Redefining Her Game

Redefining Her Game
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Every Monday, a woman sits down with Jen Chenard and tells the real version of her story — the wins, the setbacks, the lessons that only showed up in hindsight, and the moments that took real courage. Jen left twenty years in corporate healthcare to build this. She isn't a coach or an expert. She asks the questions nobody asks these women in public, then gets out of the way. Guests are women in the middle of something — leaving a career, starting over, writing the book, doing the thing that scared them. New episodes every Monday.

  1. 4d ago

    You Will Come Out The Other Side — Erin Curtin

    Fifty didn’t feel like a milestone to her. It felt like a reset. Erin Curtin turned fifty in April and marked it by running a half marathon over the bridge into Canada and back through the tunnel. She said yes to a new role while it still scared her. She started taking things off her plate that had stopped serving her. She’s a veterinary technician nearly thirty years in, a lifelong friend of Jen’s, and the woman who used to drive her home from school with UB40 on a mixtape. She has also come through more than her share, and she’s honest here about what the other side of it looks like. This one is about reinvention at fifty, about being the eldest daughter who everybody calls, and about the difference between having a moment of grief and staying in it. It’s also, somehow, funny. A podcast where women share the real version of their journey: their hopes for what’s next, the wins, the setbacks, the lessons that only show up in hindsight, and the moments that took real courage to get through.

    You Will Come Out The Other Side — Erin Curtin

  2. Nov 2

    Why It's So Hard To Make Friends As An Adult — Patty Roe

    Patty Roe spent twenty years as a stockbroker, a political fundraiser and a chief of staff before she noticed she'd been doing the same thing the whole time. Jen Chenard sits down with Patty Roe, founder of PS Society — a Michigan nonprofit built to fight loneliness by consistently connecting women. Her career looks like no straight line at all: Chicago, San Diego, Washington, a seat as chief of staff on Capitol Hill, then a cannabis brand in California that closed and left a mark. Two years ago the light bulb went off. In every one of those rooms, she'd been the one putting people together. We get into why adult friendship is structurally harder than it used to be, what it takes to run a nonprofit that asks almost nothing of the people who come, and the honest part nobody posts about: that the woman who builds these rooms finds walking into one agonizing. Patty's advice for the week: don't text someone "we should get coffee soon." Send a question, a date and a time. Because soon never comes. Find Patty and PS Society at pssocietyus.org, and on socials at @pssocietyus. hello@jenchenard.com

    Why It's So Hard To Make Friends As An Adult — Patty Roe

  3. Oct 26

    Put It Down Here: The Room Where Women Stop Pretending - Girl Dinner | Caitlin Wilkinson

    he put fifteen hundred dollars into a room she wasn’t sure anyone would walk into. Seventy women came. In this episode of Redefining Her Game, Jen Chenard sits down with Caitlin Wilkinson, founder of Girl Dinner — a social club with purpose built on one invitation: let’s get real over dinner. Caitlin sat with the idea for almost ten years while she rebuilt her life after leaving an abusive marriage. When she finally ran the first event, she hoped thirty women might come and hoped to raise fifteen hundred dollars. Seventy came and they raised almost six thousand. We get into what actually happens when a woman walks through the door, why nothing you arrive carrying is too much, and the part nobody posts about: what it really costs to keep a room like this running. WHAT WE COVER• Why “no dues, no membership, no pressure” was a decision, not an accident• What she needed when she was in the worst of it that nobody gave her• The first time she said out loud that she was in an abusive relationship• Why joy belongs in a room built for hard conversations• The real maths — two thousand dollars, recycled five events deep• Why she sells out events with under five hundred followers• The November 8th fundraiser for Fourth Tri Sanctuary CHAPTERS00:00 Introduction00:54 What Girl Dinner actually is01:42 The hour before the doors open03:13 What happens when you walk in05:53 Eighteen to eighty — who it’s for07:03 If you don’t want to talk, there’s still a place09:40 Why she built it11:52 Seventy women and six thousand dollars15:04 Who showed up that first night17:36 What she needed that nobody gave her21:39 “Put it down here, we can carry it”26:00 The first time she said it out loud35:06 Making room for joy37:29 Two thousand dollars and a deposit47:32 The November 8th fundraiser52:04 Women supporting women53:02 What she’d tell a woman in a hard season FIND CAITLINGirl Dinner: inspiredascend.com/girldinnerInstagram & TikTok: @girldinner.miNext event: Sunday November 8th, 11–2, Union 212 in Milford — a brunch fundraiser for Fourth Tri Sanctuary in Ferndale FIND REDEFINING HER GAMEYouTube: youtube.com/@redefininghergameSpotify: open.spotify.com/show/3wFcWwm5q5lr4xzkxYY0xnInstagram, TikTok & Facebook: @redefininghergamehello@jenchenard.com A podcast where women share the real version of their journey: their hopes for what’s next, the wins, the setbacks, the lessons that only show up in hindsight, and the moments that took real courage to get through. #RedefiningHerGame #WomenSupportingWomen #MichiganBusiness #DetroitSmallBusiness #FemaleFounders #WomenInBusiness #MichiganMade #ShopSmallMichigan

