ABC’s 20/20 speaks with Alex and Jean Trebek
While 20/20 focuses on Alex and Jean this Thursday January 2nd on ABC -Jean speaks about the interview.
Buying a Gift for That Challenging Person
We all have one – someone who is challenging to buy for. Jean shares how she deals with buying that special something for that special someone.
Family Traditions
Traditions and family go together! Jean shares some holiday moments that bring her right back to her childhood.
Getting Through Changes
Sometimes Life’s changes can be challenging. JeanTrebek examines the transitions that we all experience and helps us find ways to ease through them.
Letting Go…
“Life is a balance of holding on and letting go.” Alex and I had a home on Lake Nacimiento in Central California for close to 20 years. This was our little “get away,” where we were nurtured by Mother Nature herself. Bittersweet is the perfect word to describe the feeling I have about …
Peace Within
Jean finds the key to inner peace through communication and questioning her beliefs. “I was raised ‘to always keep the peace’ and ‘to not rock the boat’, and the best one…”
True Freedom
“I ask myself, what is true freedom? And, what is it that I need to be free from?” Jean poses the idea that true Freedom comes from within and that this freedom is our divine right.
A Tribute to the Men in My Life
Jean shares how the important men in her life each demonstrate their own amazing qualities that make them so wonderful in their own perfect way. “The three prominent males in my life have …”
The Power of the “Feminine”
A respectable quote – “To be soft is to be powerful.” ~ Rupi Kaur This is the month of Mother’s Day and spring renewal so thoughts come up about “The Feminine”. The “Feminine” way of being is indeed powerful, for it is always life affirming and...
Same Ol’
Recently, I read this quote from Mary Pickford, “You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing that we call ‘failure’ is not the falling down, but the staying down.” Now that’s a quote I respect! A new beginning is...
Stories We Tell Ourselves
The stories we tell ourselves can either make or break us…that is how powerful the mind is…and that surely deserves my respect. When I was a young girl, my grandmother would tell me bedtime stories. She was great at it, so much detail and feeling would be put into...
Self Love
Oscar Wilde once said, “To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.” The act of Self Love is not always as easy or romantic as it sounds. Self Love requires one to be totally honest with themselves first, a bit challenging for some, but truly...
Trusting In Myself
“Out with the old- in with the new” requires a LOT of trust. The concept of trust has definitely had its way with me throughout most of my life, and so I thought to take another look at the power of this word ….which clearly deserves my respect. As I...
Why We Love Christmas Movies
Movies are a great way for bringing family and friends together…And that notion deservedly has my respect. The Holiday Season is a wonderful time to gather around the TV screen and settle in to watching one or two or three heartfelt Christmas movies…with a...
True Compassion
Are You Truly Compassionate? During this holiday season, I want to reflect upon the word that stands out the most for me – Compassion. Many texts have given great credence to the human nature called compassion… I too feel a great respect for this word, as it...
Flower Shop
I used to own a flower shop in Century City, California. It was charmingly small, but moreover, it was where countless people would order flowers to pay tribute to the many milestones of their lives; and for this reason, my little flower shop has my respect. In 1993,...
The Gift of Willy
The best dog in my world is Wilbur, aka Willy.Willy is a miniature Aussie Sheppard, with black and white fur, and eyes of chocolate brown. I named him Wilbur after the pig in the novel “Charlotte’s Web.” I’ve long admired that story, and wanted to...