My mission in life is to help children and teens from difficult home environments learn emotional intelligence outside of formal and clinical settings and my hope is that Love Zenn will help support my mission one day.

My Journey

I experienced a turbulent home environment growing up and because I was able to reach certain markers of societal success (steady employment, transportation, housing, and even the occasional vacation) I thought everything was fine. It wasn’t.

I spent many years trying to keep depression and anxiety under control and often felt like my life was perpetually on hold. I kept waiting for “something” to happen, something to catapult me into my destiny. In fact, I would often feel inexplicably anxious like I had forgotten to attend a crucial appointment. Until one day I realized the whole time I was waiting for my life to start, my life was waiting for me to arrive.

Once I decided to heal from the past and start showing up for myself, everything changed. I no longer feel that life is passing me by. I still have challenges, as we all do, but the amount of joy I experience in my life has increased exponentially, and the greatest asset on my journey to fully embracing life has been a shift in my perspective. This might sound like a trivial change but when my mindset shifted, I began achieving goals I once thought would always be out of reach. 

My mindset and life are much different these days but I still remember what it felt like to have disempowering thoughts playing like a broken record inside my head. I still remember spending years not truly understanding or knowing myself and feeling utterly lost and overwhelmed when I made the decision to change my life. That’s why I created Love Zenn, to support my mission and to share what I’ve learned along my journey and let others know they are not alone, even when it feels that way. If any of my journey has reminded you of your own path, please know that I see you and I’m rooting for you. Always.

Love,

Zenn