November 12, 2020 • 45 mins
Jennifer Malcolm has been on a voyage for over ten years with a dream in her heart to empower, encourage, and equip women. Join her on this podcast as she shares the why behind the Jennasis Speaks Movement and her desire to activate women into collective vulnerability through compassionate listening and unconditional love.
Her hope is that through vulnerability and community, women will join arms to create a global movement of walking in the fullness of who we're meant to be. Our painful pasts do not dictate our futures, but rather create a platform for voice, beauty, and authority.
She invites each of you to become a beacon of light to brightly shine hope, healing, courage, and much, much more.
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Jennifer Malcolm (00:10):
Welcome to the Jennasis Speaks podcast, The
Transformative Power of Women'sStories, a platform that
empowers women storytelling, topromote collective
vulnerability, acceptance andhealing. I am your host,
Jennifer Malcolm, self madeentrepreneur, women advocate and
life balance expert. Welcome tothe next episode of Jennasis
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Speaks podcast, TheTransformative Power of Women's
Stories where every woman has astory and every story matters.
That means you, I am your host,Jennifer Malcolm founder and
president of Jennasis andAssociates, and women's voice
activists of Jennasis Speaks,trying that title out. Today,
we're going to do something alittle different. And I'm going
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to take some time to share thevision of Jennasis Speaks, why
this is important what theimpact is, so far since we
started this podcast in midJune, or July, I think mid June,
and where we're going from hereto share the why. And to give
each of you a deeperunderstanding into who I am,
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what this movement is, as wellas the team of women around me
that is helping get this done.
So for clarity, I know thatthere has been huge support
huge, huge, huge support of thework that we're doing. And I'm
going to take some timethroughout this podcast to share
some of the testimonialsreceived. And some of the
stories that I've heard. Butthis is a movement that is for
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all women from all walks oflife. We are not associated or
discriminate against age orrace, your social economic
status, religion, sexualorientation. And the reason
behind that is there aremovements and platforms that
advocate in those manners. Andthis one, I wanted to be all
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inclusive, I am passionate aboutthe inclusion of all women, and
the compassionate listening thatI feel called to, to not judge
others. And that does not meanthat I don't have opinions on
things does not mean that somethings may not ruffle, my
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feathers are not impacted bythem. I'm human, as you all
know, but it's not going tojudge someone else's walk. And
as long as people's hearts areopen, and there is real ears for
compassionate listening andcompassionate learning. I think
there's so much opportunity forgrowth, for healing for
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community that the world hasn'tseen yet. And I'm really
passionate about this. We arenot a business resource.
Although we can be a businessresource. This is not about a
nor are we therapists. But yes,we can provide great connections
to individuals who do great withtherapy work. We are not here
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for motivation, although youwill get motivated through this.
So you'll get some businessinsights, you'll probably get
some therapy from some of ourguest speakers through the
podcast, you will be motivated.
But this platform and thispodcast and this Jennasis Speaks
Movement is about healing. Andit's about connection. And it's
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about community for women. Whynow? Part of it is a gift of
COVID. That gave me time tobegin working on this in a very
purposeful way. Part of it isWhy not now?
Why not?
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This dream has been in my heartto do something for women. For
over 12 years This was after mydivorce. When I was in my condo
with small young age children. Iremember storyboarding out a
women's movement on a women'sevent that was all about
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surprise and wonder, healing andconnection. So COVID gave me the
gift of time graduating from myMBA this past spring gave me
another gift of time. And sothere was this vacuum. And it
was in a place where COVID therewas so much uncertainty. There
was so much unknown. Think backMarch and April when things were
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really, really unsettling andunnerving. And I just began
purposely writing thank younotes to individuals in my life
and putting gratitude statementsout on Facebook and very
purposely reaching out togirlfriends around me,
neighbors, friends, Jessicaconnect with them to ask how
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they were doing. And if theyneeded anything. The simple
activation toward women, thesimple place of connection. So
why not now? Why not in thisplace? 2020? Why not? Now, I
would love for someone to Googleor find me the actual resource
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for this, because I've heardthis statement over and over
again, but I couldn't find it asI prepared for today. But that
our culture is only as strong asthey empower their women. And if
you look back throughgenerations, and cultures, and
through history, you'll see thatthere are many origins and
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cultures that really, reallyempower women, and that that
community was alive and strong,and others other cultures that
suppress women's voices, orsuppress women's opinions, or
rights. And that that culturehad a lot of flaws. So if
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someone can find that, Google itand provide me some resources,
I'd be very happy. But forclarity, this is not an anti
man. movement. This is verycollaborative with men around
us, and alongside us. But thisis a special place for women to
come together. For those of youwho know me, I have a very
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strong relationship with my dad,who has cheered me on since I
was little, he's my champion.
And I want to honor him today.
As I'm recording this. It'sVeterans Day. Yes, this podcast
is being recorded on 1111. Andit's being released on 1112. I
just went under my dad, myhusband, Chad, who is my rock my
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strength. Remember when we met,and I unapologetically told him
some of my dreams, and totallyprobably wouldn't meet a
stronger woman or more. A womanwho was set in her ways
stubborn. Yes, I am stubborn,set in their ways, but also just
a visionary and called to changethe world. And I was like, if
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you want to be with me,outstanding, if you don't want
to be with me, outstanding, I'mgoing to be unapologetic about
the woman who am called to be.
So I honor my husband, Chadtoday. And the laughter, joy,
adventure, encouragement. When Itell him my big, hairy audacious
goals might be had goals. Hejust cheered me on and says go
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get them. So it's not about ananti man movement. But it is
about women coming together andcollective vulnerability, to
share, to heal, to grow, toactivate. And that's really
important. It's a place that menwill be welcome. When men
obviously are listening to thispodcast. I know that for a fact.
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But it's a special place forwomen. On our Jennasis and
Associates team, we have strongmen. But again, they're ones who
support women who don't feelthat they are inferior, or
beneath them. We have the noasshole rule on the Jennasis and
Asssociate side, which meansthat our clients and team
members treat women with respectand kindness and honor that we
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do. So through compassionatelistening, I'm here to not judge
anyone to listen, to activate,to facilitate a story to
connect. And that's my life, astrong fire in my soul. That
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right now cannot be quenched tocontinue to create, dream,
impact, gather, connect womentogether for a global movement.
I truly feel like I'm steppinginto my life's purpose and my
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life's work. I actually hadsomeone last week say will there
always be a need for this? Am Ian answer? unequivocably was
yes, there always will be needand room. One because as women
who I am today, at 44 years old,will look different. In a decade
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when I'm 54. There may bedifferent losses, different life
issues, different traumas,different loss that I'll be
dealing with. For those in theyoung generation who are just
rising up. hopefully there'll bea movement that builds and
embraces your confidence. Butthere'll be times where we fall
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down, skin, our knees, fail,make poor choices, and we need
to step up and rise up again.
