EP #51 Dr. Andrea Pennington

I Love You, Me!

Episode #51

In Episode #51 on The Jen Mavros Show we connect in with the multi-passionate Physician and International Best Selling Author, Dr. Andrea Pennington. 

It. Is. Time. Sister! Time to liberate your authentic self! It is time to really LOVE step into the fullness of loving ourselves. And Dr. Pennington is here to help us do just that!

Dr. Andrea Pennington’s life as a medical journalist, physician and acupuncturist showed her the power of ‘mind over body’ but it left so many questions unanswered when it came to loving herself. After hiding her depression from the world she hit rock bottom and cried out to God to take her life. What happened next blew her mind — and her depression out of sight. She had an out-of-body near-death-like experience and arrived at a place of unconditional self-acceptance and real self-love. As a functional depressive, Dr. Andrea enjoyed a high powered media career with all the outer appearances of success. But she was miserable inside. After years of battling ‘Imposter Syndrome’, constantly striving for perfection, where she never felt good enough she was relieved to break free as her authentic self. This has inspired her to share her story and  we are the lucky ones on the receiving end. 

Join us as Dr. P brings us into her personal journey and lived experiences to help us unlock our own innate self-loving wisdom. 

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About Dr. Andrea

Dr. Andrea Pennington (@DrAndrea) is an integrative physician, acupuncturist, meditation teacher and conscious communication specialist. She is also a #1 international bestselling author, highly acclaimed 2x international TEDx speaker, invited professor at the University of Monaco, and mentor for the Global Institute for Extraordinary Women.

As a sought-after media personality for the last two decades, Dr. Andrea has shared her candid, empowering insights on vitality and resilience on the Oprah Winfrey Show, the Dr. Oz Show, iTV This Morning, CNN, the Today Show, LUXE-TV, Thrive Global and HuffingtonPost and as a news anchor for Discovery Health Channel. In her role as a documentary filmmaker she has produced a 4-part documentary series entitled Simple Steps to a Balanced Natural Pregnancy.

Dr. Andrea has appeared in several newspapers, magazines and online publications including Glamour, Essence, Ebony, Newsweek, The Sun, Red, and Stylist. She has also written or contributed 10 books and her latest book , I Love You, Me! explores her personal journey from depression to real self-love. Dr. Andrea’s multimedia content experience, The Orgasm Prescription for Women, has been touted as one of the most comprehensive sexual and emotional health books of today.

Now as host of the daily talk show, Liberate Your Authentic Self on the America Out Loud talk radio platform, she brings her insight and inspiration for purposeful living, conscious relationships & soulful success. And as host of  Sensual Vitality-TV she brings her unique ‘nerdy’ blend of medical science, positive psychology and mindfulness meditation to empower women to show up authentically, love passionately and live orgasmically.

In addition, Dr. Andrea is a renowned personal brand architect, media producer and communications specialist. Leveraging her 20+ years of experience in broadcast and digital media she proudly helps people bring their brilliance to the world through publishing and media production with Make Your Mark Global Media.

As shared in her inspiring TEDx talk entitled 'Become Who You Really Are', she explains that recovering from a long history of depression and anxiety came when she learned to love and express her authentic self. Her second TEDx on mindfulness and meditation elaborates on how to create a stress-resistant personality with the top 10 traits of highly resilient people.

Dr. Andrea is the creator of The Attunement Meditation Process, a 5-step mindfulness meditation taught online and used around the world to lower stress, boost resilience and enhance sensuality and orgasm capacity. Her popular 21-Day Compassion Meditation Series is also useful in breaking down barriers to self-love and deep intimacy.

Visit Dr. Andrea online: www.AndreaPennington.com 

www.RealSelf.love

www.MakeYourMarkGlobal.com

www.SensualVitality.tv

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EP #36 Monica Pelayo

The Gold Behind The Shadow

Episode #36

In Episode #36 on The Jen Mavros Show the amazing and hilarious Monica Pelayo joins in helping us understand the "Shadow". 

We do our best to shine our light brightly in the world, yet there seems to be something holding us back from bigger successes, sometimes we can't quite put our finger on what it is that’s holding us back…

And Monica is here to share that the solution is easier than we think.

When we integrate aspects of ourselves that have been hiding in the shadows, we begin to truly step into our fullness. 

As a student of A Course In Miracles for over 20+ years she came across the Shadow through a time in her life where she needed deep support, finding it through the brilliant work of Debbie Ford.

Her mission is to support souls to experience their fullness, their whole self and to be free from the invisible blocks that keep us stuck and away from embracing our divine brilliance, she helps us uncover the gold, behind the shadow.

