Just Jenna

After a yoga session, a Kabbalah class, and one of those ancient-teaching-meets-real-life moments, Jenna Marilyn had a revillization: flow is the absence of self-referencing. Life enters when the “I” dissolves.

In this episode, Jenna breaks down the two costumes of the ego:

• The obvious ego (“I’m scared, I’m not enough, I’m failing”)
• The subtle ego (“How can I serve? What’s the most aligned thing to do? How can I live more in my purpose?”)

One looks ugly. One looks holy.

But both are still “I-centered,” and both pull you out of flow.

Because when you’re not self-identified, life moves you. Life guides you. Life speaks through you. Life expresses itself through you.

If you’ve been trying too hard to be good, aligned, helpful, or intentional… this episode will shift something in you.

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Host: Jenna Marilyn

Producer: JD Ferrell

Presented by: THE Modern Podcast Network and Themodern.fm

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Okay, listen. We all need to slow down. Like actually slow down. Not forcing things, not chasing ideas, not trying to figure it all out right now. Just letting life breathe. It’s the secret to relief.

In this episode, Jenna Marilyn talks about what happens when we stop overthinking and start listening to our bodies—because your body holds wisdom your conscious mind can’t access. She shares what she’s been learning about creative flow, intuition, and how the right ideas find you when you’re calm enough to receive them.

If you’ve been trying to make something happen or find an answer, this is your permission slip to chill, trust, and let it unfold.

Follow Jenna on Instagram @jennamarilyn_

Email her at [email protected]

Host: Jenna Marilyn

Producer: JD Ferrell

Presented by: THE Modern Podcast Network and Themodern.fm

Get full access to Just Jenna at jennamarilyn.substack.com/subscribe

Okay, listen. We all need to slow down. Like actually slow down. Not forcing things, not chasing ideas, not trying to figure it all out right now. Just letting life breathe. It’s the secret to relief.

In this episode, Jenna Marilyn talks about what happens when we stop overthinking and start listening to our bodies—because your body holds wisdom your conscious mind can’t access. She shares what she’s been learning about creative flow, intuition, and how the right ideas find you when you’re calm enough to receive them.

If you’ve been trying to make something happen or find an answer, this is your permission slip to chill, trust, and let it unfold.

Follow Jenna on Instagram @jennamarilyn_

Email her at [email protected]

Host: Jenna Marilyn

Producer: JD Ferrell

Presented by: THE Modern Podcast Network and Themodern.fm

Get full access to Just Jenna at jennamarilyn.substack.com/subscribe

In this episode, Jenna Marilyn talks honestly about chasing signs, craving certainty, and almost enrolling in massage school because it felt like the “safe” next step. After a week of synchronicities and school tours, she notices a deeper pattern: collecting certifications has been a stand-in for the scarier thing she actually wants to do. So she chooses differently. Instead of starting from scratch again, Jenna commits to using the yoga teacher training she already has and learning in public through practice.

This is a conversation about pattern recognition, perfection paralysis, and the difference between running away and running toward. Jenna explores how to build security from the inside out, why the only real sign is action, and how curiosity without shame lets you change course with love. If you’ve been waiting for future-you to confirm the path, consider this your nudge to begin where you are.

For feedback or thoughts, email Jenna at [email protected]

Host: Jenna Marilyn

Producer: JD Ferrell

Presented by: THE Modern Podcast Network and Themodern.fm

Get full access to Just Jenna at jennamarilyn.substack.com/subscribe

In this episode, Jenna Marilyn talks honestly about chasing signs, craving certainty, and almost enrolling in massage school because it felt like the “safe” next step. After a week of synchronicities and school tours, she notices a deeper pattern: collecting certifications has been a stand-in for the scarier thing she actually wants to do. So she chooses differently. Instead of starting from scratch again, Jenna commits to using the yoga teacher training she already has and learning in public through practice.

This is a conversation about pattern recognition, perfection paralysis, and the difference between running away and running toward. Jenna explores how to build security from the inside out, why the only real sign is action, and how curiosity without shame lets you change course with love. If you’ve been waiting for future-you to confirm the path, consider this your nudge to begin where you are.

For feedback or thoughts, email Jenna at [email protected]

Host: Jenna Marilyn

Producer: JD Ferrell

Presented by: THE Modern Podcast Network and Themodern.fm

Get full access to Just Jenna at jennamarilyn.substack.com/subscribe

In this episode, Jenna Marilyn lets her thoughts unfold from her idea journal, a spontaneous reflection on change, identity, and the beauty of simply being alive. Through the story of a caterpillar crossing the road, she explores what it means to trust your own becoming, to stop rushing, stop comparing, and let your wings form in their own time.

