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Reframing Me - Self-Development & Parenting Teens for Midlife Moms — 296 episodes
Call Me, Maybe? (Please?!): How to Communicate with Your College Kid
Jen is Zen - The Only Expectations that Matter
Jen is Zen - Grateful for this Moment
Tales from the Beach: Back to Family Communication Basics
Jen is Zen - Decline the Invitation
Because You Are: The Manifestation and Identity Connection
Mid-Year Check In on Those January Goals
Have You Listened to Your Body Lately? Exploring Somatic Practices
What about your friends? Friendship and Midlife
Jen is Zen - Cemetery of Abandoned Identities
The Fat Lady Has Sung: When Sports, High School, and Childhood End All at Once
Jen is Zen - Your Summer Body is Here
From the Other Side: Top 20 Things I Learned Parenting a Teen to 20
Our Bodies, Our Identities
I Gave Them Space... Now What?
Just Be Her: Things I Wish I Knew Sooner - #41-50
Are you Hypernormalizing? (Probably!)
Things I Wish I Knew Sooner: #16-41
The Birthday Girl Vibes... are Off
What were you like in the 90s? Teens and 90s Nostalgia
Spring Has Sprung! Living in Balance
The Odyssey: "You're Only as Happy as Your Unhappiest Child"
You can start any time: Things I wish I knew sooner - 1-15
Jen is Zen - Consistency is Better than Perfection
Tips for Men: When She Feels It More Than You Do
QZ: Lunar New Year
QZ: Declutter
QZ: The Right Amount of Enough
QZ: Clean the Mirror
QZ: Showing Ourselves Kindness
When Conflict Isn’t Conflict: Information Processing Styles
Quick Zen: Perseverance and Resilience
A Quick Touchstone
Recognizing Confidence and the Things That Still Make Me Happy
Does Your Senior Have a Case of Senioritis?
Jen is Zen - Believe in Yourself and Be Your Own Cheerleader
Raising Teens Mean Balancing Gratitude with Grief
Jen is Zen - Control the Controllable
When Your Nervous System Is Overwhelmed but Parenting Doesn’t Stop: Raising Teens Through Unsettled Times
Jen is Zen - The Only Opinions That Matter
Merry Twixtmas and Happy 2026!
Connected, Yet Isolated: The Parallel Between Teens and Midlife Moms
Jen is Zen - Just Begin Again
Are you Fighting for the Fun of It? Recreational Arguing in Families
Jen is Zen - Redirection from Rejection
The Thanksgiving Visit: 7 Tips for Enjoying a Visit from your College Student
Jen is Zen - Create Your Magic
The End of Youth Sports 2.0 and Ambiguous Loss
November Gratitude Meditation
How to Evolve with your Teens: Moving from a Vertical to a Horizontal Relationship
Reframe the Moment: Chapter 8 - Our Discontent
It's Time to Reframe YOU: A walk-through of the ReFRAME Model
Reframe the Moment: Chapter 6 - Feeling the Feels
Understanding Mean Girls: How Insecurity, Power, and Belonging Shape Teen Friendships
Reframe the Moment: Chapter 5 - The In Between
Reframe the Moment: Chapter 4 - Underneath the Emotions
Jen is Zen - Kindness: An Energetic Alignment
College Is Not Job Training: 4 Myths Parents Need to Rethink
Reframe the Moment: Chapter 3 - Life's a Rollercoaster
Jen is Zen - Harmony Over Balance
Reframe the Moment: Chapter 2 - I Am
Happy Spring Equinox, Southern Hemisphere! (Repost)
Happy Autumnal Equinox, Northern Hemisphere!
Reframe the Moment: Chapter 1 - Becoming Free
Jen is Zen - Grateful for the Imperfect
The Same Old Story: Breaking the Cycle When Our Past Sneaks Into Our Parenting
Revisiting Mental Health and Our Teens: Six Things Parents Can Do to Help Cope in Troubled Times
Jen is Zen - Invisible Labor
Three Years of Reframing Me: Parenting Teens, Midlife Shifts, and Rediscovering Ourselves
Jen is Zen - Use the Sticker - Stop Waiting for the Perfect Time
From Chaos to Quiet: Navigating Back-to-School Transitions for Teens and Moms
Jen is Zen - Words are Weapons - Choose to Use Them as Tools Over Attacks
Navigating the Launch: Using the ReFRAME Model and Understanding Ambiguous Loss
Jen is Zen - What if it's not good?
