From Jen to Zen with Jen Emswiler

If you've ever struggled with body image, how you relate to food, or have tried multiple diets over the years, this episode is for you! Guest expert and Registered Dietician, Sara Cammorata, shares how we can connect to our intuition to nourish our bodies in a way that feels supportive and aligned, as well as tips for how to cultivate mindful eating. Sara shares her journey with diet culture, how she approaches intuitive eating and how she pivoted careers so that she could work with women who are looking to heal their relationship to food and their bodies no matter their stage of life. Sara's passion for helping women find balance and food freedom shines through as she provides recommendations to meet you where you are.  Connect with Sara and check-out her offerings! Book a virtual 1:1 nutrition coaching session with Sara! Instagram:  @saracammo.nutrition Sara's Picks:  Fullstar Veggie Chopper  

If you've ever wondered what reiki is or what it's all about, this episode is for you! Guest expert and Holy Fire Reiki Master, Emily Dewberry and I talk all about what reiki is and how it's changed our lives. Emily shares about her journey stepping into the healing space after working in the corporate world, how she's navigated change in her life, as well as the practices that have impacted her life the most.  In addition to a Reiki Master, Emily is a certified breathwork and meditation teacher, intuitive tarot reader and tarot teacher. She holds certifications in conscious connected breathing and pranayama breathwork under Jon Paul Crimi, The Academy of Breath, and Frequency Breathwork. Emily currently resides in Dallas, Texas where she teaches in person and online breathwork, meditation, tarot, and reiki sessions. In January 2021, Emily launched The Embody Edit, an education platform and private practice where she is passionate about breaking the stereotypes of woo woo practices like breathwork, meditation, tarot, and reiki. Bringing these practices mainstream and into everyone's day to day practice.  In October of 2021, Emily created an intentional jewelry line, Ripple, handcrafted reiki infused crystal jewelry. Ripple is sold online and in Dallas local stores with the intention to create a ripple effect in your own daily life as well as others by giving a percentage of every sale to help various mental health awareness initiatives around the world. Connect with Emily and check-out her offerings! Book a virtual  reiki session with Emily! Instagram:  @emilydewberry  @theembodyedit @ripplebytee Emily's Picks:  Becoming Supernatural by Joe Dispenza  Ceremony by Brianna Weist 

What if every decision you ever made was the "right" decision for you? What if could experience more freedom and trust yourself in the decisions you make? Guest expert and Women's Coach, Danielle Hatton, shares how we can tap into our own wisdom to make decisions that feel aligned while being in approval of ourselves throughout the process. She offers supportive practices to explore and provides insights into why we often struggle with making decisions.  In addition to being a Women's Coach, Danielle is a Breathwork Teacher and the podcast host of Allow Accept Approve. Danielle's mission is to support women in discovering what it is that they truly desire and having the courage to create it for themselves. Danielle does this through many different realms and practices such as 1:1 coaching, group coaching, leading workshops, guest teaching and the content she shares on Instagram and her podcast. Danielle hopes through her work all women feel seen, approved of, empowered and self-liberated.  Connect with Danielle and check-out her offerings Instagram: @daniellehatton & @allowacceptapprove Allow Accept Approve podcast  Book a clarity call Resources: Book - Pussy: A Reclamation by Mama Gena

What do you do when a simple conversation turns into a misunderstanding? In today's episode learn an effective three step technique that will help you feel heard, understood, and more connected in your relationships by improving the way you communicate. 

Friends, I'm back! In today's episode I share five strategies for how you can find clarity in your life. Whether you're looking for clarity in your career, relationships, health, or purpose, you've come to the right place. This is a huge topic and something that has been coming up a lot in coaching sessions with clients and even in my own life as I've made some big decisions over the past few months. I share what has helped me the most in gaining clarity as I've navigated big decisions.

After battling chronic pain for years, I decided it was time to change what I was eating and remove gluten, dairy, alcohol, soy, sugar, coffee and caffeine in order to reduce inflammation and feel better. On today's episode I talk about my journey with starting a new diet: how it went, what was hard, what was easy, what I learned along the way and what things supported me through the process. If you know you want to make a change in your life big or small, you can always start with taking small steps to improve your overall health. If you feel stuck in your job or career or relationship or just stuck, start focusing on your overall health and well-being, notice what you're eating, your energy, your mood, how your routines, how you're exercising and start small. 

Today's episode is a gentle reminder of how you're right on time and how each of us is on our own divine schedule. Support Texas & Those in Need So many individuals have been impacted by the power outages and inclement weather in Texas and so many are in need to resources and support. If you are able and feel called to, you can make donations to any of the below Texas organizations: Feeding Texas, the largest hunger relief network in the state, relies on donations to stock its food banks across the state. The Austin Area Urban League is seeking donations to continue its emergency relief work in providing shelter, food, water, clothing, and more! Texas Relief Warriors are helping feed seniors in Houston who have been without power and water. Austin's Free Lunch program provides meals to those experiencing homelessness, and the Central Texas Food Bank is providing meals to people in need. The Mutual Aid collective, Feed the People Dallas, is accepting donations. The group is asking for help with supplies for community care packages and groceries. The animal rescue group Austin Pets Alive! is asking for help with supplies to save animals from the life-threatening cold. Resources: Questions to help us reframe and return to the present moment during times of difficulty: How can I grow through this? How can I heal through this? What am I learning? What might this be preparing me for?  

I love journaling because it allows me to process my thoughts or emotions and helps me increase my self-awareness. It is such a powerful tool and resource, that I personally like to change up every now and then!  My Top 5 Favorite Journals (in no particular order) Zen as f*ck Daily Feels #ANOTE2SELF Moon Lists Practice You

This is a such a big topic and something I'm SO passionate about! Honestly, I could spend hours chatting about this. If you're looking for more on this topic check out another episode I did all about Navigating Change In Your Career If this resonated with you and you find yourself feeling stuck or wanting to make a change in your life, I'd love to connect with you! Feel free to DM me @fromjentozen and let me know if you've been wanting to make a change or feeling stuck so that I can support you!!! Big Magic: Elizabeth Gilbert

Welcome to another episode of From Jen to Zen! Today's solo bonus episode is short and sweet, where I share the 2 things you can do right now that will help you go after a new goal, implement a new habit or make a change that will actually stick. When we make the habits or goals we're working towards fun and easy, the more comfortable we become with doing them and the more we'll be able to develop habitual patterns and make change happen in our lives, and dare I say, enjoy the process.  Resources & References Hidden Brain Podcast Episode - A Creature of Habit Wendy Wood - Good Habits, Bad Habits: The Science of Making Positive Changes that Stick Thank you so much for tuning into today's episode! Be sure to follow along my journey on @fromjentozen. Want to work with me, have an exciting opportunity or just want to say hi? Head to my website and reach out!