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In this second secret summer episode, Jen has a candid conversations with The Period Coach, Stasha Washburn, about how tracking your own cycle is an ultimate act of taking care of your SELF. Stasha is the founder of The Period Coaching School and welcomes new students once a year into the Period Coaching Certification Program. 

Stasha is The Period Coach, the bloody kind not the grammar kind...

What do you do when a seemingly petty action has the potential to derail you? How do you respond? Listen in as Jen and Jane unpack this from a place of love and expansion, rather than fear and contraction.

What happens when we make a conscious effort to pause something? Even an activity we enjoy? In this episode, Jen + Jane talk about the planned pause they are taking in the production of this podcast. We open about how pauses can help create new momentum when we give ourselves the time to reflect and think about the direction we are headed...

This week, in a solo episode, Jen tackles the concepts of surrender vs. trust. She unpacks what those words mean in her own life, how she has been applying them to her life and biz practices and looking at certain idiomatic phrases in English that use the words. Phrases such as “surrender to the process” or “just trust” tend to over-simplify our relationship with these words. But what does that really mean? And how can looking closely at your relationship with these words improve your life?

What is ‘The Gap’? Why is it important to see the gaps in your own experience and being? Listen in to this brief episode where Jen + Jane introduce you to ‘The Gap’, how becoming aware of it in their own lives has led to some interesting observations, including these five reasons you don’t (want to) see ‘The Gap’ We treat our discomforts and illnesses in silos. We are conditioned to focus on the outcome, not the process...

In this episode Jen + Jane discuss the Mental Load that women carry, often by choice, when it comes to the home, minding family, and letting loved ones fail. This involves ‘letting go’. But it’s often not as simple as that. Listen in as they look at the many different facets and implications of letting loved ones own their journeys, letting go of others' (and their own) expectations, and how or where the patterns first showed up. Enjoy!

Do you ever get stuck in a loop around how you feel and how you look? Listen in as Jen + Jane unpack what Self-Acceptance is for them right now, the journeys they have each experienced with (and without) self-acceptance, and how they are asking themselves the challenging questions that lead to more complete self-acceptance and increased self-confidence. Enjoy this conversation where they sink into the F^@k-it Forties and all the gifts and challenges it provides.

In this Episode Jen + Jane welcome guest Suzanne Culberg (bio below). This is rather a sweary episode, so it is likely not safe for work or for kiddos. Jen + Jane and Suzanne discuss the traps we can all fall into when we decide to ‘do some work’, the dangers of idolizing a particular person, method, or path, and how endless enthusiasm cannot stop the fact that the beginning is $h!t. They cover everything from over-giving and over-functioning to diet fails and relationship distress...

In this last of the series exploring Fierce Serenity through the lens of different bodies, Jen and Jane share their experience with their own unfolding spiritual practices, looking at where the spiritual body practices are connected to the physical, mental, and emotional bodies, and how they are taking an even closer look at the language around the capitalist spirituality industry, sharing where they have to apply their own Fierce Serenity to the work they do...

Today we are feeling a bunch of feels. Unpacking emotions is always a process, so Jen and Jane share some of their experiences, tools, and techniques to learn to observe your emotional responses and to release and move emotions that are keeping you stuck or playing out old patterns. Enjoy the convo and if you want to learn more about Fierce Serenity and join the next cohort beginning in September, then visit https://www.wearejenandjane.com/fierce-serenity