MY 2 PRIMARY MENTAL STATES
How do I share when i despise social media?
Here it is. I’m a storyteller. A doodler. An entertainer. I love an audience. I love inspiring, connecting, and helping folks feel less alone or less crazy. I especially love making people laugh. There’s nothing quite like getting a surprise cackle or belly laugh outta’ someone. One of those authentic, unexpected, unfiltered laughs. Eff you, […]
Read MoreThe Importance of Discomfort
I am 33 years old and I’m learning how to be an adult. As a kid, I rarely pushed through discomfort. My parents wanted a better life for me than what they had so they gave me all the things I could ever want. For this, I’m eternally grateful. Like anything in life, too much […]
Read More“Tattered Love Seat” – a poem
I remember when we first met.In that bare 575 square foot apartmentWhere I joked with the leasing agentThat the extra closetWould stash vodka. Blank slate, recently cleaned carpets,And wall space above the tiny fireplaceWhere I would one day put a dry erase boardInstead of a T.V. The Mormon man and his son carried youUp the […]
Read More“I sure hope my head falls off” and other negative things that won’t come true just because I’m saying them aloud or visualizing them
I’ve spent so much of my life doing things to make other people see me a certain way. I talk about my accomplishments or my wounds, depending on the conversation and the crowd and which topic I intuit will impress people most. I’ve observed people, learned their likes and their humor, and then adjusted to […]
Read MoreHow it felt to work a job I hated vs. how it feels to be self-employed
I am nearing on completing my third full month of self-employment. It has thus far been freeing, terrifying, depressing, exciting, expansive, desperately lonely sometimes and an introvert’s dream-come-true other times, and an overall amazing learning experience. One of the easiest ways to find out what holds us back belief-wise is to do a great big […]
Read MoreNew satirical video: WOO SPEAK | Translated
This week’s lesson offers a direct translation from “Woo” to “Muggle” for those who need help bridging the gap between unaware and woke AF. What are some other “woo” sayings you’d like translated in the next of this series? To support Jen as a comedic arteest and to get behind-the-scenes access (such as BLOOPERS), become […]
Read MoreMOODY ANIMALS – a coloring book for your emotions
I’ve had lots of amazingly fun breakthroughs lately, which is par for the course after a few weeks in a deep dark pit of despair. I’ve found that depressive episodes are often indicative of old fear being stripped from me, or new motivation being “installed.” I always come out on the other side a better […]
Read MorePinky & My Brain ~ advice on accepting criticism as told by a snarky flamingo puppet
I’ve had the idea for a year and a half to do videos with puppets. I even made sock puppets. Then my mom bought me real-life high-quality ones (no offense, Socks) and they’ve been patiently awaiting their day in the limelight. This is the first of my “I’M IN MY 30’S PLAYING WITH PUPPETS” series, […]
Read MoreI can hear the birds again. (A description of journeying through depression.)
I can hear birds again. Outside, they’re chirping. It’s subtle and crisp and beautiful. I can hear the breeze and feel it on my skin. It rustles the changing leaves and whisks a few of them onto a windy ride to the earth’s floor. I can see the sky. I’ve viewed it previously, but today […]
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