113. Your Sixth Sense – Your Greatest Asset at Work & in Life with Jenn Cohen

In this powerful episode, JJ DiGeronimo sits down with Jenn Cohen to explore how intuition—often dismissed or misunderstood—is our first sense and an incredible asset in life and business.

Jenn, an entertainment industry executive turned intuitive coach, shares her journey of learning to trust her inner knowing, from childhood curiosity to profound spiritual experiences, including receiving signs from her late father. She explains how intuition transcends logic, guiding us toward better decision-making, self-awareness, and fulfillment in personal and professional spaces.

How to Use This Conversation:
If you’ve ever second-guessed yourself, felt stuck in your career, or wondered whether you should trust your gut, this episode is for you. Jenn offers actionable insights on how to strengthen your intuitive abilities as a superpower.

Fun Quotes to Reflect On:
✨ "Intuition isn’t something you chase—it’s something you receive."
✨ "Your intuition isn’t trying to keep you safe; it’s here to expand you."
✨ "Follow what lights you up. That’s where the magic happens."

Key Insights:

• Intuition is innate: 
• The corporate world and intuition: 
• Signs from beyond
• How to start using your intuition

 Bio:

 Jenn Cohen has always been fascinated by the power of intuition. Her journey into understanding this deeper, intuitive space began in her early 20s after a personal experience following the death of her father inspired her curiosity of how intuition would guide her life. Throughout her 27-year career in the Entertainment Industry—collaborating with major studios like DreamWorks, NBCUniversal, IMAX, and WarnerMedia—Jenn discovered that some of the most impactful decisions often stemmed from intuition. Her unique approach and insights not only set her apart but also led to career advancements and recognition in a highly competitive field.

After stepping away from the corporate world, Jenn embraced her calling as an intuitive consultant, applying her skills to help both individuals and organizations unlock their potential. Today, she empowers clients—from individuals to executives to entire teams—with practical tools to gain clarity, recognize blind spots, and make decisions aligned with their goals. Jenn’s programs and coaching sessions are designed to cultivate a stronger sense of purpose and enhance productivity, creativity, and connection in professional settings.

Jenn’s work supports individuals and companies alike, creating pathways for growth by blending intuitive insights with actionable strategies. She is dedicated to helping her clients break through self-imposed barriers, trust their inner voice, and achieve greater fulfillment in both personal and professional realms.

Website: https://www.jenncohenintuitive.com/ 

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LI: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jenn-cohen-intuitive-consultant/ 

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Transcript

Your Sixth Sense – Your Greatest Asset at Work & in Life with Jenn Cohen

00:03 - JJ DIGeronimo (Host)

Hello, hello. Jj DeGeronimo here and we have another awesome episode of Together we Seek as you know, I'm always seeking, I'm looking for new strategies, I'm looking for healers and lightworkers that have utilized their path to really tap into their knowing and their gifts, and I am super excited to introduce you to Jen Cohen. 

00:27

Hi, jen Hi thanks for having me. This is so exciting. I was so excited for this conversation because I love the fact that you've been able to bridge spirituality into corporate, and we're going to talk about your sixth sense and how that is your greatest asset at work. But before we do, maybe we should just talk a little bit about sixth sense. What is your sixth sense? 

00:52 - Jenn Cohen (Guest)

Sure. Yeah, I love this question because so many people have so many ideas of what their sixth sense is. And, coming from a career in the entertainment space for 27 years, people will say I see dead people and reference that very quickly and I'm like that's actually not it. It's a great movie, but that's not what it is. So intuition is the ability to understand something immediately, without conscious reasoning. That's like the technical. It comes from the Latin root, which the word is intuari, which means to consider from in or to look from within. And so our sixth sense, I actually like to say it's our first sense, it's the first sense that we have when we come into this world, and it transcends language, it transcends, um, you know, culture, it transcends, um, everything that we've kind of learned. 

01:51 - JJ DIGeronimo (Host)

It's a knowing, it's a truth I love that and I almost went there with I see dead people, but I'm glad you did so. Is everybody has or is it learned like when you talk to people like are we all? Do we all have this sixth sense or innate knowing? 

