We recently connected with Jenn Rodriguez and have shared our conversation below.

Alright, Jenn thanks for taking the time to share your stories and insights with us today. Can you open up about a risk you’ve taken – what it was like taking that risk, why you took the risk and how it turned out?

The risk I continue taking is; betting on myself. I’ve had two careers within 20 years. I successfully moved up the ladder with Chase Bank ending my career as Branch Manager. After leaving Chase Bank, I spent the following 10 years as a clinical trauma therapist grinding through community mental health and ending my career as a successful private practice owner. Now, I’m embarking on this new journey as a mentor and advocate for inner healing. I find deep value in my ability to take risks and do the things that make sense to nobody else. I lean into letting go of what’s in front of me with no real certainty of what’s next. This is one of my superpowers. Many of the women I work with have great potential but they’re so afraid of the unknown that they don’t bet on themselves. So, they come to me stuck because there’s no clarity or certainty they stall on taking the action step. Even though this is my superpower, it is still scary as hell and frightening but I do it anyway. Because I take the risk of betting on myself, I’ve been able to create. a life of abundance. I have a beautiful relationship with myself; I trust me. And, I intentionally practice the skills in order to show up fully as a wife, mother and human.

Awesome – so before we get into the rest of our questions, can you briefly introduce yourself to our readers.

Hey, I’m Jenn! As a Black woman, a wife, a bonus mom and a birthing mom; my own mental and emotional well-being is my top priority. As a licensed therapist and inner healing guide, healing and evolution are my deepest passions.

My healing journey began 15 years ago, when my brother’s life was taken in the most brutal and tragic way. My emotional and mental happenings after led me to walk away from almost everyone and everything in my life at that time. I knew that if I didn’t go, my environment would suck the life out of me and leave me with limited options.

Up to this point, I always had a clear vision of what I didn’t want for myself and how to avoid those things, but I had no idea of what I actually wanted or needed. Being raised in poverty, addiction, infidelity and domestic violence taught me to never become dependent on a man for anything whatsoever, not get pregnant unless I was in a healthy marriage and to be an educated woman on every level of importance to me. In 2010, I started graduate school to obtain a Master’s in Clinical Psychology to become a therapist with no clue of where this degree would actually take me, but knowing education was key to honor my promises to myself.

For ten years I practiced as a licensed trauma therapist with my clinical work focusing on Anxiety, PTSD and emotional traumas. During this time I began applying all of my professional knowledge to myself and my own healing. In 2018 I began layering in holistic and humanistic approaches with my clinical skills to foster true inner healing and move beyond symptom management. The results of this work led to such great transformation in my life and the lives of those I serve that I decided to make emotional healing work the center of my practice.

Now, as a retired therapist, I have extracted the most impactful skills and techniques from my clinical work and created a coaching platform designed to quickly get to the root of the problems and create true lasting change in your life. The work I do is so powerful because I have truly embodied the knowledge and skills that I teach. I will not ever attempt to take my clients somewhere I have not gone already.

We launched our coaching services in May of 2023 and sold out within the first week. We are now in the process of offering a membership platform focusing on inner healing through virtual group coaching, book clubs, podcasts and exclusive in-person events.

Putting training and knowledge aside, what else do you think really matters in terms of succeeding in your field?

My most helpful tool for succeeding in this field is “being the truth and embodying the work”. Reading a book and taking a class doesn’t equate to knowledge unless you apply it to your own brain to live out in your own life. What makes me successful is the fact that everything I am teaching, coaching and guiding clients through is work that I do every day. I have a true embodied knowing of the terrain and the path that I’m taking them on. I’m an integrated person and I show up authentically healed. Which is another reason Bringing a genuineness and authenticity to my role models many of the behaviors that I am intending to teach my clients.

There are many in our field that can tell you what to do because they read it in a book or because they watched someone else do it but, there’s not many in the field that can show you how to do it because they’ve done it themselves.

Success has to be more than an external image, it has to be something that penetrates your life.

How about pivoting – can you share the story of a time you’ve had to pivot?

Pivoting and letting go are two more of my superpowers. I’m currently in a pivoting season now and have been for the past three years. Choosing to walk away from therapy is a decision that I would’ve made on my own. The pivot came from spiritual pressure. the universe gave me a mission and said this is what’s next. It has not been an easy road to navigate. It requires deep reflection, consistent intention and a full embrace of every part of me. My willingness to let go created a beautiful life for myself and is the foundation for my work as an inner healing guide.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://www.theevolutionofher.org
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