What happens when the life you planned is not the life your soul is asking you to live?

In this episode, Jennifer explores what it means to live with our hands grown back. Drawing on Carl Jung’s four psychological functions, The Handless Maiden, Perceval, and the parable of the farmer and his horse, she considers what becomes possible when reason, feeling, sensation, and intuition begin working together—and the inner king learns to serve rather than silence the inner queen.

Then she shares the winding and improbable story of how Know Thy Soul came to be. What began as a plan to start a podcast led instead to a writing retreat, an unexpected encounter with Anne Lamott, a workshop she didn’t win, and the sudden clarity that revealed the book she was meant to write.

This is a story about gnosis, synchronicity, the kingdom within, and learning to follow the next right step—even when your soul has other plans.

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