Soulistic Vibes Wellness

10/31/2026

Shame has been in my awareness this week…and of course it would be, because I signed up for a program called Shameless that began yesterday! 🤪

Yesterday I was on a call with some truly incredible humans (because who has time for anything else?) and we talked about it. Perfect timing, because two layers had just surfaced for me.

Layer one: 5th grade.

I was the good student. Great grades, followed every rule. I’d already decided my worth lived in how smart I was. So I raised my hand. A lot. I just wanted to get it right.
My teacher told me to stop. That I was annoying. She also shoved me once. When my mom went to the principal, the teacher said I was her favorite and she didn’t want the other kids to notice.

You like me… so you’re mean to me? Ok..cool!

Shame for being too much, trying too hard😔

I’ve always had this feeling of being “not enough”. Turns out it was also tied to being too much. Hello, level 10,490 in the Jumanji of self-growth.

Layer two: old photos.

My journey started 14 years ago, losing the weight after three kids. I kept it off for 12 years. Best shape of my life.

I’m not there right now. Hormones are real. My body is changing, and I’m learning how to support it differently in this season of my life. And writing this for the world to see feels stretchy as hell. And I know that what I can recognize, I can shift my relationship to.

Shame around not looking the way I desire to…yet it’s not about how I look but about how I feel. Another layer of shame “why didn’t you keep up”? “How could you let yourself look like this”? The stories of the mind, those protector parts that shame me before the world shames me...ouff.

I know how I want to move forward, how I desire to feel. Not through punishment, restriction, or the quick fixes I would have reached for 15 years ago, but through a healthier, more body-led relationship with myself.

I’m teaching this work from lived experience…I don’t think I’ll ever be above it, and I don’t want to be. It’s what allows me to keep evolving. I’m in it. Every day. Never perfect, but present.
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10/31/2026

I’m not a business mentor. I don’t teach funnels or strategy.

And still, a woman wrote me after: “I’m no longer afraid to talk about my business now because of this moment.”

That’s the part people miss. You can’t strategize your way past a body that braces every time you hit post, make the pitch, or open your mouth. The fear shows up in the body first. So that’s where we start.

I’m not here to fix your marketing. I’m here for the woman doing the marketing.
When the body leads, we create sustainable change. And it never stays in one lane.

The ripple goes further than we see.
Thank you to every woman in that room who turned to a stranger and let herself actually feel something. 💜

Curious about this work? Comment CURIOUS and I’ll reach out.

10/29/2026

This is a hippo river on a Big Five in South Africa…and I crossed it.

I went into the bush of South Africa to build my communication and leadership, and to be challenged mentally, physically and emotionally.

Five years ago, my body couldn’t have held this.

Not because I wasn’t strong enough. Because my nervous system didn’t have the capacity yet. That capacity came from the work: years of tuning in, getting uncomfortable, and learning the language my body speaks.

I’m a product of my own work. I’m not handing you something I only read in a book. What I offer comes from living it.
South Africa taught me a lot, and I’ll be sharing more here. Follow along.

When the body leads, we create sustainable change.

10/29/2026

10/28/2026

My insides were shaking in that room.

And right behind the shakes came the story: who are you to stand up in this room and share this?

Here’s what I’ve learned. The shaking isn’t the problem. It’s valuable information. When you know the language your body speaks, you start to catch the sensation before the story takes over.

And then you can meet it.

Oh. I see you.
The people pleaser.
The one who was silenced.
The one who felt unseen, unheard, unsupported. The one that doesn’t want to get rejected.

You can stay. You just don’t get to drive.

That’s what we’re practicing together November 9–13. Five days, free, body led. Learning to notice what your body’s saying before the old story grabs the wheel.

Comment SHAKY and I’ll send you the link. 😉.

10/28/2026

Three days ago I stood on that stage. Whenever I walk onto a stage, I’m not there to share information with the women in the room… I’m there to facilitate an experience that is felt.

And somewhere in that experience, something shifted in me, too. I’m not the same woman that walked into that room Friday.

That sounds so fu***ng cliché that I almost didn’t share it… yet here I am. And I trust this will reach women who need to read this.

We talk about identity shifts like they’re massive 180s. Most of the time, I think they’re subtle.

A different decision.

A moment of self-trust.

Choosing to show up even when you’re scared.

Allowing yourself to receive what you’ve worked so hard for.

They aren’t about becoming someone new. They’re about letting out the version of you that you’ve been hiding, the one who’s been in you all along.

I’m not entirely comfortable in her yet. It’s wobbly.

And once again, I’m reminded that this work keeps working for me!😉

I’m learning I can be wobbly and still stand tall.

10/26/2026

I’ve been to quite a few events in the last 2 years…one of the themes that I deeply desire to carry forward is so crystal clear:

When women start collaborating rather than competing…cheering each other on rather than tearing each other down…we begin to feel safe in being fully seen as we are, together.

We can be big and celebrate the bigness of another.

We can take up space and know there’s still room for her.

We can shine bright and know it only amplifies her light.

When we can be vulnerable and let ourselves be supported, something in us softens.

When we walk shoulder to shoulder, the world changes.

And the generations that come after us get a new model to follow.

If there’s anything I can do to support you, tell me. I mean it…there’s so much we get to do for one another.

Thanks to these rooms, these stages, these experiences, I for one, will no longer play small. I will no longer wait to take up space. I will no longer doubt my magic. I will no longer be afraid of being too much, too loud, too proud, too…. This is your invitation to join in on the fun😉 I cannot tag every sister here…but you know who you are💜💜💜

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10/21/2026

Calm isn’t the end game.

Your nervous system was never meant to stay calm 100% of the time. It’s meant to move, to activate and settle and activate again.

Every activation carries information. When we rush to regulate our way out of it every single time, we miss what it’s here to tell us.

In my work, we slow down enough to:

→ sit with the discomfort
→ notice the sensations
→ get curious about the stories around them

If you’re tired of calming the same activation over and over again, DM me “Hi Jen” and let’s chat. 💜

When the body leads, we create sustainable change.

Jen Gagnon · Nervous System Strategist
Plaistow, NH + online