Be Here Now With Jen

Be Here Now With Jen Jennifer is an experienced psychotherapist in the Atlanta area who has dedicated the past decade res

Hello Everyone, I am currently in the process of obtaining my Approved Clinical Supervisor (ACS) credential and am welco...
02/14/2026

Hello Everyone,

I am currently in the process of obtaining my Approved Clinical Supervisor (ACS) credential and am welcoming a small number of clinicians to work with me at a reduced introductory rate as I complete the final supervision hours required for the credential.

With more than two decades immersed in trauma work, embodiment, and contemplative practice, I’ve reached the point in my career where passing on what I’ve learned feels both natural and necessary. Not just theory, but the hard-won, practical knowledge that makes this work sustainable over time.

If you’re interested in learning how to bring somatic, meditation, and contemplative approaches into a grounded, successful therapeutic practice, there are now two ways to work with me:

individually, through one-to-one supervision and case consultation, or

in a small ongoing consultation group, designed for thoughtful clinicians who want depth, nuance, and community.

My supervision is integrative and embodied, drawing from trauma treatment, somatic psychotherapy, systems thinking, and the contemplative traditions that have shaped my clinical life. We focus not only on cases, but on developing the internal steadiness, clarity, and professional identity that allow for real longevity in this field.

I am currently an Approved Clinical Supervisor Candidate working under the supervision of Eric Groh, LPC, supervisor and ethics expert. Working with me means you benefit not only from my years of clinical and contemplative experience, but also from the added layer of consultation and oversight from someone with an extensive knowledge base in supervision and ethics.

If you’re looking for supervision that is rigorous, thoughtful, and grounded in real-world practice, you’re in the right place, and you can connect with me either through e-mail directly, or by visiting: https://www.beherenowmindfulness.com/supervision-mentorship

Warmly, Jen

Five more beautiful Kintsugi Teachers have joined the circle.I completed my second Certified Kintsugi Teacher Training (...
02/14/2026

Five more beautiful Kintsugi Teachers have joined the circle.

I completed my second Certified Kintsugi Teacher Training (2026 cohort) yesterday, and my heart is still warm from the experience. What unfolded over our time together was both deeply personal and unmistakably shared. Each person came with their own story, their own hands, their own pace and rhythm. And yet the lessons met us all in similar places of humanity.

We explored what it means to loosen the grip on perfection through gentle, embodied attention. We remembered that life is beautifully messy and that aliveness can be felt by allowing ourselves to be messy within it. We watched how things don’t always go according to plan, and how, sometimes, the path that opens is not the one we were trying so hard to stay on. What lessons teach us alongside the cracks is often a surprise.

There is a wisdom in letting the work guide us. And we often heard the words, “Trust the Process.”

There is comfort in discovering that each of us finds our way differently, and that difference is part of the beauty of our individuality.

It was an honor to witness the care, patience, and creativity each participant brought to the process. This work continues to grow in the most organic way—one person at a time, one repaired piece at a time, one gathering at a time.

Please join me in welcoming our newest Certified Kintsugi Teachers:
Shayda Nematollahi
Gina Hutto
Mary Gresham
Kristen Albritton
Stacey Beth Shulman

Be on the lookout for the gatherings, workshops, and offerings they will be sharing in the months ahead.

And a gracious thank you to Melissa Sexton for her beautiful space.

Join us this Friday, February 13, 2026 for this annual Certified Kintsugi Teacher Training. After over a decade of teach...
02/09/2026

Join us this Friday, February 13, 2026 for this annual Certified Kintsugi Teacher Training.

After over a decade of teaching Kintsugi to groups, it is time for me to pass the torch and share all of my trade secrets.

Kintsugi is a beautiful Japanese art of breaking pottery and mending it with gold. It teaches us we can be stronger and even more beautiful than before.

This metaphor can overlay just about any teaching. I have applied it to trauma healing, the science of forgiveness, overcoming burnout, pushing through the hindrances of perfectionism, and more.

If you are a therapist, teacher, leader or educator and want to learn how to bring this training to the population you work with, register today. Just a few spots remain.

Details and Registration: www.beherenowmindfulness.com then head to the EVENTS tab.

Reach out with any questions.
Kindly, Jen

It has been a while since I have been moved to tears by poetry (and film). The kind of tears my mother called “happy tea...
02/08/2026

It has been a while since I have been moved to tears by poetry (and film). The kind of tears my mother called “happy tears.” These are the ones that don’t just fall from your tear ducts, they move through all of you. Reminding you that you’re awake and alive. And maybe most importantly—still able to be touched by love even when it breaks your heart.

