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Listen for REALMake something pretty out of this messI decided to converse with one of my besties, Christina Fichera, to unpack the past year and some difficult stuff that we both are processing. We approach the conversation from varied perspectives given our lives are so different; Christina is in her 30’s and I am in my 50’s. I’ve been married twice and have adult kids and didn’t build a career until the last five years. Christina hasn’t married or had kids yet, and built a significant career over the past two decades.We share a newfound understanding that beauty can coexist with pain and e...2023-09-0647 min
Listen for REALREAL sex education (part 2 with hubby)We wade into deeper waters with our grown up version of the sex talk we never got as kids. Allison’s husband joins us to bring his very REAL perspective. Check out the last episode if you missed it. Bottom line, like many, I am slowly dismantling old ways of being and the belief systems that do not serve me nor my relationships! My guest, Allison Carver, has gone before me - doing this work in her own world and now guiding others on a similar path. Our candid conversation only gets better with Ian in the mix - re...2022-12-151h 13
Listen for REALREAL sex education (part 1)Yep, we are going there. A real conversation about sex without common misconceptions and shame. I have been pretty disconnected from my body much of my life and am slowly dismantling old ways of being and the belief systems that do not serve me. My guest, Allison Carver, has gone before me - doing this work in her own life and now guiding others on a similar path. We blow up culturally approved narratives and discuss taboos that only keep us confused and unfulfilled. The bottom line, many of us have been kept in the dark with regard to o...2022-11-281h 08
Listen for REALDazzling CodependentsWe begin the new season with a discussion on codependent behaviors. GOOD TIMES! Jen and Shannon speak candidly about their own need for approval and validation, past and present. Some of us find our worth based on how OTHERS feel and experience THEIR lives. Many more take responsibility for the world before they would ever consider their own needs. Yep, codependency shows up in many forms. Guest Bio:Shannon Curtis is a recording artist who makes emotionally-resonant songs drawn from her experience as a grown-ass woman, wrapped up in irresistible artpop production. She's been working a...2022-10-0257 min
Listen for REALLessons from the SugarMama® It isn’t every day that I lay on a treatment table with my nether regions exposed and a podcast is born. But…this is how I operate; we talk about the topics that many avoid. I loved recording this episode with my friend and SugarMama®, Shannon O’Brien. We discuss body image, getting your swagger back, and the weird things that many of us wonder about. We ponder the vulnerability phenomenon - that situation where you find yourself sharing the most intimate details of your life when doing a basic thing like getting your nails or hair done, or like...2022-07-3049 min
Listen for REALIf crystals have magic, then we ARE magicWhile on retreat in Costa Rica, I met and immediately admired her vibrant soul. In this episode, I host Becca Kannapell, co-founder of POUND for an eye opening talk about magic, crystals, the universe, and the Divine - and how all of those offer beautiful metaphors and maps for being human. We discuss relationships, connecting to what we believe, and unearthing a voice that feels “more like me.”Our guest: BECCA KANNAPELL is the co-creator of a female-family-run jewelry business called POUND Jewelry. POUND intuitively sources and designs handmade adornment pieces that are composed of healing crystals, ston...2022-07-121h 04
Listen for REALHow a volatile past can lead to a successful futureWe often think we are successfully separating that which is personal (and in the past) - from that which is professional (and current). In this conversation, I talk with Deborah Brown-Volkman about her volatile upbringing and howfalling down and getting back up led to a journey of healing and growth - changing the trajectory of her career from problematic to exceptional. She took survival skills formed in childhood and made them assets in the workplace - there is power in the ability to read a room, being a deep listener, and seeing things that others don’t...2022-07-0954 min
Listen for REALBurlesque as a form of therapy - not sexually charged entertainment.What if removing your clothing became an embodied means of shedding negative baggage and revealing more of your soul and essence? A burlesque solo is not merely a seductive dance performed for the gratification of the male gaze. Guest Kellita Maloof says, “In conscious burlesque an artist leaves the stage with her radiant essence more visible to herself and those lucky enough to witness her…” Jen and Kellita talk about consent, healing, trauma, and the artistry around all of it.Our guest: KELLITA MALOOF is a Performing and Teaching Artist and Soulful Conscious Burlesque Mentor. She works at the...2022-06-261h 06
