The “I thought it was a scammer,” story!

When I opened Instagram earlier this summer, a message caught my eye. It was from someone I didn’t recognize, which usually means a fake account, a sales pitch, or some random creep. I’m sure you can relate.

But this message was different. It said:“Hi Jenna, I’ve been enjoying connecting with like-minded people lately. What’s something that has been inspiring or exciting you recently?”

I answered skeptically, but almost immediately I became intrigued. Our conversations moved quickly into deeper ground, inner dialogue, self-perception, the subconscious that shapes our reality, and learning to live more aligned with our true self. These are topics I’ve quietly been passionate about for years.

Those early conversations hit my core. They opened me. This, to me, is real connection. I love connecting deeply with people, and I felt nourished in a way I hadn’t  ever felt and didn’t know how much I needed. That depth inspired me to reach for more, to be more, to see more, to feel more.

For weeks afterward, I kept trying to articulate what this connection meant to me. The friendship. The energy. The reminder to never lower my bar for what I deserve.

It turns out Nabil was more than a life coach or mentor. He called himself an identity and energy architect, something I didn’t even know existed, and something I didn’t realize I also cared deeply about. I was already quietly on a journey to understand who I was, where I had lost myself, and how to return to her.

He taught me one simple truth:“It’s not in reinventing yourself… it’s in remembering.”

And slowly, through our sessions, I realized the magic wasn’t in him, it was in finally listening to myself. The answers were already inside me. God had been sending them quietly, repeatedly, patiently. I just had to slow down long enough to hear them. And more than slowing down. I had to trust them.

Even now, months later, it’s hard to put everything he taught me into words. I can reread my notes a hundred times, but what matters most is noticing how I’ve changed. And I have changed. But it wasn’t easy. Growth rarely is. It opened old wounds, places I didn’t want to revisit, but places that held the answers I needed.

Here are some of the truths that shifted me: (and let’s be honest, Nathan was also very intrigued, and did these sessions right along with me!)

1. To find myself, I had to look at how I was protecting myself.

Not forgiving was a form of protection. Staying guarded was my way of preventing people from hurting me again. I lived in defensive mode.Another way was not allowing myself to feel fully happy. Whenever joy came, I shut it down. Happiness felt unsafe—too temporary to trust. Breaking those patterns has been hard… but human.

2. Feeling pain is not failure—it is growth.

When I said I felt depressed or stuck, Nabil often congratulated me. It confused me at first. But he taught me that discomfort is progress. Pain is a teacher. Sitting with it is how we move through it. This changed everything.

3. Change happens through silence.

Meditation. Awareness. Prayer. Stillness.Awareness is a superpower.I learned that I need daily quiet—multiple times a day if I can—to hear God, my intuition, and my truth.

4. Time responds to how I treat it.

When I rush it, it rushes me.When I honor it, it honors me.

5. I always have a choice.

A choice in how I feel, what I think, and whether I react or respond.A choice to grow or stay stagnant.A choice in the life I create with what I’ve been given.

6. Values are my compass—and I had to name them.

Everyone has values, but unnamed values go unlived.I paid attention to moments of deep emotion: pride, peace, frustration, resentment. What was underneath each?After a month of listening, I clarified my top five values:Freedom, connection, growth, systematic living, and faith.Now, whenever I feel “off,” I ask: Which value am I not honoring?

7. Emotions carry energy—and they’re data from my soul.

They aren’t inconveniences.They are information.They show me the lesson.And my energy is always an investment that comes back to me.

8. My subconscious speaks if I listen.

My body carries more truth than my mind sometimes allows. The answers surface when I’m still enough to hear them.

9. I am a spiritual being in a physical world.

Remembering this shifts everything.

10. Identity crises happen often.

Beliefs come from somewhere, and it’s my responsibility to examine them. To filter them. To choose what stays.

This is only the beginning. Six sessions, several hours, and a lifetime ahead.

I had a question. I had a desire. I didn’t settle. I searched. I listened. And the path unfolded.

It’s not in the reinventing. It’s in the remembering. And remembering is a choie.

— ❤️