HI! I'm Jen Vertanen & I LOVE talking about all the things that make us human
I'd love to share my stories & life lessons (aka wisdom) & unique approach to life with your audience!
Check out all my podcast interviews here...I'm an engaging guest and not afraid to go there (which happens to be the name of my first podcast)
have me on your show
SPECIFICALLY, I LOVE SHARING MY KNOWLEDGE, WISDOM, & EXPERTISE ON:
✨ Overcoming decades of loneliness & resentment and how I hit rock bottom even though life was pretty damn good
✨ Almost walking away from the one person (my husband) who'd always had my back and loved me no matter what and the subsequent rebuilding myself from the inside out
✨ Finally healing from childhood traumas and going from self-loathing to loving my damn self & my life
✨ Losing both my parents 9 months apart and how it unlocked new layers of healing and self-compassion
✨ Why we should look to the future instead of our past to stop fixing & start LIVING the lives we WANT and more importantly, I'll share how
✨ And all the stories in between. I'm in my 50s...I have a LOT of wisdom and experience to draw from
I'd love to talk!
official bio
Jen Vertanen is a Certified Life Coach + Mentor helping women for a decade+ fall in love with themselves and their lives by intentionally creating the future they want instead of leaving it to chance. Her motto? Stop fixing & start LIVING.
Jen has been on the frontlines with her own personal transformation (from loneliness and self-loathing to not only loving, but liking herself and her life) as well as the thousands of lives she’s helped through coaching and podcasting.
Using her signature candor, humor, and unique approach to doing the work, Jen wants the world to know it’s never too late but you do kind of need to get going.
When she’s not worrying about her three adult children or helping women intentionally fall in love with themselves, you can find Jen getting a massage or unwinding at the end of the day curled up on the couch with her hubby and newfs bingeing old episodes of The Amazing Race in Saint Paul, MN.
Website: jenvertanen.com
Instagram: instagram.com/jen.vertanen
I love vintage Aquaman and extra 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ smut (hello, Bigfoot 👣), and you already know my love for an extra dry red
I don't do clutching your pearls, playing the neverending victim, all the reasons why something won't work for YOU, or an unwillingness to 'go there'
I identify as queer (pan if we're being exact) in a cishet marriage with a dude (Mr. V.) I love deeply
I am neurodiverse (ADHD) and love learning how to partner with my big, beautiful and sometimes maddening brain. It's an obsession really, lol
I have an aversion to toxic positivity, love & light, positive/high vibes only. You can miss me with that harmful, gaslight-y bullshit. There's gold in both the light & the darkness and I'm not willing to be one-note
I'm a Type 2 diabetic and love finding foods that keep my blood sugars balanced AND taste hella delicious. Just another example of rising from the ashes to come back better than ever
I don't take for granted the privilege I have as a straight-passing, middle-aged, white women from a middle-class background. I have my own shit but don't have to worry about my safety, putting food on the table, being pulled over by the cops, or getting my family's needs met
on a more personal note
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An ADHD & LGBTQ woman owned business