So yes, I do believe thatthere's always going to be an
impact of This work forgenerations to come. Our goal in
this is not to createperfection, by any means. Anyone
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who loves Bernie Brown, thatgifts of imperfection, what a
profound book. And I know that Ihave dealt with feelings of
perfectionist mentality, myentire life. This was not
brought on by my parents by anymeans. But it was something that
I created and live by, fordecades, going from an A minus
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was not good enough in schoolahead to be an A plus, being the
best in the top. In the workthat I do, being a leader, not
finding not allowing me to fallor to fail. If I did super harsh
on myself, and and really justflogging myself with shame and,
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and pouring that mentality ofI'm not good enough. I'm not
smart enough. I'm not prettyenough. And so, understanding
that this is not aboutperfection, but is about a
journey, a journey of growth, ajourney of opportunity, a
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journey of joy, a journey ofunconditional love. The goal of
this movement is to birth,deeper kindness, deeper empathy,
compassionate, listening,understanding, learning,
growing. I'm going to read alittle short testimonial from my
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girlfriend, Missy boy went tocollege with a bw. We've
remained lifelong friends. Ithink I met her in my freshman
psychology class at BonnWallace. And her perspective on
our podcast is at the JennasisSpeaks podcast gives a bold,
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challenging and compassionatevoice to the stories of women in
all walks of life.
From the struggles ofmotherhood, to discussing racial
issues, there is something forevery woman to learn from this
podcast. I love you, missy. anhonor to call you my friend. My
goal is to bring together womenwho want to heal together
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through art, painting, drawing,dancing, playing laughter,
provocation, soul searching,activation, walking, talking,
sitting around fires, learninghow to breathe deeply together,
becoming warrior women, any ofyou who saw my Facebook Live
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from about a month ago, look itup on our Jennasis Speaks
Facebook, the call to thewarrior woman fighting for our
place, unlocking our voicesbreaking off shame, isolation,
guilt. When I did my podcastwith Johnny Mara, we were
talking about women's voices.
And the visual that she gave onthat podcast was tremendous. She
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said that women have this corkin our throat.
Some of it self inflicted thatwe put it there, some put on
through the culture or throughour family or upbringing, our
environment, but that we lockdown our voices and women. It is
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time to uncork our voices andlet the voices arise. And may
there be a crescendo and a songand a dance and a movement of
confident women, imperfectwomen, but women on a walk
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together to heal and growtogether. Her past thank God our
pasts do not determine ourfutures. We get bogged down with
regret and shame. We get boggeddown with what if it could have
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been, it should have been. Butour greatest places of
brokenness and failure and pain,ultimately, can be our greatest
authority for our life's callingand work. And that evidence is
all around us. People who'veovercome something and that
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became their life's work becamea place of authority. And so for
me, my failure is now mystrength.
My pain is now my provocationfor my future. And my brokenness
is now whole, and filled withjoy and laughter. We become
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light shining in dark places,first within us, so light within
us, we always think of lightoutside around us. But the
healing, and the deep workstarts here inside our hearts
and souls for when we arehealed, and when we are known,
then we become light around us,for others, and we can become
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light and dark places. But whenwe try to become light, in our
community, when we haven't dealtwith our own pain and shame, or
past, the impact is in his grandthe life work. It's a life
journey. I know it'd be in mylife journey to heal.
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Because the more I heal, themore I am aware of small
triggers. I look at the thingsthat I still have a short fuse
on, whether it's words, whetherit's a look, whether it's a
feeling that I know, stillimpacts my heart. And that's an
opportunity to dig deep. And tosay, why does this trigger? What
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makes me feel inferior, whatmakes me feel unworthy, what
makes me feel not qualified. Soour journey of healing is going
to be a lifelong journey. Butthe beautiful part is, as we
turn inside, to heal and togrow, to find our breath, to
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uncover and put a bomb of sweetoil over our inner wounds, we
become more confident, and anarmy of women arises. And we
become light in the dark places.
This is an activation of love,of unconditional love. Many of
you know I've talked about thisprior. But many of you know
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that. About eight years ago, Igot my second tattoo on my foot.
My first tattoo is on my wrist.
And it's in Hebrew. And on oneside, it says forgiveness, and
the other side redemption. And Igot that soon after my divorce.
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And for me, it was a simple wayfor me to realize that I needed
to self forgive, forgive thosearound me, and to walk in my
redemption through poor choices,through brokenness, and that I
could be whole and redeemedagain. But my second tattoo, and
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I know I've talked about it onthis podcast before, but it's in
Hebrew, it's on my right footthat says unconditional love.
And I want for that. And thattattoo hurts like a son of a
gun. In her foot tattoo work ispainful. But anyway, the goal on
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that was that my foundation, theframe of my being my body would
be upon a foundation ofunconditional love. And the goal
there was for me that I wouldhave unconditional love for
myself. Because at the time Istill dealt with a lot of self
hatred, shame, unworthiness, notqualified.
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And it was a simple activationreminder to my eyes as I saw my
foot, to my body, to my soul,that if I can walk in
unconditional love towardmyself, then I could extend that
and walk an unconditional lovetoward those around me.
Recently, I was one of our toppodcasts was with Rebecca
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Chilcote. And she wrote onFacebook, she's like Jennifer,
you are setting the world onfire with your love. And how
humbling how humbling that womenare seeing the love radiating
from my writing. From myFacebook Lives from my
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recordings from the podcast,setting the world on fire with
my love. honored and I love youRebecca, honored by your story
and your friendship. We get to aplace where we release things
which no longer serve us. Medealing with unworthiness no
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longer serves me.
I dealt with this a lot whengetting married and going into
our wedding preparations withChad feeling unworthy of His
love. feeling that I had to earnit. And I've never met a man who
looks at me with such passion.
Eyes, tender heart, sees pastall of my flaws and all he sees
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is beauty. physical beauty,spiritual beauty, emotional
beauty. And all that breeds isdeeper confidence, deeper love.
And so it no longer serves me Itstill triggers feeling of
inadequacy, unworthiness,unqualified. Do any of these
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words resonate with you? I knowthey have with me for a long
time. But recognizing that thesewords no longer serve us, but
also being compassionate. Manyof you again, I'm going to refer
to Joanie Mara, and the workthat podcast I do with her and
some of the healing work thatI've done alongside her. And in
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one session, I was talking toher about a season of my life
when I was rock bottom, where Iwas drinking and partying and
coping through that, staying outlate. And her tender kindness
toward me was, it helped me in amoment, and to be gentle. It
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serves me in the moment for areason. And whether it served me
in a place where I ultimatelydidn't hit rock bottom, and
contemplating suicide.
Who knows?
It doesn't even matter. Butlooking back through tender eyes
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of compassion, we do it forother people. We have
compassion, deep compassion forother people. You're we're so
hard on ourselves. Why is that?