Oversharenting! What Happens When Facebook Babies Grow Up?
Jen is Zen - Life is Too Short to Hate Your Nails
Exercise to Build a Stronger Relationship with your Teen: How Movement Connects Us
July Check-In
Jen is Zen - Want Street
Upcycle: Traveling with Teens
Jen is Zen - That's Hypernormalization, and it's Trying to Protect You
The Berry Breakdown - Tips for Listening In and Listening Out
Jen is Zen - Yes, YOU Have a Summer Body
Are You Tired? The 7 Types of Rest You Need
Jen is Zen - Episode 200!! Je suis le ciel (I am the sky)
UPCYCLE: What about prom?? When Life Doesn't FIt the Canonical Storyline
UPCYCLE - The Mom Episode Part 2: Getting Back to Business
UPCYCLE: The Mom Episode Part 1 - Girls Can Do Anything and 7 Tips for Work-Family Integration
Jen is Zen - It's Not a Change... It's a Transformation
My Biggest Parenting Secret? Boundaries, Space and Your Teens
Jen is Zen - Light Each Other's Candles
Feeling Clean and Clear: An Ecology Check for Our Dreams
Jen is Zen... *more than she's not*
From Grocery-getter to Business Owner: Amy's Matrenaissance
Upcycle: Putting Age in Context
Upcycle: 10 Keys to Being Ageless
Why Jen is Zen at 49
You DO only live ONCE: Kris' Matrenaissance
Jen is Zen - Trusting the Process, Even When It's Quiet
What I know now - Beth's Matrenaissance: Two Steps Ahead
Upcycle: Senioritis and Soiling the Nest
Jen is Zen - The In-between
Why Not Me? Emily's Matrenaissance: A Journey of Empowerment
Jen is Zen - The kind of person who...
Welcome to your Matrenaissance! Reframing Midlife
Jen is Zen - Not the Best Performance of My Career
Building Our Emotional Intelligence (so we can teach our teens!)
Jen is Zen - Gratitude vs Ambition
Surviving Winter and the Second Semester Blues
Jen is Zen - What is your why?
Snow Day! The Bittersweet Push-Pull of Letting Go
Jen is Zen - Are you making the world complicated?
Why So Angry?: Understanding and Managing Your Teen's Anger
Jen is Zen - Gratitude is Magic
New Year, Same Me: Top 10 Tips for Parenting Teens
Jen is Zen - Leave it in 2024
Part 2: The Robots Come in Peace: How we can use ChatGPT to manifest our dreams (and help with daily tasks)
Part 1: Are the Robots Taking Over? Helping your Teens with ChatGPT
Jen is Zen - Running on Vibes
The Thanksgiving Visit: 7 Tips for Enjoying Your College Student's Visit
Just For Me: These are a Few of My Favorite Things
Jen is Zen - The Change is Within Us
Post-election Emotions: Helping Teens and Young Voters Process their Emotions
Upcycle: Life After Sports
Upcycle: Game Over - The End of Youth Sports/Activities and Ambiguous Loss
Jen is Zen - The Load that We Carry
Election Anxiety
I Get So Emotional, Baby! Teaching our Teens How to Manage Emotions in a Healthy Way
Jen is Zen - Two Candles Shine Brighter than One
Happy World Menopause Day!
Jen is Zen - The Discomfort of Staying the Same
“It’s October 3rd.” The Burn Book Upcycled: Top 10 Parenting Mistakes
“It’s October 3rd.” The Burn Book Upcycled: Top 10 Parenting Mistakes
Jen is Zen - Go Find Less
Reframing the Conversation Part 6: Rebuilding Relationships
Reframing the Conversation Part 5: Communicating with Political Extremists
Reframing the Conversation Part 4: Healthy Political Communication
Reframing the Conversation Part 3: Socialization
Reframing the Conversation Part 2: How Did We Get Here???
Reframing the Conversation Part 1: Why is Reframing the Conversation Important?
