they experience life's upsets such as divorce, the loss of a spouse, or business to retirement transition. Whether you are experiencing divorce, a business client expanding or selling your operation, or a couple wanting to make sure they have provided for their family, Modern-Wealth may be a good fit. Jennifer provides a fresh perspective to the financial planning process by digging deep to understand what drives her clients.At Modern-Wealth, they build long-lasting relationships. As part of their process, they encourage clients to communicate their values to the most important people in their lives by writing a family love letter. This led her to write “Squeeze the Juice: Live With Purpose, then Leave a Legacy.” To connect with Jennifer:Website: https://squeezethejuicebook.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennifer-lee-awma%C2%AE-aif%C2%AE-1b5aa56/IG: https://www.instagram.com/modernwealthloveletter/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ModernWealthInvestWebsite: https://squeezethejuicebook.com/About the Host: Mardi Winder-Adams is an ICF and BCC Executive and Leadership Coach, Certified Divorce Transition Coach, Certified Divorce Specialist (CDS®) and a Credentialed Distinguished Mediator in Texas. She has worked with women in executive, entrepreneur, and leadership roles, navigating personal, life, and professional transitions. She is the founder of Positive Communication Systems, LLC, and host of Real Divorce Talks, a quarterly series designed to provide education and inspiration to women at all stages of divorce. Are you interested in learning more about your divorce priorities? Take the quiz "The Divorce Stress Test".Connect with Mardi on Social Media:Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/Divorcecoach4womenLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mardiwinderadams/Instagram:...

Jennifer Selig joins Let's Talk Memoir for a conversation about how our narratives are both unique and universal, archetypical strategies to connect with readers, writing ourselves into meaning, assuaging the fear the world might not need our memoir, following our memories and trusting order will come later, the many different structures a memoir can embody including segmented, blended, and researched, the interplay of memory, imagination, and truth, avoiding gimmicks, the memoirist as archaeologist, and her new book Deep Memoir: An Archetypal Approach to Deepen Your Story and Broaden Its Appeal.   Also in this episode:  -the vagaries of memory's tricks and confusions -the idea of comparative suffering -our story as dynamic, organic, and authentic  Books mentioned in this episode: Somebody's Daughter by Ashley C. Ford Eva and Eve by JulieMetz The Recovering by Leslie Jamison Untamed by Glennon Doyle You Could Make This Place Beautiful by Maggie Smith Write-Minded Podcast   Jennifer Leigh Selig's writing and teaching career spans four decades. She's the author of dozens of newspaper articles, book reviews, essays, journal articles, short stories, screenplays, and books including in this decade "The Writer's Block Workbook: A Psychologist's Guide to Working With and Through Writer's Block," and the Nautilus Gold award-winning book "Deep Creativity: Seven Ways to Spark Your Creative Spirit. "Jennifer earned her PhD in Jungian and Archetypal Studies at Pacifica Graduate Institute in Santa Barbara, California, and went on to teach there for a dozen years. It was at Pacifica where she first began teaching memoir in a popular 9-month certificate program called “Writing Down the Soul” with her colleague Maureen Murdock. She gathered all the content she created and published it in her latest book, "Deep Memoir: An Archetypal Approach to Deepen Your Story and Broaden Its Appeal." Jennifer lives in the Bay Area in California, and owns a publishing company, Mandorla Books, where she also publishes memoir. Connect with Jennifer: Website: www.jenniferleighselig.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jennifer.selig.1/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jenniferselig/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jenniferleighselig/ Links for courses: https://www.jenniferleighselig.com/deep-dive-courses.html Link to her book publishing company: www.mandorlabooks.com – Ronit's writing has appeared in The Atlantic, The Rumpus, The New York Times, The Iowa Review, Hippocampus, The Washington Post, Writer's Digest, American Literary Review, and elsewhere. Her memoir WHEN SHE COMES BACK about the loss of her mother to the guru Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh and their eventual reconciliation was named Finalist in the 2021 Housatonic Awards Awards, the 2021 Indie Excellence Awards, and was a 2021 Book Riot Best True Crime Book. Her short story collection HOME IS A MADE-UP PLACE won Hidden River Arts' 2020 Eludia Award and the 2023 Page Turner Awards for Short Stories. She earned an MFA in Nonfiction Writing at Pacific University, is Creative Nonfiction Editor at The Citron Review, and lives in Seattle with her family where she teaches memoir workshops and is working on her next book. More about Ronit: https://ronitplank.com Sign up for monthly podcast and writing updates: https://bit.ly/33nyTKd Substack: https://substack.com/@ronitplank Newsletter sign-up: https://ronitplank.com/#signup   Follow Ronit: https://www.instagram.com/ronitplank/ https://twitter.com/RonitPlank https://www.facebook.com/RonitPlank   Background photo credit: Photo by Patrick Tomasso on Unsplash Headshot photo credit: Sarah Anne Photography Theme music: Isaac Joel, Dead Moll's Fingers

Show notes: (0:00) Intro (1:21) How Jennifer stumbled into the health and wellness field (3:19) What is The Mind Diet? (6:06) Keto diet and brain health (9:37) Carbs and salt in the mind diet (14:05) Sodium levels and how it affects blood pressure (23:48) Food groups in the mind diet (28:57) Grains and legumes: how much is bad? (37:53) Foods to LIMIT in the mind diet (43:49) Find out more about Jennifer and The Mind Diet (45:27) Outro   Who is Jennifer Ventrelle? Jennifer Ventrelle, MS, RDN is a registered dietitian nutritionist certified in adult weight management, a certified personal trainer, and a mindfulness meditation teacher with over 20 years of experience in the departments of Preventive Medicine and Clinical Nutrition at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago. As the Lead Dietitian on Dr. Morris' MIND Diet Trial to Prevent Alzheimer's Disease and co-director of the interventions for the U.S. POINTER Study, Jennifer has been at the forefront of the largest investigations exploring the impact of lifestyle on cognitive decline in the U.S. Jennifer is the founder of CHOICE Nutrition and Wellness, LLC, partnering with individuals and organizations interested in integrative wellness and mindful healthy living.   Connect with Jennifer: Website: https://theofficialminddiet.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennifer-ventrelle-915a488/ IG: https://www.instagram.com/theofficialminddiet/ FB: https://www.facebook.com/TheOfficialMINDDiet   Grab a copy: https://bit.ly/48mWzLK https://bit.ly/3Ygxm0Q Links and Resources: Peak Performance Life - https://buypeakperformance.com/ Peak Performance on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/livepeakperformance/ Peak Performance on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/livepeakperformance  

