Heart Gardening

In this final solo episode of Season 1, I reflect on my friend Tyler's question, which we accidentally missed out of our previous episode: Season One Wrap Up Q&A in the Garden . In my reflection, I speak to how embracing a big feeling heart is a strength. From this place, I share a vulnerable moment at my family cabin, where discovering a dead bird stirred deep grief – and presence with the ever u...

Healing Conversations with My Father: We want to thank all of you for your presence and support throughout Season One of Heart Gardening, and we're excited to share this wrap-up with you. In this episode, my Dad, Robert, and I close out Season One of Heart Gardening by reflecting on the journey we've taken, one intentional conversation at a time. While we have our usual opening and intro with a fu...

Have you ever felt called to return to a place that has long held memories of grief, trauma, or loss, without fully knowing what would come from the visit? In this bonus episode, I share what it was like to return to the hotel where my brother, Rory, died 16 years ago. At the beginning of my share, I talk about the many times I thought about going back, and how, upon learning about a wellness and...

Healing Conversations with My Father: What if divorce can lead to healing through supporting a deeper connection with oneself?  In this episode, my Dad, Robert, and I have an intentional conversation about breakups, separation, and divorce – and, specifically, what he learned through his divorce journey which began in the Fall of 2019.  We also, and perhaps most importantly, discuss what it means...

Healing Conversations with My Father: Is there something about your story that you have long felt a sense of shame or embarrassment around?  That's how I felt about the fact that, at 25, I went to rehab at a place called Sierra Tucson, to receive support around the PTSD and anxiety I was experiencing after the sudden loss of my brother, Rory, to suicide. In today's conversation my Dad, Robert, and...

Have you ever felt the tension between knowing your feelings and expressing them?  Welcome to one of my ongoing heart gardening journeys. In this episode, I share how my family of origin shaped my relationship with my emotions – and more specifically, how I learned to keep my feelings quiet to avoid being a problem.  Further, I talk about the ongoing challenge of expressing my true feelings, and h...

Healing Conversations with My Father: Today's episode is perhaps my favorite conversation yet, as we touch on two of my favorite topics — spirituality and faith. My Dad, Robert, and I talk about his unique journey from being a card carrying atheist into finding a faith of his own.  During this conversation, we discuss how spiritual growth is rarely linear, and how my Dad's faith became real to him...

Healing Conversations with My Father: Have you ever felt called to go on a retreat, perhaps even a retreat in the South African wilderness? If you've been listening along, you know that my Dad attended his first retreat in the South African wilderness in the summer of 2019 shortly before, as he speaks to in this episode, his life "blew up."  This episode was recorded after my Dad returned from his...

Healing Conversations with My Father: Have you ever felt the whispers of a calling? In this episode, I invite my Dad to share about a calling he felt emerging during a recent sacred plant medicine ceremony.  We start, as we do in each episode, by pulling power animal cards and spraying flower essences, which then leads to an intentional conversation about the importance of – you guessed it – inten...

Healing Conversations with My Father: What if forgiveness is generated when we choose to create a Miracle by consciously letting go of the grievance we've been holding onto – either towards ourselves or towards another person? Remembering that  A Course in Miracles teaches us that we can create a Miracle any time we shift our perspective from fear to love. Join us as we explore how letting go of g...

What if the one thing holding you back from growth wasn't outside of you but within you? Spring has arrived in the Northern Hemisphere, and, along with it, the sharing of the second half of our first Heart Gardening season. With this transition is an invitation to soften, to reflect on what we're ready to release, and to clear space for new growth. In our next episode, we'll be exploring forgivene...

Healing Conversations with My Father: In this episode, my Dad and I welcome our first special guest, Chiqui Woolworth, into the heart garden. Chiqui was one of my Mom's best friends, and has been an incredibly important person in my life since I was a child. She was the first person to really teach me about the mystical, and in so doing, really supported me in developing a relationship with the my...

In this bonus solo episode, I invite you to pause and reflect on the invitations that my Dad and I have shared with you, in episodes one through eight of Season 1, of our Heart Gardening podcast. You'll hear me share my personal reflections with these invitations and how I am integrating with them in my life.  Because each episode is its own sort of medicine ceremony and we know we've already cove...