When we have deep compassion forourselves, the layers of shame
and guilt, inadequacy, startebbing away. Now, obviously,
this doesn't give me license tobring harm upon myself or to
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others, or to make harmfulchoices against others. We're
human, we're going to makemistakes, we're going to hurt
other people. But the goal is tolive a life of joy and kindness,
tenderness, understanding. As Icontinue to read through some of
the testimonials, I know thatthis will resonate with a lot of
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you listeners, there's a powerof testimonials. There's
something that when you hear astory, and it resonates, the
transfer of power. And we'regoing to have to get my friend,
Dr. Aaron, to help me understandit fully, and probably interview
her to help all of us understandmore fully. There's an
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activation that happens there'sa transfer of hope there's a
transfer of joy, there's atransfer of if not, if it
happened to them, why can't it'shappened to me, is a transfer of
hope. So the power of thesetestimonies, testimonials,
ladies, is that as you hearthese stories, as you hear the
testimonials, as you align witha theme of story, there's going
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to be hope, birth deeper in yourheart, an activation that will
occur a yes in your spirit. Thatmakes it a reality for you as
well. When I did my recordingwith Rebecca a few weeks ago,
she sent a follow up and saidshe felt so loved and saturated
with safety for me and the team.
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And that the glow that I have ispouring out to those around me
that we as a team and me as awoman are safe. And there is
trust built.
There are things that women haveshared with me over the last six
months. Because they felt that Iwas a trusted resource and
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friend, which I am. And theyshared in confidence. So so that
level of confidentiality ofcommunity. Obviously the ones
that are on the podcasts are,are sharing their story openly
as an activation and as a placeto hopefully bring healing
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another woman's heart and life.
I'm saying this for those of youwho don't know me, but anyone
who really does know me, knowsthat I am not doing this for
fame or glory. But for a lifecalling and purpose because the
fire in my belly cannot bequenched cannot be quenched and
it's activation of women arisingis going to be powerful and is
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powerful already. I know that onShelley calls podcast. We read a
powerful work for MarianneWilliamson, but I wanted to
reread it again today because itis a quote that I have on my I
have a in my office. They have abig question. bored with thank
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you notes and quotes andpictures from from over the
years. Marianne Williamsonwrites, Our deepest fear is not
that we are inadequate. Ourdeepest fear is that we are
powerful beyond measure. We askourselves, who am I to be
brilliant, gorgeous, talented,fabulous. Actually, who are you
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not to be? We were born to makemanifest the glory of God that
is within us. And as we let ourown light shine, we
unconsciously give other peoplepermission to do the same. As we
let our own light shine, weunconsciously give other people
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permission to do the same.
Powerful.
So my question to you today iswhat if? What if the great
exchange is true? What if thestory of healing is possible?
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What if I get beauty from myashes? What if I get light from
stepping out of the darkness?
Confidence over insecurity?
Freedom, over shame. Voice Oversilence?
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What if ladies?
What if? Can you imagine a worldof confident women? Not
backbiting? Not petty? notjealous? And again, we're human.
We're going to be imperfect. Andthat's okay. Not the goal of
perfection. But can you imaginea world of confident women
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working together? First, whatimpact will this have on your
own life? What impact would thishave on your own life? What
about your family? your parents,your siblings, spouses children?
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Then what about your community?
How would this impact yourcommunity? those around you,
your work? And then how can thisimpact the world? Think if you
could see a beacon of light overmy home, and someone listening
today has a beacon of light overtheir home. And that person
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shares it. And they have abeacon of light over their home.
Think after months and monthsand years and years, the light
that is shining around theworld. It is possible. And that
is my dream and goal. What doesit mean to be fully seen? To be
fully known? valued? honored?
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Heard? healed?
What does that look like?
Ladies?
Know that one? Simpleactivation? One simple? Yes. In
your heart. One simpleactivation within changes and
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heals. One person beyond you.
What if one simple yes. In yourheart brings healing to someone
around you saying yes, to heal,to grow, to be vulnerable? To
join together? I know this fromthe women I'm talking to that
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says hey, I may have a story toshare. But I'm not quite sure
I'm podcast material or I'm notquite sure that I feel
comfortable being interviewed ina podcast style. Is there a way
that I can be connected? And theanswer is yes. a resounding yes.
resounding yes. There's multipleways. And I will give some, some
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contact information here at theend. But there's multiple ways
that we can interview you andcapture that in a blog in social
in numerous different ways. Sodon't feel that just because you
may not want to record a fullpodcast, that your story isn't
important and that your voicedoesn't matter. So get that out
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of your head, ladies. Your voicematters. And we want all the
stories. We want all the momscoming together all the single
moms coming together all thedivorces all the beautiful
marriages, the moms Thegrandmas, the young people, the
overcomers. So we're comingtogether. And it doesn't matter
if you say, Well, I haven'treally been through much. We all
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deal with something, somethingself esteem, worth, value,
voice, confidence, stress,anxiety, we all deal with
something. And there are otherwomen just like you dealing with
similar things. And so the ideais that we begin putting these
pools of women together, thathave the same struggles. And
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when you see that someone elsestruggles with the same thing,
it just brings hope it bringsthe isolation out of the way and
it brings a community doesn'tmean that we're instantaneously
healed or, or formed or in atransformative place. But it
just brings community and thatcommunity aspect is so
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important.
We've also been asked what if Iwould like to remain anonymous
due to whatever issue it is, orpotentially people around you
that you don't want to know yourstory, or that you don't want to
indicate anyone in any of yourstories, we will provide
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platforms for anonymous storygathering. Obviously, our team
would know that but they havetheir under confidentiality
agreements as well. And yourstory would remain safe, and you
remain anonymous. And you canstill share your story. I have
two other testimonials that Iwanted to read from two amazing
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women who shared their story onthe podcast.
When Riz shared her story, shesaid I feel like a weight has
been lifted. I've been carryingthose stories and those feelings
around for quite some time. AndI have this sense of relief and
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calmness, knowing that I'veshared my story, and people will
be able to hear about it. Amy,who is a dear heart, such
courage that she had in herstory. If you've not heard Amy
stack story, please, please,please download it, you will be
in awe of her courageousness shewrote, sometimes you got to do
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scary things. Today is that dayfor me. I had the awesome
opportunity to be part of apodcast, which feels like a
movement, encouraging women totell their story. I'm doing it
afraid, because this is perhapsthe most vulnerable I've ever
been. But it's also the mostfree I've ever felt. I'm doing
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it afraid, because this isperhaps the most vulnerable I've
ever been. But it's also themost free I've ever felt.
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Some of you may know that our website did go live a
few weeks ago. It's still a softlaunch. So I'm sure you'll find
some typos. Again, we're justgetting the content out there.
And we're building thisplatform. It is quality beyond
measure. But I did not want towait till it was perfect in
order to launch it. So if you goto Jennasis Speaks comm you'll
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see our podcasts, they're someof the testimonials, some new
initiatives that we haveunderway. And the goal is to
have an impact locally,regionally, nationally, and
internationally. And theexciting piece, as we looked at
the analytics this week, is thatthe podcast is global. We are on
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every continent, except forSouth America. Not sure why not
South America but not SouthAmerica. And Reagan pointed out,
I don't think you're inAntarctica, either mom, but I'm
not as concerned aboutAntarctica, but who knows we'll
get there as well.