Are you feeling trapped by your reliance on Airbnb and other OTAs for your vacation rental bookings? It's time to break free and take control of your business. In this episode, we explore strategies to increase direct bookings, boost profits, and regain autonomy in your short-term rental venture.Join me as I chat with Jennifer Spencer, a seasoned vacation rental marketing expert with over a decade of experience. Jennifer specializes in helping owners and hosts streamline their operations, enhance guest experiences, and drive revenue growth through direct bookings.In this episode, you'll learn how to:Discover the first steps to breaking free from OTA dependenceLearn why diversifying your booking channels is crucial for long-term successUnderstand the power of a Property Management System (PMS) in simplifying your operationsExplore effective strategies for nurturing guest relationships and encouraging repeat bookingsGet insights on leveraging email marketing to boost direct bookings‘Direct bookings are such a game changer. It gives you more control of your business.' - Jennifer SpencerJennifer Spencer is a seasoned vacation rental marketing expert, specializing in assisting owners and hosts with the seamless onboarding of property management systems and dynamic pricing tools. Her expertise lies in streamlining, automating, and enhancing the guest experience, all while driving direct bookings and revenue growth. Jennifer's journey in vacation rentals began over a decade ago when she started hosting guests at her ski and golf property in the Canadian Rockies. And in 2021, she expanded her portfolio to include a property in Maui - She likes to say she goes from Ski to Sea! Jennifer empowers vacation rental owners, hosts property managers to unlock the full potential of their vacation rental business and her digital course, The Automation Accelerator, offers a comprehensive, step-by-step program on property management system set up, that is a go-to resource for those wanting to optimize and automate their vacation rental business so they can diversity from the OTA's, get direct bookings and grow profits!Connect with Jennifer: Website: https://www.thehostapproach.com/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hostapproach/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thehostapproach**Don't miss out on Jennifer's Free Guide: Break Free from Airbnb - https://www.thehostapproach.com/breakfree **Ready to take control of your vacation rental business? Tune in to discover how you can break free from OTA reliance and achieve direct booking success.00:00:00 Breaking Free from OTA Dependence00:01:06 Introducing Jennifer Spencer: Vacation Rental Marketing Expert00:02:17 Jennifer's Journey in Vacation Rentals00:05:25 First Steps to Break Free from OTAs00:08:53 Diversifying Booking Channels00:14:12 Long-Term Benefits of Using a PMS00:19:23 Email Marketing for Direct Bookings—----------------------------------------------------------------------------------Show notes are available at:...

In this insightful episode of Soul Inspiring Business, Kara welcomes spiritual entrepreneur Jennifer Spoor, host of the Path of the Awakened Heart podcast. Together, they dive deep into the journey of spiritual awakening, merging business with spirituality, and how authenticity is the key to prosperity. Jennifer shares her personal story of transitioning from a high-level corporate career to following her spiritual calling and how she now helps others discover their purpose and align their lives with their highest truth.Episode Topics:The journey from corporate leadership to spiritual entrepreneurshipUnderstanding the role of intuition in business and lifeThe power of living authentically and embodying your giftsHow to ground yourself and connect with your inner truthThe importance of aligning your business with your soul's purposeJennifer's practice for daily grounding and staying connected to higher energiesExploring Akashic Records and their role in spiritual healingInsights:Jennifer emphasizes that prosperity comes from authenticity and aligning your business with your spiritual self.Grounding practices, such as connecting with Mother Earth, can help you stay balanced and present in your business.The path to spiritual entrepreneurship is ongoing and filled with evolution, as you continue to grow and discover your true self.Jennifer's personal story highlights the importance of listening to your soul and stepping away from roles or environments that no longer serve your higher purpose.Akashic Records can be a powerful tool for uncovering deep-seated blockages and guiding people towards healing and higher self-awareness.Ready to align your business with your highest self and explore your spiritual purpose? Visit Jennifer's website for free resources or connect with her directly to explore the path of spiritual entrepreneurship. Don't forget to claim your free Dynamic Life Journal from Kara to help you live a more soul-inspired life.Jennifer Spor is the CEO and Founder of her namesake company, a bestselling Author, as well as the host of the podcast Path of The Awakened Heart. Jennifer's mission is rooted in her own spiritual awakening - she helps high-achieving conscious leaders who are here to live unapologetically expressed in their truth and fulfill their highest destiny in this life, soul-led.We talk about how to tune in and really start to tune in & hone your intuition. How to ground into the present & when you're more present - you have greater awareness of the opportunities in front of you. And she gives us some insights into our Akashic records - what they are and how they can guide you to your right next thing.Connect with Jennifer:Website www.jenniferspor.comFree meditation activation: Highest Destiny – a channeled journey in the Akashic Records to help you discover your next level of spiritual evolution.Instagram https://www.instagram.com/jennifer_spor/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/JenniferSporCoaching/ YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@jenniferspor

Are you feeling overwhelmed by the holiday season? With the busy time of year approaching, juggling family, finances, and festivities can easily become stressful. In this episode, we explore practical ways to simplify your holidays, featuring our guest Jennifer, a certified life coach and seasoned homeschooling mom. She shares insights on how to create a calm and stress-free holiday experience. With these simple tips, you can get organized and stress less about your finances, time, and priorities for the holidays. Tune in to the podcast to discover how you can embrace a more peaceful and intentional holiday season! Meet Jennifer! Jennifer Roskamp is a certified life coach, founder of The Intentional Mom, homeschooling mom of 9 & Gigi (grandma) of 2 who is passionate about helping women who work outside & inside of the home rediscover their purpose, passion, and in managing their homes, their families, their lives, and their own mindset. Using her 3 secret weapon formulas, Jennifer has helped many thousands of women gain clarity and confidence in what to do (& what to let go of) every day. “We aren't compartmentalized. The things that we struggle with in one area are usually challenging in other areas as well. Like you say, if we can just start to move the needle forward in some of our habit formation, our ability to follow through, or our ability to live by the routine that we set up, we might be doing it from a budgeting standpoint, but all of a sudden, wow, I have an easier time getting up earlier in the morning too. Once I'm setting the good habits with my money, it makes me want to, and makes it easier for me to follow the good habits in other areas too.” - Jennifer Roskamp Resources and Links Mentioned: * Come join us for the FREE Simplify Your Holiday Season Summit at https://apatrick--the-intentional-mom.thrivecart.com/syhsoct-all-access-pass-a-47/ Connect with Ashley: * Instagram: www.instagram.com/budgetsmadeeasy Connect with Jennifer: * Website: www.theintentionalmom.com * Podcast: The Intentional Midlife Mom Podcast * Instagram: theintentionalmomblog

In this episode we invite Jennifer, the astrologer and clinical hypnotherapist behind her business Ocean and Oracle, as she goes deep on all things astrology, your natal chart, how the stars can help you maximize your efforts, and more. Whether you're new to astrology or already a seasoned practitioner, this episode is for you as Jennifer shares her story along with incredible practical guidance on how to use your stars for your own success.What we cover:Jennifer's story - from corporate to owning her own businessThe value of astrology and knowing your chartThe key components of your natal chart and what they meanBusting the myth of "I can't be put in a box"A BTS look as Jennifer reads Andie's chartFollow and Work with Jennifer: Website: www.oceanandoracle.comInstagram: @oceanandoracleThe Ocean and Oracle Podcast: https://oceanandoracle.com/free-resourcesFREE & LOW COST RESOURCES FOR YOU: Get the free journal here email list here! Check out my website here! Follow on Instagram @andiecolleen and TikTok @andie.colleen for more mini-trainings, tips, and advice. SUPPORT THE SHOW:Please subscribe, rate, and review over on Apple Podcasts and Spotify to help support Mindset Magic! Follow along on Instagram and TikTok for updates, giveaways, and more inspo!

