This podcast episode features a conversation with Jess Frey about her recent silent retreat experience and the idea of "coming home" to oneself.

Jess and Avi delve into finding a balance between self-improvement and helping others. They discuss the concept of emotional armor and authenticity, highlighting the practice of pausing. The conversation also explores the importance of community in personal growth and self-discovery, with an emphasis on healthy community characteristics.

Additionally, the conversation touches on setting intentions and having a flexible Guiding Light in one's life journey, the power of gratitude, and the difference between compliments received in the mind and heart.

The discussion underscores the value of presence, love, and connection, while recognizing the multifaceted nature of human experience.

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Jess is a Kripalu Yoga educator, truth blazer, life coach, artist, and lover of life, intimacy, connection. Jess has been connected to Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health for 15 years and facilitates yoga, ayurveda, and silent meditation retreats as well as designs and develops curriculum content for Kripalu's experiential programs and workshops.

With an enthusiasm for personal and professional development, she also provides mentorship to the organization's teaching staff. Jess is devoted to the process of compassionate inquiry, self-discovery, and the art of living yoga in everyday life. She stewards and facilitates connectivity, curiosity, and co-creates brave spaces for all beings.

She believes community offers a pathway to learning, healing, and individual and collective transformation. Together is how WE find our way. Her passion and expertise lie in post-traumatic growth, addiction recovery, embodied presence, creativity, and exploring ways to live the truth of one's self. With more than 20 years of personal practice, professional development, and leadership, Jess is known for her authenticity, heart, motivation, and depth.

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