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But to see the analytics that we're in Russia,
Hong Kong, Africa, Europe,Canada, is both humbling, and
insanely exciting. So exciting.
For those of you who are curiousabout the journey that we're on,
we're going to be wrapping upseason one, ending the beginning
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of December. I will be closingout season one with a story that
few know. Then we will beginSeason Two starting beginning of
January. And the goal there isthat I will be interviewing
someone from the Jennasis team.
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So someone in house will bestill having guest speakers. And
then I will also be doing amonthly podcast as well. People
are asking how can I stayengaged. So right now we are
building out and it will becoming live in January. So
you'll start seeing Facebookposts and things that our
website regarding Inner Circlegroup. Our workbook is almost to
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the publisher that will becoming out through the holiday
season as well. So keep youreyes open on our Jennasis Speaks
Facebook page, which is open toanyone, as well as our website.
We're also on Instagram andTwitter. So feel free to keep
checking back in on thosethings. But I'm also very
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curious as to what topics youguys want to talk about. We've
had a broad set of topicsthroughout season one, most of
it very organically created. Butso far we've had childhood
sexual abuse, becoming an earlywidow cancer, how the way we
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grow up impacts our adultchoices LGBTQIA+ and faith,
Emotional Freedom Techniques,body dysmorphia, educating the
next generation against racism,being an athlete, and then
paraplegic and the gifts ofadoption. But I also want to
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know what you want to heartopics that I'm interested to
discuss and very open todiscuss. So remember, this is a
non judgmental zone. It is notmine to judge, it is mine to
capture your story throughcompassionate listening.
So topics I want to discuss isdivorce, which I will be talking
on season one, a little bit moreabout my divorce. Being a single
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parent, which I'm very familiarwith was one for almost 10
years, eating disorders,abortion dealing with the
emotional, physical aspects ofsomeone who's had an abortion,
someone that has contemplated orattempted suicide, or those
around who may have had someonein your life, a friend, a
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spouse, a parent, commitsuicide, I know that I had a
very close friend, my friend,Doug, who committed suicide
several years ago, and howdeeply that impacted me and the
trauma that I dealt with, fromlosing my friend. I want to
continue to talk about physicalabuse, emotional abuse,
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psychological abuse, sexualabuse, human trafficking,
affairs. So we do want to getinto some of the nitty gritty of
stories, some of which I'mfamiliar with, some of which I'm
not. And that doesn't matter,because I just want to
facilitate and capture yourstory. And again, remember, if
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you're not comfortable givingyour name publicly, then we can
capture a story in an anonymousway. And then we can disperse it
from there. I wanted to now readanother testimonial by a
beautiful friend Laura Steinbrink, who makes me laugh. I've
known for about a decade andhonored to call my friend. She
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said Jennasis Speaks is anamazing compilation of strong
women fighting through silence,to share their stories of
triumph over trauma andtraumatic experiences. For
centuries, women have sufferedin silence from shame. And that
ends now, thanks in part, to thebold vision and commitment of
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Jennifer Malcolm and the entireJennasis team. Again, if you've
not listened to Laura's podcast,download it this weekend, go for
a walk. It is powerful. And I amhonored to call her my friend
and honor the courage. So do youguys remember, I'm gonna date
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myself here. So those of you whoare 40 and over will find this
familiar. Those of you who arein their 20s and 30s will
probably have no clue what thisis going to mean. But you can
also Google it and find it onYouTube. But you remember Romper
Room where they did that mirrorhas a bumper bumper stamper boo
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and they called out kids to seethrough this magic mirror and
you always wait for your name tobe called. But in preparation
for today, there are threewomen's names that came to my
mind and heart so I jotted themdown and then that silly
childhood show and visual cameto my mind.
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So I don't know who this is for.
But I do this is the part ofactivation. So today, Mary, I
want you to know that I see you.
You are seen. You are loved andyou are valued.
Holly today, you are seen. Youare heard, you are loved. You
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are valued and hope today youare seen. You are loved you are
heard, you are known. So ladies,now it's your turn.
Close your eyes. Take a deepbreath. Who are the first three
people? Or the first three namesthat come to your mind and
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heart? say them out loud doesn'tmean you have to know anything
about them. I wrote three namesdown in preparation for today.
And I know a Mary, I don't thinkI know Holly, don't think I know
a hope I can be wrong. But noone comes to mind. And so these
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were three, just names. But nowit's your turn to speak life, to
speak of blessing to speak, joy,hope healing. Say it out loud.
Say it with your mouth. So yourears hear it, and activation of
your spirit. And I know some ofyou are gonna think this is
weird. Maybe woowoo.
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But there's something aboutactivation and equipping. Others
saying it, thinking it saying ithearing it, I wrote it. It
becomes life giving and lifebearing. So remember, this is
not just about listening to apodcast and, and thinking that's
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a cool story or Wow, that waspowerful. It's about activation.
It's about it being a catalystto do something. Do something
today with this podcast asyou're listening, share it with
someone, share a story share atestimonial. Do those three
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activations of three, eitherwomen that you know, or three
random names, speak them outloud, doesn't mean you have to
understand it. Just do itactivate your heart. And the
programming that we're coming upwith, I'm going to say the
community that we're coming upwith our workbook is going to
have activations. We have a bookclub underway, we have groups to
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speak on, on and share ontopics. So ladies, it's time to
join together. It is time tojoin together, to heal, to
laugh, to love, to be powerfulin the gifting and calling of
our life's purpose. For those ofyou who listen to Tesha
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Fritzgerald's podcast, probablymid season of season one.
Powerful funny I've known Tesha.
Since Jennasis Speaks versiontwo or three, this is I think,
rendition for so something aboutthis name has been in my heart
since 2011. And it finally feelslike the right woman is wearing
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the right shoes to have thisname. And I'm not saying me, I'm
just saying the entity of whatwe're building here. And she
writes that Jennifer alwayscreates such great spaces for
women to bring their authenticselves. Like we don't have to
have it all figured out. We canhave struggles, we can have
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ideas, we can have nothing atall, and just come. So thank you
for creating safe spaces forwomen that allow us to just be
ourselves. So I hope that thisgives you some understanding of
the why a glimpse into my heart,I hope you hear the joy in my
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spirit and in my voice. I'masking you to join, do something
to participate and encourageother women.
Today's a day, each day, we cantake a baby step, a minute step,
a millimeter step towards ourhealing, towards our voice,
towards our courage.
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And when we look back, in a fewmonths, maybe a few weeks, maybe
a few years, we'll see thehealing journey that we've come
through. And then we continue togo on. So I hope that you are
encouraged, I cannot wait tocontinue to connect. Anyone who
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knows me knows that this is whatI'm called to do in this season
of life.
I don't know if this is alifelong journey for me, feels
like it is feels like I'mfinally stepping into the
fullness of who I am created tobe unapologetically stepping
forward because I am worthy. Iam loved. I am whole. I am
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healed. I'm a warrior. I'menough. And so are you. Alright
ladies, have a great day.