Listen for REALLoving the life we live; birthright or privilege?Our guest: LIA VENET’s vision is for ALL women to understand their divine brilliance, cultivating trust in sisterhood circles and sharing their truth in the world.Lia is an Authentic Speaker, Co-Author of Wild and Wise Women around the world – Ten Inspiring Women Share their Feminine Fire in “365 Days of Gratitude.” Beside her PhD in life experience, she is a Certified Transformational Coach (TCM), Certified Holistic Health Coach (IIN), Sacred Depths trained coach, relationship expert (assisted with John Gray for 7 years) a master Woman’s Speak enroller. She is a connector, organizer, and gatherer of women, Women’s Circ...2022-06-091h 10
Listen for REALNo judgment: Motherhood, career, entrepreneurship and all the thingsOur guest: MELISSA HOFFMANN is a Life Coach for women who know they're meant for more. She helps women who want to get out of their corporate jobs - find their purpose and what they want to do for their work so they can start a business that lights them up. After 7 years in a job she hated, she discovered that she wanted to be a makeup artist and built a successful luxury beauty business. Two years ago she pivoted into becoming a Life Coach and helping women to discover what they really want to do for their work...2022-06-0352 min
Listen for REALRacial equity work: Building a world where ALL people are free, safe, and able to thriveOur guests:DR. TAMU GREEN is a developmental psychologist and thought leader who brings expertise and lived experience in communities facing inequities in her pursuit of social justice through institutional and systems change. For nearly 30 years, she has been engaged in power building efforts that synergize resources, facilitate equity-oriented decision making, and turn advocacy into outcomes. Dr. Green is the CEO of the Equity and Wellness Institute, where she works collaboratively with a talented team of consultants to assess and meet a wide variety of clients’ and communities’ needs.JUDAH SANDERS’ faith journey has fueled his pa...2022-05-241h 17
Listen for REALIntuition: We all have it but do we recognize it?Our guest: KARA LYNN EDWARDS is a business and intuition coach and the founder of Intuitive Femmepreneur Academy. In her work, she guides female entrepreneurs back to the clarity and certainty of their own inner knowing to create ease, flow and strategic alignment in their businesses.Connect with Kara:Website xokaralynn.comInstagram @xokaralynnFacebook @xokaralynnJen holds space for women who want to elevate and amplify their voice. If you desire support in speaking your truth and want to explore the ways you can work with Jen, let's c...2022-05-101h 17
Listen for REALSurviving Epstein: Normalizing Our Response to Sexual Assault (part 2)Our guest: JESS MICHAELS is an accomplished dancer with 30 years of experience as a dance industry professional, educator, and entrepreneur. She is also a survivor of childhood sexual abuse and a 1991 rape by Jeffrey Epstein. Her healing journey began unexpectedly, over twenty years later, after her hometown of Newtown, CT was devastated by the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School. In 2015, Jess joined Dylan’s Wings of Change, a foundation dedicated to Dylan Hockley, one of the first-grade victims in the shooting. It was there, in her hometown, teaching dance classes and working alongside the brave parents who ha...2022-05-0146 min
Listen for REALSurviving Epstein: Normalizing Our Response to Sexual Assault (part 1)Our guest: JESS MICHAELS is an accomplished dancer with 30 years of experience as a dance industry professional, educator, and entrepreneur. She is also a survivor of childhood sexual abuse and a 1991 rape by Jeffrey Epstein. Her healing journey began unexpectedly, over twenty years later, after her hometown of Newtown, CT was devastated by the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School. In 2015, Jess joined Dylan’s Wings of Change, a foundation dedicated to Dylan Hockley, one of the first-grade victims in the shooting. It was there, in her hometown, teaching dance classes and working alongside the brave parents who ha...2022-04-2759 min
Listen for REALPatriarchy Stress Disorder...seriously?!Our guest: DR. VALERIE REIN is a psychologist and women’s mental health expert who has discovered Patriarchy Stress Disorder (PSD) and created the only science-backed system for helping women achieve their ultimate success, happiness, and fulfillment by healing the intergenerational trauma of oppression.She holds an EdM in Psychological Counseling from Columbia University and a PhD in Psychology from the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology. Her #1 Amazon bestselling book, Patriarchy Stress Disorder: The Invisible Inner Barrier to Women’s Happiness and Fulfillment has been heralded by reviewers as "the most important body of literary work of our mode...2022-04-151h 06
Listen for REALPsychedelics and Plant MedicineOur guest: JULIE WOOD felt stuck for much of her life in the conditioning that she calls the “Good Girl Program” - which left her over-thinking, over-performing and over-conforming - afraid to be herself. She followed all the Rules, graduated from Princeton and spent 18 years managing big advertising clients like PepsiCo and JPMorgan Chase. Despite her outer success she felt inauthentic and unfulfilled.Nine years ago, she left it all behind, setting off with her now-husband on a 5-year Spirit Journey in a little Jeep Wrangler, visiting 69 countries along the way.While traveling through Mexico and...2022-04-101h 06
