JENNY FERRAN
AUTHOR + SPEAKER — LOS ANGELES
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Essays on healing, teaching, and the conversations that carry us. New pieces land on Substack first.

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Waves at Asilomar
START HERE№ 01 · MAY 11, 2026
Accept The Magic

“Today's prescription from the Universe was to accept the magic, whatever form it took.”

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08 AUGUST 26, 2026
Madame Lune
“There is a certain sadness when those with whom you once shared the wonder no longer see it.”
The moon in a darkening sky READ →
07 JULY 31, 2026
Emotional Safety In The Classroom
“What flows from the heart opening is acceptance and trust, the foundations of emotional safety in the classroom.”
An empty classroom, desks and flags READ →
06 JULY 10, 2026
The Convocation Of Time
“She had faltered once or twice, but time had always caught her, by the waist, righting and steadying her.”
Gare de Lyon clock READ →
05 JUNE 7, 2026
Finish Lines
“They're mostly invisible, these finish lines. Graduating from anger to acceptance, from fear to resolve, from grief to remembrance.”
Graduation gown with stoles and cords READ →
04 JUNE 1, 2026
Windswept
“I want to live as the wind. Fully present in my body, capable of massive displays of force and tiny whispers of energy, wandering the world as the spirit moves me.”
A dragon weathervane against the sky READ →
03 MAY 24, 2026
Not On My Watch
“They don't know that you tasked me with preserving life, with showing you what could have been.”
The canals at dusk READ →
02 MAY 18, 2026
Son Of A Warrior
“Now I want to dream. I want to turn my body, scarred and weary, towards tomorrow's sun.”
Son of a Warrior shirt READ →
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