03/17/2026
Happy St. Patrick’s Day ☘️ 💚🌈
So today is infusion day for these lovely autoimmune monsters that are kicking my butt 🤦♀️. While sitting here, trying to write my speech for this weekends Awareness 365 themed dance fundraiser, I’m finding myself staring at this blank page! Struggling to find the right words, the Jen from Ignite, when it was “easy”. When the energy and words just flowed. I can’t help but think back to my Ignite Fitness days 💔
That space was never just about fitness. It was a place of healing, of strength, of community. A place where we lived by the words:
✨ Turning pain into power
✨ Inhale courage, exhale fear
While sitting here I realized something.
Ignite might be closed but the energy has never left me 🫶🏻. I may have to dig a bit deeper today, but it’s there! Maybe quieter. Maybe different. But still there.
SO…today, I’m going to do exactly what I used to tell everyone else to do…
Inhale courage.
Exhale fear.
Trust that the right words will come to me and I can fill this blank page with inspiring words 🙏🏻
This weekend isn’t just about a speech. It’s about connection. It’s about hope. It’s about reminding every single person in that room that even in the hardest moments, there is still power within them.
Maybe I needed this quiet moment to remember that for myself too. 🫶🏻🫶🏻💕💪