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Rising Strong Wellness LLC

Embodiment and Somatic Healing Coach. Body image whisperer. Diet Culture REBEL. Energy dealer. Feeling feeler. Story holder.

03/23/2026

I’m living this season alongside you.
Lately, I’ve been noticing the smallest shifts—how my energy wants to move in short bursts instead of long stretches, how rest still matters even as curiosity returns, how listening feels more important than planning.
Spending time on the land has been one of my greatest teachers here. Tending my garden. Caring for my chickens. Watching the quiet intelligence of life unfold without urgency. These practices bring me joy, yes—but they also loosen my grip. They remind me that growth doesn’t happen all at once, and that nothing meaningful is rushed.

Planting bulbs in the fall, for example, is an act of hope. You place something precious into the dark, trusting it knows when to rise. Seeing my neighbors’ daffodils emerge tells me the harshest part of winter has passed—even before the calendar says so. And watching baby chicks break through their shells? It’s impossible not to feel wonder. Newness arrives when it’s ready, not when it’s demanded.

Some days I feel ready to step forward.
Other days I need to pause and warm what’s still tender.
This is the practice of Gentle Emergence: staying connected to myself as energy rises, instead of leaving my body behind in the name of progress. Learning to trust cycles. Learning to soften my grip. Letting life show me the timing.

This work isn’t theoretical for me. It’s lived. Messy. Responsive. And deeply human.
March is teaching me to listen for what’s ready—and to trust what isn’t.

03/20/2026

Tickets are officially open for The Whole Body Experience 2026.

This gathering was created because so many of us have carried stories about our bodies in silence.
Stories shaped by culture, family, expectations, shame, resilience, healing, and courage.

This year’s theme is “Every Body Has a Story.”
On October 10th in West Michigan, we will come together for a day of powerful storytelling, meaningful conversations, and community connection. Through keynote speakers, breakout sessions, panels, and local organizations, we’ll explore the many ways our bodies move through the world — and how we can create a future where every body is treated with dignity and care.

You’ll hear stories that challenge old narratives.
You’ll meet people doing important work in body justice and healing.
And you’ll sit in a room where the message is clear:
Your body was never the problem.
This event is intentionally community-built — shaped by the voices, experiences, and courage of the people who show up.

If you’ve ever wished for a space where these conversations could happen openly…
If you’ve ever wondered what it would feel like to be in a room where bodies are respected instead of judged…
This is that space.

Tickets are now available.
Come spend the day with us listening, learning, and remembering that every body deserves belonging.
Because every body has a story.
And yours matters too.

🎟 Get your ticket here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1984417467063?aff=oddtdtcreator

03/19/2026

Many Faces of Spring

Across cultures, spring has never belonged to one story or one goddess.
Calliaeach loosens her grip on winter stone by stone, releasing the land from frost only when it is ready.
Brigid arrives with the first spark—poetry, hearth fire, the quiet return of creativity and care.
Persephone moves between worlds, carrying the memory of the underworld even as flowers rise around her.

None of them rush.
None of them forget where they’ve been.

These stories remind us that emergence is not a single moment—it’s a relationship. A slow negotiation between dark and light, rest and movement, holding and releasing. Spring does not erase winter; it grows because of it.

March invites us to embody this same wisdom. To honor the parts of us that are still thawing. To let new energy arrive without demanding that we be finished with what came before.

You don’t need to choose one goddess, one archetype, one way forward. You are allowed to be many things at once: resting and curious, tender and alive, rooted and beginning to rise.

This is Gentle Emergence.
Not rebirth by force—but return by relationship.

03/17/2026

Hi, I’m Jen 👋
If we’ve just met here, a few things about me:
I’m a somatic healing coach and yoga teacher who helps women rebuild their relationship with their bodies, food, and movement.

