Jeanne Steen, Michigan and, Chicago, IL (2026)

04/05/2026

A little holiday humor from the heart of Chicago 😂

(because humor is healing 😊)

04/04/2026

Sometimes, the responses to the work I do surprise me (and make me smile ☺️)

At the close of the opening Masterclass,
I guided a Tapping routine that is specifically structured to target a specific time in your life when something happened that still makes you feel angry (upset, irritated, frustrated, outraged, furious... 😡)

After doing this acupressure technique together, I checked in, with a simple: "how did that go for you?"

🙋‍♀️: "I'm not sure I am doing this right..."
(I had been observing her, and she followed my guidance...)
Me: "Hm... how do you feel?”

🙋‍♀️: "It's just that I feel... so calm"
Me: (internally 😂 👏 😂 👏 😂)

☺️ Feeling calm about something that has been (REALLY) bothering you is our goal!

And it's something that this technique,Tapping, delivers rapidly (the routine I guided her through took just over 16 minutes)

The next question is one of my all time favorites.

🙋‍♀️: "Jeanne, I know you have structured this so that we work through one issue a day... can I do more than one?"

In my years of working with clients I have observed that while Tapping has literally hundreds of clinical research that supports that it is safe, it does have one common side effect:
it's so easy and effective it can be... addictive. 🤷🏻‍♀️

We are off to a strong start with a program that will clear issue by issue, piece by piece to create more inner peace.

Over the next five weeks we'll be working through the things we still carry that cause us to feel 😣 anything but peaceful.

Maybe that's more than you want to take on at this time, yet you can easily connect with at least one thing that you would love to no longer feel so unhappy about.

Bring it to a private session with me, and we'll Tap through it together. ❤️

🕊️ Feeling more peaceful about the past feels wonderful.

It’s easy to reserve your healing below, or be in touch to talk through what your challenges and goals are, and we'll put a strategy together (that opening chat is very helpful and free).

04/04/2026

❤️ Evening sky over the Rio de la Plata.

feels hopeful ✨

04/02/2026

In the softness of the morning I shuffled the cards and these two slipped to the table together.

😌 Perfect.
🙏 Thank you.

I am sharing them in case you need to see them, too.

✨ Confidence is an energy of calm empowerment (that makes taking action feel natural).

✨ Divinely Supported assures you that you are on track.

Take a breath, and tune into how you feel today; and if your confidence feels shaky, or your connection to trusting that your life is on track feels tepid (at best), reach out. I have tools to restore your faith in you and your path ☺️

03/31/2026

Recently, a new friend admitted she was reluctant to friend request me on Facebook because she did not want to disturb my Zen. 🧘🏻‍♀️
To which I replied, that radiating Zen energy was important to me, but "I am no Zen ostrich."

I am grateful she verbalized something others have only hinted at.
This idea that being calm is choosing to disengage.

Other people have shared with me that:

They don't want to be calm when the world's on fire.
They don't want to "heal" their angry feelings.
To not feel stressed, is to somehow not care.

So let me be very (VERY) clear.

I continue to create and share opportunities to dial down the overwhelming emotions that are very natural reactions to our times, because I have learned this about myself:

😡The angry me isn't as smart or effective as my calm self.
😡The outraged me can articulate the problem with laser focused accuracy... but draws a blank on creative solutions.
🫩 And both those versions of me are EXHAUSTED.

So it took me a moment (actually a few months of head spinning) to harness my own anger into a firm “NO".

I will not live MY life letting the chaos hijack my mind, my health, my happiness - when I have tools for that.

The tools I trust aren't designed to make you check out of your emotional reaction to news that shakes your heart. (NO Zen ostrich!)

🧰 I use my tools to stop the spinning, so that I am FULLY present.
So that I can be helpful.

I do want more peace in this world, so I seek to create it, person by person, and let the ripples of that shift some of the heavy energy.

✌️ Tapping is exceptional at moving strong emotions fast - so I create programs to share it.

✨ Reiki is remarkable at restoring inner harmony in ways that continue to astonish me - so I teach it as often as possible.

