Lists. Tasks. Goals. Deadlines. Schedules. Carpool. Coffee. Phone calls. Emails. Remember to call your Mom. Bus stop. Basketball practice. Pick up dinner. Bath-time. Negotiating. Etcccccccccccccccc… Sound familiar? This is the reason why there are so many coaches, podcasts, books, courses, etc. about how to achieve calm and serenity. Because we are all doing too much and driving ourselves CRAZY! Yet, “One Bit at a Time”
I think I’m not a perfectionist. I think I’m relaxed and fairly self-confident, and then something happens. Something like the sound on the podcast I record with my own equipment without a sound crew (I am the sound crew) is sub-par on an interview I was thrilled to have and with a guest that I absolutely admire and respect. I “Here I am. I am flawed. I am imperfect.”
There are so many aspects to our feminine well-being: physical, mental, spiritual, emotional, creative, erotic, etc. Talking with Nimisha Gandhi reminded me of all the many layers of the feminine body and how easy it is to let go of most of them in order to “take care of things.” Things: other people, children, partners/spouse, work, clients, house and household chores and “Remember Your Feminine Body”
Valentine’s Day is this week. I’ve been doing this self-love challenge on Instagram with you all and I’m loving how it’s making me work hard to rise to it every single day because I need to be accountable to you! Which is interesting because it’s not coming naturally without that impetus behind it. Sometimes it does, but mostly, I am “Notes from Jen: Importance of Scheduling “Nothing””
I thought I was so healthy until I interviewe a truly healthy mom… As Elissa Goodman welcomed me into her home and offered me a freshly made romaine-celery-lemon juice, it felt so luxurious. And then I felt ashamed that it was probably, scratch that, it was most definitely the first serving of a vegetable I had ingested in several days. “Notes from Jennifer Tracy: What is nourishment?”
As I walked into April’s home, besotted by her beauty and the impeccable interior design in front of me, I almost forgot about my shiner. “Oh, and I have a black eye because I hit my face on a stripper pole last week,” I said. “Oh, ok. You ok?” she said with empathy and also letting me be me. “Ya.” “April Uchitel: CEO of Violet Grey”
Joanne Astrow is a baller with a rebellious bent… and I love that. I loved coming to her apartment near the Grove in Los Angeles and seeing two sculptures of hands with middle fingers raised, and a bronze clay dick on the coffee table. Upon inquiry, she explained it was a prop from a play she and her husband had “Joanne Astrow: Rebel Lessons”
After having the lusciously beautiful, elegant, and fiercely authentic May Lindstrom in my home for our interview, I realized two things: 1) You never really know a person’s true beginnings until they tell you their story, 2) Her quote of “Fuck This, I Have a Voice,” should truly be on the back of bumpers, fronts of tee shirts, mugs, banners, “May Lindstrom Musings: “I have a voice.””
I wrote this right after I interviewed Kimberly Muller for MILF podcast. (Make sure to listen to MILF Podcast #29!) What a bright, bright light and also a freaking Powerhouse! This woman is one-part stardust, one-part vixen, one-part CEO and one-part nurturing mama. I mean, there is a myriad of other parts to this dazzling woman, but in our hour together “Big Takeaways from Kimberly Muller Podcast Interview”
