Most of us try to think our way out of stress, but the body doesn’t always follow. Stress lives in your nervous system, your breath, your muscles, and the deeper emotional layers you may not notice. One of the simplest tools Jen teaches inside The FLOURISH Way is EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique), o...
Wellness Is More Than Physical Symptoms
Most people think of wellness as eating better, exercising more, or finally breaking a stubborn habit. And while those things matter, they’re only a fraction of what creates real, lasting health. After more than three decades in integrative medicine, Jen Owen...
When most people think about “root causes,” they jump straight to their physical bodies. They assume something is wrong with their gut, their hormones, their thyroid, their nutrients, or their stress response. And while those things absolutely matter, here’s the truth I’ve seen over and over again—a...
In honor of being at LM2025 this week, I wanted to bring you practical, real-life lifestyle medicine wisdom you can start using right now for your own wellness.
Lifestyle Medicine is built on one simple truth:
Small, consistent habits create the biggest changes in how you feel.
You don’t need a p...
When it comes to healing—physically, emotionally, or spiritually—one of the biggest shifts we can make is to replace judgment with curiosity.
Most of us have been trained since childhood to critique, compare, and evaluate ourselves constantly. We label our choices as good or bad, our emotions as ri...
We live in a world that praises productivity over presence. We’re taught to push through, power on, and treat discomfort as something to fix or silence—whether it’s a headache, bloating, or exhaustion. But your body isn’t your enemy. It’s a messenger. Every signal, sensation, and symptom is your bod...
So often when we’re searching for healing, we think the answer lies in doing more — taking another supplement, reading another book, adding another self-care routine. But in my experience, healing rarely begins with doing. It begins with letting go.
Letting go means releasing the beliefs, expectati...
We often think of change as something that happens from the outside—new routines, new diets, new habits. But real, sustainable transformation begins deep within. It begins with a seed. In The FLOURISH Way™, we talk about the power of planting intentions inside your own energetic soil—the pelvic bowl...
Redefining What “All” Means
For so many of us, the phrase “having it all” can trigger exhaustion before inspiration. We’ve been taught to associate it with juggling more—more responsibilities, more achievements, more comparison. But what if having it all wasn’t about accumulation, but alignment? Wh...
I’ve been thinking about how much health, energy, and calm depend on the boundaries we keep. Boundaries aren’t about being harsh; they’re about being clear. When we name what we can realistically give—and when—we reduce the constant background noise that keeps the nervous system on high alert. Clari...
When we think of health, most people picture food, exercise, or maybe managing stress. Those matter, of course—but in my decades of practice, I’ve seen something just as powerful and often overlooked: community.
We are wired for connection. From the moment we’re born, our nervous systems develop th...
In a culture that glorifies hustle, it’s no wonder so many of us feel guilty when we pause. We’ve been taught to measure our worth by productivity: the longer our to-do list, the later we stay up, the more we give to others, the more “successful” we are. But the truth I’ve seen in decades of practic...