Both of these tools empower you to quickly feel better; and they are life skills you learn to do on your own, anywhere, anytime for any reason.

Hitting your own "reset" button is empowering and says to the forces that wish to make you feel powerless: "NO. You do not get that level of control over me."

So when I feel centered in myself, I create simple, easy to follow, supportive programs. The ideas just flow. 🧘🏻‍♀️

You can find in the comments the roster of Reiki based healings (and do give the upcoming Holy Fire® training serious thought - a recent student reached out after training to ask if it was a normal reaction to have Holy Fire® change your life... I try not to over promise, but it did seem consistent with what others have discovered ☺️)

🕊️ Or join me in the Tapping based program, Peace by Piece which starts Live on April 1 (Full Moon energy!); all those details are below.

And of course reach out anytime for individual support and guidance. ❤️ 🕊️

03/25/2026

😂 Please know in advance, that if you read this and burst out laughing, thinking "that explains everything! "... I forgive you (maybe it's true! 😂)

As you may know, winters in Chicago often earn their reputation for SNOWFALL ❄️❄️❄️

🚙 One frigid morning, my young mom bundled her two toddlers into the car. This was way before car seats, or laws about seatbelts, so she simply dropped us like two packages in our puffy snowsuits on the back seat of the station wagon.

💨 As she tells it, she was driving the familiar route to nursery school when she felt a cool breeze on the back of her neck.

Turning around, she notices I am missing, and exclaims, "where's Jeanne?!"

"She left", my sister replied succinctly.

At this point in the story, everyone is laughing, and my sister is smiling, feeling witty.

🥶 Apparently, the back door to the family wagon had only been frozen shut, and in the morning sunshine, it thawed, and opened as my mom took a curve.

☃️ She describes circling back to find me sitting safely on a snowbank, protected by the large drifts and my extra puffy snowsuit.

She hurriedly bundles me back in the car and continues on with her day.

I have no conscious memory of this at all.
To me, it's just family folklore.

(and strangely the story is shared more to highlight how funny my sister is, so droll, and I am simply a missing package, easily retrieved and dusted off ❄️ 📦 🤷🏻‍♀️)

🚙But through the years, at random moments, I have these flashes of anxiety in the car, this sudden whoosh in my heart, and I check that the door is locked.

It is such a quick flash of fear, and so out of the blue, I typically roll my eyes at myself, and think "weird, what's that about."

🙄 Because this old story is always shared as "soooooo funny", it has simply never occurred to me to "heal" it.

That there is a trauma imprint that is still wired into my nervous system. 😬 🤦🏻‍♀️

I'm adding that to the list of past events to clear this April!

What "funny" stories about you still circulate at family gatherings? They may cause chuckles today, but do you notice any lingering echoes in your life?

I encourage you to reflect,
and then join me for Peace by Piece.

A healing program to clear your nervous system of old stories (you know the ones).

🌝 We start April 1, with the energy of the big, beautiful, full Pink Moon; details below, or DM to chat.

03/24/2026

☕️ This morning, sipping coffee,
I jotted down the numbers 1,2,3,4,5,6,7
and so began my first list

Quietly, I let my mind circle back in time to the things that happened that I haven’t let go…

😧 words people said that still haunt me

Item #1: The peals of laughter from my mother and sister when I shared the news that I had been hired by a well known fashion magazine, and my sister blurting out between gasps of hilarity, “have they met you?”

😧 the look on someone's face when I did something that did not meet their standards

Item #2: the horrified look accompanied by the phrase, “you’re wearing THAT to church?” (To note, it was just a colorful Indian scarf, not a g-string 🙄)

And, to be honest, a few things that are private (because while I will be guiding a group through a deeply healing process, its still a private experience, so that everyone has the freedom to work safely on whatever is weighing on them - the fear of judgment is pretty universal, and there’s no place for that here)

Are these capital “T” traumas?

No.

I have been personally healing and guiding others for too long to know that for that depth of healing its important to seek guidance and support in a one to one setting.

