Shed the Shame with Jenny Whitens

Welcome back Shed the Shamers! Jenny has a beautiful new episode for us that lays out the path for us to reconnect to ourselves physically and emotionally. In this episode, we'll explore the reasons we may be feeling out of touch with our emotions and the physical signals our bodies may be sending us, as well as the techniques to get back to the root of them all and forming healthy neural pat...

Show yourself some appreciation today by listening to some of Jenny's best tips to staying on track, or creating a new track and keeping consistency in a FUN and loving, supportive way for ourselves. It's time to build habits slow and steady, and learn how we like to celebrate ourselves with every small win on our journey to success! NEW!!! FREE SHED THE SHAME PROTOCOL → Get it HERE ! Fi...

Hello and welcome to 2024 Shed the Shamers! Today is a detailed recap on why we are all here. The holidays can make it tricky for us to stay on track with our mental and physical habits, so refreshing our minds with Jenny's mindset coaching brings us back to center on our paths to having a healthy mind, body, and soul. It's the perfect time to bring out those new journals and smooth Pilo...

The world can cut us down in subtle or grandeur ways, but only if we aren't in control of our emotions, and our body's response to those emotions. In today's episode, Jenny gives us some great pointers and places to start for building that emotional control as well as maintaining it. Looking within ourselves for answers instead of solely relying on others can be one of our greatest...

Parenting can be a difficult task, and that can be seen by anyone - with or without children. It can be even more difficult when we ourselves have not received the parenting we needed when we were in that child's shoes; when we have not received that love and support that we may have needed so desperately. In today's training, Jenny offers us a gentle approach to reparenting ourselves so...

In today's episode of Shed the Shame, Jenny discusses how taking care of yourself can sometimes do more harm than good when we overload ourselves with too many things at the wrong times and set impossible expectations for ourselves. We start off with a sweet and simple gesture to give ourselves what we need most and to be our best, but may soon find that we are overwhelmed with yet another ch...

In past episodes, Jenny has talked about practicing self compassion and ways that we can do that. But there are other areas in our journey that go along with that like bread and butter - and she's here to give us the lo-down. Topics like negative self talk,  invalidating ourselves, and being unaware of how our body responds to our environment are all obstacles in our path to mental and physic...

Welcome back Shed the Shamers! Today Jenny interviews a very special guest and friend - Kate Douglass! Kate Douglass is a certified behavior change and weight loss specialist with a deeply personal understanding of her field. After experiencing the trials of the pandemic and undergoing a divorce, she gained a profound awareness of the challenges faced by those trying to manage their weight after s...

In today's episode of Shed The Shame, Jenny teaches us how to turn perceived flaws and weaknesses into some of our greatest strengths. One of the things that society is best at is teaching us to hide our flaws, to be ashamed of them, and focus on avoiding them. But today, we learn to embrace them, to switch perspectives on where they can be useful, and figuring out their opposing and correspo...

In this episode, Jenny discusses how the brain tries to protect us by coming up with 'reasons' we feel we can't succeed or achieve their goals, but those 'reasons' are just negative thoughts and limiting beliefs that stem from past experiences, voices we've internalized, and fears around change or potential failure. Jenny helps us understand why negative thoughts exis...

In today's training, Jenny discusses the difficulties and obstacles that arise during our emotional healing journeys. While healing can be painful, confusing and exhausting, Jenny encourages us to be patient, celebrate small wins, seek support, set clear goals, process emotions and prioritize self-care. She emphasizes that despite the challenges, the healing journey is worth it as every step...

If you’re struggling to stay focused and committed to your journey, Jenny has some concepts to revisit that will reinspire that motivation we need to keep working on ourselves and on our growth. With exploring the concepts of Self Discipline, Self Sabotage, Growth Mindset, Self Care, and Self Worth, Jenny reminds us that it is okay and ENCOURAGED to prioritize ourselves, as well as our mental and...

