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Episode 135
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Thank you for joining me for another Jen is Zen episode. Lately though, I haven't been feeling all that zen. I've been feeling overwhelmed…
1 year, 9 months ago
What About Prom?: When Life Doesn't Fit the Canonical Storyline
Episode 134
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Sometimes it’s almost as if your teens didn’t see your parenting vision board, isn’t it? What happens when they deviate from the plan? Thi…
1 year, 9 months ago
Jen is Zen - Accept the Uncontrollable
Episode 133
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Our discontent often comes from our desire to control the situation and to predict the outcome. Acceptance that we can’t do that can be a …
1 year, 9 months ago
Decisions, Decisions: Using Theory to Help Teens Make Rational Decisions
Episode 132
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Thank you for being here - for listening and being a part of this community! Our teens are faced with decisions every day, and because our…
1 year, 10 months ago
Jen is Zen - Seeing Life as a Practice
Episode 131
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You need to be present to fully experience life’s beauty and meaning. This moment right now, is the only one you can experience now, and t…
1 year, 10 months ago
The Finish Line: Revisiting the End of Youth Sports and Ambiguous Loss
Episode 130
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Well, well, well - here we are again. The end of another sports season, and for many seniors - and senior parents - this is the finish lin…
1 year, 10 months ago
Jen is Zen - Choose Your Own Adventure
Episode 129
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If you needed to choose between optimism and pessimism? Between beautiful or ugly? Between peace or angst? Which would you choose? Which s…
1 year, 10 months ago
Putting Age in Context: 9 Keys for Staying Ageless, Contextual Age and my Birthday!
Episode 128
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Join me on my birthday for a conversation about contextual age and its profound implications on our sense of self and well-being. Delving …
1 year, 10 months ago
Hike your own Hike: Equifinality and Family Communication
Episode 127
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Hike your own hike. Can you embrace equifinality in your Family and accept that there is no one right way?
Are you navigating the twists an…
1 year, 10 months ago
Jen is Zen - Reconsidering Boundaries
Episode 126
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Is it possible that your boundaries are too rigid? What could you start today that makes you uncomfortable? Can you come to terms that it …
1 year, 11 months ago