She dives into the art of real connection, leaving space in conversations, meeting people in the middle, and not bulldozing through the in-between. Along the way, Jenna reflects on how to trust what’s true for you rather than what’s trendy or expected, and reminds us that internal growth often happens long before the world can see it.

This episode is an ode to curiosity, self-trust, and the playful wonder of transformation. A reminder to feel your feelings, question your assumptions, and remember that joy is part of the process too.

For feedback or thoughts, email Jenna at [email protected]

Host: Jenna Marilyn

Producer: JD Ferrell

Presented by: THE Modern Podcast Network and Themodern.fm

Get full access to Just Jenna at jennamarilyn.substack.com/subscribe

In this episode, Jenna Marilyn lets her thoughts unfold from her idea journal, a spontaneous reflection on change, identity, and the beauty of simply being alive. Through the story of a caterpillar crossing the road, she explores what it means to trust your own becoming, to stop rushing, stop comparing, and let your wings form in their own time.

She dives into the art of real connection, leaving space in conversations, meeting people in the middle, and not bulldozing through the in-between. Along the way, Jenna reflects on how to trust what’s true for you rather than what’s trendy or expected, and reminds us that internal growth often happens long before the world can see it.

This episode is an ode to curiosity, self-trust, and the playful wonder of transformation. A reminder to feel your feelings, question your assumptions, and remember that joy is part of the process too.

For feedback or thoughts, email Jenna at [email protected]

Host: Jenna Marilyn

Producer: JD Ferrell

Presented by: THE Modern Podcast Network and Themodern.fm

Get full access to Just Jenna at jennamarilyn.substack.com/subscribe

In the finale of her three-part series, Jenna Marilyn dives into the last three Niyamas—Tapas (discipline/devotion), Svadhyaya (self-study), and Ishvarapranidhana (surrender). She reframes discipline as devotion, explores how honest self-inquiry can rewrite the stories we live by, and shows how trust and surrender turn the most ordinary moments—yes, even doing the dishes—into a living practice.

Through personal reflections, sutra teachings, and practical prompts, Jenna makes these principles deeply usable: building self-esteem through follow-through, meeting shame with compassion, and finding the divine in the mundane. It’s not about perfection; it’s about a steady compass, daily choice, and remembering to let it be fun along the way.

For feedback or thoughts, email Jenna at [email protected]

Host: Jenna Marilyn

Producer: JD Ferrell

Presented by: THE Modern Podcast Network and Themodern.fm

Get full access to Just Jenna at jennamarilyn.substack.com/subscribe

In the finale of her three-part series, Jenna Marilyn dives into the last three Niyamas—Tapas (discipline/devotion), Svadhyaya (self-study), and Ishvarapranidhana (surrender). She reframes discipline as devotion, explores how honest self-inquiry can rewrite the stories we live by, and shows how trust and surrender turn the most ordinary moments—yes, even doing the dishes—into a living practice.

Through personal reflections, sutra teachings, and practical prompts, Jenna makes these principles deeply usable: building self-esteem through follow-through, meeting shame with compassion, and finding the divine in the mundane. It’s not about perfection; it’s about a steady compass, daily choice, and remembering to let it be fun along the way.

For feedback or thoughts, email Jenna at [email protected]

Host: Jenna Marilyn

Producer: JD Ferrell

Presented by: THE Modern Podcast Network and Themodern.fm

Get full access to Just Jenna at jennamarilyn.substack.com/subscribe

In this episode, Jenna Marilyn continues her journey through yoga’s eightfold path, closing out the Yamas with Aparigraha (non-possessiveness) and opening the door to the Niyamas — the observances that turn our attention inward.

From exploring attachment, trust, and the stories we tell ourselves, to reflecting on Saucha (purity) and Santosha (contentment), Jenna unpacks how these teachings are less about rigid rules and more about awareness, choice, and freedom. Through her own stories and the wisdom of the Sutras, she reveals how the practices of non-attachment, cleansing, and contentment can shift us out of survival mode and into presence, creativity, and joy.

This episode is both grounding and expansive — a reminder that the point isn’t perfection, but living with intentionality, curiosity, and a sense of play.

Stay tuned for Part 3, where Jenna dives into the final three Niyamas: Tapas (discipline), Svadhyaya (self-study), and Ishvarapranidhana (surrender to a higher power).

For feedback or thoughts, email Jenna at [email protected]

Host: Jenna Marilyn

Producer: JD Ferrell

Presented by: THE Modern Podcast Network and Themodern.fm

Get full access to Just Jenna at jennamarilyn.substack.com/subscribe