Rooted Life

06/04/2026

Put this to work⤵️

First thing in the morning when you get to your desk:

1) Decide what needs to get done today (choose 1-3 needle movers). What sort of tasks are these? What kind of energy and focus do they require?

2) Assess your state: how is your energy? Your mental focus? Your emotional energy?

3) Decide: what environment is going to bring out the best in you? (If you’re not sure, start experimenting and building self-awareness).

Want more productivity ideas? I’ve got a few you prob haven’t thought of.

*Comment or DM me “work” and I’ll send you my blog post where I break them all down.

06/03/2026

There’s a popular myth floating around: if you’re burnt out, take a vacation!

(Hence this cringe photo of me learning to surf in Bali, circa June 2016).

I thought I’d go there, come back, and everything would be fresh and new.

Ummm…. Nope.

When you’re burnt out, a vacation almost never works the way we hope it will.

Often, it reveals just how depleted you really are.

It’s so easy to buy into this idea that all we need is time off. Time away.

➡️But taking a vacation for burnout is like putting a bandaid on a bullet wound.

Over on my blog, I did a deep dive into this myth, unpacked why vacations never work - and offered suggestions of what to do instead to finally get unstuck from burnout.

⭐️DM me the word “VACAY” and I’ll send you over the link to read.

Jen

05/31/2026

Today's breathwork session at DRIFT is sold out - please accept my apologies if you were unable to sign up!

If you'd like to be notified about future breathwork events, send me a private message to get on the list.

05/28/2026

Thinking about coming to Somatic Breathwork Sunday? We still have a few spots left!

In case you're wondering: THIS IS NOT MEDITATION.

You won't lie there squirming and beating yourself up for not being able to turn your brain off. None of that.

It's more like a trippy journey where you use your breath to enter a state of altered consciousness, allowing you to release stress that you didn't even know you were holding onto, let go of mindsets that have been keeping you stuck, and connect to how you really want to feel every day in your life.

🌟sign up here: https://rootedlife.as.me/drift

PS: this session is being held at DRIFT in Wakefield, RI. Sunday May 31st from 4-6pm.

05/26/2026

What do you want?

Such a simple question, but too often we don't know the answer.

I guided a Somatic Breathwork Journey a few days ago, and one thing this breathwork is really good for is giving you clarity about what you truly want and need - and motivating you to make it happen.

Because chances are, you've been pushing aside your own wants and needs for years.

Focusing on what you think you SHOULD want rather than the truth that lives inside you.

In that session I led last week, my client fell asleep (even though the music was upbeat and loud!)

Her big takeaways: She'd been pushing herself too hard. Her body needed rest. Less doing. And it's ok for her to give herself permission to take that rest.

Curious what insights might come up for you in a Somatic Breathwork Journey? Then come join my next session at DRIFT in Wakefield, RI, Sunday May 31, 4-6pm.

➡️ More info & sign up here: https://www.rooted.life/events/sbwdrift4

PS: This is NOT meditation. If you struggle with meditation but wish you could reap the benefits meditation provides, give this a try.

Come breathe new life into your body and soul in this Somatic Breathwork Journey at DRIFT Surf Shop in Wakefield, Rhode Island! If you’ve had a lot on your plate lately and find yourself getting stressed out by even the smallest things, this breathwork session will help you exit constant ‘surviv...

05/22/2026

A hard lesson I’m learning yet again. Humbling. Painful.

Bright side- I’m not letting it paralyze me or keep me in a state of fight or flight. So… I think I’ve grown!

Have you learned this lesson yet?

05/21/2026

Fun fact, that’s my elementary school in the background, where this story took place!

When did you realize you’d be a high achiever?

And when did you morph into an overachiever?

One thing I’ve learned - you can always find your way back to fun and achieving big things for the love of doing big things, no matter the outcome.

05/19/2026

Feeling grateful. This morning I led a new client through a short breathwork and somatic sensing experience. And yet again, I'm amazed at how powerful a breakthrough a human can have when we have another human simply holding space for us to breathe, asking us the right questions, allowing us to express without judgement.

We all deserve this care, yet too often we won't give ourselves permission to receive. To pause. To connect with joy.

One of the reasons I host a monthly breathwork session at DRIFT is to make it easier for you to give yourself that permission.

An hour and a half of your time, a $35 investment, a possibility of seeing your self and your life in completely new light.

If you're feeling called, come breathe with me May 31st:
https://www.rooted.life/events/sbwdrift4

05/18/2026

You absolutely can learn to better handle stress and NEVER burn out again.

But there is no perfect.

There is no perfectly zen person.

There is no perfectly un-stressed version of you.

There will always be something that will stress you out and send you reeling from time to time.

(aka push you out of your window of tolerance)

EVEN IF you’ve done all the nervous system work in the world.

But the more that you do the work, the better you’ll be able to handle things when sh$t hits the fan.

So keep it up. And if you haven’t started yet, do that.

*DM me “start” and I’ll send you over a short breathwork practice to try out.

05/17/2026

One of the root causes of my burnout?

Perfectionism.

I feel like I’ve made so much progress on this front. I mean, the very fact I’m posting this video is evidence of that!

I’m curious, do you also struggle with perfectionism? Procrastinate often?

💜Jen