Talk to you soon. Bye bye.
Thank you for listening to theJennasis Speaks podcast. If you
love the show, one of the bestthings you can do is to share it
with a friend. Tell them whatyou like about it. How it
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Jennasis Movement to empowerwomen's voices and reclaim the
power over your own narrative.
Welcome to the Jennasis Speaks podcast, The
Transformative Power of Women'sStories, a platform that
empowers women storytelling, topromote collective
vulnerability, acceptance andhealing. I am your host,
Jennifer Malcolm, self madeentrepreneur, women advocate and
life balance expert. Welcome tothe next episode of Jennasis
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Speaks podcast, TheTransformative Power of Women's
Stories where every woman has astory and every story matters.
That means you, I am your host,Jennifer Malcolm founder and
president of Jennasis andAssociates, and women's voice
activists of Jennasis Speaks,trying that title out. Today,
we're going to do something alittle different. And I'm going
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to take some time to share thevision of Jennasis Speaks, why
this is important what theimpact is, so far since we
started this podcast in midJune, or July, I think mid June,
and where we're going from hereto share the why. And to give
each of you a deeperunderstanding into who I am,
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what this movement is, as wellas the team of women around me
that is helping get this done.
So for clarity, I know thatthere has been huge support
huge, huge, huge support of thework that we're doing. And I'm
going to take some timethroughout this podcast to share
some of the testimonialsreceived. And some of the
stories that I've heard. Butthis is a movement that is for
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all women from all walks oflife. We are not associated or
discriminate against age orrace, your social economic
status, religion, sexualorientation. And the reason
behind that is there aremovements and platforms that
advocate in those manners. Andthis one, I wanted to be all
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inclusive, I am passionate aboutthe inclusion of all women, and
the compassionate listening thatI feel called to, to not judge
others. And that does not meanthat I don't have opinions on
things does not mean that somethings may not ruffle, my
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feathers are not impacted bythem. I'm human, as you all
know, but it's not going tojudge someone else's walk. And
as long as people's hearts areopen, and there is real ears for
compassionate listening andcompassionate learning. I think
there's so much opportunity forgrowth, for healing for
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community that the world hasn'tseen yet. And I'm really
passionate about this. We arenot a business resource.
Although we can be a businessresource. This is not about a
nor are we therapists. But yes,we can provide great connections
to individuals who do great withtherapy work. We are not here
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for motivation, although youwill get motivated through this.
So you'll get some businessinsights, you'll probably get
some therapy from some of ourguest speakers through the
podcast, you will be motivated.
But this platform and thispodcast and this Jennasis Speaks
Movement is about healing. Andit's about connection. And it's
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about community for women. Whynow? Part of it is a gift of
COVID. That gave me time tobegin working on this in a very
purposeful way. Part of it isWhy not now?
Why not?
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This dream has been in my heartto do something for women. For
over 12 years This was after mydivorce. When I was in my condo
with small young age children. Iremember storyboarding out a
women's movement on a women'sevent that was all about
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surprise and wonder, healing andconnection. So COVID gave me the
gift of time graduating from myMBA this past spring gave me
another gift of time. And sothere was this vacuum. And it
was in a place where COVID therewas so much uncertainty. There
was so much unknown. Think backMarch and April when things were
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really, really unsettling andunnerving. And I just began
purposely writing thank younotes to individuals in my life
and putting gratitude statementsout on Facebook and very
purposely reaching out togirlfriends around me,
neighbors, friends, Jessicaconnect with them to ask how
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they were doing. And if theyneeded anything. The simple
activation toward women, thesimple place of connection. So
why not now? Why not in thisplace? 2020? Why not? Now, I
would love for someone to Googleor find me the actual resource
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for this, because I've heardthis statement over and over
again, but I couldn't find it asI prepared for today. But that
our culture is only as strong asthey empower their women. And if
you look back throughgenerations, and cultures, and
through history, you'll see thatthere are many origins and
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cultures that really, reallyempower women, and that that
community was alive and strong,and others other cultures that
suppress women's voices, orsuppress women's opinions, or
rights. And that that culturehad a lot of flaws. So if
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someone can find that, Google itand provide me some resources,
I'd be very happy. But forclarity, this is not an anti
man. movement. This is verycollaborative with men around
us, and alongside us. But thisis a special place for women to
come together. For those of youwho know me, I have a very
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strong relationship with my dad,who has cheered me on since I
was little, he's my champion.
And I want to honor him today.
As I'm recording this. It'sVeterans Day. Yes, this podcast
is being recorded on 1111. Andit's being released on 1112. I
just went under my dad, myhusband, Chad, who is my rock my
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strength. Remember when we met,and I unapologetically told him
some of my dreams, and totallyprobably wouldn't meet a
stronger woman or more. A womanwho was set in her ways
stubborn. Yes, I am stubborn,set in their ways, but also just
a visionary and called to changethe world. And I was like, if
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you want to be with me,outstanding, if you don't want
to be with me, outstanding, I'mgoing to be unapologetic about
the woman who am called to be.
So I honor my husband, Chadtoday. And the laughter, joy,
adventure, encouragement. When Itell him my big, hairy audacious
goals might be had goals. Hejust cheered me on and says go
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get them. So it's not about ananti man movement. But it is
about women coming together andcollective vulnerability, to
share, to heal, to grow, toactivate. And that's really
important. It's a place that menwill be welcome. When men
obviously are listening to thispodcast. I know that for a fact.
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But it's a special place forwomen. On our Jennasis and
Associates team, we have strongmen. But again, they're ones who
support women who don't feelthat they are inferior, or
beneath them. We have the noasshole rule on the Jennasis and
Asssociate side, which meansthat our clients and team
members treat women with respectand kindness and honor that we
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do. So through compassionatelistening, I'm here to not judge
anyone to listen, to activate,to facilitate a story to
connect. And that's my life, astrong fire in my soul. That
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right now cannot be quenched tocontinue to create, dream,
impact, gather, connect womentogether for a global movement.
I truly feel like I'm steppinginto my life's purpose and my
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life's work. I actually hadsomeone last week say will there
always be a need for this? Am Ian answer? unequivocably was
yes, there always will be needand room. One because as women
who I am today, at 44 years old,will look different. In a decade
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when I'm 54. There may bedifferent losses, different life
issues, different traumas,different loss that I'll be
dealing with. For those in theyoung generation who are just
rising up. hopefully there'll bea movement that builds and
embraces your confidence. Butthere'll be times where we fall
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down, skin, our knees, fail,make poor choices, and we need
to step up and rise up again.