02:13 - Jenn Cohen (Guest)

yeah, um, we all have it. Um, men even have it. A lot of times I'll talk to women and they'll say, but but do women just have it? I'm like women have it, women absolutely have it. But men do have it as well. And I think culturally it's a little bit more difficult for men to tap into, and that's a shame. 

02:39

But when they do, it's present and it's there, and I really do believe it's our first sense. It's what we are born with. It's how we know to cry, it's how we know our mother, um, uh, without really being able to see. You know, um, and and uh, it's, it's absolutely present for us. It's, and the cool thing about intuition is it, it's. It's. It's present at every moment. It's present in the now and um. It's not really our job to hunt down intuition. It's. It's our responsibility to get to a place to receive it. And that's the key to finding it is to be able to have tools and tips to practice and to receive it, something that is our innate part of ourselves and that everybody has access to. 

03:42 - JJ DIGeronimo (Host)

It's so beautiful and it's a relief to people to really realize like, okay, you haven't. You just have to figure out how to find it, how to discover it, how to get into it, and you know that's not always easy for people. You know my friend Veronica talks about like the four d's right disease, death, others and she's like you know things happen, people. So was your intuition always on the forefront for you? 

04:06 - Jenn Cohen (Guest)

So I would say, from a very young age, I was always very curious and that is a part of our intuition, that's the part of the brain that our intuition lives in. It's the right hemisphere. It's the right hemisphere and I would. You know, it wasn't polite to stare, but I would just stare at people and just be fascinated by their conversations and fascinated by the way that they move and the way that they operate, and I could gain so much insight from the nonverbal and the verbal. But it was more energy that I was tapping into. And you know, I mean, there there would be times where, you know, my parents would just be like, you know, you cannot stare and I'm like, I know it's so fascinating, um. So so that was always as a child and I was, I could listen, I could listen really well where, um, which which turned out fine because, uh, you know, as we know, people like to talk and they want to be heard and I was fine, uh, doing that, so it, it, it benefited me in that sense, just in in terms of people and social Um, and I wasn't that comfortable talking about what I was picking up. It was just kind of like, okay, she's polite, she's listening. 

05:34

And then I had a profound experience. My dad passed when I was at the age of 20 and it was a sudden passing and the night of his funeral he came to me. I was on his side of the bed, just kind of distraught, and it was a very dark room. No lights were on and I was just kind of crying out to God and just saying what, what, why? And the bedside light, which was off, flashed on and off and on and off. And I said, dad, daddy, is that you Flashed on and off and on and off, and what that allowed me was to know that there was something spiritual, there was something beyond, there was something that I could tap into. And my dad took that full force and was able to provide me with signs, which we'll get into a little bit more later on signs, I think, but it was a very comforting feeling. 

06:40

And again, being 20 and going through the grieving process, I got really stuck on anger and all the milestones that he wouldn't be there for physically and I, in my anger, just made a pact with him. I said, okay, if you left this earth and you're not going to be here for me, I'm going to give you my profession and you're going to always take care of me in that way. You're going to be my security there. Since you're not here, you're going to take care of me like that. And what that did is it allowed me to almost get out of my head in that way and pass along a job for him, which he took very readily. He's like absolutely I'll do this. And it allowed me to free up space to hone my intuition and to really trust that this was all going to work out in the way that it was supposed to and I had the most loving person orchestrating it for me. 

07:48 - JJ DIGeronimo (Host)

So much emotion. I mean, I went through the whole wave of emotion with you there, that's. You know, losing any loved one, you know, is just, it's just. You can't even put it into words, but getting to a point where you have figured out how to work in conjunction, even though the physical is not here, is so powerful. 

08:06 - Jenn Cohen (Guest)

Yeah, yeah. Now I always say my relationship with him is is so much more rewarding and and deeper than I ever could have had on this physical earth. 

08:20 - JJ DIGeronimo (Host)

That's reassuring. That's reassuring. My dad's going to be crossing over soon and I feel like you just gave me sort of a message and just something that we could work on together. We didn't have a lot of that luxury in this physical plane, but that is a great advice is, when loved ones have crossed over, like figuring out a way to work with them on something that's important to you and trusting that they've got your back. 

08:45 - Jenn Cohen (Guest)

Oh, they want to. I mean, he's just like yes, I will do this, this is no sweat for me, I got you. I mean, and he would continually show up with signs telling me that he's got me. 

