Jennifer Jefferson: Executive Director of FOCUS Marines Foundation (ep. 742)
Live Inspired Podcast with John O'Leary
John O'Leary
4.9 • 672 Ratings
🗓️ 16 January 2025
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
Jennifer Jefferson is a wife, mother, veteran and Executive Director of FOCUS Marines Foundation, who has dedicated her life to uplifting others, creating community and changing lives.
Today, Jennifer shares the transformative work of FOCUS – an organization I’ve been proud to partner with for more than a decade. Plus, Jennifer shares what it means to “choose each other every day” in marriage, her family’s decision to welcome her nieces into their home, and how trauma doesn’t have to define us.
My friends, if you need a reminder that love is an action, not just a feeling, this conversation is for you. You’ll leave with actionable lessons on the power of choice, the value of building community and the strength to face life’s challenges with purpose and hope.
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| 0:38.7 | by visiting my friends at keely companies online at keelie companies.com. Welcome to the live-inspired |
| 0:48.7 | podcast with John O'Leary. John is the number one national bestselling author of the book On Fire. He's a world-class |
| 0:56.0 | inspirational speaker, and he's the host of the Live-inspired podcast. John interviews extraordinary |
| 1:01.6 | individuals on their life story so that you can wake up from accidental living and more fully |
| 1:07.9 | live your life story. Here's your host, John O'Leary. |
| 1:13.1 | Well, hello, my friends, and welcome to the Live Inspired podcast with John O'Leary. |
| 1:19.5 | Today, I am joined live by a friend of mine. You're going to love her. |
| 1:24.6 | Jen Jefferson is her name, and Jen is a wife. She's a mother. |
| 1:30.3 | She's a veteran. And ultimately, the reason why I got to know Jen in the first place is she is |
| 1:35.3 | the executive director of Focus Marines Foundation. Jen has dedicated her entire life to |
| 1:41.9 | uplifting others, creating community, and changing lives. |
| 1:46.4 | Today, Jen joins us, like I mentioned, live, to share the transformative work of focus. |
| 1:52.4 | It's an organization I have been proud to partner with for more than a decade. |
| 1:57.9 | Plus, Jen shares what it means to choose each other each day in marriage. I love that idea. |
| 2:03.4 | Choosing each other each day in marriage. Her family's decision to welcome her nieces into |
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