by Jennifer England | Feb 15, 2021 | Personal Fulfillment, Practices for You, Relationships
The Art of Being Good When I was about nine years old, I wrote a letter to God and asked, “Help me to be a nice person”. There is nothing unremarkable about that hand-drawn note. I was socialized in a culture that liked kids quiet, studious, and helpful. Women...
by Jennifer England | Jan 19, 2021 | Career Change
Rebellion in my life It happened to me you know. Slowly over time and then suddenly in one very clear moment. Of course, they first came as “whispers”. Soft, beckoning impulses that I couldn’t ‘see’ or get my hands around. Yet I instinctively knew ‘something’ was...
by Jennifer England | Dec 21, 2020 | Career Change, Confidence, Navigating Uncertainty
Uncertainty- my main state of 2020 As I sit here in the dark, I am not sure what to write. Instead, I will refill my tea cup again, with Awake English Breakfast, hoping that this ritual will illuminate which thread I want to pull. This pausing, pregnant with...
by Jennifer England | Dec 8, 2020 | Conflict + Power
I have never been one to wade courageously into the middle of conflict- yet I’ve been in and witnessed plenty of it. Partially, it’s due to growing up in a family where, as a whole, there wasn’t a lot of yelling, raised voices, or anger expressed. Yes my sister...
by Jennifer England | Oct 13, 2020 | Confidence, Conflict + Power, Navigating Uncertainty, Practices for You
The Illusion of Individualism Do you ever feel like you are in a period of So. Much. Learning? For me, it feels like a particularly potent time, 6 months into the pandemic. Themes I’m hearing from committed leaders of social change speak to interdependence,...
