Rev. Jenny Smith: Living With Our Palms Up

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In a time when it’s harder than ever to look reality in the eye, Rev. Jenny Smith offers people the courage to show up authentically to all of life’s complexities. As a writer, coach, and spiritual guide, she  believes we cultivate resilience and healing when we move from the story of fear and avoidance toward a palms up posture of curiosity and creative awareness. Drawing on her own life experience, she treats sensitive topics like anxiety, perfectionism, professional burnout, guilt, and grief with disarming humor and grace, offering hope that the way to wholeness is often right through the heart of the hard things. 

Palms Up Path
The Palms Up Path is a self-paced virtual on demand course that guides you to befriend your fear, question the stories you’ve been handed and deepen trust in yourself and the love that supports you. You’ll learn how to hold your life in a way that creates spaciousness and freedom. Designed by a writing pastor who journeyed deep into high-functioning anxiety and panic attacks, this course is for the anxious and exhausted among us who are in search of a better way to live. Learn more here!

About Jenny
Jenny's been a writer since elementary school. Something about the written word connects her to the deepest parts of herself. After winning a few awards writing for her high school newspaper in Anchorage, Alaska, she went on to discern a call to serve as a pastor in the United Methodist Church.

After a college degree, getting married, and getting her master’s degree, Jenny and her husband traveled back to Alaska to serve several churches. Their two kids, Isabella and Wesley, were born in Alaska before they traveled south to Washington state so she could serve a church as lead pastor. She loved telling stories, helping churches organize around beautiful visions, and nurturing the divine in every human. During the pandemic, Jenny moved to a different church and served as co-pastor, before transitioning into full-time writing and speaking in 2022.

Episode Links
Jenny's website: Palms Up Life
Jenny's Instagram: @jennysmithwrites
Stay tuned for a course that Jenny has coming out soon!