Jen Dorf: From Hospitality to Coaching—and Becoming CEO Of Your Own Health | Ep 195
Jen Dorf shares how health challenges, motherhood, and self-doubt led her to take ownership of her well-being and become a health coach, explaining how small, consistent changes, self-compassion, and the RAIN practice can help people recognize old patterns and move forward!
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RSS Feed What if exhaustion, brain fog, and persistent health symptoms were a reason to pause and listen—not just push through? This conversation follows national board-certified health and wellness coach Jen Dorf’s "pivot path" from a high-pressure career and entrepreneurship to coaching, sparked by her own health struggles. Christa and Jen also unpack how limiting beliefs, self-talk, and old patterns can block change—even when someone knows what to do! Jen shares practical insights into health coaching, radical self-compassion, and the RAIN framework for working through difficulties. This episode is for anyone feeling stuck in health or career patterns and looking for a more grounded next step!
In this episode
- The thread connecting Jen’s career in hospitality, entrepreneurship, and coaching
- How motherhood, business, and health challenges contributed to overwhelm
- Why Jen began exploring anti-inflammatory foods and mindfulness
- How coaching helped her identify limiting beliefs and build consistency
- What health coaching looks like—and how it supports client agency
- The role of neuroplasticity and small, repeated steps in changing habits
- How radical acceptance and self-compassion can help when you feel stuck
- Jen’s RAIN practice for responding to difficult emotions
00:00 — Jen’s health challenges and the pivot into coaching
01:09 — The thread connecting hotels, restaurants, and service
02:35 — Motherhood, overwhelm, and life before the pivot
04:12 — Searching for answers to persistent symptoms
05:07 — Exploring food as anti-inflammatory support
06:21 — Why new habits still needed support
07:33 — Presence, care, and deeper healing
08:43 — Fear, self-doubt, and imposter syndrome
10:31 — Neuroplasticity and building new patterns
11:28 — What health coaching looks like
12:26 — Clarity, values, and getting off autopilot
13:30 — Radical acceptance and self-compassion
14:39 — The RAIN framework
16:56 — Sitting with discomfort and letting emotions pass
17:28 — Jen’s community work and where to find her
RAIN practice
- Recognize what is happening.
- Allow the feeling to be there without immediately trying to fix it.
- Investigate what you notice in your body.
- Nurture yourself with care and compassion
Website: jendorfwellness.com
Social: @jendorfwellnesscoaching
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