Hello and welcome to today's guest Laura Pfeiffer!  Laura is a wife, mother to a special needs child, and career oriented woman with over 20 years of entrepreneurial experience, both as an independent business owner and an award-winning multi-unit franchisee. She is currently the host of the Moms Who Rock talk show on Fenix TV & the founder of Laura Pfeiffer Coaching.  Laura shares her in...

Fears are important to pay attention to, and equally important to sooth. What's a little more difficult yet equally rewarding is being able to let go or overcome those fears and allowing them to inspire you - allowing them to get you excited   for the road ahead of you to reaching your goals and dreams! Any step towards this - no matter how big or small - is still a successful step. In this e...

In previous episodes, Jenny has talked about celebrating ourselves and our lives because it’s generally a healthy thing to do. But did you know, one of the ‘side effects’ of celebrating yourself and your accomplishments is increased resilience and confidence? Those are some pretty nice ‘side effects’ to have, don’t you think?! In today’s episode, Jenny teaches us some of the strategies we can take...

There's a pretty standard list of boxes that society pushes us to check off in order to look like we're passing as happy and successful; you have a job, you have a family, you have a house...ta da! You're happy and successful, right? ...Maybe not quite. While those things are great to have, so many of us want more - we KNOW there is more out there for us! Some of us want to check th...

We've talked about the delegation of physical house chores before...but what about the mental work load? The society we grew up in has, for a long time, expected women to be the ones to keep the household together both physical chores and mental chores like keeping the kids on schedule, scheduling parties or family plans, appointments, and anything in between. But our society is changing, it...

Not everyone’s trauma is the same - trauma is a spectrum, whether it happens in childhood or adulthood. Trauma that we leave out of our control can cause a multitude of other health issues, spiral our lives out of balance and into darkness, and dwindle our relationships with ourselves and others. That’s where Jenny comes in and shows you that there’s a way out of that darkness, there’s a way to sh...

AWARENESS is key when it comes to emotional self-mastery. Being aware of your reaction to your surroundings,  and to events both in the present AND the past can help you break out of emotionally unstable patterns now, and in the future. Not only will Jenny help you break out of those unstable patterns, but also teach us how to stop people pleasing, how to process our traumas and understand others...

It’s been programmed into us from older generations that life has to be all work, and little or no play until we’re 65 and retired, and too old to do the things we wanted to when we were younger. We’ve been programmed to think that we have to choose one thing and one thing only, even if that thing makes us miserable! If we’re miserable, we’re supposed to push through it until we essentially can’t...

Are you living in the shadows of others, doing what makes them happy instead of focusing on yourself? Are you afraid of doing what you know will make you happy because others haven't supported you in the past? Then it's time to start supporting yourself! Focusing on your strengths, allowing yourself to find that flow state and being comfortable with your current level of skill is what th...

Disappointment is a natural feeling in all of us, but when it spins us out of control into a breakdown...it's time to take a step back and look at what's REALLY going on. Are we setting our expectations too high? Probably. Are we expecting things out of people that we know deep down aren't able to deliver those expectations? Probably. Today Jenny expands on those examples and more,...

There comes  a point when we talk about how much we procrastinate, that we almost start boasting about how much we procrastinate. You might even call yourself a 'procrastination queen/king', and realizing that may just be your turning point. That realization sets in, and the feeling of failure and fear begin to overcome you. You think to yourself, 'wow, this is really what I've...

Welcome Ang Curro to Shed the Shame! Join Jenny and Ang as we explore Ang’s story and how she turned a complete 180 in her life from working in corporate finance to reading tarot as a full time gig. Ang and Jen explore faith, spirituality, childhood trauma, and working through our shadows so we can be better people to ourselves, as well as to our friends and family. Learn how Jen and Ang identifie...

Our whole lives we're told that our feelings don't matter that much - if at all. We're taught that quitting just isn't an option no matter what, that we have to power through whatever struggle is causing us to suffer, other wise we are 'weak', 'stupid', and 'don't know what we're doing'.  Eventually, we are so buried in this suffering, th...