Shed the Shame with Jenny Whitens

Diagnose which foods, habits, and mindsets that aren’t serving you so you can gain the energy needed to focus on the behaviors you’ll need to be successful on your wellness journey.  Jenny gives tips on how to listen to your body and use your intuition to your advantage so you can feel good about the healthy choices you are trying to make for yourself. Choosing foods and habits that serve you affe...

Identifying the Four Traps of our limiting beliefs is key to creating the opposite of those limiting beliefs. Follow alongside Jenny in today's episode that's all about dispelling the negative affirmations we tell ourselves, and creating a new reality and perception for ourselves through positive  affirmations! _________________________________________________________   Want a compliment...

Differentiating between a Fixed Mindset and a Growth Mindset will help you get out of being stuck between a hard place and a rock in your wellness journey. Practicing 'growing' habits and positive affirmations will help you transition into a Growth Mindset to continue or even just begin your path of health and wellness! In today's episode, Jenny gives you a kick start on learning th...

Making excuses is one of the easiest things to do, and one we let ourselves get away with all too often. Today is the day to kick that bad habit to the curb! Pairing a few tips and tricks from last week's episode of learning the difference between needing rest vs. motivation with today's insightful pep talk will help you soar to your goals on a whole new level. Get ready to be productive...

Feeling tired, exhausted, and burnt out? Today's episode is all about learning to differentiate between physical exhaustion, mental exhaustion, and a combination of both. Learn when to rest, when to be active, and experiment around with different techniques of self-care to start feeling your best and tap in how to kickstart your motivation! ____________________________________________________...

If you find yourself constantly comparing yourself to others, today’s podcast is one you do not want to miss out on. Jenny offers a list of prompts (included below) on how to narrow down why you compare yourself to others and how to climb out of that hole. By incorporating the AFFAIR method, start growing away from the negative comparison and towards building your confidence. Feel deserving and wo...

Learning the depths of your own generational trauma can uncover shadows that we have pushed to the back of our minds. Understanding that trauma is relative through our personal perceptions will help us handle trauma from our childhood, adulthood, and prepare us to prevent trauma in our own children. Better your mental (and spiritual) health with today’s guest, psychotherapist Faith Perrin! _______...

Welcoming Holistic Life Coach Taylor Tosczak to the mic, she and Jenny dig deep on when and where traumas begin, and how they can be harnessed into creative energy to help yourself and others. If you feel there is more to life than your current situation - there IS! Explore the ideas of breath work as meditation, being able to feel validation from yourself, and accepting yourself and others in the...

Last week we talked about the signs of self-sabotage, but what about overcoming it? Join Jenny in exploring ways to pull yourself out of the cycle of sabotage, and dive into the cycle of recognizing it and kicking it to the curb. Be inspired to find ways of helping yourself get over the fear of failure and judgment, and step into a fresh perspective of feeling great and accomplished! _____________...

Becoming aware of self sabotage is the first step to avoiding it. Grab your pen and paper and take notes with Jenny on how to identify the signs that you are sabotaging your routine and confidence in your journeys of health and fitness. Also learn what to do when life throws you a curveball (or two, or three...) so you know how to handle any obstacles that threaten to sabotage your efforts. Identi...

In today’s episode, Jenny covers what the habit of procrastination looks and feels like, how to shed the guilt of falling into that habit, and how to retrain your brain to overall avoid procrastination and turn that into productive energy. Make your daily and weekly tasks into an acquirable goal and feel rewarded when you accomplish them! ___________________________________________________________...

In this episode, Jenny gives you the inside scoop on her private AFAIR... Jenny spills the tea on her secret method that she developed and uses EVERY DAY to connect with her emotions, tune in to her inner wisdom, solve her inner struggles and deal with personal issues. Jenny teaches the secret method she developed that helps you find the answers within that help you to deal with stress, solve prob...

Just in time for the New Year, this episode is PACKED with concrete and simple ideas that will change your perspective on goal setting and motivation. Jenny welcomes Peter Shaw all the way from Australia in this episode - Peter is a world-class speaker in the high-performance arena with expertise in NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) and mindset.  In this episode, Peter blows the lid off the tradi...

“Shame is a distraction designed to keep you from becoming your full self.” - Dr. Ashley Anne, PhD, LPC, RYT-200 Jenny welcomes her personal integrative lifestyle doctor, Dr. Ashley Anne, PhD, LPC, RYT-200, a licensed neurocounselor and founder of Lotus healing, an online coaching, consulting, and health education company. Jenny and Dr. Ashley have an important conversation around what it means to...

In this episode, Jenny and special guest Rachel Barber dive DEEP into the D-word: DIVORCE . Rachel, a holistic health coach that specializes in healing chronic illness, spills the TEA on her recent experience of separation and divorce.  She gets into the nitty-gritty of the trauma, heartache, family drama, shame, guilt, and MORE surrounding the topic of divorce. “Just because a relationship ends d...

In this episode, Jenny gets REAL about her own personal and recent struggle with self-shaming. Jenny lets you in on how this recent shaming episode put her in a downward spiral that negatively affected her self-esteem, productivity, and personal healing journey. Jenny spills what she did to pull herself out of the funk and how you can apply that to YOUR life - learn what you can do to END the cycl...

YOUR healing is YOUR business and you are worthy of it, NO MATTER WHAT.   This episode is all about the trials and tribulations of healing.  From identifying if you have past trauma and pain that you need to heal from to overcoming the hurdles of healing along the way.  Jenny covers the importance and impact healing has in your life journey and her experiences along the way as well as uncovering s...

Episode 5:  Is Emotional Eating Affecting You & Your Family? EE Basics with Melissa Boleslawski What is emotional eating? Are YOU an emotional eater? Chances are YOU ARE and it’s sabotaging your ability to reach your wellness goals. Special guest and emotional eating expert Melissa Boleslawski helps us shed the shame around emotional eating and provides education and tips around managing and o...

This one is for the MOMS. Jenny gets super personal and super real in this episode as she challenges all the moms out there to answer a question that we put on hold once our family and "real life" obligations take over: What do you want? As moms, we are SO caught up in the daily to-do’s of life and taking care of our kids and work and EVERYTHING ELSE that we forget to think back to what...

This is an emotional one, folks.  And it’s not just for the mamas. Jenny reaches deep into recent family pain in order to help others utilize simple, yet effective tips that can help you or loved ones release any guilt and shame.  These tips are the foundation to getting your self-confidence and your sense of worthiness back. In this episode, Jenny dishes out: ideas on how you can take time for YO...

In this episode, Jenny delves into defining shame and guilt.  Based on information and research conducted by Brené Brown and Mel Robbins, Jenny discusses the major differences between shame and guilt and the damaging effects it has on us.  She provides tips to win the war against shame and guilt so you are better-equipped to handle everyday stresses and mistakes with grace and forgiveness.  Listen...

Taking time for yourself when you are a busy mom is usually the LAST thing we prioritize.  Everyone and everything else seems to come first. Some of us moms don't even THINK about giving ourselves proper self-care...and others of us don't even realize that we are carrying a TON of shame and guilt around taking time for ourselves.  In this episode, Jenny discusses how important it is for...