RENÉE JENNINGS, MA, MSW, LCSW, CHT
Welcome! This is a space where I’ll share what moves me, touches me in some way. I’ll be writing from my personal history, my professional life, and spaces that reveal themselves in the extraordinary ordinary.
Our ability to move and be moved, our felt experience of be-ing, is a result of our intrinsic interconnectedness and the embodied, vital life force that animates and courses through and between each of us. This matrix encompasses the human and nonhuman, the obvious and subtle, the particle and wave. And what is so often in plain view—the magic of life—goes unnoticed.
Each day is a fresh opportunity to offer our attention, to engage with the always and already-present sensuality and beauty of the Mystery. And when the Light seems far beyond us, we might consider the opportunity to dwell in its apparent absence. The darkness holds a Light of its own. In these pages are my attempts to bring forth what I find shining or hiding in the psyche and the soul.
What if the body is more than biology? Drawing from Gestalt Field Theory, contemplative traditions, and the metaphor of the holographic universe, this essay explores embodied consciousness as the living expression of relationship, original belonging, and the Divine Feminine.
There are moments when something in us quietly comes alive. We might be sauntering through a grove of trees when the late afternoon light suddenly
The fertile void is one of Gestalt theory’s most profound concepts. Rather than representing emptiness, it describes the living threshold where embodied awareness, original belonging,
A reflection on humility, grace, and the sacred art of finding our way home by Renée Jennings Returning to Center: A Spiritual Path Within |
This prayer for the living is a blessing meant to be read slowly and returned to often. It speaks to anyone seeking courage, purpose, peace,
A reflection on embodiment, the sacred, and the holding environment of life itself by Renée Jennings Beyond Attachment: Remembering Our Original Belonging Attachment theory has
I am the supreme and fiery force who kindled every living spark… I am the fiery life of the essence of God. I flame above
Laughter as Awakening The Persian poet, Hafiz, writes about laughter in a poem by the same name. He writes that laughter is “the glorious sound
Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.
Michael Clemmens, Editor
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