Jennifer Louden is a pioneer in the personal growth field, the first to write about the importance and practice of self-nurturing in her classic, The Woman’s Comfort Book. She’s gone on to pen The Couple’s Comfort Book, The Pregnant Woman’s Comfort Book, The Woman’s Retreat Book, Comfort Secrets for Busy Women, and The Life Organizer: A Women’s Guide to a Mindful Year with over 800,000 copies in print.

   As women’s roles and voices have evolved, so has Jennifer’s mission, transforming from a best-selling self-help author to a cultural leader and life guide, drawing on her own creative and spiritual experiences to inspire women and men to develop their own life recipes for aliveness, healing and work-life flow. With Jennifer’s prompting, people are encouraged to find their personal truths, the unfolding path of their lives, paths that resonate most authentically with their innate wisdom, creating the truest comfort of all.

   Jennifer’s books have been translated into nine languages and have been bestsellers in both Germany and the U.S. Jennifer has taught her lively workshops and delivered her humorous and motivational keynotes across the U.S., Canada, and Europe at hospitals, women’s health centers, corporations, and universities. She has created and led innovative women’s retreats since 1992, from the Omega and Kripalu retreat centers to the wilds of Canada to spas around the country. She is also a personal coach, graduating from Newfield Network’s program.

   Jennifer has been featured in major publications and regularly shares her voice with an enthusiastic national audience. Her media appearances have included the Oprah Show, Later Today, as well as MS-NBC, CNN, and Fit TV. She’s been interviewed for most major magazines including Self, More, Glamour, Shape, Redbook, Good Housekeeping, New Woman, Ladies Home Journal, Yoga Journal, Health, InStyle, and Parents. She was a columnist for Martha Stewart’s Body+Soul magazine and hosted a radio show on Sirius satellite network.

   Jennifer’s name has become synonymous with comfort. Recognizing the genuineness of Jennifer’s vision and the depth at which people have bonded with her message, major forward-thinking companies - from Spring Air to Procter & Gamble to Real Media- have seen the value of utilizing Jennifer as spokesperson, editor, or purveyor of truth, and always as an embodiment of authenticity.

   Jennifer Louden offers a fresh down-to-earth perspective as a humorous motivational speaker and media spokesperson for groups as diverse as Real Media, Kripalu, Spring Air, Procter & Gamble, Johnny Rockets, Spandex, National Nursing Boards as well as hospitals, health centers and women’s groups around the world. With her infectious energy, empathic spirit and inspirational yet practical ideas, Jennifer is a refreshing antidote to the talking head expert.

Topics:

1) The Comfort Queen’s Guide to Living A Courageous Life

   Recent economic times have brought fear into our minds and bodies — into our lives. The voice of fear whimpers that you’ve got to put your dreams and even your health on hold until “things get better.” But that’s a big fat lie!

   Join the Comfort Queen for a rollicking, fear-dissolving, and practical talk and learn:

• Five instant ways to decrease fear and increase courage
• What fear might want to tell you — and when you need to listen
• Why you may be worrying about the wrong things — and how that can hurt you
• What living a courageous life really looks and feels like (it’s not what you think)
• The two most important questions you’ll ever ask yourself

2) Freedom from Self-Improvement: Embracing the Phenomenal Life You’ve Got

   Take a break. Turn off the voice of your inner self-improvement slave-driver. When it scolds, “Wait! There are so many things you need to fix and change about yourself!”, consider instead Comfort Queen Jen Louden’s message: You’re perfectly okay just the way you are.

   There’s no magic formula to self-improvement. Believing there is keeps real positive change from happening. Self-improvement could be standing between you and the life you want!

   Comfort Queen Jen Louden will show you how to free up more energy, joy, and love than you ever dreamed possible. Learn: 

• Why embracing who you are right now is the fastest way to become who you want to be
• When dreaming big is helpful — and when it can make you helpless
• How flossing one tooth can change your life
• The key message to freedom found in all spiritual traditions (hint: it’s not lose weight)
• What self-trust is and why’s it better than chocolate (well, almost)

Her programs teach (with your input on emphasis):“Jennifer Louden is a wonderful facilitator. She makes everyone feel like they are special and their opinions are valued. Her wonderful sense of humor kept our group laughing. Her insights are tremendously helpful and her exercises very fresh and original.”
- Hilda Flamholtz

“Thank you so much for a life changing experience. My intuition told me that this trip was going to be transformational but I really didn’t have any idea of the BIGNESS of it all. Thank you for your generous spirit, your courage and your tenderness, it will be forever remembered.”
- Karen Booy

“Everything you did had a huge impact on me. I really am so glad I had the chance to meet you. Jennifer, you are an excellent facilitator, great coach, and your ideas light me on fire!”
- Kris

“Your weekend retreat was so satisfying and rewarding and revealing. I was so spiritually touched that I am still trying to put into words how I feel. The most amazing thing is the sense of peace. Calmness. It’s like the earth is listening to me and I to it.”
- Ginny Henry

“Your retreat far exceeded my expectations. In a nutshell, the light inside me was just about extinguished and your wisdom reignited it. It’s good to be alive! It was all about guidance and being alive for me.”
- Bheki Naylor

“Your realism, your humility, and your vulnerability coupled with your energy, strength, and attitude make for a life-altering experience for tenderhearted, well-meaning, creative souls like me! The type of retreats you have, all that they entail, are custom-made for someone like me ­ I am grateful!”
- Jodie Niles

• Fresh ways to manage your endless “to-do” list and get off the gerbil wheel of life.
• Redefining the concept of “balance” into something you can actually experience and use to thrive — without guilt.
• Taking care of yourself while being a mother — even when traveling with young ones!
• Using comfort to name your purpose in life and increase your courage and ability to express that purpose or Soul Deliverable — what you easily and joyfully offer the world - so you can become a source of powerful good in the world.
• How to exchange the remote, the bag of Oreos or the credit card for true sources of comfort that steer your towards greater joy and aliveness.
• Learning how to use your body and breath to stop being a people pleaser and start protecting and managing your most precious resources: your energy, time, and love.
• Converting stress into energy through the art of “Intuitive Organizing”.
• How to stop “hiding” from your own power and start seeing it as the path to joy.
• Turning up the volume on your innate inner wisdom.
• Harnessing the power of intention and insight to guide you in daily life.
• The power of simple meditations and breathing exercises to shift and uplift your mood.