Why Following Intuition Beats Any Career Plan – A Radical Guide to Authentic Living with Jenny Jansen | Adult Chair | Private Practice | Professional Development | Therapist

Resources:

Coping with Political Stress eBook & Workbook: This 62-page guide is packed with reflection exercises, grounding practices, and strategies to help you manage media consumption and reconnect with your values. You can edit the ebook workbook with your branding and share with your clients.

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Get Deep-Dive Therapist Conversation Framework (Printable PDF) Navigating Politics in Therapy Without Taking Sides: For my fellow therapists, this printable guide includes 97 essential questions to help you navigate political conversations in sessions with compassion and without taking sides.

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In this episode, I’m so thrilled to welcome back my good friend and incredibly gifted therapist, Jenny Jansen. Jenny shares her inspiring and honest journey from being a fifth-grade teacher to becoming a licensed clinical social worker and certified Adult Chair coach. We dive deep into what it means to live in soul alignment, follow the intuitive nudges, and trust the process of becoming who you're truly meant to be. Our conversation feels just like one of our lunch dates—real, reflective, and full of heart.

Here’s what we cover:

• Jenny’s transition from teaching to therapy and how she navigated her “quarter-life crisis”
• The role intuition and alignment played in building her private practice
• How she discovered the Adult Chair model and why it transformed her work
• The difference between the Child, Adolescent, and Adult Chairs—and how they show up in our lives
• The importance of self-awareness, reparenting, and emotional resilience
• What it really looks like to take a leap of faith professionally and personally
• How therapy can be a creative, relational, and deeply intuitive process
• Tips for anyone thinking about starting their own therapy or coaching practice

Whether you’re a fellow therapist, someone seeking healing, or just curious about personal growth, this episode will leave you feeling encouraged and inspired.

Listen to Jenny's other episode.

 

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