    Put It Down Here: The Room Where Women Stop Pretending - Girl Dinner | Caitlin Wilkinson

  4. Oct 19

    Violinist to Farmer: She Bought the Land Sight Unseen | Corrie — Redefining Her Game #9

    Corrie was a professional violinist, born and raised in Southern California. Then she started looking into what was actually in the food she was feeding her six-month-old — and couldn't find anywhere near her to buy farm fresh eggs from. So she and her husband bought a farm in Tennessee, a state neither of them had ever set foot in, off a video walkthrough filmed by a realtor they'd never met. She was pregnant with their second. Days after they moved in, her husband lost his job. Their families didn't want them to go. This one is about trusting yourself anyway, leaning on your faith, and what it actually takes to build the life you said you wanted — learning along the way. WHAT WE COVER - Why she couldn't source a single farm fresh egg in Carlsbad, and what that set off - Buying forty acres sight unseen in a state they'd never visited - The breeder who refused to sell them a guardian dog until they had something for him to protect - Teaching herself to hand-milk a cow she still has to greet every morning before the cow will follow her in - The video she filmed while milking that hit eight million views overnight - What a farm actually costs — over an hour of chores before anyone gets a coffee - The app she and her husband are building to connect people straight to local farmers CHAPTERS 00:00 Introduction 01:33 A professional violinist in California 02:17 The egg that started everything 04:29 "Let's go full send" — deciding on Tennessee 08:30 Bought off a realtor's video walkthrough 10:56 Five days in: a guardian dog and four pregnant sheep 16:57 Everyone told them not to go 18:35 Days after moving, her husband lost his job 21:17 From a condo to forty acres 22:57 What a day on the farm actually looks like 24:27 Learning to hand-milk a cow who won't be bossed 29:13 Real life versus the highlight reel 34:46 What she does with the mean comments 37:32 What it actually costs 41:50 What's next: thefarm.app 47:46 What women supporting women looks like 49:16 Know your why, then just do it 51:00 Outro FIND CORRIE Instagram: @corriesfarmhouse TikTok: @corriesfarmhouse The Farm app: thefarm.app — on the App Store

    Violinist to Farmer: She Bought the Land Sight Unseen | Corrie — Redefining Her Game #9

  5. Oct 12

    What Holding It Together Actually Costs — Christina Parise

    She held it together for thirty-five years. Then she found out there was a reason. Christina Parise, LCSW, is a therapist, clinical supervisor and the founder of Clear Mind Counseling, a group practice specialising in ADHD, anxiety and trauma. She was tested as a child and told she didn't have ADHD, and spent the next two decades believing the problem was her. When she finally went looking for an answer, fifteen therapists in a row told her they couldn't give her one. We get into why so many women are finding this out in their thirties and forties and not before, what an ADHD assessment actually looks like, why rejection sensitivity gets mistaken for social anxiety, and what masking costs the woman who's been holding it together for everybody else. And the question Jen asked that she didn't expect to end up answering herself — what a woman grieves when she finally gets an answer. Find Christina at @adhdwithchristina on Instagram and TikTok, and at christinaparise.com. Her community, Held It Together, is open now for women 30 and up who have an ADHD diagnosis or suspect they might. Redefining Her Game is a podcast where women share the real version of their journey: their hopes for what's next, the wins, the setbacks, the lessons that only show up in hindsight, and the moments that took real courage to get through.

