Finding Purpose After Loss: Grief, Spiritual Awakening, and Soul-Level Alignment with Jacqueline Jenson | 076

In this deeply moving episode of Resilient A.F., Blair sits down with Jacqueline Jensen, an award-winning speaker and certified Akashic Records practitioner whose life took a sharp, unexpected turn after profound personal loss.Jacqueline’s story is one many listeners will feel in their bones. After leaving a successful legal career, she found herself navigating layered grief: caring for her sister Elizabeth, an oncology nurse who passed away from pancreatic cancer in 2019, followed by the deaths of her mother and grandmother in close succession. Add a hysterectomy and a complete identity shift, and suddenly the question becomes not “What’s next?” but “Who am I now?”Spoiler: this episode does not offer tidy answers. It offers something better. Honesty, spaciousness, and permission to rebuild from the inside out.Blair and Jacqueline dive into the raw, unfiltered terrain of grief and transformation, including:Leaving behind a career that no longer fits after lossThe cumulative weight of grief and how it reshapes identityNavigating medical trauma alongside emotional lossSpiritual awakening as a response to heartbreak, not a bypassWhat “soul-level alignment” actually looks like in real lifeHow to stay present when the future feels impossible to imagineThis conversation is a reminder that grief doesn’t just break us; it can also initiate us. Into deeper truth. Into purpose that feels aligned, not performative. Into lives that honour what we’ve lost while still making room for what’s possible.If you’ve ever felt like loss cracked you open and left you wondering who you’re becoming, this episode will feel like a hand on your back saying, “You’re not doing this wrong.”Sponsorship opportunities: https://docs.google.com/document/d/15oZsxAigvb6e4wbAmvW_El_1_laeyK4shMY1md6zVWI/edit?usp=sharingSubscribe to our Substack: https://theglobalresilienceproject.substack.com/Buy our books: https://theglobalresilienceproject.com/books/About the Guest:Jacqueline Jenson is an award-winning speaker, certified Akashic Records practitioner, and lifelong intuitive who’s been chatting with angels since childhood. After two decades in the legal world, she traded courtroom logic for cosmic connection. Helping others receive soul-level guidance, clarity, and support.Known for her grounded wisdom and warm, magnetic presence, she’s spoken on major stages and hosts signature events that blend divine insight, real conversation, and high-vibe activation (with a few laughs along the way).Links: FB: https://www.facebook.com/jacqueline.m.jenson/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/moverndoer/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacqueline-jenson-b69757a/Website: https://jacquelinejenson.com/⚠️ Content Note: Some episodes may contain themes that could be distressing. Please take care of yourself while listening, and don’t hesitate to seek support from a mental health professional if needed.About the Hosts: Blair Kaplan Venables is a British Columbia-based grief and resilience expert and coach, motivational speaker and the Founder of The Global Resilience Project. Her expertise has been featured on media platforms like Forbes, TEDx, CBC Radio, Entrepreneur, and Thrive Global. She is named the Top Grief and Resilience Expert of the Year 2024 by IAOTP. USA Today listed Blair as one of the top 10 conscious female leaders to watch and she empowers others to be resilient from stages around the world. 'MyStory,’ which is a television show available on Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV+ and Google Play, showcases Blair's life story. She is the host of the Radical Resilience podcast and specializes in helping people strengthen their resilience muscle using scientifically proven methods and guides grieving high performers with her Navigating Grief Framework. The Global Resilience Project’s award-winning book series are international bestsellers, and her fourth book, RESILIENT A.F.: Stories of Resilience Vol 2, will be published in January 2025. In her free time, you can find Blair writing, in nature, travelling the world and helping people to strengthen their resilience muscles. Links:https://www.blairkaplan.ca/https://theglobalresilienceproject.comhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/blairdkaplan https://www.facebook.com/blair.kaplan https://www.facebook.com/BlairKaplanCommunications  https://www.instagram.com/globalresiliencecommunityhttps://www.instagram.com/blairfromblairland/https://www.facebook.com/globalresiliencecommunity  https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-global-resilience-project [email protected] Alana Kaplan is a compassionate mental health professional based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. She works in the mental health field, and is a co-host of the Resilient A.F.  podcast. Fueled by advocacy, Alana is known for standing up and speaking out for others. Passionate about de-stigmatizing and normalizing mental health, Alana brings her experience to The Global Resilience Project’s team, navigating the role one’s mental health plays in telling their story.Engaging in self-care and growth keeps her going, and her love for reading, travel, and personal relationships helps foster that. When she’s not working, Alana can often be found on walks, working on a crossword puzzle, or playing with any animal she sees.Thanks for listening!Thanks so much for listening to our podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and think that others could benefit from listening, please share it using the social media buttons on this page.Do you have some feedback or questions about this episode? 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