This week Jeanette and marketing expert, Jennifer Swineford, sit down to discuss the importance of personal branding and bespoke marketing strategies.Tailored for Christian women in business, this episode dives deep into personalized marketing strategies, the importance of personal branding, and integrating faith into your business practices. Discover practical tips, inspirational stories, and actionable insights to grow your business while staying true to your God-centered values.   Jennifer Swineford's approach as a FractionalCMO (Chief Marketing Officer) lies in understanding the uniqueness of each business and weaving her strategies effortlessly into their story. This customization is at the core of every service offered by Limitless Impact Agency and their commitment to personalized, client-centered success. When Jennifer works with a business she becomes part of the team, a co-architect of their vision, personalizing her services to the specific needs and desires of each business. Whether it's implementing marketing strategies or training sales and marketing teams, her involvement is comprehensive and transformative. In this episode:   Personalized Marketing Strategies: Understand the unique needs of your business to create tailored marketing plans that resonate with your target audience. Power of Personal Branding: Learn how building a strong personal brand can significantly impact your business growth and client trust. Integrating Faith in Business: Discover ways to incorporate your Christian values into your marketing strategies, creating a God-centered business. Importance of Niche Marketing: Focus on a specific niche to avoid vague messaging and connect deeply with your ideal clients. Seeking Help for Business Growth: Embrace the importance of asking for help and investing in the right resources to accelerate your business success.   Bible verses: 2 Timothy 2:15: "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who does not need to be ashamed, and who correctly handles the word of truth."     Wanna go deeper?   Attend the Free Workshop 7-Figure systems: https://jeanettepeterson.com/systems   Connect with Jennifer: Website: https://limitlessimpactagency.com Email: Jennifer@LimitlessImpactAgency.com Schedule a FREE Strategy Session: https://connect.limitlessimpactagency.com

In this episode of HYDRATE, Tracy sits down with Jennifer Hudye, founder of Vision Driven, a company that helps entrepreneurs and leaders clarify and achieve their visions. Jennifer grew up in a small town in Saskatchewan, Canada, but always knew she wanted more. She moved to Arizona for college and eventually launched her own marketing agency. Through her journey, she discovered her passion for helping others create and achieve their visions, leading to the foundation of Vision Driven. Tracy and Jennifer dive deep into the power of vision and how to create it. They discuss the importance of asking "What would I love?" instead of just "What do I want?", the process of clarifying your vision, and how to handle obstacles that arise when pursuing your dreams. Jennifer shares personal stories of overcoming anxiety and making major business transitions, emphasizing the importance of holding onto your vision even when circumstances seem challenging. Tune in to gain valuable insights on how to create a vivid vision for your life and business, and learn practical steps to turn that vision into reality. Connect with Jennifer: Website: https://www.visiondrivenglobal.com/ Instagram: @jennhudye Connect with Tracy: Website: TracyDuhs.com Instagram: @TracyDuhs HYDRATE BOOK: https://tracyduhs.com/product/hydrate-with-tracy-duhs/ Tracy's Hydration essentials: Hydration – The Sanctuary Wellness Experience at sanctuarysd.com

In today's episode, Paige is joined by Jennifer Pepito, host of the Restoration Home podcast, founder of The Peaceful Press, and author of the new book Habits for a Sacred Home. As a mother of seven, Jennifer shares her insights on what it truly means to create a ‘sacred' home (and why it's not as daunting as it sounds). Together, they explore the importance of intentionality in instilling strong values in children, how to establish “Rules of Life” for your family, and the significance of entrusting your children to God, who ultimately holds their future. Paige's Takeaways:We model our values in our homes - not just to our kids, but also to our spouses!If you and your spouse approach modeling values in a different way:Have a conversation!Keep modeling these values every day, even if your spouse isn't quite sure how to do itRules of Life for Your Family - if you don't have an established “Rule of Life”, consider making one now! If you do have one, assess it and see if it still aligns with your values or if an adjustment is needed. Don't know where to start? Use these guidelines/categories to help!Relationship with GodDo you value going to church? Being part of a small group? Where is your priority and where do you want your kids/your lie to implement your values when it comes to your relationship with God?Personal Life and HealthAre you valuing your health choices, your exercise, and your sleep? When we start putting structure in these areas, it helps us make wiser choices in the moment.Relationships with family and friendsHow are you intentional with your relationships? If time with family and friends is important to you, are you structuring your life to honor that?WorkWhat are your values when it comes to work? If you're in a toxic or negative work environment, are you in a position to make a change? Do you overwork when it's not necessary? Take a look at what is necessary in your work life and what you can change.How can we teach our children these habits and values?Be intentional! Even when kids are out of the house at school or sports for most of the day, it doesn't mean those outside influences will win in their lives. Research shows us that the power of a parent's voice can transform the values and belief systems of their child. Recognize that your voice has power!Resources:Paige ClingenpeelQuestions About the Podcast? Email: paigeclingenpeel@gmail.comFacebook: @Paige ClingenpeelInstagram: @paigeclingenpeelYouTube: Embracing Your Season Sponsored by HomeWordSponsored by: HomeWordDonate to HomeWordConnect with Jennifer:Website: https://www.thepeacefulpreschool.com/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thepeacefulpressInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/jenniferpepito/Restoration Home PodcastBooks:Habits for A Sacred Home: 9

Learn more about the show: https://www.amnhealthcare.com/podcast/nursing-uncharted/ EPISODE SPONSOR – AMN HEALTHCAREBecome a Travel Nurse at: https://www.amnhealthcare.com/AMN PassportDownload the app at: https://www.amnpassport.com/ TIMESTAMPS00:00 Meet Dr. Jennifer Manning01:49 Defining the Role of a Clinical Nurse Specialist05:53 The Three Spheres of Work for Clinical Nurse Specialists08:11 The Future of the Clinical Nurse Specialist Role10:54 Steps to Becoming a Clinical Nurse Specialist16:12 Differentiating Between Master's and Doctorate Degrees for CNSs19:05 The Current Landscape of Clinical Nurse Specialists26:24 The Impact of the 2022 Census on Nursing32:53 Advice for Those Considering a Career as a Clinical Nurse Specialist ABOUT JENNIFERDr. Manning is a Board-Certified Adult Health Clinical Nurse Specialist. She completed her Bachelors, Masters, and Doctoral Degrees at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center School of Nursing (LSUHSC SON). Dr. Manning began her nursing career as a critical care registered nurse and currently serves as the Associate Dean for Undergraduate Nursing Programs at LSUHSC SON. Her teaching responsibilities include educating in both the DNP and Ph.D. programs at LSUHSC SON. Dr. Manning serves as the nurse researcher at East Jefferson General Hospital. She is a board member for both the National Association for Clinical Nurse Specialists (NACNS) and the Louisiana State Board of Nursing (LSBN).Connect with Jennifer:Website: https://nacns.org/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/clinicalnursespecialistsX: https://twitter.com/NACNSLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/nacns/ABOUT ANNAnn King, a seasoned travel nurse with a remarkable 14-year track record, has dedicated the past 13 years to specializing in Neonatal ICU. Ann has been traveling with AMN Healthcare for 4.5 years, enriching her expertise with diverse experiences. Currently residing in San Diego, Ann not only thrives in her nursing career but also serves as the host of the Nursing Uncharted podcast, where she shares invaluable insights and stories from the world of nursing. EPISODE SPONSORS AMN HealthcareBecome a Travel Nurse at: https://www.amnhealthcare.com/ AMN PassportDownload the app at: https://www.amnpassport.com/ FIND US ONWebsite – https://www.amnhealthcare.com/podcast/nursing-unchartedYouTube – https://www.youtube.com/nursingunchartedInstagram – https://www.instagram.com/amnnurseApple Podcasts – https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/nursing-uncharted/id1570694185Spotify – https://open.spotify.com/show/1btLYaMHoabT3icqGUgesBLinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/company/amn-healthcare/Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/amnhealthcare/ Powered by AMN Healthcare