Listen for REALWarning! Domestic abuse occurs in many insidious formsOur guest: KAY SOLOMON is the creator and founder of Women Walking in Wisdom’s Footsteps™ - a community of support designed for women who seek to recognize and walk in their brilliance; to become the women they have been called to be in their circles of influence regardless of the circumstances they’ve encountered in their past. Kay guides others from her lived experience, helping them to discover and live a truly empowered life, free from toxic relationships that stifle growth and joy. Kay earned a Master of Divinity from the Candler School of Theology at Emory University and tea...2022-03-231h 18
Listen for REALHow could you possibly know these things about me?Our guest: STACY ROWAN is a life coach and founder of Custom Built Life LLC. As a coach Stacy uses the tools of human design and mindset coaching to help entrepreneurs understand what makes them unique. She shows them how to cut through the overwhelming noise of expert opinions, tap into their inner wisdom, and make decisions that are right for them. This frees them to build, grow, and lead their company in a way that feels good and is true to who they are. Their detailed self-awareness allows her clients to more easily manage both life and business...2022-03-111h 32
Listen for REALBody, Mind, and a 9 ounce SoulOur guest: REBECCA THORNE is an intuitive spiritual healer, a licensed clinical social worker and certified coach. She uses energy techniques to help people with unsolvable problems de-layer themselves so they can shine. She helps people work with the invisible world to get real-world results through a variety of energetic and clinical modalities to find the perfect mix for each individual.Connect with Rebecca:Website: theartofexpansion.comInstagram @the.art.of.expansion Connect with Jen:email: Jennifer@beingREAL.mewebsite: www.beingREAL.meI...2022-03-021h 16
Listen for REALPioneer, game changer, life saverOur guest: DR. TAMU GREEN is a developmental psychologist and thought leader who brings expertise and lived experience in communities facing inequities in her pursuit of social justice through institutional and systems change. For nearly 30 years, she has been engaged in power building efforts that synergize resources, facilitate equity-oriented decision making, and turn advocacy into outcomes. Dr. Green is the CEO of the Equity and Wellness Institute, where she works collaboratively with a talented team of consultants to assess and meet a wide variety of clients’ and communities’ needs.*IMPORTANT post-recording addendum: This episode covers a vital matt...2022-02-2556 min
Listen for REALA Heroine’s Journey: Unexpected and REALOur guest: SHERRY WILLIAMS spent her first 28 years dropping in and out of life’s most difficult situations. The following 28 years produced shifts in belief systems formed by molestation and abuse and through addiction and prostitution. Sherry understands the hook that life on the darker side can have on a person. She also knows deeply the hurts and doubts life delivers and how remaining in the struggle can be easier to take than the fright of change. Sherry learned that the desire for transformation requires being inquisitive. Sherry speaks on her heroine’s journey and inspires many with her incr...2022-02-1854 min
Listen for REALWhat if we are DEAD wrong about managing grief and loss?Our guest: JULIA NICHOLSON is a former CEO, business consultant, and adjunct professor of business who has excelled for decades as an industry-leading visionary on governance, strategic planning, team building, and executive performance. She now brings her expertise and passion to organizations and conferences across the world.As a C-Suite executive for over 17 years, she has experienced firsthand the negative impact unwanted change, adversity, and loss can have on every individual, personally and professionally, and therefore, every aspect of an organization… every decision, interaction, and relationship, its culture, and ultimately the bottom line.Throughout her li...2022-02-101h 02
Listen for REALLove and attachment: Souls don't discriminate by genderOur guest: ANGIE K. LOVE has had a rewarding career as an Acupuncturist for the past decade and a half, finding deep fulfillment in helping people heal in body, mind, and spirit. Through her writing, she hopes to bring healing to people's hearts and souls.From an early age, Angie has been an avid reader and prolific writer. It’s been her lifelong dream to be a published author. Awakening Hearts is her first novel, and she's currently working on the sequel.Connect with Angie:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/angie.k.love/2022-01-2658 min
