The Jen Rufo Show

Today we talk to Joe Fauria, better known as “Big Joe”, former NFL player turned host, and now actor. We talk transitions and finding purpose after football. Joe opens up about his past relationships and how he’s taking a new approach to dating now, a childhood trauma that shapes how he loves today, and looking within to find your purpose in life. All on today’s episode with Joe! Resources: IG: @bigjoe 

Today we have on a #BachelorNation favorite Katie Morton. Known for being a contestant on Colton’s season of the Bachelor and the most recent season of Bachelor in Paradise. Today we go much deeper with Katie than just her experience on the show. Get to know her non negotiables in a relationship, what she learned from her very public engagement and eventual break up, and how Katie and Sydney annoyed the bachelor on their season. Katie gives us so many great tips on how she organizes her day and her life, how she’s prioritizing self care and her own self worth, while learning to trust her gut on the search to be chosen every day. This is a great one for anyone struggling with quarantine isolation. It will give you the permission to reprioritize your life and your needs and take a break from things like social media or quarantine fuckbois that could be bogging you down all in this really inspired episode with Katie! Resources: IG: @katieemo twitter & tiktok: @hellokatiemo Book she’s reading: Ego is the Enemy by Ryan Holiday  

Today we have on Lindsey Metselaar, host of the well known podcast We Met at Acme, a show about all things millennial dating, built from the aftermath of an unexpected breakup. Lindsay has hosted her podcast for 3 years now and is as close as you can get to an expert on dating. She teaches us her dating rules and how she broke them for her current relationship. She gives us some helpful tips on dating in quarantine including the right pick up lines for dating apps and how to be a “good texter”. We get her insight on what it’s like to date in such a public sphere and her motto on if it’s not a Fuck yes it’s a NO all in this fun and enlightening episode with Lindsey! Resources: Connect with Lindsey:  Podcast- We Met at Acme IG: @wemetatacme personal IG: @lindzmetz @lindseyslunchbox @dontexpectsalads 

When you think of MTV shows like Fresh Meat or the Inferno, you often think of Kenny Santucci, better known as “Mr. Beautiful” during his almost ten year stint competing on television. Kenny began his reality tv career right out of college, which took him on a different path from his original passions wrestling. Kenny opens up about the pressures males also experience from the media driven standards of an “ideal” physique and what it was like to grow up as a “fat kid”. Kenny has taken his adolescence, television career, and his own experience into now training clients and helping them better themselves through health and fitness. We find out who gave him the title “Mr. Beautiful”, what he’s doing to help small businesses in these trying times, and the question we always want to know the answer to, is he single all in today’s episode with Kenny! 

Today we have a Netflix favorite, Mark Cuevas from Love is Blind! We discuss his experience, falling in love and proposing to Jessica, and how he was able to move so quickly on the show. Mark gives us some #bts of filming and how he’s taking what he’s learned from the experience to apply to dating while, giving us some helpful tips. Find out what he’s been up to since the show including what he’s doing to stay healthy in quarantine. We find out if love is truly blind and the answer to the question everyone’s asking, is he single?? All of this and more on this awesome episode with Mark!! Episode Resources: IG @markanthonycuevas_ website: https://www.markanthonycuevas.com/ We want to hear from you! 

In times like these, with so much unknown and many of us being pushed out of our routines, it can be difficult to find structure or result in unwanted triggers. Today we talk to Julia Parzyck, a virtual eating disorder recovery coach and model who is working to help her clients and followers to create a better body image and shift their self confidence through coaching. Whether you are in recovery or currently struggling with an eating disorder or not, Julia gives us the self care tools to shift our mindsets from obsessing over body image to something she calls body neutral. No two eating disorders are the same and can be caused by a myriad of ways, so we are thankful to people like Julia to help anyone that may be struggling! She talks us through how she healed herself and her mindset to create the successful career and loving relationship she has now and how she applies her own experiences to her work with her clients. This is an uplifting, empowering, and supportive episode that shouldn’t be missed! Resources: Contact Julia- Instagram: @fitfatandallthat website: fitfatandallthat.com 

Checking in on everyone during these #socialdistancing times and bringing you a convo from our own quarantines with Nicole Lovar Lopez, best known as the crier from Colton’s season of the Bachelor turned Bachelor in Paradise Baddie. We talk to Nicole about how she and her family are coping during these times with her father in the medical field and caring for her autistic twin brother and her grandmother, who are all living under one roof. We find out who really convinced Nicole to apply for the Bachelor, If she would have gotten engaged to Clay in Paradise, and her own platform for dating and helping women post reality tv. Get our takes on Peter's season vs Colton's and whether it’s hot or not to be an “instagram boyfriend” all in this really fun episode with Nicole! 

We get to know the woman behind her famous relationship and what it’s like to date a #BachelorNation icon. She opens up about her relationship, her connection to God, and her wellness journey recovering from an eating disorder. We also talk sliding into dms, social media gains, and the importance of ALWAYS tagging your location. Join us in this uplifting, empowering, and hopefully welcome distraction from today’s current events! 

The girls get to know each other and catch up on all things Bachelor, their current views on dating, and their personal experiences with dancing in the NBA. They compare dating in LA vs. NY, and cover topics  like getting ghosted, and submarining.