The story of Andrea Gibson in the recent documentary release of “Come See Me In the Good Light,” plucked my heartstrings so much I immediately purchased every single one of their poetry books.

It is a beautiful story about devotion to life and love. It is about humor that survives hospital rooms. About the small, ordinary moments that become sacred when time feels finite.

I know this story in my own way as I cared for my mother who died of ovarian cancer. My mother taught me that love can be fierce and soft simultaneously. How grief can dance in the kitchen in socks, without pants. Or bras. And how even bumping up against death itself jokes and illuminates absurdities when your heart is open enough.

I finished the film with wet cheeks and a full heart, then went straight to order every book.

If you’re longing to feel something real, watch the documentary or read their poetry.

Hello Everyone,This is the last call for my 2026 cohort of the Certified Kintsugi Teacher Training. This teacher trainin...
02/08/2026

Hello Everyone,

This is the last call for my 2026 cohort of the Certified Kintsugi Teacher Training. This teacher training is offered once a year. If you’re looking to create a niche in your practice, strengthen your offerings with creativity, and bring the beautiful metaphor of Kintsugi into your work, I’d love for you to join us.

When: Friday, February 13, 2026, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm ET

Where: Colab Community Properties: 541 Village Trace, NE, Building 11A, Marietta, GA 30067

This is a one-day certification training.

Lunch break provided; lunch is on your own. Numerous local options are within walking distance.

Early registration is encouraged; space is limited to 8 participants for a curated expert-level experience.

Visit my website: www.beherenowmindfulness.com and head to the EVENTS page for details and registration.

6 Core Continued Education Credits are available and approved through LPCA-GA (Support local boards💪)

This training is designed for therapists, educators, and facilitators who want to work with Kintsugi not just as a metaphor, but as a teach­able, embodied practice that translates meaningfully into therapeutic and healing communities.

Participants receive:

A complete materials kit to support confident teaching

A comprehensive 50-page instruction manual

Access to a professional community that supports the development and visibility of your offerings

Enrollment is intentionally limited to support depth, dialogue, and skill development.

Be in touch with your questions
Warmly, Jen

Join us tomorrow for our First Friday For February (I love good alliteration)😊 Refresh, restart, reconnect, or simply ex...
02/05/2026

Join us tomorrow for our First Friday For February (I love good alliteration)😊

Refresh, restart, reconnect, or simply explore and try something new.

Join us and the First Friday Crew
Friday, February 6, 2026
8:00 am ET

The cost is free but registration is required to get Zoom link. Please register at least a day in advance, last minute registrations cannot be submitted (it is just me back here working the backend of stuff). If you register late, you can join us the next go.

Go to EVENTS page at: www.beherenowmindfulness.com

Class starts promptly at 8:00 am Eastern
Please arrive a few minutes early to settle.

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Today is World Cancer Day.On this day in 2022, I came home from what was supposed to be a routine mammogram with a breas...
02/04/2026

Today is World Cancer Day.

On this day in 2022, I came home from what was supposed to be a routine mammogram with a breast cancer diagnosis. The universe has a sense of timing. And I suppose subtlety has never been cancer’s strong suit. Good thing laughter and humor are one of mine.

Life split into a before and an after on that day. This is how it works. Everything nonessential melts away and you feel a large and long breath you haven’t taken in a long time. Everything that really matters comes into sharp focus. Friends, loved ones, health. That’s essentially it.

My life became simpler. Friends that were meant to stay in my life showed up and stayed present. Others faded to the background. My time and my commitments reorganized with one purpose driven goal. To heal.

What I’ve learned since is that healing isn’t linear. Some parts of me healed quickly. Others took their time. Some are still finding their way.

Today, fully recovered, learning my way into a body that isn’t the one I had before, I notice how easy it is to drift. To get distracted. To spend time carelessly. To stop making space for what actually matters, movement, strength, showing up for myself. The courage to live my life rebelliously.

Cancer didn’t make me wiser forever. Only clear for a while. I’m human. We all relapse into habits. But I’ll let you know that when I forget what I’m supposed to be doing, I remember faster. And I can immediately drop whatever nonessential thing I’m doing, without guilt. I am in a body that has already carried me through something enormous. It deserves my respect and attention now.

Today I’m holding compassion for anyone else (including some of my dearest friends and loved ones) whose life changed in a single phone call, appointment, or upon hearing one single word: cancer.

If this day touches something tender for you, you’re not alone. May it also bring a kind of simplicity, a narrowing down to who and what deserves your time and care. And let the rest fall away.

