Many of us are in a lockdown/self quarantine/social distancing state. This may be a time of great opportunity. Read a good book.Girl Stop Apologizing Stories That StickDare to LeadDo LessBecomingThis Is MeYear of YesBoss UpGet Out Of Your Own WayBig Magic2. Listen to a podcastAdventures of a New YouStepping Up For The Working MomMom Is In Control Same Boat Huddle3. Start a podcast/create a website/instagram/facebook. 4. Update your resume/job search! 5. Stay Connected!&nbs...

If your job is in a helping profession then your job is to show up for others every single day and you do. No matter what you are going through personally or professionally. You get dressed, you show up and you give the individuals that you work with your all. But what about you? We have all attended the compassion fatigue training but are any of them very helpful? No you know they are not. I can preach about self care and I can see your eyes start rolling. Who has time right? But here is the...

We have all experienced difficult things. Maybe you left a toxic relationship. Raised a child on your own. You had a big move. Bounced back from a broken heart. Been homeless. Overcome addiction.Maybe it’s not one specific big thing but a series of everyday stressors that have compiled We all have worked through hard times. If you are facing a difficult time right now here are 10 tips to get through a hard timeBe positive Take care of yourself Don’t make any big decisions&...

Hello and Welcome to the podcast; Adventures of a New YouWhy do we seek other people’s permission to take care of ourselvesWhy do we need to feel the need to be validated by others that we are doing what is best for us. If you are like me and so many other women you will show up and work no matter how terrible you feel. Whether you are sick or emotionally drained whatever you are going through you will just keep on trucking. Why do we need someone else to validate that we are...

Hello and Welcome to the podcast; Adventures of a New YouI am your host, Jen Parke a social worker and fellow adventurer!This is Episode 44 of the podcast and today we are going to chat about: Unsolicited AdviceEarlier this week I was out shopping with my son, celebrating the first day of hunting, the extended Thanksgiving holiday and the great blizzard of 2019. We took the day to get some Christmas shopping done. Throughout the day, several people said things to me the first was while w...

Hello and Welcome to the podcast; Adventures of a New YouI am your host, Jen Parke a social worker and fellow adventurer!This is Episode 43 of the podcast and today we are going to chat about: Surrounding yourself with encouraging peopleThey say that you are the average of the 5 people that you surround yourself with, google says that Jim Rohn started this concept. So as you go through your day today take a minute and look at the people that you are surrounding yourself with. Do these people ...

Hello and Welcome to the podcast; Adventures of a New YouI am your host, Jen Parke a social worker and fellow adventurer!This is Episode 42 of the podcast and today we are going to chat about: Rest and Nurturing YourselfBare with me during this episode because I know that I sound terrible but I needed to share this reminder!If you have listened to any of the recent episodes then you know that I talk about planning for how you want to feel using energetic time management and that one of the im...

Hello and Welcome to the podcast; Adventures of a New YouI am your host, Jen Parke a social worker and fellow adventurer!Tips to reset when you are having a hard timeGet dressed Compartmentalize (Meditation/barre/run sit in the car and think about your intentions before you walk into Work/home wherever you are struggling)Energetic time management. Plan for how you want to feelBuild your tribe and talk to your tribe Learn something new (training)Try something new and out of you...

Hello and Welcome to the podcast; Adventures of a New YouI am your host, Jen Parke a social worker and fellow adventurer!This is Episode 40 of the podcast and today we are going to chat about: Giving yourself grace and letting go of (MOM) guiltIn life we don’t always get to do all the things that we want to do or be all of the places that we want to be. Sometimes this is simply because it is impossible to be two places at the same time. When using energetic time management to plan ...

Hello and Welcome to the podcast; Adventures of a New YouI am your host, Jen Parke a social worker and fellow adventurer!Have you ever been in a situation where you are having trouble expressing yourself? Maybe that is because it is difficult to be vulnerable or maybe it is because you are simply over thinking what you want to say. I’m not talking about the back and forth cavalier text messages or phone calls. We are going before surface-y conversation here and talking about how we...