I'm chatting with Jennifer Kok about what it looks like to build resiliency through a life of entrepreneurship. Jennifer has a lot of history in the small business space and shares so many great pieces of knowledge.Work with Me - https://www.ciarastockeland.com/work-with-me-step-1Get Your Copy of My Book - https://www.ciarastockeland.com/book Sign Up for Free Weekly Tips and Trainings - https://www.ciarastockeland.com/subscribe Connect with Jennifer: Website: https://nextwavebusinesscoaching.com/about-jennifer-kok/

I'm chatting with Jennifer Kok about what it looks like to build resiliency through a life of entrepreneurship. Jennifer has a lot of history in the small business space and shares so many great pieces of knowledge.Work with Me - https://www.ciarastockeland.com/work-with-me-step-1Get Your Copy of My Book - https://www.ciarastockeland.com/book Sign Up for Free Weekly Tips and Trainings - https://www.ciarastockeland.com/subscribe Connect with Jennifer: Website: https://nextwavebusinesscoaching.com/about-jennifer-kok/

Holistic health and self-care are so much more than just buzzwords. In fact, they are essential. In today's client spotlight, I sit down with functional wellness coach, Jennifer Ragazzo, to talk all things mind, body, and spirit. We dive deep into the power of making choices, feeding empowering thoughts, and taking small steps forward. Jennifer shares her transformative journey from a teacher battling health issues to becoming a holistic health coach. We explore practical self-care strategies, the importance of holistic health, and the necessity of prioritizing ourselves amidst busy schedules. Jennifer's story is a testament to investing in our health for personal and business success! Tune in to hear: The significance of taking small, actionable steps to progress without getting stuckWhy Jennifer believes that holistic health is keyAssessing our current self-care practices to identify where we need improvement to achieve optimal health The importance of non-negotiable self-care practices for our personal well-being and professional successImpact of supportive communities and accountability partners in showing up as our best selvesConnect with Jennifer: Website: www.jenniferragazzo.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/jennifer.ragazzo/12 Ways Christian Women Fight Back (and WIN!) Against Mid-Life Fatigue & AnxietyCONNECT WITH HOLLY:• ASK ME ANYTHING: www.hollymariehaynes.com/chat• WATCH THE EPISODE AND BONUS CONTENT ON YOUTUBE: www.youtube.com/@hollymariehaynes• SAVE 50% OFF THE CLUB: https://www.hollymariehaynes.com/club (Use code CEOBONUS)• WORK WITH HOLLY: www.hollymariehaynes.com/workwith me

Author of “I Am a Woman”, Jennifer Strickland joins Blake to discuss the complex and often controversial topic of what it means to be a woman. They delve into how this seemingly straightforward question has become contentious in modern society, particularly among Christians who believe the answer is clear. Jennifer shares her motivation for writing her book, which stemmed from observing the women's marches and the conflicting messages about womanhood. She emphasizes the importance of reclaiming and defining womanhood based on biblical principles, highlighting how women have historically been life-givers and stabilizers in society. The conversation also touches on the damaging effects of the feminist movement and the need for women of faith to speak out and lead with clarity and dignity. In this episode, you'll be able to… Explore the biblical and Hebrew definitions of womanhood and their significance. Hear about the importance of women speaking up in today's societal and cultural debates. Reflect on the personal and societal consequences of the pro-choice movement and how it has affected men and women. Jennifer is the author of I Am a Woman – available everywhere now! To connect with Jennifer: Website: urmore.com Instagram: @jenniferstrickland_author Podcast: The I Am a Woman Podcast

Today's episode with Jennifer Strickland is one of the most important conversations of this generation. She is the author of the new book, "I Am a Woman." She discusses her journey from the modeling industry to her ministry work highlight the importance of understanding and embracing our true identity as women created in the image of God. We talk about how women need to stand up for their boundaries and not be intimidated by cultural pressures. She also emphasizes the importance of strong masculinity alongside healthy femininity. Tune in to this episode as we encourage women to use their voice and influence to promote truth and protect future generations. Bio: Jennifer Strickland is a wife, mom, TEDx speaker, and former professional model. She is the author of Girl Perfect, More Beautiful Than You Know, and Beautiful Lies, among other books and Bible studies that teach women their worth in God's eyes. Since leaving the modeling industry, she founded URMore.org, a non-profit ministry that provides resources to hurting women and girls. Her favorite moments are found working on the family ranch with her husband, who she calls “the Cowboy”; in her kitchen, concocting a new version of her famous spaghetti; or spending time with their three precious children. Anchor Verse: Numbers 23:19 Connect with Jennifer: Website: https://urmore.org IG: https://www.instagram.com/jenniferstrickland_author/ Linktree: https://linktr.ee/jenniferstrickland.urmore ***We love hearing from our listeners! Sharing your thoughts through reviews is a fantastic way to be a part of our podcast family and contribute to the conversation. If you've enjoyed our podcast, leaving a review is quick and easy! Just head to Apple podcasts or wherever you are tuning in and share your thoughts. Your feedback makes a big difference!***

Episode Summary Jennifer Dawn coaches business owners to go from overwhelmed to laser-focused, escape the hamster wheel of constant “doing” and build an unstoppable mindset to manifest their boldest business vision. She's the founder of Jennifer Dawn Coaching, creator of Best Planner Ever, and author of two books, The Joy Guide: Finding Your Joy In A World of Crap, and The Apple Stand: How To Rekindle The Love for Your Business. Jennifer is a Profit First certified coach and host of the Happy Productive podcast. She began her entrepreneurial career at age 8 selling apples off her grandfather's tree because a lemonade stand was so “yesterday”. Who's your ideal client and what's the biggest challenge they face? What are the common mistakes people make when trying to solve that problem? What is one valuable free action that our audience can implement that will help with that issue? What is one valuable free resource that you can direct people to that will help with that issue? What's the one question I should have asked you that would be of great value to our audience? When was the last time you experienced Goosebumps with your family and why? The Apple Stand Best Planner Ever Get in touch with Jennifer: Website, LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Pinterest, Twitter Learn more about how Uwe helps in-demand professionals and their VIPs to enjoy Unshakeable Two-getherness in their relationship (plus more free time and zero guilt). Or when you feel you'd be interested in working together you can Book A Chat With Uwe

