| Take me to the published blog. Jennifer Jackson

Take me to the published blog. Jennifer Jackson

Take me to the published blog. Jennifer Jackson

As I navigate the many roles I am blessed to be in as a woman, I am thinking about my mom’s experiences and my experience of her...

The other night when we were all winding down, as I tidied up my eldest’s desk, I looked at all her things, and thoughts ran through my...

I remember the day my dad passed away so clearly. Starting the night before. My mom received the phone call that he’d “taken a turn for...

I remember the joy I felt when the technician told me, “It’s a boy!” During my first pregnancy, my daughter’s father was present. During...

| Take me to the published blog. Shush Your Shame Jennifer Jackson

On our drive back down the mountains from Angeles Crest Forest this past Sunday, my age came up in the conversation, and my girl friend...

Take me to the published blog. Shush Your Shame Jennifer Jackson

I used to think I was such a martyr, and that I could love people without anything in return. Then I got in touch with my feelings....

No one ever really talks about what it's like to grieve the loss of someone living--not when the diagnosis is of someone's mental...

Love people in this moment and exactly where they are, for you cannot know their journey in the past and their direction in the future....

I actually wrote and shared this in 2016, but it will always be relevant. It has since been updated. In honor of Mother’s Day, I want to...

If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion. Dalai Lama My earliest memories are of...

This little piggy went to market, this little piggy stayed home, this little piggy had roast beef, this little piggy had none. This...

If you judge people, you have no time to love them. -Mother Teresa I will add that this includes judgment of self. I'm more of a...