Renee Jenais, Author at Renee Jenais

Finding my Joy

I was talking to a good friend on FaceTime. I was feeling off, I had started the year dedicated to following my joy and then losing Blue (my Great Dane) in February had put me so far away from any thought of joy. In fact, that loss just seemed to highlight all the things that…

Who said yes?

In my life there have been way too many times that I have found myself in a situation wondering how did I get myself here? Some of these situations have been quite devastating over the years and yet, I knew that in the moment I had said yes but then why did I find…

Who Am I?

A few months ago, I went to a singles event. The leader of the event introduced an exercise called the “I am.” Basically, you have a minute and a half with someone, and they ask you repeatedly, “Who are you?” and you reply, “I am [fill in the blank].” You do this over and over…

Why am I here?

The clock on the nightstand told me it was 3:30 am, I am only semi-conscious, I am sweating, I have become aware of the fact that my body is in a state of wanting to run. A feeling of total panic runs through me. I look around the room trying to get my bearings, the…

The loss of Blue

I started out this month working on a blog about how I have found my mission, that initial draft full of excitement of how after 30 years of searching and questioning the knowledge is there and the struggle of the search is gone but then everything changed. I came into this year beginning to lean…

How conscious are you to the decisions you make?

Have you ever found yourself in a situation that you weren’t truly a “HELL YES” to, wondering how you got here. Rewinding the steps that got you to this moment and realizing that yes, indeed you had agreed on some level to being in this situation. In that moment you realized that those subtle “yes”…

How often are you present in the moment?

How often do you find yourself waiting for the future to arrive? Or maybe you frequently relive the past? You’ve heard all the (overused) phrases about being in the moment – I won’t bore you with those here – but the sentiment is crucial, especially with these twenty-first century, post-pandemic lives we’re living. When we…

How do you speak to yourself?

The things you say to yourself daily matter – in many ways. And I’m not referring to when you walk down the street and talk out loud to yourself – we all do that at times. I’m referring to your inner dialogue with yourself in the privacy of your own mind. As you quietly address…

Do you have a self-care menu that uniquely serves you?

The practice of self-care has been a buzz topic for many years at this point – yet many find themselves at a loss with the concept. I recently had to get honest with myself around this topic. You’ll hear more about that in the video below. I had a list of things I could do,…