Homeschool mom, podcaster, and author Jennifer Pepito joins Blake to discuss the importance of creating peaceful and sacred homes. Jen shares her journey of striving for a perfect home environment and the realization that true peace comes from small, consistent habits rather than perfection. They emphasize the importance of balancing grace with intentionality in parenting, noting that societal pressures and personal fears often hinder this balance. Jen advocates for a faith-driven approach to motherhood, where reliance on God and daily spiritual practices create a nurturing and resilient family atmosphere. In this episode, you'll be able to… Learn about the significance of modeling positive behavior and values for your children. Discover the importance of habit stacking and how small, incremental changes can lead to lasting improvements in your home environment. Explore the idea of simplifying routines and incorporating manageable habits to create a more peaceful household. Jennifer is the author of Habits for a Sacred Home – available everywhere now! To connect with Jennifer: Website: thepeacefulpreschool.com Instagram: @jenniferpepito Podcast: Restoration Home

As the visionary leader of RISE Innerversity and Rooted Publishing House, and the force behind Unity Works Agency, Jen empowers soulpreneurs to bridge the cosmic realms with the grounding essence of Earth. Her innovative approach combines adventure-driven learning, tech savviness, and strategic business insights to foster transformative experiences. At the heart of her mission, Jen helps visionaries tackle burnout, demystify tech challenges, and recognize their true worth. Through quantum healing and practical tools, she guides individuals toward realizing their soul's calling and building impactful legacies. A mentor, speaker, and advocate for 5D learning, Jen offers platforms like RISE and Unity Works Agency for growth, showcasing, and real-world application. Jennifer Website:https://www.riseinnerversity.com/TYPICAL SKEPTIC PODCAST CONFERENCE FUND: https://www.givesendgo.com/typicalskepticconference Join Typical Skeptic Podcast Telegram Group: https://t.me/typical_skeptic_podcastJoin Typical Skeptic Podcast Telegram Group:https://t.me/typical_skeptic_podcastYou want the best merch in the podcast game? Click this link and scroll through all the typical skeptic podcast merch and Support the Podcast, and represent in style! https://my-store-d53dc3.creator-spring.com/ Use code Summer2024 for 10 percent off support the podcast https://paypal.me/typicalskepticmedia cashapp $kalil1121 venmo @robert-kalil or buy me a coffee at https://buymeacoffee.com/typicalskeptichttps://youtube.com/c/typicalskeptichttps://www.spreaker.com/show/typical-skeptic-podcast_1https://www.rumble.com/typicalskeptichttps://www.rokfin.com/typicalskepticJoin the patreon to support for a small amount or on a long term basis https://patreon.com/typicalskepticSocial Media facebook.com/robert.kalil.7instagam.com/kalilroberttwitter.com/robertkalil1121 Affiliates:-- https://shamanitas.org for alchemized amanita spray use code 16skeptics for 16 percent off --Happy Hippo Kratom Use code skeptic for 15 percent off-- https://happyhippo.com/r?id=00tjf5--Natural Shilajit and Monoatomic Gold from Healthy Nutrition LLC.use code: ROB https://naturalshilajit.com/discount/ROB--https://mn-nice-ethnobotanicals.com/?ref=kz9qe0iv Use this Link and Code TypicalSkepticP at MN Nice Botanicals for 10 percent off for legal amaniBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/typical-skeptic-podcast--5897400/support.

Episode Summary Jennifer Mallory is not your average life or leadership coach. Think of her as a personal creativity hacker helping to sidestep self-doubt, ditch tired playbooks, and unleash your unconventional brilliance. Who's your ideal client and what's the biggest challenge they face? What are the common mistakes people make when trying to solve that problem? What is one valuable free action that our audience can implement that will help with that issue? What is one valuable free resource that you can direct people to that will help with that issue? What's the one question I should have asked you that would be of great value to our audience? When was the last time you experienced Goosebumps with your family and why? Create A Fully Aligned Next Level Get in touch with Jennifer: Website, LinkedIn, Facebook Learn more about how Uwe helps in-demand professionals and their VIPs to enjoy Unshakeable Two-getherness in their relationship (plus more free time and zero guilt). Or when you feel you'd be interested in working together you can Book A Chat With Uwe

In this episode, Jennifer opens up about her journey and challenges with imposter syndrome and visibility. We dive into her upbringing and Chinese cultural background that shaped her experiences with imposter syndrome and identity issues. From moving across countries to surviving a chaotic & abusive home, she provides powerful insights into breaking free from survival mode and embracing authenticity. We also explore the taboo topic of psychedelics within the Asian community, as she shares her experiences with these medicines and their profound impact on her healing journey.  You don't want to miss this powerful conversation on visibility, psychedelics, and belonging - join us! We dive into: Jennifer's Chinese upbringing and its impact on her identity Exploring the roles of upbringing, cultural background & identity in imposter syndrome Her time in the troupe, “Theater of the Oppressed” Breaking the “survival mode” pattern Asian visibility & spirituality Her experience with various psychedelics and the importance of having a guide And more Dr. Jennifer Chain is a Licensed Psychologist and the owner of Thrive for the People, a group mental health practice in Seattle, WA. Her practice specializes in working with helpers, givers and fixers who are ready to focus on their own needs and create nourishing relationships. She was born in China and immigrated to the US with her parents when she was a child. Growing up across cultures with an interracial family and struggling with her own mental health concerns sparked her curiosity about psychology. The word psychology comes from the word psyche and the suffix ology, which means “the study of the soul/life.” She felt called to deeply understand people's souls and the meaning of life. Specifically, she wanted to understand how people overcame challenges, healed their pain, and ultimately transformed through adversity. Connect with Jennifer: Website: www.thriveforthepeople.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thrive_for_the_people/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100065561768188 Join my FREE 5-day workshop, “Activate Your Authenticity”, May 27 to the 31st: https://pohongyu.ac-page.com/activate-your-authenticity Connect with me and let's go deeper: Website: https://www.pohongyu.com IG: https://www.instagram.com/pohong.yu/ FB: https://www.facebook.com/pohong.yu/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pohongyu/

In this mystical guest episode, Emily interviews her dear friend and fellow Akashic Records Practitioner Jennifer Spor. Jennifer is the CEO and Founder of her namesake company and Host of Path of the Awakened Heart podcast. She is a Spiritual Advisor, Channel, and Akashic Records Trauma Informed Master Consultant and Teacher for High Achieving Conscious Women Leaders who are here to live unapologetically expressed in their Truth and fulfill their highest destiny in this life, soul-led. Jennifer dives into her story from being a corporate leader in the retail world, to quitting her job and driving across the country to reconnect with herself. From there, she dove headfirst into her spiritual journey and never looked back! We talk about courage and bravery when it comes to taking a leap into the unknown, following your own inner guidance, being a clear channel, and daily spiritual practices to support your divine journey. Jennifer shares tactical and tangible guidance for reconnecting with yourself and your body, following your inner compass, and listening to your divine guidance team. We also talk about gridworking and Jennifer's path to channeling the divine codes of creation (book coming soon). This episode is chock full of great advice and tips for taking the leap, living your most aligned life, and following a path that is so authentic to you and your soul. --- Connect with Jennifer:Website: https://www.jenniferspor.com/ Download this free meditation to activate your highest destiny: https://bit.ly/hdestiny Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jennifer_spor YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@jenniferspor --- Connect with Emily: Find her on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/emilythemystic/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/emilythemystic Website and offerings: https://www.emilythemystic.com/ Schedule a session with Emily: https://calendly.com/emilyloganlewis Join the Membership: https://www.emilythemystic.com/membership FREE Meditations and Intuition Activator Challenge: https://www.emilythemystic.com/free-resources Akashic Records Training: https://www.emilythemystic.com/akashic-records-training