So yes, I do believe thatthere's always going to be an
impact of This work forgenerations to come. Our goal in
this is not to createperfection, by any means. Anyone
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who loves Bernie Brown, thatgifts of imperfection, what a
profound book. And I know that Ihave dealt with feelings of
perfectionist mentality, myentire life. This was not
brought on by my parents by anymeans. But it was something that
I created and live by, fordecades, going from an A minus
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was not good enough in schoolahead to be an A plus, being the
best in the top. In the workthat I do, being a leader, not
finding not allowing me to fallor to fail. If I did super harsh
on myself, and and really justflogging myself with shame and,
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and pouring that mentality ofI'm not good enough. I'm not
smart enough. I'm not prettyenough. And so, understanding
that this is not aboutperfection, but is about a
journey, a journey of growth, ajourney of opportunity, a
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journey of joy, a journey ofunconditional love. The goal of
this movement is to birth,deeper kindness, deeper empathy,
compassionate, listening,understanding, learning,
growing. I'm going to read alittle short testimonial from my
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girlfriend, Missy boy went tocollege with a bw. We've
remained lifelong friends. Ithink I met her in my freshman
psychology class at BonnWallace. And her perspective on
our podcast is at the JennasisSpeaks podcast gives a bold,
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challenging and compassionatevoice to the stories of women in
all walks of life.
From the struggles ofmotherhood, to discussing racial
issues, there is something forevery woman to learn from this
podcast. I love you, missy. anhonor to call you my friend. My
goal is to bring together womenwho want to heal together
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through art, painting, drawing,dancing, playing laughter,
provocation, soul searching,activation, walking, talking,
sitting around fires, learninghow to breathe deeply together,
becoming warrior women, any ofyou who saw my Facebook Live
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from about a month ago, look itup on our Jennasis Speaks
Facebook, the call to thewarrior woman fighting for our
place, unlocking our voicesbreaking off shame, isolation,
guilt. When I did my podcastwith Johnny Mara, we were
talking about women's voices.
And the visual that she gave onthat podcast was tremendous. She
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said that women have this corkin our throat.
Some of it self inflicted thatwe put it there, some put on
through the culture or throughour family or upbringing, our
environment, but that we lockdown our voices and women. It is
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time to uncork our voices andlet the voices arise. And may
there be a crescendo and a songand a dance and a movement of
confident women, imperfectwomen, but women on a walk
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together to heal and growtogether. Her past thank God our
pasts do not determine ourfutures. We get bogged down with
regret and shame. We get boggeddown with what if it could have
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been, it should have been. Butour greatest places of
brokenness and failure and pain,ultimately, can be our greatest
authority for our life's callingand work. And that evidence is
all around us. People who'veovercome something and that
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became their life's work becamea place of authority. And so for
me, my failure is now mystrength.
My pain is now my provocationfor my future. And my brokenness
is now whole, and filled withjoy and laughter. We become
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light shining in dark places,first within us, so light within
us, we always think of lightoutside around us. But the
healing, and the deep workstarts here inside our hearts
and souls for when we arehealed, and when we are known,
then we become light around us,for others, and we can become
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light and dark places. But whenwe try to become light, in our
community, when we haven't dealtwith our own pain and shame, or
past, the impact is in his grandthe life work. It's a life
journey. I know it'd be in mylife journey to heal.
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Because the more I heal, themore I am aware of small
triggers. I look at the thingsthat I still have a short fuse
on, whether it's words, whetherit's a look, whether it's a
feeling that I know, stillimpacts my heart. And that's an
opportunity to dig deep. And tosay, why does this trigger? What
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makes me feel inferior, whatmakes me feel unworthy, what
makes me feel not qualified. Soour journey of healing is going
to be a lifelong journey. Butthe beautiful part is, as we
turn inside, to heal and togrow, to find our breath, to
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uncover and put a bomb of sweetoil over our inner wounds, we
become more confident, and anarmy of women arises. And we
become light in the dark places.
This is an activation of love,of unconditional love. Many of
you know I've talked about thisprior. But many of you know
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that. About eight years ago, Igot my second tattoo on my foot.
My first tattoo is on my wrist.
And it's in Hebrew. And on oneside, it says forgiveness, and
the other side redemption. And Igot that soon after my divorce.
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And for me, it was a simple wayfor me to realize that I needed
to self forgive, forgive thosearound me, and to walk in my
redemption through poor choices,through brokenness, and that I
could be whole and redeemedagain. But my second tattoo, and
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I know I've talked about it onthis podcast before, but it's in
Hebrew, it's on my right footthat says unconditional love.
And I want for that. And thattattoo hurts like a son of a
gun. In her foot tattoo work ispainful. But anyway, the goal on
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that was that my foundation, theframe of my being my body would
be upon a foundation ofunconditional love. And the goal
there was for me that I wouldhave unconditional love for
myself. Because at the time Istill dealt with a lot of self
hatred, shame, unworthiness, notqualified.
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And it was a simple activationreminder to my eyes as I saw my
foot, to my body, to my soul,that if I can walk in
unconditional love towardmyself, then I could extend that
and walk an unconditional lovetoward those around me.
Recently, I was one of our toppodcasts was with Rebecca
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Chilcote. And she wrote onFacebook, she's like Jennifer,
you are setting the world onfire with your love. And how
humbling how humbling that womenare seeing the love radiating
from my writing. From myFacebook Lives from my
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recordings from the podcast,setting the world on fire with
my love. honored and I love youRebecca, honored by your story
and your friendship. We get to aplace where we release things
which no longer serve us. Medealing with unworthiness no
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longer serves me.
I dealt with this a lot whengetting married and going into
our wedding preparations withChad feeling unworthy of His
love. feeling that I had to earnit. And I've never met a man who
looks at me with such passion.
Eyes, tender heart, sees pastall of my flaws and all he sees
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is beauty. physical beauty,spiritual beauty, emotional
beauty. And all that breeds isdeeper confidence, deeper love.
And so it no longer serves me Itstill triggers feeling of
inadequacy, unworthiness,unqualified. Do any of these
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words resonate with you? I knowthey have with me for a long
time. But recognizing that thesewords no longer serve us, but
also being compassionate. Manyof you again, I'm going to refer
to Joanie Mara, and the workthat podcast I do with her and
some of the healing work thatI've done alongside her. And in
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one session, I was talking toher about a season of my life
when I was rock bottom, where Iwas drinking and partying and
coping through that, staying outlate. And her tender kindness
toward me was, it helped me in amoment, and to be gentle. It
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serves me in the moment for areason. And whether it served me
in a place where I ultimatelydidn't hit rock bottom, and
contemplating suicide.
Who knows?
It doesn't even matter. Butlooking back through tender eyes
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of compassion, we do it forother people. We have
compassion, deep compassion forother people. You're we're so
hard on ourselves. Why is that?
When we have deep compassion forourselves, the layers of shame
and guilt, inadequacy, startebbing away. Now, obviously,
this doesn't give me license tobring harm upon myself or to
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others, or to make harmfulchoices against others. We're
human, we're going to makemistakes, we're going to hurt
other people. But the goal is tolive a life of joy and kindness,
tenderness, understanding. As Icontinue to read through some of
the testimonials, I know thatthis will resonate with a lot of
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you listeners, there's a powerof testimonials. There's
something that when you hear astory, and it resonates, the
transfer of power. And we'regoing to have to get my friend,
Dr. Aaron, to help me understandit fully, and probably interview
her to help all of us understandmore fully. There's an
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activation that happens there'sa transfer of hope there's a
transfer of joy, there's atransfer of if not, if it
happened to them, why can't it'shappened to me, is a transfer of
hope. So the power of thesetestimonies, testimonials,
ladies, is that as you hearthese stories, as you hear the
testimonials, as you align witha theme of story, there's going
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to be hope, birth deeper in yourheart, an activation that will
occur a yes in your spirit. Thatmakes it a reality for you as
well. When I did my recordingwith Rebecca a few weeks ago,
she sent a follow up and saidshe felt so loved and saturated
with safety for me and the team.