But these smaller incidents took a nip, a jab, a gouge, out of my self esteem in the moment, and left unaddressed, they fester and grow oddly larger … weightier. And the accumulation of them over time, holds me back.

Self doubt is often the inner tension that we label “procrastination” or “I feel stuck”, or, as I have caught myself saying when an interesting opportunity arises, “No, thank you.”

🧹 So starting April 1, I’m gathering my broom to dust off my inner light ✨

Care to join me?

Old issue by old issue, piece by piece, the intention is inner peace.

And through that collective healing, more peace in our world 🕊️🌎

Starting April 1 within the energy of the Pink Full Moon, the details are below.

03/22/2026

✨ Feeling that equinox energy!

🧹 Like many, I will be spring cleaning this year - as I am not in my own home this spring, I am diving into my own interior space, and I am excited about it because I want to move forward, feeling faster and lighter! Capable of new moves and new experiences because that old clutter isn’t weighing me down.

As part of the upcoming healing process, Peace by Piece, I will be guiding, starting April 1, with the glorious Pink Full Moon, I will be delivering weekly mini Masterclasses on the emotions of Anger, Fear, Sadness, Embarrassment, and lack of Acceptance or Forgiveness.

Sounds like fun, right? 😊 (😂)

But I’ve noticed that it’s the stuff we don’t talk about, that we stuff down or hide away, that keeps us up at night. My conscious mind will spin this scenario or that awful outcome at 3:00 am because it’s in the grip of fear that I haven’t worked through.

And interestingly, what is troubling me, probably isn’t troubling you in the same way because our lives to date have been different, and its the accumulation of life experiences that are coded into my nervous system that trigger me - and you, in unique ways.

Happily, I have a tool for that! And with daily commitment, I intend to clean my inner house of the past experiences that are making my present life anxious and less fun.

Care to join me?

It’s going to be amazing, day after to day, to celebrate the power to make big changes.

Especially as changes that bring peace to my life, or yours, ripples through the lives of others around us, creating a better world. 🕊️🌎

DM me for all the details, and of course be in touch if you have thoughts or questions. ✌️

03/20/2026

👩🏻‍💻 As I settle into working in my new environment I am still seeking the right set up, and it’s naturally a bit of trial and error, so I wasn’t surprised when I reached to rub the side of my neck and shoulder as I had clearly picked an awkward location for extended time on Zoom 🤦🏻‍♀️ 🤷🏻‍♀️

A friend noticed and observed that she, too, had neck and shoulder pain. 😣

As I stood to stretch it out for some relief, she sighed:
“yours you can move, mine is emotional.”

Oh, the mind/body connection - ouch!

We all know that in our hearts (in our tense jaws, our stiff necks, our painful backs, our sore shoulders 😣) we often carry our past pain.

A simple stretch, and smarter decisions about my set up will help me, but her pain needs a different strategy.

I had already been thinking about a process that I am planning to commit myself to, a personal peace process, and this seemed like a tap from the Universe to invite others to join in.

It’s a quick routine to clear inner tension.

Day after day, piece by piece, it's a path to peace - for me, for you, and through us our world. 🕊️🌎

It’s more holistic than only targeting physical pain; although because of the mind/body connection, many people who have followed this process do find physical relief, along with mental clarity, renewed energy, and of course, inner peace. 😌

Because the process is designed around releasing, I am intentionally planning to start with the next full moon on April 1, 2026 🌕

Join me! Release stored tension 😣 and feel lighter by May 😌
🕊️ DM for the details

03/17/2026

☘️ I think almost every Chicagoan who chooses to, feels at least like an honorary Irish person today - the city is awash in green, in beer 🍺 and in brogues. 😊

☘️☘️I have Irish lineage on both sides of my family, and one Father’s Day my insight into my heritage took an unexpected up level.

I had decided that morning to stop by my father’s gravesite (Calvary in Evanston) and as I approached the family plot, I was surprised to noticed two other people wandering among the headstones.

Smiling I called out, “I am here for him, and for my grandmother”, pointing at two plots, “what brings you here?”