Hello Everyone,Registration for my 2026 cohort of the Certified Kintsugi Teacher Training is now open. If you’re looking...
02/02/2026

Hello Everyone,

Registration for my 2026 cohort of the Certified Kintsugi Teacher Training is now open. If you’re looking to create a clear niche, strengthen your offerings, or bring Kintsugi into your work, I’d love for you to take a look.

When: Friday, February 13, 2026, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm ET

Where: Colab Community Properties: 541 Village Trace, NE, Building 11A, Marietta, GA 30067

This is a one-day certification training.

Lunch break provided; lunch is on your own. Numerous local options are within walking distance.

Early registration is encouraged; space is limited to 8 participants for a curated expert-level experience.

Visit my website: www.beherenowmindfulness.com and head to the EVENTS page for details and registration.

6 Core Continued Education Credits are available and approved through LPCA-GA (Support local boards💪)

This training is designed for therapists, educators, and facilitators who want to work with Kintsugi not just as a metaphor, but as a teach­able, embodied practice that translates meaningfully into therapeutic and healing communities.

Participants receive:

A complete materials kit to support confident teaching

A comprehensive 50-page instruction manual

Access to a professional community that supports the development and visibility of your offerings

Enrollment is intentionally limited to support depth, dialogue, and skill development.

Warmly, Jen

Kintsugi reminds us of something we already know but often forget:nothing meaningful is made without pressure, fracture,...
01/29/2026

Kintsugi reminds us of something we already know but often forget:

nothing meaningful is made without pressure, fracture, or time.

In this training, we will slow down and listen to the break. We will learn how to guide others in this beautiful healing art without bypassing the hard parts.

Kintsugi isn’t about making something pretty.
It’s about learning how to find strength and wholeness when something cracks—and discovering that repair can carry dignity.

This training is for therapists, teachers, healers, and creatives who want a tangible, embodied way to work with resilience, loss, transition, and restoration.

✨ Certified Kintsugi Teacher Training Friday February 13, 2026
9:00am to 5:00pm
In person/ East Cobb / Marietta, GA
6 Core Continued Education

Details at beherenowmindfulness.com

Lately, I’ve been noticing how much of my language thins out when my experience intensifies. When my internal states beg...
01/29/2026

Lately, I’ve been noticing how much of my language thins out when my experience intensifies. When my internal states begin to shift faster than my language can track, my self-report becomes imprecise and definitively unreliable. I start to narrate too soon.

I jump to conclusions. Irritation or whatever arises binds itself to thought, and suddenly the story and feelings feel airtight and stapled together. But none of it is actually true in that moment. It’s based on a false conclusion.

If 2+2=5 then everything after that is going to be built on an incorrect foundation.

I have found the key for me is to NOT label anything. Labeling doesn’t “tame it” in my experience. It just holds my brain tighter and then my thoughts fuse with emotions and the whole system amplifies.

This morning’s meditation went something like this:
Settling into quiet (I slept well).
A thought about recent news and my life events last week.
Irritation, then sadness, then anger.
My dog Muggsy farted on me.
Irritation spikes—there’s no room—does anyone respect anyone anymore?
Feelings pile up. Looping begins. Certainty hardens. More feelings…feelings…feelings..not having them…drowning in them…looping back to iron clad thoughts all based on 2+2=5.
Quit and exit meditation.

When I drop all the labels, something works, something shifts. I just feel energy moving. Thoughts as energy. Emotions as energy. De-label and I can somehow get back to the basics of essence arising. It’s all just a somatic experience and proof that I am alive. And sitting here. Feeling life and breath. No storyline and the system begins to reorganize on its own. And once again everything moves freely. As it should.

In the absence of words, what are you actually sensing in your body and mind right now? Can you get beneath the explanation, the narrative, the labeling and just let all that energy move with non-attachment? Can we let go of our grip on it.

As my teacher, Dr. Blackstone instructs,
“It will all still be there…but we can let go of our grip on it.”

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Be Here Now Mindfulness & Compassion Training

When your mind is with your body, you are in the here and now. And if you meet this moment of awareness with curiosity, kindness and non-judgment, You are fully alive.

Be Here Now Mindfulness is dedicated to inspiring, guiding and connecting anyone who wants to explore mindfulness through both science and experience to enjoy better health, happiness, more caring relationships, and a compassionate society.

Be Here Now Mindfulness is based in Metro Atlanta and Marietta, GA founded by Jennifer Chase Finch, M.A., LPC, NBCC, Certified Mindfulness Instructor. I see mindfulness as a unique, practical and profound approach to social change, and my dedication to teach others in the community as a social innovation initiative. My classes and workshops promote individual wellness, healthy relationships, and a more mindful and compassionate community. Mindfulness is entering the mainstream and this presents an historic opportunity to transform ourselves, our children, our communities, our world.

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