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And that the glow that I have ispouring out to those around me
that we as a team and me as awoman are safe. And there is
trust built.
There are things that women haveshared with me over the last six
months. Because they felt that Iwas a trusted resource and
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friend, which I am. And theyshared in confidence. So so that
level of confidentiality ofcommunity. Obviously the ones
that are on the podcasts are,are sharing their story openly
as an activation and as a placeto hopefully bring healing
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another woman's heart and life.
I'm saying this for those of youwho don't know me, but anyone
who really does know me, knowsthat I am not doing this for
fame or glory. But for a lifecalling and purpose because the
fire in my belly cannot bequenched cannot be quenched and
it's activation of women arisingis going to be powerful and is
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powerful already. I know that onShelley calls podcast. We read a
powerful work for MarianneWilliamson, but I wanted to
reread it again today because itis a quote that I have on my I
have a in my office. They have abig question. bored with thank
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you notes and quotes andpictures from from over the
years. Marianne Williamsonwrites, Our deepest fear is not
that we are inadequate. Ourdeepest fear is that we are
powerful beyond measure. We askourselves, who am I to be
brilliant, gorgeous, talented,fabulous. Actually, who are you
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not to be? We were born to makemanifest the glory of God that
is within us. And as we let ourown light shine, we
unconsciously give other peoplepermission to do the same. As we
let our own light shine, weunconsciously give other people
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permission to do the same.
Powerful.
So my question to you today iswhat if? What if the great
exchange is true? What if thestory of healing is possible?
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What if I get beauty from myashes? What if I get light from
stepping out of the darkness?
Confidence over insecurity?
Freedom, over shame. Voice Oversilence?
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What if ladies?
What if? Can you imagine a worldof confident women? Not
backbiting? Not petty? notjealous? And again, we're human.
We're going to be imperfect. Andthat's okay. Not the goal of
perfection. But can you imaginea world of confident women
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working together? First, whatimpact will this have on your
own life? What impact would thishave on your own life? What
about your family? your parents,your siblings, spouses children?
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Then what about your community?
How would this impact yourcommunity? those around you,
your work? And then how can thisimpact the world? Think if you
could see a beacon of light overmy home, and someone listening
today has a beacon of light overtheir home. And that person
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shares it. And they have abeacon of light over their home.
Think after months and monthsand years and years, the light
that is shining around theworld. It is possible. And that
is my dream and goal. What doesit mean to be fully seen? To be
fully known? valued? honored?
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Heard? healed?
What does that look like?
Ladies?
Know that one? Simpleactivation? One simple? Yes. In
your heart. One simpleactivation within changes and
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heals. One person beyond you.
What if one simple yes. In yourheart brings healing to someone
around you saying yes, to heal,to grow, to be vulnerable? To
join together? I know this fromthe women I'm talking to that
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says hey, I may have a story toshare. But I'm not quite sure
I'm podcast material or I'm notquite sure that I feel
comfortable being interviewed ina podcast style. Is there a way
that I can be connected? And theanswer is yes. a resounding yes.
resounding yes. There's multipleways. And I will give some, some
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contact information here at theend. But there's multiple ways
that we can interview you andcapture that in a blog in social
in numerous different ways. Sodon't feel that just because you
may not want to record a fullpodcast, that your story isn't
important and that your voicedoesn't matter. So get that out
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of your head, ladies. Your voicematters. And we want all the
stories. We want all the momscoming together all the single
moms coming together all thedivorces all the beautiful
marriages, the moms Thegrandmas, the young people, the
overcomers. So we're comingtogether. And it doesn't matter
if you say, Well, I haven'treally been through much. We all
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deal with something, somethingself esteem, worth, value,
voice, confidence, stress,anxiety, we all deal with
something. And there are otherwomen just like you dealing with
similar things. And so the ideais that we begin putting these
pools of women together, thathave the same struggles. And
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when you see that someone elsestruggles with the same thing,
it just brings hope it bringsthe isolation out of the way and
it brings a community doesn'tmean that we're instantaneously
healed or, or formed or in atransformative place. But it
just brings community and thatcommunity aspect is so
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important.
We've also been asked what if Iwould like to remain anonymous
due to whatever issue it is, orpotentially people around you
that you don't want to know yourstory, or that you don't want to
indicate anyone in any of yourstories, we will provide
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platforms for anonymous storygathering. Obviously, our team
would know that but they havetheir under confidentiality
agreements as well. And yourstory would remain safe, and you
remain anonymous. And you canstill share your story. I have
two other testimonials that Iwanted to read from two amazing
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women who shared their story onthe podcast.
When Riz shared her story, shesaid I feel like a weight has
been lifted. I've been carryingthose stories and those feelings
around for quite some time. AndI have this sense of relief and
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calmness, knowing that I'veshared my story, and people will
be able to hear about it. Amy,who is a dear heart, such
courage that she had in herstory. If you've not heard Amy
stack story, please, please,please download it, you will be
in awe of her courageousness shewrote, sometimes you got to do
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scary things. Today is that dayfor me. I had the awesome
opportunity to be part of apodcast, which feels like a
movement, encouraging women totell their story. I'm doing it
afraid, because this is perhapsthe most vulnerable I've ever
been. But it's also the mostfree I've ever felt. I'm doing
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it afraid, because this isperhaps the most vulnerable I've
ever been. But it's also themost free I've ever felt.
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Some of you may know that our website did go live a
few weeks ago. It's still a softlaunch. So I'm sure you'll find
some typos. Again, we're justgetting the content out there.
And we're building thisplatform. It is quality beyond
measure. But I did not want towait till it was perfect in
order to launch it. So if you goto Jennasis Speaks comm you'll
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see our podcasts, they're someof the testimonials, some new
initiatives that we haveunderway. And the goal is to
have an impact locally,regionally, nationally, and
internationally. And theexciting piece, as we looked at
the analytics this week, is thatthe podcast is global. We are on
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every continent, except forSouth America. Not sure why not
South America but not SouthAmerica. And Reagan pointed out,
I don't think you're inAntarctica, either mom, but I'm
not as concerned aboutAntarctica, but who knows we'll
get there as well.
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But to see the analytics that we're in Russia,
Hong Kong, Africa, Europe,Canada, is both humbling, and
insanely exciting. So exciting.
For those of you who are curiousabout the journey that we're on,
we're going to be wrapping upseason one, ending the beginning
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of December. I will be closingout season one with a story that
few know. Then we will beginSeason Two starting beginning of
January. And the goal there isthat I will be interviewing
someone from the Jennasis team.
