Hi, I’m so glad you’re here!
A place to to connect, to gather tools and uncover golden nuggets of wisdom and love that lay buried under the depths of despair.
Welcome to The Repairenting Project
for conscious people unconsciously messing things up!
I started this a long time ago, on paper, on my notes app, on voice record - as a personal memoir and journal to gather my thoughts, experiences, wins and challenges during difficult transitions of parenting and healing childhood trauma at the same time. It became a place to repair and re-parent.
Here I share personal discoveries and lessons along with teachings through my work as a Mindset Mentor & PSYCH-K® Facilitator. From seasons of my life on the threshing floor of existence and other times being completely renewed and restored with god's glorious grace on this earth. I share stories, insights, favourite quotes and poems from other people who have inspired me and I share a time and space where both light and shadow simultaneously exist.
I hope in joining me, you find a resonance, a sense of belonging and some wisdom within yourself, through my vulnerabilities. I hope you feel inspired, unburdened and most of all seen, heard and connected through my words. Much love Jen Pen
Before you read on, remember this…
“One of the most rewarding parts in letting go of what doesn’t serve our soul is in receiving the greatest gift; arriving inside ourselves, our cells, as if for the first time, with unequivocal self love and an infinite source of wisdom to create miracles from.”
Much love Jen Pen
The Beautiful Chaos of Adolescence
I've come to think of teenage years as a 'training ground’ - a scary - I mean sacred space between childhood and adulthood where both teens and parents learn, grow, and sometimes explode - I mean stumble. Who am I kidding? We constantly stumble, tantrum, and hit rock bottom, only to scale great heights of success and celebration moments or days later, if we’re consciously aware and have our own healing, boundaries and values in check. Simply getting an agreement on the most basic thing like emptying the dishwasher or taking out the rubbish can cause chaos however on the odd occasion when it goes seamlessly, we can feel so grateful and elated by the breadcrumbs of agreeability. These victories punctuate our days between consuming thoughts of 1. running away (to Italy - at least 3 times per week at some stages) and in our most exhausted, broken and debilitated moments, 2. divorce our kids! Ahh the avalanche of guilt!
Removing Large Attachments
There I was, twenty minutes deep into sorting through ten nearly identical videos of the same canter transition, when my phone decided to stage an intervention. "Storage Full," it declared.. Little did I know, this digital decluttering moment would reveal a profound truth about the weightier attachments we carry - not just in our devices, but in our hearts and minds. The truth about upgrades, both digital and personal, is that they require more than just pressing 'delete.' Like my crashed computer demonstrated so elegantly earlier in the week, sometimes we need the right support system to help us navigate what to upgrade, what to let go, and how to make space for what matters most.