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Pen to Progress with Jen Taylor
Jen Taylor encourages people to create daily habits that allow for incremental progress towards previously unimaginable results. Jen Taylor shares inspiring journal prompts to help you get out of your own way and do the things you've always wanted to do. Jen Taylor is a clinical social worker, play therapist and Certified Journal to the Self Instructor. Jen is the creator of the original 2017 Play Therapy Summit and was a co-host for The Play Therapy Great Migration conference in Nairobi, Kenya in 2022. Jen is a travel enthusiast, an avid reader, and a girl who lifts weights and runs for fun.
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Why My Family Talks About BUFFALO Every Day (And Now You Can Too)
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Pen to Progress with Jen Taylor Issue #24 Intentional Writing, Empowered Action, Meaningful Change The Good, Bad and Something Totally Random Hello Reader When my family moved from Maryland to Florida in September, I was really happy. But my kids had mixed feelings. They liked the pool, but they missed their friends A LOT. It was really hard to be so happy when my kids were struggling and I knew that I wasn't going to win the "Florida is Awesome" game just by constantly reminding them how...
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