Holy Things

Do any of us live in peace when so much of the world is at war?

Observations, CommunityJena SchwartzMarch 4, 2022spirituality, Holiness, Ukraine, Audre Lorde, MLK Jr., paying attentionComment

Thoughts About Offerings

Observations, Creative ProcessJena SchwartzFebruary 23, 2022offerings, gifts, purpose, letting goComment

We Don't Talk About...

Holding things together can come at a very, very high cost.

ObservationsJena SchwartzFebruary 21, 2022Encanto, Bruno, IFS, therapy, wholeness, Healing, familyComment

GASP!

Bottom line: Our bodies are barometers.

Observations, Resistance, Real LifeJena SchwartzFebruary 6, 2022nervous system, paying attention, spiritual bypassingComment

One Man's Name

A radical revolution of values. If that's not part of our everyday lives, what are we even doing here?

Jewish Life, ObservationsJena SchwartzJanuary 16, 2022Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker, Black Lives Matter, Dr. King, MLK Jr.Comment

On Being "Too Sensitive"

Sometimes I think I need to turn down my own antennae a bit, if that makes any sense.

ObservationsJena SchwartzJanuary 3, 2022transitions, change, self-love, self-worth, self-confidence, Ego, HSPComment

Changing My Mind

We may not ever become perfect at it, nor is perfection the goal.

ObservationsJena SchwartzDecember 29, 2021anxiety, Mental Health, meditation, Mindfulness, mindfulness, habits, AddictionComment

Marking Time and Making Maps

The creative process, like life, is a constant series of zooming in and zooming out, going big and going small.

Observations, Real LifeJena SchwartzDecember 23, 2021Time, maps, Covid, SolsticeComment

Hello, Solstice

Poetry, ObservationsJena SchwartzDecember 21, 2021Comment

Uninspired? Don't Worry. Just Keep Digging.

Like archaeology, the creative process has its fair share of tedium.

Creative Process, ObservationsJena SchwartzDecember 17, 2021creativity, creative process, inspiration, Showing Up, Keep going, WritingComment

I Am. We Are.

Next time someone asks, "How are you?" try out this wonderful answer I saw recently in a cartoon on Instagram: "I am."

Community, Covid-19, Real Life, ObservationsJena SchwartzDecember 10, 2021Covid, Covid-19, connection, depression, Winter, writing groups, honesty, privilege, the american dream, SolsticeComment

"Rest in the Way Things Are"

ObservationsJena SchwartzNovember 26, 2021acceptance, impermanence, change, agingComment

The Pandemic's Not Over but We Have Tacos: A Call for More Patience & Compassion

"Are we there yet?" The child in me whines. I miss traveling. I miss gathering. I miss ease and saying yes to things.

Taking a Closer Look at "How We Spend Our Days"

Observations, CoachingJena SchwartzOctober 31, 2021ableism, class, class privilege, Whiteness, white supremacy, Time, of power and time, how we spend our days, Annie Dillard, Catherine Price, Coaching, Coaching industry Comment

Cozy Cottage in the Woods

Covid-19, Observations, Real LifeJena SchwartzOctober 21, 2021Covid, Covid-19, real estate, real life, depression, quarantineComment

From Absolutism to Zest

Be gentle with yourself and say hello to your zest, even if it doesn’t answer. It will know you’re there.

Observations, CoachingJena SchwartzOctober 7, 2021running, practice, gentleness, Zest for LifeComment

A Little More Ease, Please

Oh, how we make things so much harder for ourselves sometimes.

Real Life, Observations, CoachingJena SchwartzSeptember 19, 2021Ease, Mindfulness, practice, anxiety, depression, antidepressant, Running, loss, grief, Mental HealthComment

Neutrality = Erasure

ObservationsJena SchwartzJuly 6, 2021Indigenous, Schroon Lake, Adirondacks, Neutrality, Oppression, History, American history, ColonizationComment

"It's Not Like You Killed My Cat"

What's essential, I have learned and continue to learn apparently, is to do better once you DO know better.

ObservationsJena SchwartzJuly 2, 2021Apology, accountability, compassion, honesty, communicationComment

Now, Next, and Healing Trauma

Now calls on me to tap into my inner stability. This feels so healing. It's both the hardest and the easiest thing.

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Bottom line: Our bodies are barometers.

Like archaeology, the creative process has its fair share of tedium.