by Jennie Owens | Updated Apr 18, 2020 | Posted Oct 27, 2018 | Health Care, Retreat, Self Care
Every year at Rejuvenate retreat I?m asked what vitamin regimen helped me get back to health after a doctor told me I was going to die if I didn?t get rid of my stressors. I figured I?d finally write it up in a post it so people can more easily share it. For me, in my situation, these truly are the best vitamins for stress.
Read more by Jennie Owens | Updated Mar 12, 2016 | Posted Feb 28, 2016 | Adoption, Family Support, Personal Care, Respite, Self Care
The Winter 2016 Reserved Retreat is over! I watched as the women walked in. Weary, not only from travel, but from life. The lines of stress etched in their faces. Many walked?in with heavy burdens; alone, unknown. They walked in, unsure of whether this would be a safe... Read more 
by Jennie Owens | Updated Oct 27, 2018 | Posted Feb 16, 2016 | Parenting, Self Care
In the last article I posted, we were talking about the fact that it?s quite normal to feel absolutely exhausted when parenting wounded children, especially when you consider all of the crazy behaviors we are dealing with on a regular basis. We also discussed the... Read more 
by Jennie Owens | Updated Oct 27, 2018 | Posted Feb 5, 2016 | Parenting, Self Care
I once worked with a mom who reminded me of where I was just a few years ago (and, if I?m not careful, where I can so easily get to now). She had been fighting the battle to help her children heal for so long that she was?.well, exhausted. Emotionally, Physically,... Read more by Jennie Owens | Updated Feb 28, 2016 | Posted Nov 10, 2015 | Parenting, Self Care
It may sound crazy that a grown woman, who is relatively emotionally stable, confident, and capable, would be so tied up in knots about emotional ?barbs? coming from three little children. You would think it would be easy to brush off their brutal words, death glares... Read more by Jennie Owens | Posted Aug 5, 2013 | Blog, Self Care
Tonight I watched an amazing movie with my 15 year old daughter. The ?boys? have left for a Father-Son retreat so we have decided to have a fun mother-daughter night full of lattes, ice cream, Panda Express, and, of course?chick flicks! We watched, among other movies,... Read more 
by Jennie Owens | Updated Oct 27, 2018 | Posted Oct 5, 2012 | Blog, Parenting, Self Care
At one point, I had been under so much stress with parenting my children that I could hardly even look at them with loving eyes, let alone give them what they really needed. With a day-camp program coming to an end, I realized that I only had one more week of... Read more 
