Blog — Jena Schwartz

What Made You Smile? {a poem}

Tell me three things…

PoetryJena SchwartzApril 10, 2024Comment

Remember the Redwoods

PoetryJena SchwartzFebruary 19, 2024Comment

One Thing I Ask {a poem}

Poetry, Jewish LifeJena SchwartzSeptember 26, 2023Yom Kippur, Jewish, Jewish Life, God, PrayerComment

24 Questions for the (Jewish) New Year

Jewish Life, Writing PromptsJena SchwartzSeptember 18, 2023rosh hashanah, teshuvahComment

My Rock Star

Whoever created this linear idea of time clearly wanted to impose some order…

Real LifeJena SchwartzMay 13, 2023love, Marriage, marriage, time, TimeComment

Help Thanks Wow (after Anne Lamott)

ObservationsJena SchwartzMarch 11, 2023prayers, prayer, PrayerComment

Good Poems {a poem}

PoetryJena SchwartzMarch 4, 2023Comment

Murmuration {a poem}

PoetryJena SchwartzFebruary 21, 2023Comment

Here for This

We are here for this. We are here to hear to each other's calls.

CommunityJena SchwartzFebruary 17, 2023Comment

Social Media, the Trees, and Reclaiming My Life

Social Media, the Trees, and Reclaiming My Life

Like any addiction, it's also easy to downplay, justify, and downright ignore.

Observations, Creative ProcessJena SchwartzFebruary 13, 2023Comment

Lost and Found

Sometimes we cannot find ourselves without the losing, and sometimes we cannot keep what we find.

ObservationsJena SchwartzJanuary 28, 2023Comment

Are You Caught in Write + Delete Syndrome?

Are You Caught in Write + Delete Syndrome?

Editing is its own process – and you get to do it AFTER you write.

Coaching, Creative Process, Jewish LifeJena SchwartzJanuary 27, 2023perfectionismComment

Suggestions for Making Your Dreams Come True

Suggestions for Making Your Dreams Come True

Coaching, Real Life, ObservationsJena SchwartzJanuary 25, 2023Coaching, career counselor, Career, dreamsComment

Advice to Myself

Don’t believe everything you think.

Real LifeJena SchwartzJanuary 10, 2023Comment

11 Things from 2022

11s, Real Life, ObservationsJena SchwartzJanuary 2, 202311 thingsComment

Happy Seventh Night {a poem}

Poetry, Jewish LifeJena SchwartzDecember 25, 2022Comment

Solstice 11s

11s, Observations, PoetryJena SchwartzDecember 21, 202211s, 11 thingsComment

11 Things – Names and Numbers

11s, Jewish Life, ObservationsJena SchwartzDecember 14, 202211 things, 11s, elevensComment

Fabulously Impractical

Way sexy and way hard to walk in and way fun to wear for two hours.

LGBTQIA+, Real LifeJena SchwartzDecember 11, 2022gay, LGBTQIA+, transgender, Queer, Transhealth, Marriage, Gay Agenda Comment

11 things with cognitive dissonance making an appearance at the 3.5 mark

11 things with cognitive dissonance making an appearance at the 3.5 mark

Real Life, Observations, LGBTQIA+, Jewish Life, ResistanceJena SchwartzDecember 6, 202211 things, 11s, elevensComment