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April gratitude. Lots happened this month, some beautiful, some challenging. I’m here for it all.💕Led my largest group s...
05/01/2026

April gratitude. Lots happened this month, some beautiful, some challenging. I’m here for it all.

💕Led my largest group somatic breathwork session yet at the annual professional development retreat, right on my favorite spot in the world, Narragansett beach. It was EXHILARATING.

💕 Said goodbye to my 🐈‍⬛ Luna, a heartbreak I hope never to go thru again, but I know she is in a better place now.

💕 Celebrated the joys of spring, loving all the new color and sunlight. Huge mood boost.

💕Got in the water a couple times and it felt amazing- one of my intentions is to consciously bring more JOY into my life and that means, at the very least, surfing even if the conditions aren’t perfect.

💕 Led what honestly feels like our most powerful breathwork session yet at - I can’t wait to see how much bigger I can grow this community.

💕 Rob and I celebrated post-breathwork with some oysters and I had a lemony marmaladey mocktail. I love food.

💕 Received my first ever in-person somatic breathwork session (2 actually) at the training in Denver and it was WILD!

Excited to see what May brings forth.

What are you feeling grateful for right now?

-Jen

04/29/2026

In almost all cases, quit your job or pivot your career and here’s what’s going to happen:

🔸You quit your job and breathe a sigh of relief.

🔸You start a new job (or even a new career), excited for the future.

🔸You discover, often after just a few weeks, that the same stress and overwhelm and exhaustion has returned.

The ‘facts’ of your life changed- new job, new career.

→ But YOU did not change.

Same patterns and habits.
Same mindset.
Same dysregulated nervous system.

Yes, there are toxic work environments. Excessive pressures put upon women.

I deeply empathize with this, and I ALSO know it’s not the full story.

If you want to eliminate burnout, restore your physical and mental health, and reach a point where you’re loving your life again, the real work to be done is INSIDE you.

I’ve got a blog post where I break this down further and explain how you can recover from burnout without having to quit your job.

➡️Comment JOB and I’ll send over for you to read.

🤍Jen

Another Sunday Surf Shop Somatic Breathwork Session in the books! (We dare you to say that five times fast 😂)Rob loves ...
04/27/2026

Another Sunday Surf Shop Somatic Breathwork Session in the books!

(We dare you to say that five times fast 😂)

Rob loves hosting and I love guiding you.

Thank you again to everyone who showed up FOR YOURSELF - you deserve that 🤍

More to come soon… and we have a something special in the world for this summer. Stay tuned!

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04/26/2026

We have TWO spots left for today's somatic breathwork journey at DRIFT. If this has been calling to you, sign up here:

https://rootedlife.as.me/drift

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04/24/2026

Still a few spots left for Somatic Breathwork at DRIFT on Sunday! If you're wondering 'is this for me?' let me ask you:

* Do you feel like you're go-go-go and can't seem to slow down?
* Do you find yourself glued to your sofa doomscrolling, seemingly immobilized and unable to get motivated?
* Do you react impulsively to things that, when you think about it logically, should not stress you out?
* Do you have an important decision to make but keep overanalyzing and second guessing yourself?
*Are you facing a challenge in life but fear is holding you back?

And are you curious about breathwork and also looking for more community?

If you answered "YES" to any of those, then come join us Sunday.

Details here: https://www.rooted.life/events/sbwdrift3

Life lately- playing with other people’s pets and making a conscious effort to feel joy for the small things in life, li...
04/21/2026

Life lately- playing with other people’s pets and making a conscious effort to feel joy for the small things in life, like the flowers popping up all over the place now that spring is in full effect.

Today I was on a zoom call with a fellow breathwork practitioner and her cat popped in, and it looked *just* like Luna (when she was healthy).

It was so surreal and I felt a small wave of grief come over me.

Pet loss is weird. You’re fine one moment and a little sad the next.

I find myself still regressing to old habits and even -illogically- expecting Luna to be waiting for me on the sofa when I get home, or popping up on the bed in the dark.

It’s like her spirit is still here with me.

It’s only been 3 1/2 weeks but I feel like the hardest part has passed, and corny as it sounds, I’ve realized I have so much love to give to all animals.

I mean if I could, I think I’d raise cats and have like 10 of them lol. There’s at least three neighborhood cats I want to kidnap so watch out neighbors.
(just kidding 💕)

04/20/2026

We women KNOW when we’re people pleasing.

We know we’re overachievers. Or that we can’t relax.

We know we have these patterns that are keeping us stuck in relationships that don’t make sense, in unhealthy habits, in careers that aren’t advancing the way we want.

We know these patterns are BURNING US OUT.

But we keep doing it anyways. And we don’t know why.

Self-awareness of your patterns is always step zero but how do you OVERCOME them and grow?

Just knowing what you “should” do is never enough.

Because no matter how many positive affirmations you say to yourself, your nervous system didn’t get the memo.

Your BODY didn’t get the memo. It still wants to play it safe.

So you need to re-train it.

This is work I do with my clients in THRIVE, and one of my favorite tools for doing that is Somatic Breathwork.

Want to try it out?

➡️ Comment or DM me “breath”.

If you’re in Rhode Island, you’re invited to my upcoming Somatic Breathwork journey at .

If you’re not local, fear not, I guide virtual sessions and they are equally powerful.

If you’re ready, let’s connect!

04/20/2026

6 spots left for Sunday's Somatic Breathwork Journey at DRIFT

Details: https://www.rooted.life/events/sbwdrift3

Here's the thing about Somatic Breathwork. Yes, you will breathe more deeply than you probably have in years. For a short time, you'll be 100% focused on your breath.