    What Holding It Together Actually Costs — Christina Parise

  6. Oct 5

    The Seed You Haven't Said Out Loud Yet — Dr. Emily Jacobs

    Say yes to less — and she does not mean less ambition.Dr. Emily Jacobs spent twenty years in nursing, from the cardiac floor to director of education for an eight-hospital system. She walked away from all of it at the end of 2021, and two weeks later her phone rang with the exact work she'd been dreaming about.She's now a best-selling author, a two-time TEDx speaker, and the founder of Empowered Moms — a community that started with four women in her living room and is now an event that sells out every year.This one is about the seed. The thing you keep circling and still haven't said out loud to anybody. Emily doesn't believe in coincidences — she believes that if it's keeping you up at night, there's a reason it's there. We get into where the nerve comes from to do one thing about it, and the honest part nobody posts about: the guilt that shows up the first time you choose yourself.In this episode:00:00 Introduction01:32 The voice note that started this02:42 Twenty years in nursing03:50 From the cardiac floor to director of education05:23 "I was curious about making the jump, but it was too scary"06:51 The project assigned the night before her vacation07:49 What finally gave her the courage09:28 Resigning with no plan, and giving herself space10:46 The phone call two weeks later13:01 Why the belief has to come first14:30 Poking holes in the box you think you're stuck in15:46 Where the people pleasing started18:04 Say Yes to Less18:32 The year she learned she needed boundaries21:37 Gentle boundaries, and how to soften a no23:45 The pause: what am I about to say no to?27:01 The hardest boundary she's ever kept27:24 The self-care pamphlet she tore up30:41 What she says to a woman who's burnt out34:03 "How much longer do you want to live there?"37:42 Giving money a job40:34 Don't backpedal, and don't overexplain43:09 Empowered Moms, and the night four people came48:06 Trying again, and announcing October before she'd planned it50:50 The book that started as a sticky note53:34 Why we all just want to know we're not alone54:19 Rapid fire55:15 What women helping women actually looks like56:33 If there's a seed planted in your heart1:00:50 Where to find Empowered Moms1:02:57 The October 16 event1:04:49 Final thoughtsFind Dr. Emily Jacobs:https://empoweredmoms.cohttps://www.instagram.com/dremilyjacobsHer event: Friday, October 16 at the KingsleyRedefining Her Game is a podcast where women share the real version of their journey: their hopes for what's next, the wins, the setbacks, the lessons that only show up in hindsight, and the moments that took real courage to get through.hello@jenchenard.com

