Tending to Change with Jeni Juarez

Jeni Juarez
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If you know me, you know that I am deeply passionate about learning, healing, and growing. And it brings a lot of joy and meaning to my life to share my personal experiences, no matter how vulnerable, for the benefit of others. Join me in this exploration of authenticity, curiosity, and what it means to fully inhabit our lives. It is my honor to walk this path alongside you!

  1. 12/09/2024

    Practice-Only Episode: Metta (Loving-Kindness) 8-Minute Practice

    This is a special practice-only episode in which I guide listeners through an 8-minute Buddhist practice called Metta or Loving-Kindness. ____________________________ Do you love this content and want to support the show? Buy Me A Coffee at: buymeacoffee.com/JeniJuarezllc I sincerely appreciate your support! ____________________________ Learn More About Virtual Offerings and Live Events in West Michigan ✦Website | https://www.jenijuarez.com ✦Facebook |facebook.com/TendingtoChange ✦Instagram |instagram.com/tendingtochangewithjeni/ ____________________________ Tending to Change is hosted by Jeni Juarez, a 500-hr Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT), a mother of four, and a dedicated student on the path of the heart. She offers public classes as well as personal sessions designed to inspire and empower the individual to reclaim their wholeness and sovereignty, for the benefit of all beings. Having struggled with trauma, addiction, and debilitating anxiety, she has deep gratitude for the power of nature, stillness practices, and loving community to completely change the trajectory of one’s life. Jeni believes there is a significant undervaluation of emotional resilience and cultivating peace of mind in our fast-paced, over-achieving culture, and she’s excited to be a part of the momentum that is actively working to change that narrative. ____________________________ Please know that… The intent of this podcast is only to offer information of a general nature to help you in your quest for emotional and spiritual well-being. Content presented or posted on this channel is not a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, treatment, or a professional therapeutic relationship. In the event you use any of the information in these episodes for yourself, which is your constitutional right, the creator assumes no responsibility for your actions.

    8 min

  2. 12/02/2024

    Shadow Work: The Parts of Me That I Cannot See Part 2

    This episode is a continuation of last week's discussion on shadow work. I begin with a reading of what's known as the Eleventh Hour Hopi Elders Prophecy before I revisit a working definition of what a shadow is and offer some examples of how people's shadows might manifest. I then share an example of my own shadow, how it impacts my relationship to my husband, and how I consciously work with it. It's important to remember that we all possess light and shadow. We are all flawed and imperfect humans, and yet there is an aspect of us that remains untouched by our failures. This is our true nature, and it's what connects us to every other being in the vast web of life. I invite us to a different, more spacious perspective that allows us room to grow and evolve, rooting our relationships in presence, understanding, and compassion. And I reflect on how, when we blame others for our life circumstances, we give away our power and our capacity to write our own story. I continue with a sincere, vulnerable exploration of many of my own shadow aspects that I've come to accept and integrate with the support of self-compassion practices. In doing so, I have learned how to forgive myself, forgive others, and appreciate that our shortcomings are not failures, but a part of our unfolding story of becoming our authentic selves.  The episode ends with an invitation to practice seeing the divine nature in the eyes of everyone we meet. Or as Ram Dass would say, "Learning to see everyone as God in drag." ____________________________ Do you love this content and want to support the show? Buy Me A Coffee at: buymeacoffee.com/JeniJuarezllc I sincerely appreciate your support! ____________________________ Learn More About Virtual Offerings and Live Events in West Michigan ✦Website | https://www.jenijuarez.com ✦Facebook |facebook.com/TendingtoChange ✦Instagram |instagram.com/tendingtochangewithjeni/ ____________________________ Tending to Change is hosted by Jeni Juarez, a 500-hr Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT), a mother of four, and a dedicated student on the path of the heart. She offers public classes as well as personal sessions designed to inspire and empower the individual to reclaim their wholeness and sovereignty, for the benefit of all beings. Having struggled with trauma, addiction, and debilitating anxiety, she has deep gratitude for the power of nature, stillness practices, and loving community to completely change the trajectory of one’s life. Jeni believes there is a significant undervaluation of emotional resilience and cultivating peace of mind in our fast-paced, over-achieving culture, and she’s excited to be a part of the momentum that is actively working to change that narrative. ____________________________ Please know that… The intent of this podcast is only to offer information of a general nature to help you in your quest for emotional and spiritual well-being. Content presented or posted on this channel is not a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, treatment, or a professional therapeutic relationship. In the event you use any of the information in these episodes for yourself, which is your constitutional right, the creator assumes no responsibility for your actions.