Send us a Text Message.Jennifer O'Brien, author of "The Hospice Doctor's Widow," joins the podcast to share her deeply personal story of caregiving for her terminally ill husband, Bob. A hospice physician himself, Bob's diagnosis of advanced renal cell carcinoma forced them to confront their own mortality and navigate the healthcare system together. Jennifer, equipped with her own experiences with loss and a career in healthcare administration, played a vital role in planning for Bob's end-of-life wishes and her future.Their journey wasn't solely focused on medical procedures and appointments. Jennifer highlights the concept of "Precious Time" - a term Bob coined to describe the irreplaceable moments left with a terminally ill loved one. She emphasizes the profound significance of these moments, fostering emotional connection and expression in a way that transcends the challenges of the situation. Their proactive approach, characterized by open communication and practical planning, not only ensured Bob's wishes were met but also enriched the quality time they shared. Even after Bob's passing, Jennifer finds solace in the plans he made for her well-being, a testament to his love and foresight.Driven by her experience and a desire to help others, Jennifer has poured her grief and learnings into "The Hospice Doctor's Widow." This powerful book sheds light on family caregiving and end-of-life planning, advocating for open communication and a balanced approach between hope and reality when facing terminal illness. This episode is a must-listen for anyone facing a similar situation, offering invaluable insights, practical tips, and the comforting reminder that even in the face of loss, love and connection can leave an enduring impact.About Jennifer:In her 35+ years in healthcare, Jennifer O'Brien has served as a practice management consultant to physicians, CEO for two large medical practices, and held administrative roles in three academic medical centers. She earned her Bachelor's degree from Boston University and a Master's in Organization Development from Loyola University – Chicago. Jennifer has authored 50+ articles in professional publications and peer-reviewed journals.Her art journal, kept during her late husband's 22-month illness, was published as The Hospice Doctor's Widow: A Journal in February 2020. It has won several awards, including a Nautilus silver award in the Death & Dying/Grief & Loss category, a Next Gen Indie Book gold for Relationships, an IPPY bronze for Gift, and an International Impact gold for the book's interior design. Jennifer now shares her story, wisdom, and experience to help others understand the role of family caregivers and the importance of end-of-life preparations.Connect with Jennifer:Website: https://www.hospiSupport the Show.Confessions of a Reluctant Caregiver Sisterhood of Care, LLC Website: www.confessionsofareluctantcaregiver.com Like us on Facebook! Tweet with us on Twitter! Follow us on Instagram! Watch us on Youtube! Pin us on Pinterest! Link us on LinkedIn!Tune in on Whole Care Network

In this episode, we have the honor of hosting Jennifer Eivaz, co-pastor of Harvest Church alongside her husband and author of the recently released book, "Awaken the Dreamscape." Jennifer shares her profound journey of continued healing from complex trauma and PTSD, shedding light on the power of God's redemption and the importance of dreams in the spiritual realm. Having faced memories of trauma at the age of 47, Jennifer courageously navigates through the layers of her past, including occult influences within her family. She opens up about her experiences of sexual abuse and the profound realization that Satan often targets God's anointed ones. Yet, she finds solace and strength in God's encouragement and the realization that her past does not define her identity. She emphasizes the ongoing healing journey and the transformative work of God in her life. Through her journey, Jennifer highlights the importance of cultivating a heart aligned with God's desires, emphasizing that ministry flows from the overflow of a transformed heart. She shares how prophetic dreams have played a significant role in her spiritual journey, serving as divine guidance and impartations from God. Join us as Jennifer Eivaz shares her powerful testimony of healing, redemption, and spiritual awakening, reminding us of God's faithfulness and the power of dreams in our walk with Him. Bio: Jennifer Eivaz is a bestselling author, minister, and international conference speaker with a heart to equip believers in the supernatural, as well as to raise up passionate and effective prayer warriors. She hosts the popular podcast Take Ten With Jenn and lives with her husband, Ron, and their two children in Turlock, California, where she serves as a co-pastor alongside her husband at Harvest Church.  Anchor Verses: John 8:36 John 8:32 Connect with Jennifer: Website: https://www.jennifereivaz.com IG: https://www.instagram.com/prayingprophet/ Linktree: https://linktr.ee/Jeivaz1 ***We love hearing from our listeners! Sharing your thoughts through reviews is a fantastic way to be a part of our podcast family and contribute to the conversation. If you've enjoyed our podcast, leaving a review is quick and easy! Just head to Apple podcasts or wherever you are tuning in and share your thoughts. Your feedback makes a big difference!***

Ever wondered how to voice your concerns without sparking conflict?Even though teachers have credentials to teach and work with students, it is a different skill set to talk effectively with adults.Effective communication with adults, colleagues, and administrators, allows educators to express their concerns without complaining and still maintain relationships, both personally and professionally. And that takes skill building, including naming their fears and hesitations and remembering that they are in a team.So joining us today is Jennifer Abrams, an international educational and communications consultant and a trainer for coaches, teachers, and administrators, to talk about empowering educators through effective communication and dealing with hard conversations.Jennifer also shares the need to balance one's personal development and professional growth, the future of education through a human-centered approach, and why teacher support is essential. There is power in your voice and the support systems around you. So, never shy away from asking for support because that's a path to growth. Here's to your journey as an empowered educator! Stay empowered,JenLet's keep the conversation going! Find me at:Jen Rafferty | Instagram, YouTube, Facebook | LinktreeInstagram: @jenrafferty_Facebook: Empowered Educator Faculty RoomAbout Jennifer:Jennifer Abrams is an international educational and communications consultant for public and independent schools, universities and non-profits. Jennifer trains and coaches teachers, administrators and others on new teacher/employee support, having hard conversations, collaboration skills and being your best adult self at work. In her over two decades at Palo Alto Unified School District (Palo Alto, CA, USA), Jennifer was a high school English teacher, new teacher coach, and professional development facilitator. She left PAUSD in 2012 to start her full time communications consultancy in which she works with schools and organizations around the globe.Jennifer presents at annual North American-based conferences such as Learning Forward, ASCD, NASSP, NAESP, AMLE, ISACS and the New Teacher Center Annual Symposium among others. Internationally, she facilitated with the Teachers' and Principals' Centers for International School Leadership (TTC and PTC) and presents with EARCOS, NESA, ECIS, AISA, AMISA, CEESA and Tri-Association, and consults with schools across Asia, Europe, the Middle East, Australia, New Zealand, South America and Canada. Jennifer's publications include Having Hard Conversations, The Multigenerational Workplace: Communicating, Collaborating & Creating Community and Hard Conversations Unpacked - the Whos, the Whens and the What Ifs, Swimming in the Deep End: Four Foundational Skills for Leading Successful School Initiatives, and her newest book, Stretching Your Learning Edges: Growing (Up) at Work. Jennifer has been recognized as one of "21 Women All K-12 Educators Need to Know" by Education Week's 'Finding Common Ground' blog. She considers herself a "voice coach," helping others learn how to best use their voices - be it collaborating on a team, presenting in front of a group, coaching a colleague, supervising an employee.  Connect with Jennifer:Website: www.jenniferabrams.comIG: @jenniferbethabramsX: @jenniferabramsLinkedIn