Those Left Behind: When the Oldest Child Leaves the Nest
Jen is Zen - Being and Doing
A Leader's Mindset: 10 Tips to Create a Positive Mindset to Lead Your Family to Success
Jen is Zen - Growth is Painful (Who is that Potato Head?)
Jen is Zen - Episode 150!!
Someone Else's Mom: Top 10 Tips to be Happy, Content and Successful this School Year
'Twas the Night Before Move In
Jen is Zen - The Possible
Marital Communication and Raising Teens: 5 Common Issues
Jen is Zen - Decluttering
Ughh Teenagers, Am I Right?
Jen is Zen - We get to choose
Jen is Zen - We get to choose
July Check in - Where are you with your 2024 goals? Are you connecting with your teens?
July Check in - Where are you with your 2024 goals? Are you connecting with your teens?
Jen is Zen - The Happiness Martyr
Manifest Peace in Your Homes: Pick Your Battles, Siphon Your Power and Ration Your F&#K$
Jen is Zen - I'm the Problem, It's Me
Revisiting the Adventure: Reflections on Traveling with Teens
Jen is Zen - The Power of I Am
Yeah, but... Parents' Frustrations and Teenage Brain Development
Jen is Zen - Life is Chaos
What About Prom?: When Life Doesn't Fit the Canonical Storyline
Jen is Zen - Accept the Uncontrollable
Decisions, Decisions: Using Theory to Help Teens Make Rational Decisions
Jen is Zen - Seeing Life as a Practice
The Finish Line: Revisiting the End of Youth Sports and Ambiguous Loss
Jen is Zen - Choose Your Own Adventure
Putting Age in Context: 9 Keys for Staying Ageless, Contextual Age and my Birthday!
Hike your own Hike: Equifinality and Family Communication
Jen is Zen - Reconsidering Boundaries
Oldest Daughter Syndrome
Jen is Zen - GIGO
Cultivating Confidence in Ourselves and Our Teens
Jen is Zen - Hindsight Has Prepared You For This
Our Goal-Setting Journey: Part 6 - Landing the Plane
The Psychology of Popularity and Our Teens
Our Goal-Setting Journey: Part 5 - Career Goals
Diagnosis: Senioritis (and Soiling the Nest)
Our Goal-Setting Journey: Part 4 - Social Relationships
Our Goal-Setting Journey: Part 3 - Family Goals
Our Goal-Setting Journey: Part 2 - The Life Wheel
Our Goal-Setting Journey: Part 1
Navigating Your Teens' Heartbreak and Disappointment
Jen is Zen - What are you pushing away?
Parents Just Don't Understand: Why Teens Don't Listen to Parents and Rebel
Jen is Zen - Ready to Take a Leap
Positive Parenting and Teens
Just For Me - Movement is Medicine
Jen is Zen - Attract What You Deserve
Connect with your Teens in 2024
Control+Alt+Delete: A Reset for 2024
Merry and Bright: Change and Growth with Teens and Traditions
Jen is Zen - Overthinking
Special ICYMI The Mom Episode - Part 2: Getting Back to Business! and 6 Tips for Reclaiming Your Career and Personal Brand
Special ICYMI The Mom Episode - Part 1: Girls Can Do Anything and 7 Tips for Work-Family Integration
Jen is Zen - Reframing the 100th Episode
The Thanksgiving Visit - 10 Tips to Prep for Your College Student and Relational Dialectics
Jen is Zen - Never Less
Re: That - Post-Game
Jen is Zen - The Dissonance of Change
Game Over: The End of Youth Sports/Activities and Ambiguous Loss
Jen is Zen - It's Britney, Bitch
The Place To Be: 10 Tips for Making Your Teens (and their friends!) Want To Be At Home
Jen is Zen - Gratitude Over Guilt
As If: Changing How You Relate with the Universe (and the People in it!)
