Essays Please Don’t Dig Deep I’ve always had this thing where I feel like if I’m going to show up, I have to put the show into it. Like it’s not enough to Jen Violi Posted on December 22, 2020
Essays, Uncategorized For Here Please | A Heart Hungry for Excellence He’s an excellent surgeon, she wrote. Like it was an excuse. Or like it was supposed to make me feel better. He’s an Jen Violi Posted on May 22, 2020
Essays We Will Dance Again When it’s all moving fast, we slow the fuck down. We breathe in and fill our diaphragms. We breathe out the sound pshhh, like Jen Violi Posted on April 28, 2020
Essays For Here, Please: What do I do with the anger I feel? I was feeling angry today. I don’t know about you, but for me, in this moment, the temptation is high to lead with all my Jen Violi Posted on April 25, 2020
Essays A Whole Lot of Nothing I dreamed I pressed my hands against the wall of our bedroom and the whole house fell down. I liked that the house fell down, Jen Violi Posted on March 21, 2020
Culture, Essays, Inspiration A Voice that Sounds Like Home This week, after almost two months abroad, I’ve returned to my official place of residence in Portland, Oregon. But I’m Jen Violi Posted on October 2, 2019
Culture, Self Care For Here, Please | You Can Always Make a Wish Slip the hematite ring on your left thumb, and squeeze your eyes shut to make a wish from your heart, as the shop owner tells Jen Violi Posted on August 29, 2019
Inspiration, Life, Self Care For Here Please | Impostor Syndrome and Learning to Be Bold When I think of imposters, I think of any given villain from Scooby Doo, caught in the act by Scooby and the gang, ripping Jen Violi Posted on July 13, 2019
Essays For Here Please | In the Cave of My Ancestors As my Lyft driver took a wrong turn this morning, my body tensed. Butt cheeks clenched, shoulders hunched, breath held. Jen Violi Posted on June 22, 2019