Listen for REALBeliefs and Identity: the FIRST L4R podcast recordingOur guests: Shannon Curtis and Jamie HillShannon Curtis is an artist who works as a songwriter, singer, storyteller, speaker, and author. Her ninth studio album, entitled 2020101, was released on October 22, 2021.Jamie Hill is an artist working at the intersection of music and community. He produces, mixes, and masters records for a wide variety of independent and alternative-music artists.Shannon and Jamie happen to be madly in love, married, and living in the state of Washington.Connect with Shannon and Jamie:Websites: shannoncurtis.net and deptofenergymgmt.comIn...2022-01-1455 min
Listen for REALNear death experience and near life decisionsOur guest: Sean Smith, author, speaker, actor, poet, songwriter, and the owner of Elite Success Systems. He is dedicated to creating “neuro-transformation” in all areas of human behavior. Sean has produced over 3,000 articles, audio files, and video resources on topics related to success and leadership, with over 1,000,000 views on YouTube. He has spoken globally and was named “North America’s Next Greatest Speaker” in 2013.Sean co-wrote, produced, and starred in a unique spoken-word, short film, Let’s Grow, about healing racism. He is also known for his gut-wrenching, one-man show, I Do, Mom.“I am a father and h...2022-01-0542 min
Listen for REALRacism: It's in the water and we're ALL wetOur guest: Sean Smith, author, speaker, actor, poet, songwriter, and the owner of Elite Success Systems. He is dedicated to creating “neuro-transformation” in all areas of human behavior. Sean has produced over 3,000 articles, audio files, and video resources on topics related to success and leadership, with over 1,000,000 views on YouTube. He has spoken globally and was named “North America’s Next Greatest Speaker” in 2013.Sean co-wrote, produced, and starred in a unique spoken-word, short film, Let’s Grow, about healing racism. He is also known for his gut-wrenching, one-man show, I Do, Mom.“I am a father and h...2021-12-311h 27
Listen for REALWomen and inclusion: It's not a matter of optics - it's an imperativeOur guest: Valerie Alexander is a renowned expert on workplace happiness and a leading voice on equity and inclusion. As a globally-recognized speaker on the topics of happiness, the advancement of women, and unconscious bias, her keynotes and workshops have entertained, trained and inspired lawyers, artists, truck drivers, doctors, investment bankers, software developers, homemakers, CEOs and countless others around the world.Valerie’s books include:Happiness as a Second Language — an Amazon #1 Seller,Success as a Second LanguageHow Women Can Succeed in the Workplace (Despite Having “Female Brains”)plus several more she’s published in h...2021-12-241h 05
Listen for REALThe power of y(our) stories: Jen gets personalLearn more about Tarana Burke at https://metoomvmt.orgBooks referenced in this episode:Unbound: My Story of Liberation and the Birth of the Me Too Movement2021You Are Your Best Thing: Vulnerability, Shame Resilience, and the Black Experience2021Connect with Jen!email: Jennifer@beingREAL.mewebsite: www.beingREAL.meInstagram @beingREALjenJoin us next episode and until then…keep speaking. And even more…keep listening for REAL. It matters.If you believe conversations like these belo...2021-12-1723 min
Listen for REALImmigrants as humans not sound bites.Guests: Vanassa Hamra, Kerry Ham, and Jawad* (last name withheld) work with World Relief, a global Christian humanitarian organization whose mission is to empower the local church to serve the most vulnerable. They aim to tackle the world’s greatest problems with holistic, locally-driven solutions that lead to lasting change — whether in response to disasters, extreme poverty, violence, oppression or mass displacement and immigration. World Relief’s work in the United States, specifically, focuses on helping refugees and other immigrants in vulnerable situations rebuild their lives in a new country.Connect, give, or volunteer with the World Relief t...2021-12-1059 min
Listen for REALSelf-love vs. Self-destructionOur guest: Kim Stevens works as a licensed holistic therapist, specializing in trauma healing, dance & movement therapy, Neuro-emotional Technique (NET), and Buddhist psychology. One of her main passions and purposes is supporting others in releasing limiting beliefs and owning their power, creativity and sense of worthiness. She guides others in the process of learning how to feel their feelings in the most empowering, freeing and effective way possible. Connect with Kim on Instagram and TikTok @DanceFreedomBeautyKim Stevens can also be found on Facebook and YouTube.Connect with Jen!ema...2021-12-0156 min
Listen for REALThe episode that became a therapy session...sortaOur guest: Kim Stevens works as a licensed holistic therapist, specializing in trauma healing, dance & movement therapy, Neuro-emotional Technique (NET), and Buddhist psychology. One of her main passions and purposes is supporting others in releasing limiting beliefs and owning their power, creativity and sense of worthiness. She guides others in the process of learning how to feel their feelings in the most empowering, freeing and effective way possible. Connect with Kim on Instagram and TikTok @DanceFreedomBeautyKim Stevens can also be found on Facebook and YouTube.Connect with Jen!ema...2021-11-2453 min