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Hi, I'm Jené.
Wild. Brave. Raw. My mission is to inspire us all to curiosity, courage & the leap off the cliff through adventures, entrepreneurship, writing & speaking.
A Memoir
I did 25 wild things in 14 weeks over the summer of 2007, while being a wife and mother of three. It's my "pre-therapy book."
It took me over nine years to finish crafting The Oat Project: How I faced my fear and came of age in one wild summer.
It changed my life.
*2nd edition soon to be released, with a new forward and cover. So if you want this original cover, don't wait!
THE 10x10 CHALLENGE
A Phone Photography Workshop
April 22, 2024 - Ephemera Restaurant, inside Coati downtown
$49.00 - $98.00
Re-awaken how you see and record your everyday world with this street/fine art photography challenge! After a welcome detailing the "rules," Jene’ will lead everyone outside to choose a 10-foot area to photograph, then you'll come back inside for snacks & to share photos and to offer suggestions/tips. Then you’ll head back outside to re-photograph, ending inside with sharing and celebrating the final images! Includes snacks, beverages, tip sheet, and an 8 x 10 inch print. Perfect for beginners to pros, bring yourself, friends, or your love to leave feeling inspired, proud, and more adventurous in your phone photography.
*To get updates, please include your email when checking out. If a class needs to be rescheduled or cancelled, you can get a refund or choose another date/session.SelectQuantityComing soonfor you
Pandemic Lockdown, Day 1
by Jene' Jackson
I woke late today thinking it had snowed
That singular silence
Muffled and pristine
As though no one has ever been
Before me
To hear the sounds
Of the earth
Air and wind
Crystalline.
But no, sunlight dappled my bedroom's shades
Calling me to rise to
A newly silent city.
To be in the light
Quiet.
How long has it been since the Earth woke like I did?
She, too, rose late today
And wondered
At the silence.
A hundred years
since she could hear the wind without the car
The grass without the mower
The rushing water in the brook river gutters without the rushing people’s frantic calls to hurry or they'd be late.
She rose to stand in her back door
As I did
To make sure it hadn't snowed, and
Like I did,
stood very still and heard
All things green pushing themselves to the Sun
Their yearning
Magnificent and grand and
Quiet as snow.
So much of her Self
she had tamped down trampled tamed
Yoked to her people.
Her kindly brutal nurturing
Nature bled of its power to heal and grow and bring forth life itself
In a bud or the sea or me.
a
Hundred
Years since
we woke
to
this silence.
Ah, there goes the first car down my street.
I can go to the store for food now.
Maybe I'll walk.
BOOK ME
Editing, Consulting, Speaking
Editing
Bright, tight, and beautiful. I take very few clients, but my red pen is yours for competitive rates: manuscript evaluation, developmental editing, and line editing for flow. Email me!
Consulting
I've been called "a human idea popcorn popper" and have helped businesses, friends, and even strangers to overcome, shift their metaphors, and innovate. Let me help you take brainstorming in unexpected directions! Reach out!
Speaking
My mission is to inspire transformation & catalyze growth for stuck seekers & organizations by changing how we see "lost time," grounded in the fact that Life Is Worth Itself (LIWI). Let's connect!
Read, Buy, Learn, Join
The stores, the blog, the phone photography course, the project
Book Clubs, Speaking & more
To have Jene' at your book club to answer questions and discuss her memoir and writing "in person" via Zoom, phone, or facetime, email her. She even has a list of discussion questions for you, gratis.
She posts often, sharing thoughts and life, and livestream events often, especially art! Join her there!
Where she posts photos of the beauty in the mundane and everyday life...even the occasional cat/s photo.
Jene' speaks about Lost Time, walking Italy from top to bottom, and both the craft of editing and writing memoir. Virtually and at select in-person events, inquire about hiring Jene' to speak, drop her an email.
Read travel stories, thoughts, rants & plans on my Substack home, delivered straight to you.
SPONSORS & THANK YOUS
Check out these brilliant folks!
Said, "Do it!" on the Italy project, stellar person, artist, and educator
Hiking chum & cheerleader, go buy her art now before she gets famous!
Evelyn Steel Coaching
Women's life coach for life's "second half" and rewiring for wealth. You need her!
Colorado Springs’ only maker’s market with unique artisans, crafters, makers, and food...see me there!
Graphic designer extraordinaire, hire her for solid and inspired work.
Lots of great (often free) marketing resources
Stories, speeches, talks, readings & riffs
I've been in front of audiences since my first solo at age 4. For me, speaking is a co-creation with the audience, building a beautiful castle of light & connection in the space between us...magic.
INSTAGRAM @spiralspiral
#nothingisordinary #light #travel #moments
I'm (almost) on TikTok!
About: Jené is an Author, Entreprenuer, and an Effervescent Catalyst
Jené is an entrepreneur, author, and speaker. Her memoir, The Oat Project: How I Faced My Fear and Came of Age in One Wild Summer, about how she finally sowed her wild oats, has been called “raw,” “courageous,” and “fearless.” She is working on her first novel and second big project, The Boot by Boot, which will also be a memoir to inspire.
Though known for her writing, speaking, and idea-generation, Jené is an accomplished photographer and runs two online stores, YoniFlower Collections and LowKeyMad, for which she designs all product.
By authentically and joyfully connecting with friends, strangers, and audiences, Jené is challenging the status quo, shifting how we judge “lost” time and life’s worth, and leaping off metaphorical cliffs to learn from risk, inspiring people to say, “I never thought about it that way.”
Jené was raised all over the U.S. as a preacher’s daughter before finally rebelling. She is a single mom of three, a GenXer in midlife, in menopause, has POTS, and is finally becoming who she is.
Get in Touch with Jené!
To schedule speaking, book clubs, consulting, or editing