    24 min

  3. 11/25/2024

    Shadow Work: The Parts of Me That I Cannot See Part 1

    This episode offers an introduction to shadow work. Our shadow includes all of the denied aspects of ourselves–the parts of us that we can’t accept, and so we push out of our conscious awareness. The problem with voting our unsavory aspects off of the island of “me” is that these shadow parts continue to heavily influence how we interact with the world around us. And they can have profoundly negative impacts on our relationships as well as our ability to live a fulfilling life. The process of shadow work involves turning toward these rejected parts with the intention of accepting and integrating them back into our self-concept. This reclamation of our wholeness is key to revealing our intrinsic loving, peaceful, compassionate nature. While shadow work can seem intimidating or scary at first, it is liberating and empowering work. And it’s a necessary step for gaining emotional maturity, deepening relationships, and showing up authentically and joyfully in your life. I end the episode with a helpful method for identifying our shadow and a guided meditation for cultivating nonjudgmental awareness. ____________________________ Do you love this content and want to support the show? Buy Me A Coffee at: buymeacoffee.com/JeniJuarezllc I sincerely appreciate your support! ____________________________ Learn More About Virtual Offerings and Live Events in West Michigan ✦Website | https://www.jenijuarez.com ✦Facebook |facebook.com/TendingtoChange ✦Instagram |instagram.com/tendingtochangewithjeni/ ____________________________ Tending to Change is hosted by Jeni Juarez, a 500-hr Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT), a mother of four, and a dedicated student on the path of the heart. She offers public classes as well as personal sessions designed to inspire and empower the individual to reclaim their wholeness and sovereignty, for the benefit of all beings. Having struggled with trauma, addiction, and debilitating anxiety, she has deep gratitude for the power of nature, stillness practices, and loving community to completely change the trajectory of one’s life. Jeni believes there is a significant undervaluation of emotional resilience and cultivating peace of mind in our fast-paced, over-achieving culture, and she’s excited to be a part of the momentum that is actively working to change that narrative. ____________________________ Please know that… The intent of this podcast is only to offer information of a general nature to help you in your quest for emotional and spiritual well-being. Content presented or posted on this channel is not a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, treatment, or a professional therapeutic relationship. In the event you use any of the information in these episodes for yourself, which is your constitutional right, the creator assumes no responsibility for your actions.

    17 min

  4. 11/18/2024

    Emotions: Enemy or Information?

    This episode begins with an acknowledgment of what most of us are feeling these days: full of big emotions and deeply unsettled. Many of us are witnessing our relationships undergo profound shifts–some are even breaking apart. Emotions are a powerful form of energy. Some of us might fear them, so we squash them down and avoid them. Others of us let them rip, giving very little thought to the potentially destructive impact our emotional reactions may have. This is due to a tendency we each have–to identify with the thoughts and emotions we experience instead of the awareness that is witnessing them. We get caught in ego consciousness, misidentifying ourselves as the weather instead of the sky that holds it all. But what if we could shift our perspective - just a little - and create some space for an alternative view? One that sees emotions as information instead of an enemy? This is what I endeavor to do throughout the episode.  Although rooted in the work of Nonviolent Communication champion Marshall Rosenberg, I first came upon this teaching through the book Say What You Mean, written by meditation teacher and Nonviolent Communication trainer Oren Jay Sofer. And this reframing suggests that emotions provide information to us about whether or not our basic human needs are being met. This is a profoundly empowering view of emotions. And it offers us a rich framework with which to sort out and process them in a way that leads to a more fulfilling life. Join me for this valuable conversation which concludes with a short fictional story I wrote about my own process of transforming my emotions from enemies to information.   SHOW NOTES:  ✦Oren Jay Sofer book - Say What You Mean: https://www.orenjaysofer.com/book-audio  ✦Bay Area Nonviolent Communication - List of Needs: https://baynvc.org/list-of-needs/ ✦Bay Area Nonviolent Communication - List of Feelings: https://baynvc.org/list-of-feelings/ ____________________________ Do you love this content and want to support the show? Buy Me A Coffee at: buymeacoffee.com/JeniJuarezllc I sincerely appreciate your support! ____________________________ Learn More About Virtual Offerings and Live Events in West Michigan ✦Website | https://www.jenijuarez.com ✦Facebook |facebook.com/TendingtoChange ✦Instagram |instagram.com/tendingtochangewithjeni/ ____________________________ Tending to Change is hosted by Jeni Juarez, a 500-hr Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT), a mother of four, and a dedicated student on the path of the heart. She offers public classes as well as personal sessions designed to inspire and empower the individual to reclaim their wholeness and sovereignty, for the benefit of all beings. Having struggled with trauma, addiction, and debilitating anxiety, she has deep gratitude for the power of nature, stillness practices, and loving community to completely change the trajectory of one’s life. Jeni believes there is a significant undervaluation of emotional resilience and cultivating peace of mind in our fast-paced, over-achieving culture, and she’s excited to be a part of the momentum that is actively working to change that narrative. ____________________________ Please know that… The intent of this podcast is only to offer information of a general nature to help you in your quest for emotional and spiritual well-being. Content presented or posted on this channel is not a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, treatment, or a professional therapeutic relationship. In the event you use any of the information in these episodes for yourself, which is your constitutional right, the creator assumes no responsibility for your actions.

