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On identity, midlife, and finding the way.

Everything here started as something Jennifer wrote for the people who follow her, then got taken further.

What is a Sedona retreat actually like?

Jennifer Spencer runs a four day retreat in Sedona and lives there. What the red rocks do and do not do, what a good retreat sends you home with, and the questions to ask before you book one.

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Midlife crisis, or identity shift?

The restlessness in midlife is usually not a crisis. Jennifer Spencer, a Fortune 500 VP turned medium, on what an identity shift is and how to spot one.

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What stops you from making the leap?

Jennifer Spencer asked a room of people in midlife what was stopping them. Four fears came back, and none were about not knowing what they wanted.

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Why does it arrive the moment you stop grasping for it?

Jennifer Spencer spent a year in the same yoga class as the man she would marry, never speaking to him. On wanting something versus grasping at it.

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Can where you live affect your ability to heal?

Jennifer Spencer moved to Sedona and her body settled before she understood why. On astrocartography, and looking at where you live, not at yourself.

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Is it too late to start over?

The fear of having missed your moment is almost never about time. Jennifer Spencer on why doubt turns up at the edge of something new, not the end.

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What if the thing that keeps rejecting you is protecting you?

Jennifer Spencer was turned down for VP roles five times before she understood why. On telling a door that is stuck from a door that is closed.

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Why do you lose friends when you start to change?

Friendships fading while you grow is not a failure of loyalty. Jennifer Spencer on why change costs you people, and why that is not you getting it wrong.

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Yes, not yet, or something better

Jennifer Spencer on why no is not one of the answers you actually get, and how to tell the difference between being blocked and being asked to wait.

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How do I connect with my higher self?

Your higher self is the version of you that already knows, without the doubt, the fear or the ego. Jennifer Spencer on what changed when she listened.

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How do I know if I am on the right path?

Comfort is the wrong test. Jennifer Spencer on the three signs you are heading the right way, and why the right path so rarely feels like it at the time.

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How do I meet my spirit guides?

The question Jennifer Spencer gets asked most. Who your guides are, why they will not step in until you ask, and how they actually communicate.

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What does it mean to surrender to the universe?

Jennifer Spencer used to hate being told to surrender. On what the word means, why it is trust rather than resignation, and the affirmation she uses.

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