Jenerally Speaking: A Better Relationship With Being Human

Jen Bullock
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  • Philosophy
  • Updated Weekly

What if the thoughts we dismiss, silence, or rush past are trying to change the way we live? Jenerally Speaking explores the inner dialogue beneath everyday life… the questions, transitions, relationships, exhaustion, resistance, & mental chatter that often appear just before something shifts. Through personal stories, honest reflection, & a little whimsy, Jen explores what it means to build a better relationship with being human. These are not 5-step lessons or conversations filled with more things you should be doing. They are invitations to pause, receive a new perspective, & listen more closely to what your own life may be saying. The show began when Jen’s daughter asked, “Mom, have you ever considered pressing record? We can’t be the only ones who benefit from the way you see life.” Weekly, for 25-ish minutes, Jen sits with a lil furry mic & wonders out loud… not to hand us the answers, but to help us hear our own. Because we’re all just walking each other home.

  1. 5d ago

    20: What Are We Waiting For?

    This week, my hometown lost someone who knew how to show up for her own life. And while sitting with the shock of losing her, I found myself asking a question I can’t seem to un-ask: What are we waiting for? This episode is about unfinished lives, someday lists, strange dreams, getting ready to get ready… and what it might look like to actually participate while we’re here. Because maybe the goal isn’t to leave with everything finished. Maybe it’s to leave with evidence that we were in it.

  2. Aug 9

    19: But It Ain’t Over YET

    Apparently I got emotionally bullied by a locust this week. I’d been walking around in this weird little funk even though nothing was actually wrong. Food wasn’t hitting. Music wasn’t hitting. Even poolside wasn’t hitting… which, if you know me, is when you know something is OFF. So I took my mopey little Eeyore ass for a walk. And about two minutes in, I heard it. The sound I’d apparently been trying very hard not to hear. And suddenly, I knew exactly why I’d been feeling so damn gray. Except… it wasn’t really about summer. Turns out, those freaking locusts opened a door I didn’t realize I’d been keeping shut. And what was behind it? Well… apparently we need to talk about endings. Or maybe what we do when we can hear one coming. 🩷 See you inside

  3. Aug 2

    18: I Changed My Mind

    Well… shit. I accidentally made a trilogy. First, we stopped buffering life. Then we started noticing it. This week… we have to decide what to do with what we found. Because noticing doesn’t end the journey. It begins it. What if the scariest part of changing… …isn’t the change? It’s being seen while you’re changing. See you inside. 🩷 Village Page: https://www.facebook.com/share/g/18Y1r2WxaB/?mibextid=wwXIfr ***DISCLAIMER: This podcast is for entertainment and inspirational purposes only. Nothing shared here constitutes medical, psychological, or professional advice. Always consult your physician or a qualified professional before making any changes to your health, medications, or treatment plan.

  4. Jul 26

    17: There’s No Place Like ‘Home’

    What if you aren’t lost? What if your mind is simply too loud to hear yourself? A conversation about bird noticing becomes something much deeper: mental noise, grief, childhood, the places that hold us, and the practice of returning to who we already are. Maybe home isn’t somewhere at the end of the road. Maybe it’s something you remember. See you inside 🩷 Village Page: https://www.facebook.com/share/g/18Y1r2WxaB/?mibextid=wwXIfr ***DISCLAIMER: This podcast is for entertainment and inspirational purposes only. Nothing shared here constitutes medical, psychological, or professional advice. Always consult your physician or a qualified professional before making any changes to your health, medications, or treatment plan.

  5. Jul 19

    16: Selfish AF

    I’ve spent most of my life trying not to be selfish. And now? I think I want to be selfish AF. Something clicked for me recently about the way I protect my relationship with myself, my body, my emotions… and this one human experience I get to have. But the deeper I went, the more I started wondering if we’ve completely misunderstood what it means to be selfish. Because maybe some of the things we’ve been taught to feel guilty for protecting are the very things we should be protecting the most. This one took me somewhere I wasn’t expecting. Maybe it’ll take you there, too. We’re all just walking each other home. See you inside. 🩷 Village Page: https://www.facebook.com/share/g/18Y1r2WxaB/?mibextid=wwXIfr ***DISCLAIMER: This podcast is for entertainment and inspirational purposes only. Nothing shared here constitutes medical, psychological, or professional advice. Always consult your physician or a qualified professional before making any changes to your health, medications, or treatment plan.

