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Jen is Zen - The In-between

March 19, 2025 • Jennifer Brubaker • Episode 189

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Welcome back! Thank you for being here! In this Jen is Zen episode, we need to chat about the in-between—that space where transformation is happening, even when it feels like everything is falling apart.

So, I've had a bit of a surprise injury that needs surgery (like, literally tomorrow!) and I'm finding myself unexpectedly sidelined in this limbo, so I’ve had to shift my perspective and lean into the discomfort of slowing down.

And there's not only a parallel between this in-between space I'm in right now and the in-between space we're in cosmically in eclipse season, but just like the cosmic shifts happening around us—eclipses, retrogrades, and all the chaos they bring—our Matrenaissance is its own kind of transition. It’s unsettling, it’s uncertain, but it’s also where the magic happens. So today, I’m asking you to reflect: What needs to fall away so that you can fully step into who you’re becoming?

Please help me with my Matrenaissance Identity Theory of Communication research by completing a completely anonymous survey at https://forms.gle/WunxbwZ7L1MmvWEF6

This research has been approved by the UNCW Institutional Review Board.

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