BUT it's not about the breath. It's not about "technique".

It's about being human. Feeling what you haven't allowed yourself to feel. Processing stress that's been building up inside you, making you want to burst.

It's about FREEING yourself to be who you are.

Try it and you'll understand what I mean.

I always say whomever shows up for these sessions, that's who was meant to be there. If it ends up being you, I look forward to holding space for you.

❤ Jen

Why I’ve made somatic breathwork the cornerstone of my work helping women overcome burnout:Simple breathwork was the fir...
04/17/2026

Why I’ve made somatic breathwork the cornerstone of my work helping women overcome burnout:

Simple breathwork was the first tool for “stress management” that actually worked for me (after years of failed attempts at meditation).

Just doing ~3 minutes of box breathing each morning, I gradually noticed a difference in my overall ‘reactiveness’ to stress. I felt less anxious and on-edge.

🌟BUT when I first experienced Somatic Breathwork (ie my first breathwork session), I was BLOWN AWAY.

I had a weird/unexpected flashback to an uninteresting moment I hadn’t thought about in many years.

I won’t go into the details but it revealed to me how much imposter syndrome - never feeling like I’m “good enough” - had held me back in my life in the past when I was in academia, and how it was continuing to hold me back in my post-burnout, post-academic life.

And dammit, I didn’t want that.

I wanted to feel confident to share my ideas and gifts with the world. I didn’t want to feel fear anymore. I didn’t want to hold back. I didn’t want to wear a mask or walk with trepidation.

I’d done lots of journaling and therapy around this but it wasn’t till that Somatic Breathwork session that things really ‘clicked’ for me. I could see clearer. I felt different.

Since then, I’ve committed to receiving regular Somatic Breathwork sessions and using them as a tool to push myself to take scary action in life.

This is just one way that Somatic Breathwork has impacted me. And it’s one of the reasons that motivates me to share it.

This may sound trite, but we only have one life to live. And too many of us are living in a way that’s completely divorced from what we deeply want for ourselves. It drives us to burnout.

>>> If you’re ready to experience this for yourself, comment or DM me “breath” for more info. I currently lead virtual 1-1 sessions and I’ve got a group session at coming up soon.

💜Jen

I know I talk about this way too much, but bear with me. I'm having an important brain dump!The boring part: simple brea...
04/17/2026

I know I talk about this way too much, but bear with me. I'm having an important brain dump!

The boring part: simple breathwork was the first tool for "stress management" that actually worked for me (after years of failed attempts at meditation). Just doing ~3 minutes of box breathing each morning, I gradually noticed a difference in my overall 'reactiveness' to stress. I felt less anxious and on-edge.

BUT when I first experienced Somatic Breathwork (ie my first SOMA+IQ breathwork session), I was blown away. I had a weird/unexpected flashback to an uninteresting moment I hadn't thought about in many years.

I won't go into the details but it revealed to me how much imposter syndrome - never feeling like I'm "good enough" - had held me back in my life in the past when I was in academia, and how it was continuing to hold me back in my post-burnout, post-academic life.

And dammit, I didn't want that.

I wanted to feel confident to share my ideas and gifts with the world. I didn't want to feel fear anymore. I didn't want to hold back. I didn't want to wear a mask or walk with trepidation. I'd done lots of journaling and therapy around this but it wasn't till that Somatic Breathwork session that things really 'clicked' for me. I could see clearer. I felt different.

Since then, I've committed to receiving regular Somatic Breathwork sessions and using them as a tool to push myself to take scary action in life.

This is just one way that Somatic Breathwork has impacted me. And it's one of the reasons I want to share it with others.

This may sound trite, but we only have one life to live. And too many of us are living in a way that's completely divorced from what we really want for ourselves.

If you're ready to for a real deep-dive into yourself, then I encourage you to join me in my next Somatic Breathwork session at DRIFT on 4/26.

More info here: https://www.rooted.life/events/sbwdrift3

Are you keeping your brilliant ideas to yourself in meetings at work?Agreeing to take on smaller obligations and bigger ...
04/16/2026

Are you keeping your brilliant ideas to yourself in meetings at work?

Agreeing to take on smaller obligations and bigger projects that are outside your scope of responsibility- and that you really don’t want to do?

Do you keep your mouth shut when your boundaries are violated- or even just when your steak is served medium well instead of rare - because you don’t want to complain?

People pleasing can show up in so many ways.

And when it’s a pattern, it’s also a one-way ticket to burnout.

**Btw, when I say that ‘the roots of burnout are in YOU, not your job’, this is a key example of what I mean.

Here’s the thing: hiding your voice is doubly stressful:

1. It’s stressful having to wear a mask, pretend you’re someone you’re not.

2. Agreeing to things you really want to reject is stressful because it makes you angry (even if you don’t want to admit it). And usually you end up pointing that anger inward at yourself. It’ll make you sick.

The first step to growing past this pattern? —> acknowledging that you’ve got it. Self-awareness.

The next step? Taking scary action. Letting yourself say “no”. Speaking up when you disagree. Expressing when you’re angry. Sending back the overcooked steak!

If you resonate with this post, I want you to know you are NOT alone. In my burnout recovery coaching program, THRIVE, unraveling people pleasing is a common challenge for many of my clients.

One way we start doing it is through Somatic Breathwork. If you’d like a taste of what that’s like, I invite you to sign up for a 1-1 session. Or, if you’re in Rhode Island, come to my next breathwork session at !

Just DM me ‘breath’ for details.

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