You Deserve That

Life is not all about agendas.

Community, Real Life, CoachingJena SchwartzSeptember 17, 2021presence, coachingComment

G’mar Chatima Tova

Jewish LifeJena SchwartzSeptember 15, 2021Yom Kippur, forgiveness, spirituality, ritual, Jewish holidays, JewishComment

Earlier, up on the mountain…

I closed my eyes once more, this time reaching for the courage to ask for forgiveness and the humility to receive it, then stood and began my descent…

Jewish LifeJena SchwartzSeptember 13, 2021teshuvah, Yom Kippur, meditation, Metta, forgiveness Comment

The Book of Life Opens

May we remember that sweetness and joy are not antithetical to action and repair, but rather their sacred foundation.

Jewish LifeJena SchwartzSeptember 8, 2021rosh hashanah, High Holidays, Jewish holidays, Jewish, Jewish Life, Tikkun OlamComment

Stay {a poem}

PoetryJena SchwartzSeptember 6, 2021meditation, Mindfulness, mindfulness, sitting, curiosity, Jewish, rosh hashanah, Jewish holidaysComment

11 Things (I Love You, Don't Die)

Real LifeJena SchwartzSeptember 5, 202111 things, 11sComment

A Month of Images + Books

Real LifeJena SchwartzSeptember 3, 2021Comment

August Break

Doing is not a synonym for worthy.

We are worthy because we are.

Real LifeJena SchwartzJuly 30, 2021Rest, shabbat, self-worthComment

Frivolous

Real LifeJena SchwartzJuly 25, 2021money, abundance, values, honestyComment

Amazing Doesn't Mean Perfect (and Never Did)

Coaching, CommunityJena SchwartzJuly 7, 2021self-confidence, self-love, self-employment, self-compassion, self-talkComment

Neutrality = Erasure

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

Still Not Proud of America

ResistanceJena SchwartzJuly 5, 2021July 4th, Fourth of July, Whiteness, white privilege, myth, the american dreamComment

"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

Acting In and Coming Out

Celebrating the end of Pride month with a new piece about coming out and a reminder that it really does get better.

Poetry, LGBTQIA+Jena SchwartzJune 29, 2021LGBTQIA+, LGBTQ, coming out, Memoir, Acting In, PrideComment

Thrive

Community, Real LifeJena SchwartzJune 21, 202111sComment

Solstice

PoetryJena SchwartzJune 21, 2021Solstice, Love, sexualityComment

When We Look Back, What Will We See?

PoetryJena SchwartzJune 14, 2021freewrite, poetry, poems, perspective, Marriage, to, TimeComment

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.

You Already Got the Job

My puny ego, though? Whew. It is a small but mighty beast.

In the End {a poem}

And what is there to remember?

PoetryJena SchwartzMay 24, 2021Comment

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Doing is not a synonym for worthy.

We are worthy because we are.