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"Huddle Apart"
"Huddle Apart"
COVID-19, Poetry, CommunityJena SchwartzMarch 31, 2020Comment
Daily Dispatches: Day 18
Daily Dispatches: Day 18
COVID-19, CommunityJena SchwartzMarch 31, 2020Comment
Daily Dispatches: Day 17
Daily Dispatches: Day 17
COVID-19, Real LifeJena SchwartzMarch 29, 2020Jen Lemen, New York Times, Publishing, Poetry, Keep goingComment
Daily Dispatches: Day 13 (or Day 4 depending how you look at it)
Daily Dispatches: Day 13 (or Day 4 depending how you look at it)
COVID-19, Real LifeJena SchwartzMarch 26, 2020 Comment
Daily Dispatches: Day 12
Daily Dispatches: Day 12
COVID-19, Real LifeJena SchwartzMarch 25, 2020Comment
Daily Dispatches: Day 11
Daily Dispatches: Day 11
COVID-19, ObservationsJena SchwartzMarch 23, 2020 Comment
Daily Dispatches: Day 9
Daily Dispatches: Day 9
COVID-19, Real LifeJena SchwartzMarch 23, 2020Comment
Daily Dispatches: Day 6
Daily Dispatches: Day 6
COVID-19, Real LifeJena SchwartzMarch 23, 2020Comment
Long  Time Coming
Long Time Coming
PoetryJena SchwartzMarch 18, 2020dive into poetryComment
Pay-What-You-Can Coaching Sessions
Pay-What-You-Can Coaching Sessions

I'll be offering 2-3 a la carte coaching sessions per week on a pay-what-you-can basis.

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Community, CoachingJena SchwartzMarch 14, 2020Comment
Not So Inconsequential After All
Not So Inconsequential After All

The more we stop worrying about "being good" and "getting it right," the more likely we are to stumble on something that feels really true and meaningful.

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Jena SchwartzMarch 8, 2020Comment
There Is Nothing Wrong with Us
There Is Nothing Wrong with Us

I really believe many of us want to be and become ourselves.

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ObservationsJena SchwartzFebruary 26, 202011s, self-loveComment
A Wave of Vulnerability
A Wave of Vulnerability
Community, ObservationsJena SchwartzFebruary 18, 2020vulnerability, confidence, self-confidence, community, Power Comments
Learning How to Pace Myself (Or, How My Bulldog and I Are the Same Person)
Learning How to Pace Myself (Or, How My Bulldog and I Are the Same Person)

I was talking to my wife yesterday about being tired. I don't know exactly where it comes from, but I have some residual shame about being tired. I'm a person who gets a lot done and also crashes hard. I don't always pace myself well.

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Real LifeJena SchwartzFebruary 17, 2020personal growth, English Bulldog, english bulldog, bulldog, Chalupa, Slowing DownComment
It Is My Custom to Stand
It Is My Custom to Stand
Jewish LifeJena SchwartzFebruary 12, 2020Jewish life, Kaddish, Grief, Mourner's Prayer Comment
Call It Love
Call It Love
PoetryJena SchwartzFebruary 6, 2020 Comments
Working on My D'var Torah
Working on My D'var Torah

For the bat mitzvah, one of the things we each have to do (there are 18 of us) is write a דבר תורה or d'var Torah.

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Jewish LifeJena SchwartzFebruary 4, 2020bat mitzvah, shabbat, the sabbath, d'var, Showing Up, jewish, Jewish life, Prayer, sacredComment
No Wild Boars
No Wild Boars
PoetryJena SchwartzJanuary 30, 2020Comment
That Kind of Weeek
That Kind of Weeek

The kind of week when you carry a mix of awe and gratitude and sadness and clarity and none of it makes sense yet it all makes complete sense.

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Real LifeJena SchwartzJanuary 29, 2020Everyday life, Phillipe Petit, tightrope walker, bittersweet, prose poetryComment
11 things about tattoos
11 things about tattoos
Jena SchwartzJanuary 22, 202011sComment
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