Jenne Todd’s gift is to lead and guide women with positivity and passion.
She runs a personal coaching business, called Shift Collective, and describes herself as a “high performance business consultant for real (not perfect) women.” When social gatherings were restricted to protect the public during COVID-19, one would think that might put a damper on a business that specializes in “personal connection and community.” Not for Jenne. Like the title of her business implies, Jenne saw a chance to shift her coaching activities to online retreats.
The results have far exceeded her expectations. Rather than the experience becoming cold and isolating as she feared, it has created a place where women feel safe to open up and expose their hearts and truths. People feel supported and heard. And how cool is it that these experiences can now be an international gathering? People across the globe have been able to participate in these online retreats. Thank you COVID-19! One blessing Jenne didn’t see coming.
On Saturday, Sept. 26, from 9 until noon, Jenne is offering a retreat open to all women, with a focus on personal growth and goal setting. Her hope is to encourage people to release the idea that 2020 is “over” as far as reaching goals is concerned. Instead, her invitation to us all is to reflect, slow down, and get comfortable with changing targets, accepting failure and let-down in a positive way, and seeing the blessings that change has already brought us.
100% of the proceeds from this retreat will be donated to Mothers with a Heart for Ethiopia.
Jenne has been involved in Mothers with a Heart for Ethiopia almost since its inception. Her young daughter, Olivia, who has run many of her own fundraising activities for Mothers, has been a guest speaker at Gems & Java in the past, and has inspired many others along the way. As a parent, Jenne has a desire for her children to be able to recognize their good fortune in being born to the family and place in the world they belong to, and to use empathy and compassion when considering the hardships for many children that Mothers with a Heart for Ethiopia supports. Jenne’s personal mission work in Haiti, along with her confidence about how the funds raised by Mother’s with a Heart for Ethiopia are distributed for maximum impact motivate Jenne to support this worthy cause. “A mother has a difficult time imagining being in a position where she can not provide food, shelter and protection for her children,” Jenne said.
Compassion, drive, open heart, open mind. That’s how Jenne will lead others.
Click here to join Jenne Todd as she guides women through the challenges of staying positive and healthy when the world seems upside down.
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