Discover your inner fire and learn to channel it into a life that's authentically yours with us as your guides on this journey of transformation. Today, we peel back the layers of just existing to reveal the vibrant life that awaits when you pursue your deepest passions. We share heartfelt stories and actionable advice from our own experiences and the inspiring women of the Restart Collective, as we discuss the crucial role of a supportive community, the art of living with intention, and the strategic moves needed to weave your passion into the fabric of your everyday life.Ignite the entrepreneurial spark within as we celebrate the magic of women discovering and diving into their passions, creating businesses that not only succeed but thrive with joy and fulfillment. Join us for a candid conversation that invites reflection, connection, and engagement. Whether you're dusting off after burnout or sprinting towards your passion project, we're here to fuel your momentum.In this episode, we talk about the following:1. The significance of aligning your work and life with what truly excites and fulfills you.  2. The reason why women and business owners experience burnout and lack of fulfillment. 3. Practical steps to discover what lights you up. Connect with Jennifer:Website: https://www.jennifersise.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jennifersise/______________________________________________________________LET'S BUILD MOMENTUM TOGETHER:✨ 90 Day Planner & Journal to help you get out of your own way and build momentum. ORDER YOUR PLANNER/JOURNALhttps://www.coachamberb.com/journal✨ 90 Day Done-For-You Planning & Momentum Restart Coaching: You dream it, and Coach Amber B will help you create the plan that you need to make it happen. This is for you if you love a good plan and are ready to put it into action on your own. You are ready to get in the nitty gritty of your business and check off the weekly action steps. You value personal growth & know that there is power in learning new tools for productivity and retraining your mindset to adjust, and not quit. BOOK YOUR 90 DAY PLANhttps://www.coachamberb.com/90dayplan-minicoachingpackage✨ PRIVATE COACHING with Amber B through her MOMENTUM RESTART® method: together curated 3-6 month packages focusing on launch mode and business growth, ceo confidence, work/life wellness, or all three. With the highest touchpoint you will achieve results faster when zeroing in on building the life and business you want. BOOK DISCOVERY CALL:https://www.coachamberb.com/private-coaching...

Have you ever felt invisible in a room full of people, your voice seemingly drowned out by louder ones? Today we unfold the profound effects of active listening in both our personal lives and business ventures on this episode. We share heartwarming stories and the birth of our brainchild, the Restart Collective, revealing the magic that emerges when we truly tune in to others. For all the women out there driving impact through their work, let us show you how this simple, often underestimated skill can be the lever that amplifies your business and strengthens your relationships.In this episode, we talk about the following:1. The importance of active listening, especially in business and personal relationships. 2. The creation of a successful initiative that provided value and addressed the desires of our audience. 3. The establishment of the Resource Lounge as a response to the recurring need for community and support. Connect with Jennifer:Website: https://www.jennifersise.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jennifersise/______________________________________________________________LET'S BUILD MOMENTUM TOGETHER:✨ 90 Day Planner & Journal to help you get out of your own way and build momentum. ORDER YOUR PLANNER/JOURNALhttps://www.coachamberb.com/journal✨ 90 Day Done-For-You Planning & Momentum Restart Coaching: You dream it, and Coach Amber B will help you create the plan that you need to make it happen. This is for you if you love a good plan and are ready to put it into action on your own. You are ready to get in the nitty gritty of your business and check off the weekly action steps. You value personal growth & know that there is power in learning new tools for productivity and retraining your mindset to adjust, and not quit. BOOK YOUR 90 DAY PLANhttps://www.coachamberb.com/90dayplan-minicoachingpackage✨ PRIVATE COACHING with Amber B through her MOMENTUM RESTART® method: together curated 3-6 month packages focusing on launch mode and business growth, ceo confidence, work/life wellness, or all three. With the highest touchpoint you will achieve results faster when zeroing in on building the life and business you want. BOOK DISCOVERY CALL:https://www.coachamberb.com/private-coaching...

Ever felt like a lone wolf navigating the business world? Today, Jennifer Sise joins us to tell you that you don't have to go at it alone. In this episode, we share our journey with the Restart Collective and the transformative power of finding your tribe. We explore the importance of belonging and surrounding yourself with like-minded individuals, and how these elements can boost both your personal and professional growth. But, that's not all, we also discuss the importance of finding the balance between productivity and enjoyment. Are you ready to find a community that fuels your growth? Tune in to this episode and let's embark on this journey together.In this episode, we talk about the following:1. The importance of belonging, especially for women in business who often feel isolated. 2. How the feeling of belonging is essential for personal and professional growth. 3. The positive impact of building a supportive community. Connect with Jennifer:Website: https://www.jennifersise.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jennifersise/90 Days of Momentum DAILY PLANNER + JOURNAL www.coachamberb.com/journalJOIN THE MOMENTUM RESTART ACCELERATORThe Group Mentorship + Accelerator to thrive in your Life & Businesshttps://www.coachamberb.com/momentum-restart-ceo-acceleratorCONNECT WITH AMBER:Instagram: @coachamberbWebsite: www.coachamberb.com

Today, Ali and JoDee sit down with Jennifer Jeansonne, a former educator who is now an independent recruiter, operating JAJ Recruiting Consulting. Together, they'll discuss how teachers can utilize a recruiter to find a new career, tips for optimizing your LinkedIn profile, and why networking on LinkedIn can be such a powerful tool for your career.Connect with Jennifer:Website: www.jajconsults.comLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jenniferjeansonne/Email: Jennifer@jajconsults.comSecurity UnfilteredCyber Security can be a difficult field to not only understand but to also navigate....Listen on: Apple Podcasts SpotifyConnect with Ali and JoDee:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/teachershiftFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/teachershiftTeacher Shift LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/teacher-shiftAli's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alisimon/JoDee's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jodeescissors/Websitehttps://www.teachershiftpodcast.com/ Episode Transcriptions https://www.teachershiftpodcast.com/blog

