Welcome to The H.I. Note: Healing Inspirations from Life! I’m your host: Jenn Wynn. Come join me on a journey full of love, learning, and healing.

The H. I. Note is an interview-style podcast about stories of hope and healing in people's lives and what was made possible as a result. We have vulnerable conversations with real people from all walks of life. My wish is that you walk away with inspiration, an idea/tool for breakthrough in your own life, and the awareness that when it comes to healing: we’re not alone.

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Hi, I'm your host Jenn Wynn. In 2021, I gave a talk called "Healing Conversations" that focused on my journey to heal from domestic violence in my childhood home. At the end, I shared my wish for others in the audience and beyond to lead healing conversations with people in their lives as a way to create the world we want to live in. This intro episode is that 2021 talk (video linked here).

Now, in 2023, I'm answering my own call to action for more healing conversations through my new podcast, "The H.I. Note: Healing Inspirations from Life." Join me as I have conversations with people from all walks of life about what they’re healing from, where they are finding their joy and inspiration, and how they’re paving a path forward.

Bio: Read more about Jenn here

Igor Limansky did not know that his father passed away until years later — when he was in his teens. Jenn talks with Igor about how moving to France to learn about his father’s history, meditating, and connecting to what he calls "ancestral skills" while alone in nature helped him better understand his father, himself, and what place he resides in the world.

Guest Bio: Read more about Igor here

Guest Location: Utah, US

Resource from Igor's Journey:

• Poem titled "Identity of Relative and Absolute"

For much of her life, Jessica Neville thought that having a plan for everything would keep her safe. Jenn talks with Jessica about how being diagnosed with breast cancer in the spring of 2021 spurred her to throw away her plan, reconnect with her body, and begin a path to healing.

Guest Bio: Read more about Jessica here

Guest Location: Vermont, US

Resources from Jessica's Journey:

• Insight Meditation Society
• Tara Brach – Meditation, Psychologist, Author, Teacher
• Breathing Exercises and Techniques by Andrew Weil, M.D.
• “Life Is a Song” by Patrick Park

After almost two decades in the entertainment industry and facing personal losses including his father’s battle with ALS, Felipe needed to make space. Over five hundred miles of it. Jenn explores with Felipe his experience walking across Spain on the Camino de Santiago, as well as journeying inwards at a Buddhist monastery, on his quest to rediscover his ‘soft spot’ and the full spectrum of life’s emotions.

Guest Bio: Read more about Felipe here

Guest Location: California, US

Resources from Felipe’s Journey:

• Camino del Norte: Irún to Santiago along Spain's Northern Coast
• Camino del Norte video by Walk with Efrén
• You Are Here and Peace Is Every Step by Thich Nhat Hanh
• When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times by Pema Chodron
• Flowers in the Dark by Sister Dang Nghiem
• Plum Village Practice Centers

From a young age, Laci’s imagination has enabled her to create the world she wants to live in. When a toxic relationship took her away from the life she wanted, though, it was dance that empowered Laci to get back on track and to imagine what was possible beyond her current circumstances. Jenn talks with Laci about the power of movement as medicine, creating space for joy, and living in your purpose.

Guest Bio: Read more about Laci here

Guest Location: New York City, US – by way of South Carolina, US

Resources from Laci to Listeners:

• Fit4Dance - Laci’s phenomenal dance studio offers virtual and in-person classes
  • Discount code HEALING provides a free online or in studio dance class for listeners of “The H.I. Note"
  • Thank you, Laci!

Ending up in the hospital after experiencing chronic pain caused Lee Smart to rethink what was important in his life. Jenn talks with Lee about how meeting his wife Tonya and walking away from a lucrative business and from a focus on achievement to focusing on helping himself and others heal put him on a path from surviving to thriving.

Guest Bio: Read more about Lee here

Guest Location: Louisiana, US

Resources from Lee's Journey:

• Lee's website - Lee Smart Life & Business Coaching
• The New Man Podcast with Tripp Lanier
• Jon Mitchell – Functional Medicine Health Consulting
• How to Do the Work by Dr. Nicole LePera
• How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie
• The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk, M.D.
• When the Body Says No by Dr. Gabor Mate

Growing up Buddhist and as a bodyworker and pilates instructor, J. Granelli learned the practice of bending so that he did not break. When he had a stroke, that lesson was put to the test. Jenn talks with J. about the importance of acceptance, being in the moment, and their gratitude for breaking intergenerational cycles of trauma.

Guest Bio: Read more about J. here

Guest Location: New York City, US

Resources from J. to Listeners:

• BodyCraft Pilates Studio- J.’s and his wife Lana's phenomenal pilates studio in Brooklyn, NY offers in-person classes and private sessions
  • Email bcfitandwell@gmail.com to book a session at BodyCraft Pilates Studio and mention "The H.I. Note podcast" for a discount
  • Thank you, J.!