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So someone in house will bestill having guest speakers. And
then I will also be doing amonthly podcast as well. People
are asking how can I stayengaged. So right now we are
building out and it will becoming live in January. So
you'll start seeing Facebookposts and things that our
website regarding Inner Circlegroup. Our workbook is almost to
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the publisher that will becoming out through the holiday
season as well. So keep youreyes open on our Jennasis Speaks
Facebook page, which is open toanyone, as well as our website.
We're also on Instagram andTwitter. So feel free to keep
checking back in on thosethings. But I'm also very
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curious as to what topics youguys want to talk about. We've
had a broad set of topicsthroughout season one, most of
it very organically created. Butso far we've had childhood
sexual abuse, becoming an earlywidow cancer, how the way we
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grow up impacts our adultchoices LGBTQIA+ and faith,
Emotional Freedom Techniques,body dysmorphia, educating the
next generation against racism,being an athlete, and then
paraplegic and the gifts ofadoption. But I also want to
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know what you want to heartopics that I'm interested to
discuss and very open todiscuss. So remember, this is a
non judgmental zone. It is notmine to judge, it is mine to
capture your story throughcompassionate listening.
So topics I want to discuss isdivorce, which I will be talking
on season one, a little bit moreabout my divorce. Being a single
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parent, which I'm very familiarwith was one for almost 10
years, eating disorders,abortion dealing with the
emotional, physical aspects ofsomeone who's had an abortion,
someone that has contemplated orattempted suicide, or those
around who may have had someonein your life, a friend, a
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spouse, a parent, commitsuicide, I know that I had a
very close friend, my friend,Doug, who committed suicide
several years ago, and howdeeply that impacted me and the
trauma that I dealt with, fromlosing my friend. I want to
continue to talk about physicalabuse, emotional abuse,
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psychological abuse, sexualabuse, human trafficking,
affairs. So we do want to getinto some of the nitty gritty of
stories, some of which I'mfamiliar with, some of which I'm
not. And that doesn't matter,because I just want to
facilitate and capture yourstory. And again, remember, if
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you're not comfortable givingyour name publicly, then we can
capture a story in an anonymousway. And then we can disperse it
from there. I wanted to now readanother testimonial by a
beautiful friend Laura Steinbrink, who makes me laugh. I've
known for about a decade andhonored to call my friend. She
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said Jennasis Speaks is anamazing compilation of strong
women fighting through silence,to share their stories of
triumph over trauma andtraumatic experiences. For
centuries, women have sufferedin silence from shame. And that
ends now, thanks in part, to thebold vision and commitment of
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Jennifer Malcolm and the entireJennasis team. Again, if you've
not listened to Laura's podcast,download it this weekend, go for
a walk. It is powerful. And I amhonored to call her my friend
and honor the courage. So do youguys remember, I'm gonna date
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myself here. So those of you whoare 40 and over will find this
familiar. Those of you who arein their 20s and 30s will
probably have no clue what thisis going to mean. But you can
also Google it and find it onYouTube. But you remember Romper
Room where they did that mirrorhas a bumper bumper stamper boo
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and they called out kids to seethrough this magic mirror and
you always wait for your name tobe called. But in preparation
for today, there are threewomen's names that came to my
mind and heart so I jotted themdown and then that silly
childhood show and visual cameto my mind.
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So I don't know who this is for.
But I do this is the part ofactivation. So today, Mary, I
want you to know that I see you.
You are seen. You are loved andyou are valued.
Holly today, you are seen. Youare heard, you are loved. You
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are valued and hope today youare seen. You are loved you are
heard, you are known. So ladies,now it's your turn.
Close your eyes. Take a deepbreath. Who are the first three
people? Or the first three namesthat come to your mind and
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heart? say them out loud doesn'tmean you have to know anything
about them. I wrote three namesdown in preparation for today.
And I know a Mary, I don't thinkI know Holly, don't think I know
a hope I can be wrong. But noone comes to mind. And so these
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were three, just names. But nowit's your turn to speak life, to
speak of blessing to speak, joy,hope healing. Say it out loud.
Say it with your mouth. So yourears hear it, and activation of
your spirit. And I know some ofyou are gonna think this is
weird. Maybe woowoo.
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But there's something aboutactivation and equipping. Others
saying it, thinking it saying ithearing it, I wrote it. It
becomes life giving and lifebearing. So remember, this is
not just about listening to apodcast and, and thinking that's
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a cool story or Wow, that waspowerful. It's about activation.
It's about it being a catalystto do something. Do something
today with this podcast asyou're listening, share it with
someone, share a story share atestimonial. Do those three
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activations of three, eitherwomen that you know, or three
random names, speak them outloud, doesn't mean you have to
understand it. Just do itactivate your heart. And the
programming that we're coming upwith, I'm going to say the
community that we're coming upwith our workbook is going to
have activations. We have a bookclub underway, we have groups to
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speak on, on and share ontopics. So ladies, it's time to
join together. It is time tojoin together, to heal, to
laugh, to love, to be powerfulin the gifting and calling of
our life's purpose. For those ofyou who listen to Tesha
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Fritzgerald's podcast, probablymid season of season one.
Powerful funny I've known Tesha.
Since Jennasis Speaks versiontwo or three, this is I think,
rendition for so something aboutthis name has been in my heart
since 2011. And it finally feelslike the right woman is wearing
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the right shoes to have thisname. And I'm not saying me, I'm
just saying the entity of whatwe're building here. And she
writes that Jennifer alwayscreates such great spaces for
women to bring their authenticselves. Like we don't have to
have it all figured out. We canhave struggles, we can have
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ideas, we can have nothing atall, and just come. So thank you
for creating safe spaces forwomen that allow us to just be
ourselves. So I hope that thisgives you some understanding of
the why a glimpse into my heart,I hope you hear the joy in my
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spirit and in my voice. I'masking you to join, do something
to participate and encourageother women.
Today's a day, each day, we cantake a baby step, a minute step,
a millimeter step towards ourhealing, towards our voice,
towards our courage.
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And when we look back, in a fewmonths, maybe a few weeks, maybe
a few years, we'll see thehealing journey that we've come
through. And then we continue togo on. So I hope that you are
encouraged, I cannot wait tocontinue to connect. Anyone who
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knows me knows that this is whatI'm called to do in this season
of life.
I don't know if this is alifelong journey for me, feels
like it is feels like I'mfinally stepping into the
fullness of who I am created tobe unapologetically stepping
forward because I am worthy. Iam loved. I am whole. I am
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healed. I'm a warrior. I'menough. And so are you. Alright
ladies, have a great day.
Talk to you soon. Bye bye.
Thank you for listening to theJennasis Speaks podcast. If you
love the show, one of the bestthings you can do is to share it
with a friend. Tell them whatyou like about it. How it
inspires you and invite them tolisten. Subscribe to the
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Jennasis Movement to empowerwomen's voices and reclaim the
power over your own narrative.
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