In this episode, Courtenay invites Dr. Jennifer Taylor, DC, DCCJP to the show to share what makes her practice with upper cervical chiropractic care so unique. We've all heard that the nervous system is predominantly ruled by emotions, but Dr. Jenn is here to share a different perspective. Her work with upper cervical care focuses on the base of the skull and atlas C1 & C2, which is a neurologically dense area of the nervous system many people don't hear about. Chronic conditions like post-concussion syndrome, dizziness, vertigo, migraines, chronic fatigue, depression, anxiety, irritability, and brain fog often stem from this space. In this conversation, Dr. Jenn outlines the mechanical methods she uses to assess her patients' conditions and find them long lasting care. Episode Resources: The Body Keeps The Score by Bessel van der Kolk M.D.  Connect with Dr. Jennifer: Website: https://drjenntaylor.com/            https://www.uppercervicalcare.com/  ————————————————— Disclaimer: this is intended to be inspiration & entertainment. We aim to inform, inspire & empower. Guest opinions/ statements are not a reflection of the host or podcast. Please note these are conversational dialogues. All statements and opinions are not necessarily meant to be taken as fact. Please do your own research. Thanks for watching! ————————————————— Follow & Connect with Courtenay: https://www.courtenayturner.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/KineticCourtz TruthSocial: https://truthsocial.com/@CourtenayTurner Instagram: https://instagram.com/kineticcourtz?utm_medium=copy_link Telegram: https://t.me/courtenayturnerpodcastcommunity Read some of her articles: https://www.truthmatters.biz Listen to &/or watch the podcast here! https://linktr.ee/courtenayturner Support my work & Affiliate links: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/courtzt https://zstacklife.com/?ref=COURTENAYTURNER EXPAT MONEY SUMMIT 2023: https://2023.expatmoneysummit.com MAKE HONEY GREAT AGAIN https://www.makehoneygreatagain.com/  Promo Code: COURTZ FOX N SONS Coffee: https://www.foxnsons.com Promo Code: CTP Richardson Nutritional Center: https://rncstore.com/courtz The wellness company: https://www.twc.health/?ref=UY6YiLPqkwZzUX Enroll link: https://app.sharehealthcare.com/enroll? Referral code: courtz Www.HolyHydrogen.com Discount code: UPRISING144K LMNT: http://drinklmnt.com/CourtenayTurner  Ignite Sales: https://www.universityofreason.com/a/29887/KVR3yvZo Mindset workshop: https://www.universityofreason.com/a/2147526145/KVR3yvZo Critical thinking trivium method: https://www.universityofreason.com/a/2147486641/KVR3yvZo Solutions webinar: https://www.universityofreason.com/a/2147492490/KVR3yvZo Richard's GTW freedom vault: https://www.universityofreason.com/a/2147506649/KVR3yvZo https://www.universityofreason.com/a/29887/KVR3yvZo ©2023 All Rights Reserved Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join Em as she chats with Jennifer Rogers Markwell, President of Platinum Wealth Management, about accessible financial education, emphasizing that everyone, regardless of their financial journey, should have a seat at the financial table. Emily June Wilcox is a Multi 7-Figure CEO, Money Healer, and Business Mentor. She helps women entrepreneurs build their fempires and walk the joyous path to millions. Jennifer Rogers Markwell is an Emmy-nominated journalist who shifted her career to empower women in finance. Inspired by her desire to help her grandmother navigate investments, she now hosts educational workshops and actively engages in her state and local communities. Connect with Jennifer: Website: https://www.platinumwealth.net/team/jennifer-markwell LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/platinum-wealth-management Work with Em: Website: https://explore.emilywilcox.com/ Facebook: www.facebook.com/emilyjwilcox1/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/em.makes.money/ Free Money Wounds Quiz: https://emilywilcox.com/quiz Send a DM to inquire about open coaching & masterminds or go to: https://explore.emilywilcox.com/ Join Wealthy & Woo Club for just $7/month:https://go.emilywilcox.com/wealthy-woo-club/

I have been looking forward to sharing this interview with my new friend, Jennifer Marie. We spoke back in June just after her new EP, You Can Whisper was released. She talks about how from a young age, she knew music was her path and gifting. She was involved in church worship from the time she was in middle school and then stepped away for after she started her family. In 2020, she felt as though God was calling her back to writing and singing music. I am so glad He did and you will too when you hear her heart behind her music and then tune in. I pray that her story of following her dreams will encourage you to follow yours wherever you find yourself today! Bio: Jennifer Marie and her husband Jeremy live in the Minneapolis, Minnesota, area with their two daughters, Jordyn and Lauren, along with their dog Paxton and their three cats, Bella, Theo and Arlo. Anchor Verse: Exodus 14:14 Connect with Jennifer: Website: www.jennifermariemusic.com Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5Iq7p1OofHNLGJ0EzqP6Tv?si=6dohF_ZxT6SnXZvyr76P-A  Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/jennifer-marie/1580177810  YouTube: www.YouTube.com/@jennifermariemusic  Instagram: www.instagram.com/jennifermariemusic  Facebook: www.Facebook.com/JenniferMMusic  TikTok: www.TikTok.com/@jennifer_marie_music  Twitter: www.Twitter.com/jenmariemusic  ***This podcast is a proud member of the Spark Network! It is a network of Christian podcasts that cover so many different topics!  Head over to: https://www.sparkmedia.ventures/spark-network#/ to find more amazing podcasts!!***

Have you ever wondered how stepping away from your daily routines could skyrocket your creativity and focus? Jennifer Sise joins us today as we explore this intriguing concept and discuss the power of intentional action in multiplying the impact of your dreams. This episode shines a spotlight on the importance of carving distraction-free time and how it can fuel your drive to achieve your goals in significantly less time. Listen to our exchange of experiences, where we've witnessed the transformative power of a change in environment. We delve into the process of identifying that secret dream tucked away and share four steps to bring it to life in a way that resonates with your values. We reflect on women leading in their respective fields, those who just need that extra nudge to elevate and take huge strides. Additionally, we highlight the importance of accountability and how it can ease your journey towards making your dream a reality. So, if you've been feeling stuck or seeking that much-needed push, this conversation is just the inspiration you need.Connect with Jennifer:Website: https://www.jennifersise.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jennifersise/JOIN THE MOMENTUM RESTART ACCELERATORThe Group Mentorship + Accelerator to thrive in your Life & Businesshttps://www.coachamberb.com/momentum-restart-ceo-acceleratorCONNECT WITH AMBER:Instagram: @coachamberbWebsite: www.coachamberb.com

In this riveting episode of That Sex Chick, Alexa welcomes Jennifer Kaylo to the show. Jennifer, a dynamic businesswoman who's generated multi-million dollar revenues and an insightful sex and relationship coach, takes us through her enlightening journey. She shares her experiences navigating through several marriages, undergoing the empowering process of conscious uncoupling, and how these experiences propelled her to explore her sexuality deeply. Jennifer then details her path to finding a partner who aligns with her desires, and the transformative effect Alexa's program had on her life, underlining the power of embracing our multifaceted selves and the inevitable changes life brings. Tune in for an inspiring and relatable conversation about love, marriage, and the exciting journey of sexual discovery.Today on That Sex Chick:Conscious uncoupling and the complexities of open relationshipsMultiple marriages, sexual exploration, and finding a compatible partnerCultivating curiosity and openness to changeNavigating the delicate dynamics and addressing jealousy in an open relationshipJennifer's life-altering experience with Alexa's program and how it has transformed her worldviewThis show is sponsored by:Yoni Pleasure Palace | Visit yonipleasurepalace.com and get 15% off with the code THATSEXCHICK.Sex and Love University | Find out more about SLU at sexandlove.co/universityConnect with Jennifer:Website: jenniferkayloruscin.comPodcast: The Jennifer Kaylo Ruscin PodcastConnect with Alexa:Instagram: @thatsexchickWebsite: sexandlove.coFree resources: sexandlove.co/resourcesFacebook Group: Sex & Love Co Community Click here to submit your review for That Sex Chick, and you'll get access to “Uncover Your Inner Kink,” a guided meditation and more, created by Alexa! This show is produced by Soulfire Productions