Jennifer Benetato

01/14/2024

I was just informed that copies of one of my favorite books of all time are now $8! You’re welcome.🐒

Be Here Now

03/21/2022

My first podcast interview and I held nothing back! We discuss things I've never spoken about publicly, including:

🏩 The 4 surgeries I had in 2019/2020 and how I survived more
than a pandemic

💊 The various treatments I've explored in over a decade of living with a chronic illness, and how I've come to understand ongoing health challenges

🔮 The ways in which mystical forces have shaped my life and career...and how I've learned to trust the process

📿 What it was like to live with Ram Dass, my spiritual teacher, including some unglamorous bits that reveal our shared humanity

💃 How dance has been one of my favorite forms of self-discovery, and what happened when I stopped being able to access this as a tool for healing

🍄 How psychedelics have played a role in my ongoing process of integrating from this "initiation" time in my life

💗 The power of love to heal. And so much more.

If you really want to get to "know me" give this a listen 🎧.

It's raw and vulnerable and unpolished...with all the "ums" and nervous filler words that come with stepping into the unknown and reveling myself in this impromtu way. Tears were shed. It's the real deal. And there's plenty of laughter, too.

If you do take the time to go on this journey with me and , I'd love it if you'd share a reflection in the comments.

I know most of you will find a lot of this as a "surprise," so please know I wasn't trying to keep anything from you...I just wasn't ready to share this until now. 💗

http://thoughtroompodcast.com/episodes/
The Thought Room with Hallie Rose

06/19/2017

Spent an epically fun week with Wavy Gravy at adult camp where I got to try my hand at aerials, unicycle, tightrope and stilts! I was lovingly encouraged to press my edges and breathe into my fear, and the enthusiasm emanating from the campers and staff allowed me to muster the courage to perform on silks for the big show. Boy was that both scary and exhilarating!

This experience reminded me of how powerful a loving community can be for overcoming self-limiting beliefs, however large or small they might be. May we all be encouraged to take time to play, full out and often!

Toward the fun!

05/06/2017

So proud to be a New School alum, and so grateful for opportunities to dialogue with such visionaries as the incredible bell hooks. Every time I get to sit with her I leave reinvigorated and renewed in my commitment to doing my part, as both a citizen and a scholar, to not only use my voice, but empower others to do the same.

If you haven't explored her work yet, I encourage you to dive in right now with All About Love. And if you have a favorite essay, book, or story about hooks please share it!

08/29/2016

Ram Dass and I were talking the other day about the use of Mantras, or sacred sounds, words or phrases that you repeat as a tool for aiding concentration in meditation practice. He shared with me the beautiful practice of reciting "I Am Loving Awareness" as a mantra. What a powerful tool for anchoring the mind and opening the heart! Try it with me this week and let me know how it goes.

01/02/2016

2015 was truly transformative! One of the gifts from last year that I'm grateful to be taking with me into 2016 is getting to spend more time with Ram Dass and the beautiful community that surrounds him. You can never have too many reminders to "be here now."

12/31/2015

There are some trees you'll meet that just beg you to join them in celebrating life by taking their shape.

12/25/2015

Merry merry everyone! Whatever holidays you choose to celebrate know that you are loved, and you are love, every day of the year.

12/15/2015

Last night I peered up at a star-studded sky. This morning I got a glimpse of our planet's glowing core. We are standing between heaven and earth. This life is a gift. We must work to protect our collective home.