Healing Conversations with My Father: Have you ever thought about your first memory with grief? Is there a story that you created from that experience that is still playing out now, in terms of how you relate to your grief – or, to your heart?  In this episode, my Dad and I have a heartfelt conversation about our earliest memories with grief and loss. (Listen for my Dad's sweet reflection on Jimin...

Healing Conversations with My Father: How can plant medicine support healing? Plant medicine, through the grace of The Divine, got us here into the heart garden. (Thank you plant medicine!) We keep hearing from listeners that they want to hear about this topic: our initial resistance to plant medicine, how it has supported our healing journeys — both individually and as a father and daughter, and...

Two weeks ago, while editing Episode 6, I was called to come into the recording studio to record and share these reflections with you. To both communicate my gratitude, and to invite you to use The Fall Up Method, as a means of connecting more with your heart, and what is present within it right now.  If you listened to our most recent Heart Gardening episode, which inspired this bonus episode, we...

Healing Conversations with My Father: How do we release the childhood messages that no longer serve us? Join us, as my Dad and I explore this question in today's episode of Heart Gardening. Continuing with the belief that all of our stories contain medicine, we open this episode by sharing stories from our childhoods that speak to some of the early messages that we received. My Dad, Robert, goes o...

Healing Conversations with My Father: How do the messages that we received in childhood shape our lives? In this episode, my Dad, Robert, courageously reflects on the key messages he received in his childhood, and how those messages informed the path that he has taken for the better part of his life. Specifically, going to an Ivy League school and achieving at a high level in the financial markets...

Healing Conversations with My Father: Are you feeling called to co-create in healing with a family member? But have perhaps been stuck because of longstanding resentment, estrangement, or xyz. Grab your favorite tea and mist yourself with some Lotus Wei flower essences, because you've come to the right place.  As the shaman I apprenticed often said, "You can have your story or you can have your he...

Last week you heard from me on what The Fall Up Method brought forward for me on my Mom's 25th rebirthiversary.    And the intention with this bonus episode is to allow you to hear from my Dad, Robert, as he shares about what is present for him in light of my Mom and brother's recent rebirthiversaries.    Big shout-out to my Dad for embracing the unknown with courage in the solo recording booth. ...

I was called to come into the recording studio today, on my Mom's 25th rebirthiversary, as I like to call death anniversaries, to intentionally honor this day with each of you who are here with me and my Dad in the heart garden. The intention with this short bonus episode is to honor the milestone of 25 years, by taking a few moments to share what the invitations within The Fall Up Method's framew...

Healing Conversations with My Father: Can a retreat in the African wilderness change the course of your life? Join us as we explore a journey of intentional self-discovery and courage. The release of this episode is another full circle moment. My Dad just went on his second Track Your Life retreat with Master Life Coach, Boyd Varty, at Londolozi Private Game Reserve in South Africa, and this episo...

Healing Conversations with My Father: Join us as we welcome my beloved Dad, Robert (the self-proclaimed "reluctant podcaster") into the Heart Garden. We chose Father's Day weekend to share this episode, as it was on Father's Day 2020, that the journey to this podcast began.  **btw - my Uncle Richard pointed out that I misspoke regarding my Dad and his family of origin. He was one of 7 children – 6...

Have you ever felt a dream slowly coming to life? Jasmin reflects on the journey of creating the Heart Gardening podcast, a vision that took nearly two years to come to fruition. Jasmin begins by thanking those who supported her vision of Heart Gardening , including most especially her Dad and Ella London, along with dear friends and colleagues. The idea for Heart Gardening came during a session w...

Intrigued by the story of how a therapy session turned into a powerful podcast about healing and reconciliation? Within this season, Jasmin Jenkins and her Dad, Robert, share the journey of their healing after a fifteen year estrangement. Inspired by a podcast that they listened to during the pandemic, they embarked on a father-daughter therapy journey, which led to the creation of this podcast. J...