Jeny Mathis hardly needs an introduction to Serenbe residents – but for everyone else, her impact on the community can’t be overstated. Jeny teaches yoga, facilitates labyrinth walks, tutors students at the Terra School, organizes the community for causes dear to her heart, and so much more.
Jeny’s Serenbe Story began with a family Thanksgiving trip in 2013. Although she was initially a bit nervous about whether or not our internet reception would pick up the all-important holiday football games, she quickly fell in love with the community’s emphasis on unstructured time in nature. Famously, at the end of that trip, she walked into the Real Estate office and burst into tears before she could even get a word out.
We interviewed Jeny’s husband Gil on Season 9 of Serenbe Stories and heard all about the personal transformation he experienced after discovering this community. Now, it’s Jeny’s turn.
Show Notes
- Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder by Richard Louv
- Changing Careers & Changing Your Life with Serenbe CFO Gil Mathis (Serenbe Stories)
- Art That Opens Hearts & Minds with Gail O’Neil and Curtis Patterson (Serenbe Stories)
- Embracing Small Town Living & Telling Your Own Stories with Amy Mass (Serenbe Stories)
- Serenbe Yoga
- The Class
- EarthCraft-certified Organic Life House teaches Atlanta agrihood residents about healthy living (Inhabit)
- Art Farm at Serenbe
- Serenbe Events Calendar
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