But honestly… I didn’t start here.
For years I was deep in diet culture, perfectionism, and trying to earn my worth through “doing everything right.” I know what it’s like to feel disconnected from your body while everyone around you is saying “just listen to it.”
Turns out… that’s really hard when your nervous system has been taught not to feel safe there.

My work now is about creating spaces where women can slowly come back home to themselves — with compassion, curiosity, and community.
Inside my programs we explore things like:
✨ nervous system support
✨ body neutrality
✨ healing our relationship with food and movement
✨ unlearning diet culture and purity culture
✨ reconnecting to our bodies with safety and consent

And when I’m out in the wild living real life, you’ll usually find me:
🌱 in my garden
📚 being a total learning nerd
💃 dancing whenever the music is good
🍓 and finding the sweetness in everyday life
A few other things that matter to me:
• healing happens in community
• laughter belongs in serious conversations
• tiny wins deserve celebration
• and your body is not the enemy

If you’re here because you want a more peaceful relationship with your body… you’re in the right place.
And if you want to go deeper, I’d love to have you inside the membership or at the upcoming conference. 💛

Tell me in the comments:
How did you find your way here?

03/16/2026

Yoga teacher training changed my life.
Not just in the obvious ways — learning to teach, studying the practice, understanding the body.
It changed me in the quiet ways.
It brought depth to places in my life that once felt flat.
It helped tend to the loud places in me — and the quiet ones I had learned to ignore.
I found yoga during a really hard season of my life.
At a time when everything felt tight, rigid, and heavy.
Yoga gave me space to breathe again.
Teacher training deepened that breath.
It gave me space to explore my body, my story, and the ways I had been holding myself.
It helped me soften where I had been bracing for so long.
And somewhere along the way, I found my people.
People who were curious.
People who were compassionate.
People who were willing to show up honestly.
For the first time in a long time, I felt understood.
Now I get to tend to bodies.
To hold space for people to explore themselves with curiosity and care.
To offer the same kind of room that once helped me find my breath again.
If you’ve been feeling a quiet pull to go deeper,
to study, to practice, to grow in community —
I’d love to talk with you.
Our Trauma-Informed Yoga Teacher Training begins soon.
Applications close March 20.
If your body is whispering yes, let’s chat. ✨

03/14/2026

CLASS IS BACK THIS WEEK!
I've been doing some body tending and healing, I've missed being in community class!
YOGA FOR BODY CONNECTION IS A PAY WHAT YOU CHOOSE CLASS THAT HAPPENS EVERY SUNDAY AT 9AM!

A space to just be.
In a world that asks us to constantly improve, fix, and perform, this class offers something different—an opportunity to simply arrive and be with yourself.
Nothing to change. Nothing to solve.
Together we create space to get still and listen. Through slow, gentle movement and moments of rest, we strengthen the relationship we have with our bodies by observing sensation and practicing choice. These small choices—whether to move, pause, soften, or rest—become powerful ways of rebuilding trust within ourselves.
Trauma healing is rarely big or flashy. More often, the work happens quietly, in the subtle moments when we notice something new or respond to our body with care.
Over the next few weeks, our practice will explore gentle ways of crossing the midline of the body and moving along the natural spirals of our connective tissues. These patterns support coordination, integration, and ease within the nervous system and fascia.
Expect slow pacing, abundant props, restoration, and rest—while tending to the body with curiosity and gentleness.
You are welcome exactly as you are.
Come move, come rest, or simply come be.

03/13/2026

Rest + Reflect is a place to practice Gentle Emergence—month by month, season by season.

Inside the membership this March, we’re exploring:
• body-based listening for yes / no / not yet
• practices that protect vitality as energy rises
• gentle movement and reflection
• a 2-hour live (recorded) workshop
• space to return to yourself without pressure

Nothing to keep up with.
Nothing to perform.
Just a steady container that meets you where you are and walks with you as things begin to shift.
If March feels tender, uncertain, or quietly hopeful, you’re welcome to join us.
The door stays open.