    25 min

  5. 11/11/2024

    Resilience: Finding Wisdom in the Darkness

    When our hearts become awakened to reality, it can be quite painful and challenging to observe the suffering in our own lives as well as the suffering in the lives of others. But no matter how we might try, once we’ve woken up, there is no going back to sleep. We may avoid, repress, numb, or rage out, but reality will beckon us forward on our path of evolution again and again. And that’s actually a good thing. From the perspective of Eastern spiritual traditions, it is very rare for a human being to willingly turn toward pain with curiosity, courage, and compassion. It’s only by facing the pain that we discover a space inside of us that remains untouched by it. And this awakened, tender heart is what reminds us that we are alive. It compels us to act in ways that are in alignment with the whole; we evaluate our impact on the world around us.  Through spiritual practice, we cultivate inner resilience: an ability to recover from difficulty. We learn to bend without breaking. Now more than ever, we are being challenged to stand strong in our integrity and our values. But I want you to understand that we are not without tools and resources right now. Many have been involved in the work of overcoming oppression for decades if not centuries and millennia. And to my mind, what’s most important in this moment is that we continue to build community. The only way for us to reimagine a just, compassionate, equitable society is to create it, brick by brick, together. Much of that work has already been in play. It just may be time for you to join in or lend more of your energy to it.  Let’s work together to take the meaningful action necessary to support ourselves and each other. Let us be stretched and challenged in ways that bring out the very best of ourselves–for our benefit and for the benefit of all beings, everywhere.   SHOW NOTES:  ✦Valarie Kaur speech | https://youtu.be/qQ7QlKG70LE?si=uy52oQg4jXZDHqhK ✦Valarie Kaur - Revolutionary Love Project | https://revolutionarylove.org/ ____________________________ Do you love this content and want to support the show? Buy Me A Coffee at: buymeacoffee.com/JeniJuarezllc I sincerely appreciate your support! ____________________________ Learn More About Virtual Offerings and Live Events in West Michigan ✦Website | https://www.jenijuarez.com ✦Facebook |facebook.com/TendingtoChange ✦Instagram |instagram.com/tendingtochangewithjeni/ ____________________________ Tending to Change is hosted by Jeni Juarez, a 500-hr Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT), a mother of four, and a dedicated student on the path of the heart. She offers public classes as well as personal sessions designed to inspire and empower the individual to reclaim their wholeness and sovereignty, for the benefit of all beings. Having struggled with trauma, addiction, and debilitating anxiety, she has deep gratitude for the power of nature, stillness practices, and loving community to completely change the trajectory of one’s life. Jeni believes there is a significant undervaluation of emotional resilience and cultivating peace of mind in our fast-paced, over-achieving culture, and she’s excited to be a part of the momentum that is actively working to change that narrative. ____________________________ Please know that… The intent of this podcast is only to offer information of a general nature to help you in your quest for emotional and spiritual well-being. Content presented or posted on this channel is not a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, treatment, or a professional therapeutic relationship. In the event you use any of the information in these episodes for yourself, which is your constitutional right, the creator assumes no responsibility for your actions.

    20 min

  6. 11/04/2024

    The Obstacle is the Path: How to Get Unstuck

    Marcus Aurelius, a Roman emperor and Stoic philosopher once wrote “The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way”. This reflects the Zen teaching that reminds us that “the obstacle is the path.” Often, when things don’t go how we expect or want them to go, we feel that we have failed or are helpless victims of our lives. But what if the obstacle you’re facing is your greatest teacher in this moment? What if it’s guiding you toward your next step? In this short but valuable episode, I share about an obstacle that I have recently faced and how self-reflection and mindful action supported me in reframing the challenge as an opportunity to refine my daily habits and grow as an individual.  Cultivating self-awareness is very important. It helps us slow down, notice what mind state we're in, and figure out how to shift it if necessary. Taking action in the face of obstacles, as opposed to giving up or avoiding them, strengthens our resilience, our fortitude, and our stamina. We rediscover how powerful we are and increase our confidence in our capacity to face whatever life brings our way. The episode concludes with a message of hope and an Awareness of Breath practice.   ____________________________ Do you love this content and want to support the show? Buy Me A Coffee at: buymeacoffee.com/JeniJuarezllc I sincerely appreciate your support! ____________________________ Learn More About Virtual Offerings and Live Events in West Michigan ✦Website | https://www.jenijuarez.com ✦Facebook |facebook.com/TendingtoChange ✦Instagram |instagram.com/tendingtochangewithjeni/ ____________________________ Tending to Change is hosted by Jeni Juarez, a 500-hr Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT), a mother of four, and a dedicated student on the path of the heart. She offers public classes as well as personal sessions designed to inspire and empower the individual to reclaim their wholeness and sovereignty, for the benefit of all beings. Having struggled with trauma, addiction, and debilitating anxiety, she has deep gratitude for the power of nature, stillness practices, and loving community to completely change the trajectory of one’s life. Jeni believes there is a significant undervaluation of emotional resilience and cultivating peace of mind in our fast-paced, over-achieving culture, and she’s excited to be a part of the momentum that is actively working to change that narrative. ____________________________ Please know that… The intent of this podcast is only to offer information of a general nature to help you in your quest for emotional and spiritual well-being. Content presented or posted on this channel is not a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, treatment, or a professional therapeutic relationship. In the event you use any of the information in these episodes for yourself, which is your constitutional right, the creator assumes no responsibility for your actions.

