Meet Jen Haddix

 

We were lucky to catch up with Jen Haddix recently and have shared our conversation below.

Jen, sincerely appreciate your selflessness in agreeing to discuss your mental health journey and how you overcame and persisted despite the challenges. Please share with our readers how you overcame. For readers, please note this is not medical advice, we are not doctors, you should always consult professionals for advice and that this is merely one person sharing their story and experience.

I was raised in an incredibly challenging environment, and mental illness runs in my family. I myself have been diagnosed with bipolar disorder, and I have a sneaking suspicion I have CPTSD (complex post traumatic stress disorder). This all made my life pretty tumultuous and crazy, all the way up until about 2016. But because I finally got diagnosed, doors opened for my healing that have consequently led me where I am today. The opportunity to dive deep into this spiritual work has given me the tools and know how to teach the same to others, should they feel the call. I don’t think anything happens by chance… and I believe that I signed a soul contract before I came to Earth to have the experiences I’ve had so I can do the work that is aligned with my highest self. And my brand is centered around helping other humans realize that exact thing. When I meet people and tell them my story, they’re always so surprised at how “together” I am. I would say that is a reflection of me overcoming a mental health obstacle that society would tell me is not fixable. I still struggle, but I have a support system and a toolbox of things I can do that help me continue to propel forward.

Appreciate the insights and wisdom. Before we dig deeper and ask you about the skills that matter and more, maybe you can tell our readers about yourself?

I’m the CEO of my spiritual coaching business, Intuitive Jen, and the COO of the 6-figure psychic coaching business TanaNewberry.com. I’ve had the privilege of building several online and in-person business ventures from the ground up and coaching numerous clients on how to do the same. My passion lies in guiding soul-led individuals to express their most authentic work and share their medicine with the world by becoming the face of their brand and business.

Using sound healing, meditation, breathwork, chanting, and intuitive techniques, I assist them in connecting with their soul’s mission and calling so they can fulfill their purpose in the world. Then, we fill in the gaps with proven marketing/business techniques and technical know-how, covering everything from framework to funnel. I’m currently working on a 12 month group program that dives deep into healing, embodiment, leadership and impact. I plan to be launching in the next couple of months.

There is so much advice out there about all the different skills and qualities folks need to develop in order to succeed in today’s highly competitive environment and often it can feel overwhelming. So, if we had to break it down to just the three that matter most, which three skills or qualities would you focus on?

The first (and arguably most important) skill has been to stop caring what others think. And don’t get me wrong, I still struggle with this. BUT, in order to heal and grow into who my soul wants me to be, and not what everyone else wants to be, I’ve had to do the work to let go of people pleasing, and worrying what other people think of me all the time. The more I do this work, the more I am alllll over the internet and opening myself up to criticism. And my inner child used to be terrified of that. Now she’s like “bring it ON!”

The second skill is walking the walk and living the questions. The second one will make sense in a moment. We’ve all heard the term “walk the walk”… but how often do we actually do it? When you’re in the business of helping people, you need to also be consistently helping yourself. I do the work and healing exercises I prescribe to my clients. I am always looking to improve and move into higher learning. To be authentic and to be a leader, you need to be in touch with you values as a person and LIVE those values. Now, onto “living the questions”… a coach once told me “sometimes you have to live the question to know the answer” and that really resonated with me. The meaning (as I took it) was that just because you intellectually understand something doesn’t mean you’re going to immediately be good at it or embodying it. Let’s take boundaries, for example. You can read all the books in the world on how to set better boundaries, but it’s a hard thing to do and you’re going to have to practice. And you’re not going to be good at it right away. The Universe will give you opportunity after opportunity to show up and try again. You’ll also have new realizations each time. We have to LIVE to truly KNOW.

The third and final skill/quality is love. Love is the answer to all things. Having love and compassion for everyone and everything creates a much different reality. If you were to go around and ask people what they want out of life, most of them would say something along the lines of “I want to be happy” or “I want to feel peace”. And the creator of that reality is love. When you can approach everything life throws at you with compassion and love, you will naturally be creating happiness and peace from the inside out, and that will project into the world and create more of it in others. Easier said than done, I know… it is a practice, and it’s one we can all do.

Is there a particular challenge you are currently facing?

If I’m being completely honest, the challenge I’m currently facing is moving into the next phase of my authentic self and business. This is work that never ends, and every new hurdle comes with a new set of challenges. The Ego says “you’re safe where you are, you know what’s going to happen there, no need to move forward”, which presents me with a whole new path of healing so I can level up (I like to look at life like a video game, hehe). Mental health struggles have been popping in to say hello, so I’m getting an opportunity to work on that as well. I recently joined a 10 week meditation course that is exactly what I need at this time. I think it’s important for all of us to know and remember that no matter how “big” or successful a person gets, humanity is full of struggles for all of us. And if we can continue to use the lens of compassion for others, and definitely for ourselves, this human experience is much lighter. In the words of Ram Dass,,, “We are all just walking each other home.”

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