03/11/2026

Before tickets open to the public, I’m inviting a small group of people to help bring this day to life.
Early Supporter Tickets for The Whole Body Experience are now available.
This conference has always been something we build together as a community. Every speaker, every conversation, every meaningful moment in the room happens because people decide this work matters and step forward to support it.
For the next 10 days, a limited number of Early Supporter tickets are available ahead of general admission.
These tickets help us secure our venue, confirm speakers, and continue building a day that centers body liberation, healing, and honest conversation.
This year’s theme is “Every Body Has a Story.”
On October 10th we’ll gather in West Michigan for a day of listening, learning, and connection — through keynote talks, breakout sessions, panels, vendors, and community.
And truly, this event only exists because people believe it should.
If this conference feels like something you wish existed when you were younger…
or something you wish someone had invited you to sooner…
consider being one of the people who helps bring it into the world.
Early Supporter tickets are limited and available now.
General admission opens in 10 days.
Thank you for being part of a community that believes every body deserves dignity, belonging, and a story that can be heard.

🎟 Early Supporter tickets: link in bio

03/10/2026

Gentle Emergence ≠ Hustle

Spring culture loves a reset.
A push.
A plan.

But March offers a different lesson.
This is early spring—not full momentum, not sustained heat. It’s a season that asks us to protect vitality as energy begins to rise, not spend it all at once.

Gentle Emergence means learning how to move with change instead of bracing against it. Letting momentum build organically. Honoring rest and curiosity side by side.

If you’re feeling pressure to “get it together” right now, consider this your permission slip to slow down.
Emergence doesn’t require urgency.
It requires relationship.

03/09/2026

So many things can be true at the same time. This is why i invite so much question and curiosity into my practice.

For who ? Has become one of my favorite questions. I encourage us to move towards neutral.

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GLP1-s have exploded in popularity, and the body positivity movement is at a crossroads. What does loving yourself at any size mean now that weight loss is back in fashion — and becoming more accessible than ever? Can you still be body positive while wanting to lose weight? The former body positivity influencer argues that the movement has lost its way and taken an extreme turn in recent years. But she says there’s a middle ground that still champions self-love and bodily autonomy while redefining them, too.

03/08/2026

Happy to say that i’m in partnership with

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Happy International Women’s Day to every woman who has ever had to fight for the right to simply exist in her body.

On a day that celebrates what women are capable of, we want to name this:

Staying alive is an achievement.
Feeding yourself is an achievement.
Asking for help is an achievement.

Most importantly, please remember: support is available:

→ Helpline: 1-866-662-1235
→ : Text HOME to 741741
→ Find mental health providers: allianceforeatingdisorders.com
→ Get financial support: theprojectheal.org

03/07/2026

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As fat people are being pressured to take GLP-1S to pre-empt illnesses we may or may not develop in the future, GLP-1s are giving people scurvy, eating disorders, muscle loss, bone loss, tooth loss, hair loss, vision loss, anhedonia & gastroparesis right now.

What this tells us is that it’s not gambling with our health that is the problem. It tells us that the only socially acceptable path for a fat person is one where we pursue thinness no matter what the cost is to our well-being. This is the very definition of indignity, cruelty, & dehumanization.

This is weight stigma.

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Meet Jen

I’m Jen. I help other’s connect to the deepest version of themselves and move from survive to thrive. My deepest commitment is to empower, inspire and allow you a brave space for healing. I help other’s deal with the imprints of trauma on the body, mind and soul.

My goal is to guide others to live an empowered and inspired life. I believe that yoga goes far beyond the mat and into your entire life. Yoga can be used as a form of movement and exercise, but also as a way to look inward.

My teaching style brings a balance of strength and softness. Each time we work together my hope is that you’ll find a balance of rest and power. I’m committed to personal growth. I’m passionate about helping others explore where yoga and can take them while reclaiming power and self worth. My special interests include trauma, grief, body image and addiction.