    The Seed You Haven't Said Out Loud Yet — Dr. Emily Jacobs

  7. Sep 28

    You Are Not Failing — Emily Feret, Normalizing Normal

    Wait — am I doing this all wrong? That was the thought Emily Feret had in 2020, scrolling past spotlessplayrooms while locked down with a toddler. She made one video about the real version instead. It went viral, and the comments were thousands of women saying the same thing back — I thought it was just me. Emily talks about the messy, beautiful reality of motherhood and what happens when we stop trying to make our lives look perfect. In this conversation: the video that changed everything, a late ADHD diagnosis at 32, why mom guilt sits so heavy on every one of us, and the deathbed list that finally got a book written. Her book, Normalizing Normal: Motherhood Without the Filter, is out Tuesday, October 13, 2026 - Pre order link is right here - https://www.amazon.com/dp/1394396139?lv=shuf&linkCode=ml1&fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0DMTAwAHBkb2YCc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQPOTM2NjE5NzQzMzkyNDU5AAGnl0ygk5EcqauplIDwiCyA_l-Y1gPOV0Bo1M1bEcYqcoErxZoBHLm0I1sOMUM_aem_Uz9nYgHy1LyDB7Uzmj13eg&linkId=69c92dd5108301cf59ab9e82f439ff33&utm_medium=social&tag=emilyjeannefe-20&utm_source=ig&utm_content=link_in_bio&channelId=704&ref_=cm_sw_r_as_gl_api_gl_i_ZHCTR26TFCQNDT21TKK2&plpRedirect=mhFallback— audiobook the same day, read by Emily. Pre-order before then andshe'll send you a ten-episode companion podcast with the stories that didn't make the book. Receipt to normalizingnormal@gmail.com.Find Emily at @emilyjeanneferet on Instagram and @emilyjeanne333 on TikTok and Facebook. Chapters 00:00 Intro 02:14 Why she downloaded TikTok in the first place 04:07 Toy rotations, spotless playrooms, and "am I doing this all wrong?" 06:27 The video that changed everything 08:27 You are not failing 11:20 The judging starts the day you announce you're pregnant 13:49 There's no one right way to raise a child 16:19 Use the internet as a tool, not a mirror 20:58 Say the hard thing out loud and it gets smaller 23:43 Mom guilt, and why it sits so heavy on all of us 29:27 A late ADHD diagnosis at 32 36:56 Why she talks about the medication out loud 38:16 How the community actually got built 44:05 The deathbed list, and how the book really happened 48:24 The book, the audiobook, and the pre-order bonus 50:37 Rapid fire 56:48 Skydiving or the marathon — which scared her more 59:20 Something she's proud of that has nothing to do with her kids 01:00:18 What women supporting women actually looks like 01:01:27 Mothers do not have to be martyrs 01:04:19 Where to find Emily, and the pre-order deadline

    You Are Not Failing — Emily Feret, Normalizing Normal

  8. Sep 21

    There Is No Box That Will Fit You - Inge Meesak

    She quit, and her employer asked her back as a consultant. Two days a week, for more than her full-time salary had been.Jen sits down with Inge Meesak — portfolio entrepreneur, business strategist, and founder of The Freedom Society, a community for women who want more freedom and flexibility than a traditional career path was ever going to give them.Inge has lived in Estonia, the United States, Hong Kong, Switzerland, South Sudan and London. Her childhood dream was America — she got into Boston University, got there, and it fell apart. Looking back she'll tell you she's glad, because the door that opened instead was Hong Kong. An intern at the UN. A risk manager in a London bank. An aid worker living behind four walls in a conflict zone. And every single time, she still found herself in a box.We get into what it took to stop looking for a box that would fit, and the honest part nobody posts about: the thing that frightened her most wasn't Hong Kong or South Sudan or quitting without a plan. It was putting her face on the internet.In this episode:• Why every job had a cap on it, and why doing more never turned into being paid more• The box becoming physical — compounds, curfews, four walls• The two days a week that accidentally became a business• Crying on a friend's couch over a five-second reel• What most women get wrong leaving corporate• Why your why comes before your websiteFind Inge at @freedombyinge on Instagram and TikTok.Redefining Her Game is a podcast where women share the real version of their journey: their hopes for what's next, the wins, the setbacks, the lessons that only show up in hindsight, and the moments that took real courage to get through.

    There Is No Box That Will Fit You - Inge Meesak
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Every Monday, a woman sits down with Jen Chenard and tells the real version of her story — the wins, the setbacks, the lessons that only showed up in hindsight, and the moments that took real courage. Jen left twenty years in corporate healthcare to build this. She isn't a coach or an expert. She asks the questions nobody asks these women in public, then gets out of the way. Guests are women in the middle of something — leaving a career, starting over, writing the book, doing the thing that scared them. New episodes every Monday.

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  • Creator
    Redefining Her Game
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    27
  • Rating
    Explicit
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