Jen is Zen - You Are Enough
The Burn Book: Top 10 Parenting Mistakes
Jen is Zen - The Uncomfortable
ZenTober: A Journey to Inner and Family Peace
Jen is Zen - Have Faith
Repost: Spring Equinox (for the Southern Hemisphere)
The Autumnal Equinox Part 3: Shed your Leaves
The Autumnal Equinox Part 2: A Day of Balance
The Autumnal Equinox Part 1: Gratitude for the Harvest
"I may not be Bey...:" Creating Good Habits in Yourself and Your Teens
Jen is Zen - My Uncertainty Era
Jen is Zen - I Need you to Engage
La Vie est Belle - Parenting Teens through Negativity
Jen is Zen - The Rough Corner
It's Not About the Socks. Metaphors and Communication: Tips to be a Better Listener
Jen is Zen - Why Yes?
ICYMI: I. Just. Can't. Why Teens Have So Much Drama and How You Can Help
Jen is Zen - Make the Most of Today
ICYMI - The Last: Top 20 Things I Learned in Middle School
Jen is Zen - Fear of Failure
PhD Barbie
Jen is Zen - Take My Advice
ReMIX: Best Friends/Worst Enemies: Strengthening and Maintaining Sibling Relationships
Just For Me - Be a Witness: Kosha
Always an Adventure: Traveling with Teens
ICYMI Jen is Zen - Dear Me
ReMix: Tell Me Lies: Lying, Deception and Teens
ICYMI Jen is Zen - What Would Jen Do?
Why are you like this? Understanding Communication Traits
ICYMI Jen is Zen - Be the Person You Want ReMIx
Just For Me - Podcast Pilates
Jen is Zen - Embrace the Hard
ReMix: Understanding and Managing Stress and a Master Checklist for Senior Summer
Jen is Zen - Make Peace With It
I Just Can't. Why Teens Have So Much Drama and How You Can Help
Jen is Zen - Yes, You Have a Summer Body
Don't Post That!: Are You an Oversharent?
Failure is Progress
The Last - Top 20 Things I Learned in Middle School
The Mom Episode - Part 2: Getting Back to Business! and 6 Tips for Reclaiming Your Career and Personal Brand
Jen is Zen - Closer to Free
The Mom Episode - Part 1: Girls Can Do ANYTHING! and 7 Tips for Work-Family Integration
Jen is Zen - The Roller Coaster of Life
Jen is Zen - Passing Emotions
The Law of Resonance: Changing Your Family's Frequency
Jen is Zen - Be Present
Boundaries - Part 2: Dating and 6 Keys to Navigating Our Teens' Relationships
Jen is Zen - Confidence
Boundaries - Part 1: School and 5 Keys to Encouraging Our Teens' Success
Just for Me: Find your Ikigai (aka your Life's Purpose)
I Will Survive - Guiding Your Teens Through Heartbreak and Failure
Jen is Zen - I Am
It's Just a Number - 10 Keys to Being Ageless
Jen is Zen - Happiness
Just for Me: 6 Steps for Writing a Vision Statement
The Life Coach
Go ahead... be their friend!
Jen is Zen - The Spring Equinox
Jen is Zen - RAIN
Empathy, Intuition and Dreams
Jen is Zen - What Would Jen Do
Re: That - Birth Order Theory and the Development of Personality
Just for Me: 5 Steps to Finding Your Passion
Jen is Zen - Commitment
Best Friends/Worst Enemies: Strengthening and Maintaining Sibling Relationships
Just for Me: Keep the Energy Flowing
Jen is Zen - Love yourself
Re: That - Conscious Parenting
Jen is Zen: Dear Me
Just for Me: Drink the Olive Oil
Beneath the Layers: Family Communication and Parenting Styles
Re: That - Forced Family Fun Friday
Jen is Zen - Courage
Tell Me Lies: Lying, Deception and Our Teens
Jen is Zen - Acceptance
Re: That - Body Image and Teens
The Emotional Comfort Zone: Difficult Conversations with Teens
Jen is Zen: Growth and Change in 2023
Merry and Bright: Change and Growth with Teens and Traditions
Jen is Zen: Manifestation
Manifest that $%!&: Manifestation and Healthier Relationships with Teens
Stressed out!!: Stress and Coping
Jen is Zen: Be the Person You Want
Jen is Zen: Extend Yourself Grace
Rules of the Game: Family Rules, Boundaries and Growth
Becoming the Main Character: Family Systems and Roles
Jen is Zen: Reroute and Realign
Jen is Zen: Free to be Our Authentic Selves
A New Season Begins: Stability, Change and the Family System
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