The Only Way Out Is In with Jenny Yarborough

Long ago + not so far away a little girl sat in a tiny chair with all of the other boys + girls in her kindergarten class. Soon after the bell had rung, her teacher asked the children to go round-robin around the room to announce their plans. "What do you want to be when you grow up, Jenny?" the teacher asked. When it got to the girl with bangs + brown hair Jenny said, "I want to be an artist, a teacher + a magician." When the little girl was not so small anymore, she realized her dreams were nearly impossible. For one, it is rare that an artist, a teacher nor a writer make ends meet. So throughout high school she settled into what she thought would be an athletic career. She became a track + field captain, even played football on the men's varsity team as the only girl + went to UNCW thinking she'd go for a degree in exercise science. She did for a while until a tragic loss would put her under a tree where for a moment she remembered the little girl -- the artist, the teacher, the magician -- inside. This would change the course of her life. With a major change to Creative Writing Jenny would come back to the story of her life + the stories of others. Upon graduating she started her career as a journalist for a small publication out of Wrightsville Beach where she became the Lifestyles Assignment Editor + Senior Writer + won two first place awards for journalism from the NCPA (North Carolina Press Association). But again, money fell short + drove her to her next career in story-telling as the marketing manager at a historic boutique resort at the same beach. She had no clue what marketing really entailed. She had never taken a proper class on the subject but this is why she could take on the job. It wasn't about selling, the job was about telling the story. Clean + simple. The walls couldn't talk so she leaned her ear to them so that the building steeped in history would come to her + she could talk for them. Later, she became the marketing director at a predominate yoga studio + when that job came to a sudden halt she decided to take work into her own hands + began a creative freelance career that has turned into a creative community where she works with over 20 freelancers on both coasts to create + curate copy, websites, photography, commercials, social media, branding, ads + more for over 50 companies. Three years ago, she established White Rabbit Trips, a mindful events + retreats company that brings meditation to hundreds of men + women each year. Over the years, the group of over 25 teachers from all over the world has raised around $15,000 for charities + individuals in need through fundraisers + events. The group is not limited by time or space as they are here, there + everywhere + have no physical space to bind them to one place more than another. Their mantra is: "The only way out is in". Plans to expand their annual Soul Sisters Sleepover to other cities are in the works + Jenny (otherwise known as Mama Rabbit within the mindfulness community) is in the seed planting stages of adding events + retreats in California. Jenny is also working on a collaboration with artists to pair + curate poetry as art called Vuja De. As she pulls rabbits out of hats, teaches meditation + writes everything from taglines to poetry, it seems she has found her place as the artist, the teacher + the magician.

J O U R N A L   P R O M P T :
Write a letter to yourself from five year old you.

L I N K S :
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