  6. Jul 12

    15: After All I’ve Done For You..

    “After all I’ve done for you…” 🩷Whether it’s said out loud or carried through resentment, that sentence can turn love into leverage, help into obligation, and gratitude into debt. In this episode of Jenerally Speaking, Jen explores how a childhood understanding of the Golden Rule may have taught many of us to give, love, stay loyal, and show up with the expectation that others would eventually do the same in return. 🤎What happens when they don’t? Through relationships, social media, professional mentorship, and personal growth, this conversation asks: Can we honor the people who helped us without giving them permanent access to every future version of our lives? 💛Can we offer support without confusing our offer with someone else’s obligation? Can we receive love without feeling owned by it? Because gratitude should root us. It should not bury us. Maybe the work is learning how to remove the dagger from our own chest without placing it into someone else’s hands. We’re all just walking each other home. 💚And if you’re looking for people to continue the conversation with, join us in the Village: https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1ctdGQYEEU/?mibextid=wwXIfr ***DISCLAIMER: This podcast is for entertainment and inspirational purposes only. Nothing shared here constitutes medical, psychological, or professional advice. Always consult your physician or a qualified professional before making any changes to your health, medications, or treatment plan.

  7. Jul 5

    14: Am I Growing- or Just Throwing Away My Old Self?

    🩷What does it mean to live a disposable life? Years ago, a salon client who owned an auction company told me, “You youngins live disposable lives now.” I’ve wondered about that ever since. 🤎Are we simply less attached to things? Or have we become so comfortable replacing what no longer fits that we’ve started doing it with jobs, relationships, memories—and even ourselves? In this episode of Jenerally Speaking, we explore the difference between growing and rejecting who we used to be. 💛Because maybe our old selves aren’t failed versions to throw away. Maybe they’re earlier chapters of the same life. And someday, today’s self will be an old self too. How do we hope our future self speaks about who we are right now? 💚For more deliciousness on this episode, join the rest of our walk at: https://www.facebook.com/share/g/18Y1r2WxaB/?mibextid=wwXIfr ***DISCLAIMER: This podcast is for entertainment and inspirational purposes only. Nothing shared here constitutes medical, psychological, or professional advice. Always consult your physician or a qualified professional before making any changes to your health, medications, or treatment plan.

  8. Jun 28

    13: I Have Nothing Left To Give Today

    🩷Have you ever reached the end of the day and wanted no one to need one more thing from you? Maybe you cancel the plans you made, ignore the texts, close the bedroom door, or need an entire day alone just to feel like yourself again. Then the guilt arrives, making you wonder why you have nothing left for the people and parts of life you genuinely love. 🤎But what if nothing is wrong with you? In this episode of Jenerally Speaking, we explore the possibility that exhaustion is not always caused by doing too much—but by spending too long moving in one direction. Giving. Producing. Responding. Leading. Solving. Performing. Exhaling. 💛Through seasons, social hangovers, salon conversations, parenting, partnership, creativity, doomscrolling, and everyday life, we wonder what it might mean to alternate our output with moments of genuine receiving. Not through another rigid routine. Not by micromanaging balance. But by learning how to create a life that breathes. Because maybe we don’t need to escape our lives so often if we learn how to breathe while we’re living them. 💚And if you’re looking for people to continue the conversation with, join us in the Village: https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1ctdGQYEEU/?mibextid=wwXIfr ***DISCLAIMER: This podcast is for entertainment and inspirational purposes only. Nothing shared here constitutes medical, psychological, or professional advice. Always consult your physician or a qualified professional before making any changes to your health, medications, or treatment plan.

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What if the thoughts we dismiss, silence, or rush past are trying to change the way we live? Jenerally Speaking explores the inner dialogue beneath everyday life… the questions, transitions, relationships, exhaustion, resistance, & mental chatter that often appear just before something shifts. Through personal stories, honest reflection, & a little whimsy, Jen explores what it means to build a better relationship with being human. These are not 5-step lessons or conversations filled with more things you should be doing. They are invitations to pause, receive a new perspective, & listen more closely to what your own life may be saying. The show began when Jen’s daughter asked, “Mom, have you ever considered pressing record? We can’t be the only ones who benefit from the way you see life.” Weekly, for 25-ish minutes, Jen sits with a lil furry mic & wonders out loud… not to hand us the answers, but to help us hear our own. Because we’re all just walking each other home.

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