    10 min

  7. 10/28/2024

    Practice-Only Episode: 8-Minute Just Like Me Compassion Meditation

    This is a special practice-only episode in which I guide listeners through an 8-minute compassion practice called Just Like Me.   ____________________________ Do you love this content and want to support the show? Buy Me A Coffee at: buymeacoffee.com/JeniJuarezllc I sincerely appreciate your support! ____________________________ Learn More About Virtual Offerings and Live Events in West Michigan ✦Website | https://www.jenijuarez.com ✦Facebook |facebook.com/TendingtoChange ✦Instagram |instagram.com/tendingtochangewithjeni/ ____________________________ Tending to Change is hosted by Jeni Juarez, a 500-hr Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT), a mother of four, and a dedicated student on the path of the heart. She offers public classes as well as personal sessions designed to inspire and empower the individual to reclaim their wholeness and sovereignty, for the benefit of all beings. Having struggled with trauma, addiction, and debilitating anxiety, she has deep gratitude for the power of nature, stillness practices, and loving community to completely change the trajectory of one’s life. Jeni believes there is a significant undervaluation of emotional resilience and cultivating peace of mind in our fast-paced, over-achieving culture, and she’s excited to be a part of the momentum that is actively working to change that narrative. ____________________________ Please know that… The intent of this podcast is only to offer information of a general nature to help you in your quest for emotional and spiritual well-being. Content presented or posted on this channel is not a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, treatment, or a professional therapeutic relationship. In the event you use any of the information in these episodes for yourself, which is your constitutional right, the creator assumes no responsibility for your actions.

    8 min

  8. 10/21/2024

    Swadharma: Living Beyond Purpose

    In this episode of Tending to Change, I explore the concept of life purpose through the lens of swadharma, a Sanskrit term that refers to one's own duty or unique role in the world. Honoring our swadharma goes deeper than what we do as a profession. It means living in accordance with our innate nature, gifts, and talents.  Drawing insights from the Bhagavad Gita, I discuss the importance of understanding our personal responsibilities and how they contribute to the world around us and to future generations. I emphasize the journey of self-discovery, the significance of our roles, and the need to embrace our unique paths in life.  The episode concludes with a guided visualization meditation.   ____________________________ Do you love this content and want to support the show? Buy Me A Coffee at: buymeacoffee.com/JeniJuarezllc I sincerely appreciate your support! ____________________________ Learn More About Virtual Offerings and Live Events in West Michigan ✦Website | https://www.jenijuarez.com ✦Facebook |facebook.com/TendingtoChange ✦Instagram |instagram.com/tendingtochangewithjeni/ ____________________________ Tending to Change is hosted by Jeni Juarez, a 500-hr Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT), a mother of four, and a dedicated student on the path of the heart. She offers public classes as well as personal sessions designed to inspire and empower the individual to reclaim their wholeness and sovereignty, for the benefit of all beings. Having struggled with trauma, addiction, and debilitating anxiety, she has deep gratitude for the power of nature, stillness practices, and loving community to completely change the trajectory of one’s life. Jeni believes there is a significant undervaluation of emotional resilience and cultivating peace of mind in our fast-paced, over-achieving culture, and she’s excited to be a part of the momentum that is actively working to change that narrative. ____________________________ Please know that… The intent of this podcast is only to offer information of a general nature to help you in your quest for emotional and spiritual well-being. Content presented or posted on this channel is not a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, treatment, or a professional therapeutic relationship. In the event you use any of the information in these episodes for yourself, which is your constitutional right, the creator assumes no responsibility for your actions.

    16 min
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If you know me, you know that I am deeply passionate about learning, healing, and growing. And it brings a lot of joy and meaning to my life to share my personal experiences, no matter how vulnerable, for the benefit of others. Join me in this exploration of authenticity, curiosity, and what it means to fully inhabit our lives. It is my honor to walk this path alongside you!

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