To my delight I discovered that I was now chatting with one of my father’s cousins. As my father passed away when I was not even two years old, his side of the family is a bit mysterious to me, and very quickly this nice woman identified the links between us and the various family members we were surrounded by.

I was fascinated by her easy descriptions of family members and we quickly agreed to have lunch together.

As it so happens, I was at the time, deep in training that uses hypnosis to illuminate and heal ancestral lineage.

This is a popular field in psychology now as more and more we realize that living through a trauma like many of our ancestors did literally changes DNA, which is then passed on to their descendants.

Leaving a home country for a new one is no small feat; even as we sugarcoat it with the phrase “seeking a better life”, there is tremendous loss involved and great stress in adapting to a new culture.

On this day, when so many gather to celebrate the Irish contribution to the United States, I encourage you to reflect on your own heritage - the individuals whose courage brought you here. Because one of the nicest things about this healing work is not only do we do the inner work to release the trauma pattern you may have inherited, we reclaim the gifts of our ancestors, too. Their courage, resilience, adaptability, strength… these qualities run through you, too. 😊

This is such a fascinating subject, I am happy to chat it through with you, and guide you through a healing session. Among many wonderful things, it has given me a sense of Belonging to my lineage - of having relatives beyond my immediate family. And that brings a depth of peace to my heart that is hard to describe.�
☘️❤️

03/15/2026

A friend of mine in Scotland recently posted that everywhere she goes she takes photos of waves.

I take photos of sunsets! Often over water.

Thank you Colonia del Sacramento and Rio de la Plata 🙏❤️

03/14/2026

I recently shared this with some clients and so many responded that they appreciated knowing this helpful information, I am also dropping it here.

It’s the science of your tears. We are so quick to shame and hide them. Perhaps when you understand them you will let them flow.

😭 Maybe this has happened to you: you are experiencing a healing session and suddenly tears are spilling down your face - or hovering on your lashes, and you quickly wipe them away with an embarrassed half smile, as you think "I don't know why I am doing this".

It's definitely happened to me! And very often to clients, who are puzzled because they are not feeling sad.

So I am delighted to share some science that illuminates what's going on with you that is sparking the "out of nowhere" waterworks - and why tears are so healing ❤️.
So that we can all drop the embarrassment and let them flow.

There are actually three distinct kinds of tears:

💧 Basal Tears - which constantly lubricate and protect your eyes
💧 Reflex Tears - which flush out irritants (smoke, pollen, onions)
💧 Emotional Tears - triggered by your feelings.

Interestingly, in a science lab, they reveal very different compositions.
Basal Tears are 98% water (makes sense).

💧 Your emotional tears are quite complex!
Did you know (perhaps because I have told you in a session), that they are full of cortisol and ACTH?

Tears are one way your body literally flushes out stress.

Lab tests also reveal:
😭 A natural painkiller (leucine enkephalin)
😭 Prolactin, which is linked to emotional regulation
😭 An antibacterial enzyme that fights infection (lysozyme)

And there are physical effects of crying that are helpful in healing.

Crying:
😭 releases endorphins and oxytocin - your body's natural feel good and bonding chemicals. Guiding you to reconnect and feel better.
😭 relieves Pain as endorphins act as natural pain killers for both physical and emotional pain.
😭 lowers Cortisol as this stress hormone flushes out of your body with every tear drop
😭 Triggers the parasympathetic nervous system to calm you down.

Brain imaging research reveals that after crying, brain activity shifts over to the parts of your brain linked to emotional regulation and problem solving.

So, you are not being overly emotional when you cry - you are healing ☺️

🙏 my thanks to the Tapping Solution for expanding my understanding of the science behind tears.

For too many years, I stoically held my tears back, (“I’m fine, thank you”), only to discover through a Tapping session that there is deep peace to be found on the other side of those tears.

😌 And freedom from long held tension.
😌 And mental clarity beyond the fog of unwept tears.

And now that I understand my tears, I welcome this sign of healing, and you may, too.

(If you need support and a safe place to finally let out what you have been holding in for so long too long, reach out for a deeply healing session ❤️)

Jeanne Steen

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