Every conversation is a doorway.
How we talk about the major events in our lives becomes the lens through which we create personal transformation.
Discover a community committed to bettering the understanding of self through conversations, discussions, and writing.
Born in Greece but raised in France and Japan, Jenny's early childhood experiences gave her a nuanced perspective on the subtext of communication, the underlying energy and dynamics of the words we exchange.
After graduating from Northwestern University, she settled in the Los Angeles area, raising her sons and teaching in a variety of school settings. In 2019, she was diagnosed with breast cancer, which would become a catalyst for enormous change, leading to a new path of self-discovery and transformation.
/ ESSAYSEmotional Safety In The Classroom
“What flows from the heart opening is acceptance and trust, the foundations of emotional safety in the classroom.”
READ → 06 JULY 10, 2026The Convocation Of Time
“She had faltered once or twice, but time had always caught her, by the waist, righting and steadying her.”
READ → 05 JUNE 7, 2026Finish Lines
“They're mostly invisible, these finish lines. Graduating from anger to acceptance, from fear to resolve, from grief to remembrance.”
READ → We are all made of stories. Some break us. Others build us. The right conversations heal us.
CONVERSATE
An unexpected diagnosis at the start of a school year. A quiet student who had just lost his own mother. A year of conversations that carried them both toward healing.
I invite you to share your experience with us. Respond to this month's CONVERSATE prompt.
The conversations that healed me happened in hallways, classrooms, and bleacher stands. These days they are finding new rooms — behind a microphone, among book clubs and women’s groups, and wherever someone pulls up a chair.
The episode will live here once it airs.
Healing begins when we truly listen.