An episode you do not want to miss!!

Be Sure To Grab This Love Nugget:

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About Monica

Monica has been a student of A Course In Miracles  for over 2 decades and found the work of the Shadow through the brilliant work of Debbie Ford . She became a certified Integrative Life Coach and was personally trained by Debbie.

She has found that our biggest gifts have been darkened by our rejection to our own shadows and we have been missing out from extraordinary gifts that we are here to give. Her Mission is to experience one’s whole self and be free from the blocks that keeps us from embracing our brilliance, by finding the Gold behind the Shadow. She believes that our mission in this lifetime is to become whole again.

She is the founder of “The Freedom to be me” retreat and course.

Visit her online: www.monicapelayo.com

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EP #20 Rob Scheer

Every Child Matters - A Closer Look At Foster Care

Episode #20

In Episode #20 on The Jen Mavros Show we embark on a heart felt journey into the story of a man who was in the foster care system and homeless to now being an exceptional parent to four gorgeous children, an advocate of dignity and Founder of Comfort Cases [a non-profit charitable organization providing comfort and support to children entering the foster care system].

Rob Scheer remembers the day his oldest children arrived on his doorstep with everything they owned in the world packed in tattered trash bags. It immediately brought back such painful memories for Scheer of carrying his own trash bag from place to place in the foster care system. How could it be that over 30 years later we still had not gotten it right?  How were we still asking children to pack up their life in a trash bag?  Where is the dignity in that for a child who is scared and vulnerable?

As Scheer reflected on his time in care, he envisioned a case filled with items that would have been meaningful to him and made his transitions in the foster care system easier. In October 2013, an idea was born to host an event where people would come together to pack comfort cases for kids in care.  What started as a family and community project quickly grew into a volunteer led charitable organization.  Since its inception, Comfort Cases has distributed over 20,000 cases to primarily children in the Maryland, DC, and Virginia area. Comfort Cases has grown to have a 15 member volunteer Board of Directors and many regular volunteers who help shop for items, organize and inventory donations, and pack and distribute cases to our partner social service agencies.

Comfort Cases was founded on a mission to provide comfort and support to children entering the foster care system. We believe that every child has the right to a more humane experience in foster care, and that starts by providing them with a case to pack their belongings in instead of a trash bag.  Through the amazing support of the community, we have been able to expand our mission to include children that are facing crises.

very child deserves to know that they matter.  When Comfort Cases provides a case to a child in need, we not only offer them new items that they can keep during their journey, we also provide them with dignity and the notion that someone cares about what they are going through."

This episode will certainly pull at your heart strings, one you won't want to miss. 

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About Rob & Comfort Cases

Rob Scheer founded Comfort Cases in 2013.  Comfort Cases is an all-volunteer charitable organization that provides overnight bags, pajamas, hygiene items, activities, and comfort items to children and teens transitioning into foster care.   An adoptive father of four children from foster care and a former foster teen himself, Rob recognized a troubling yet consistent trend: like so many in the foster care system, his own children came to his home carrying what few possessions they had in black trash bags. He immediately connected the trash bags with the instability, lack of self-worth, and fear that many kids in foster care experience during this uncertain time in their lives. Armed with the conviction that all children should be provided with everyday essentials and the comfort of a few things to call their own, Rob started Comfort Cases and began a journey to improve the lives of foster children throughout the DC metropolitan region.

Backed by friends and local supporters volunteering their time, Comfort Cases provided 500 cases to social service agencies in the DC region during it first year of operations. Local companies began hosting donation drives with their employees and girl scout troops, schools, and faith-based and community groups began reaching out to host packing parties. The ability to join in service together, give locally, and help children was a recipe for continued success. In 2015, the charity’s reach grew exponentially- 5,000 comfort cases were distributed that year. In September 2015, American Girl Magazine ran a feature article on Rob’s daughter Amaya and her community involvement and special role with Comfort Cases. Subsequent news coverage about the Scheer family and Rob’s vision for helping foster children has resulted in national and worldwide interest in Comfort Cases. The organization is continuing to expand its reach and will continue to grow under Rob’s leadership. Rob looks forward to the day when Comfort Cases can utilize local partnerships to help any foster child in need in any community around the U.S.

In addition to his work with Comfort Cases, Rob is the Chief Strategy Officer for Landmark Network in Van Nuys, CA and has over 25 years of leadership and operations management experience in the mortgage and financial industry. Rob is also a proud veteran of the United States Navy. He lives in Maryland with his husband Reece and their four children.

Visit Comfort Cases - Support their mission: www.comfortcases.org

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