08:59 - JJ DIGeronimo (Host)

Hmm, and you've had a crazy amazing career, I mean to get to the executive levels in the entertainment business. I mean, that is no easy feat and you have used your intuition and your knowing and some of your other skillsets that might not be obviously apparent to people you're working with in the corporate setting, which I think is just fascinating, like how did you even know to do that and how has it benefited you? It's just fascinating, like how did you even know to do that? 

09:24 - Jenn Cohen (Guest)

And how has it benefited you? 

09:26

It's funny it was really me, like just me being me, and I was in tune enough where, when I would come up across an obstacle or a challenge that you know it was company policy or you know this was just how they did it I could feel very quickly okay, I might have to play the game on this, but I don't need to jump in with this, and those are two very different things. It's kind of like I can go see a movie and be in the audience and watch what's happening and I'm still a participant in that experience. I'm watching it, I can take whatever I want from the messaging there, but I don't need to jump on the screen and become an actor in that movie. I don't need to be part of that in that way. I'm still part of it in the theater. In that way, I'm still part of it in the theater, but I've distanced myself where I can see. Okay, this is something that needs to be done policy-wise, but I get the choice of how I'm going to interact with that and I love that. 

10:38

Thank you. 

10:38 - JJ DIGeronimo (Host)

I love that. It gives space, it gives freedom. But I think when I think of corporate. I spent most of my first 20 years in high tech in Silicon Valley, so it was incredibly intense. 

10:51 - Jenn Cohen (Guest)

And you know. 

10:52 - JJ DIGeronimo (Host)

I sort of talk a lot about how women leave their knowing at the door because they really have to work inside this masculine structure, masculine energy and, you know, pulling some of that feminine through the door with you into those roles. It's not always easy because we often have so many fears and uncertainties and self-doubt. So, like, how do you coach Cause I know you coach a lot of people now how do you coach them to have the confidence to trust? 

11:22 - Jenn Cohen (Guest)

Yeah, so what you just said it's so important because in the entertainment space as I know is in the tech space, the ego is really the king, and also in the spaces that we just talked about, it's shaping culture. It's shaping, you know, on a grand level. As you know, you've made it. There's an honesty there that is also part of the responsibility of being that leader, and so the honesty is yeah, there were times where I made some poor choices and then I could look back at those choices and rectify them, and that is what the feminine for me always returned to, because there would be bad behavior and people would double down on it and triple down on it and it would become kind of their personality, whereas, of course, we're all going to mess up we're not perfect but when I could identify that oh, you know what I'm acting really out of character there, I could feel it in my body, I could listen to my intuition, I could listen to my divine feminine and I could say that is not how I want to show up. And what I could do then is that I could pivot from the action that caused me to do that. So let's say that there was a scenario and I behaved in a way that I didn't personally like I could go back and revisit that conversation. It doesn't mean that I'm getting through to that person, it's just, basically, I'm going to take responsibility and I'm going to come back to my integrity. I'm going to come back to my truth. I'm going to come back to where I feel good and then what I would do is that I would find the places in my work that made me light up, that made me feel so good, and they might not necessarily have been the highlights of my job description, but they were the parts of my job where I could get filled up. And that's where I started making the most significant changes in the organization, and it wasn't based on what the organization thought that these were going to be the points to make change. 

14:12

But when I listened to my intuition and when, again, I didn't shun my work that I needed to do, but where my attention and my energy would go would be to where I really lit up, and the magical thing that happened is that the places that I would put that energy that lit me up became the revenue generators, became the priorities. It became where the company had no choice but to look to where that upward mobility was happening and saying, oh you know what? There is a lot there, there's a lot of revenue there, there's a lot of gain there. And that was, like you said, staying true to myself, again playing by their rules in a sense. 

15:02

Obviously you have to do that if you're in corporate, but what people aren't that privy to and don't really put much value in is that you're in that place for a reason. I was not hired to do PowerPoints. My PowerPoint presentations are lacking. It is my ability to communicate with people, to connect with people, and when I owned that and listened to my intuitive self of where it was guiding me within the organization that I was in and I was supposed to be in, that's where the magic happened. 

15:50 - JJ DIGeronimo (Host)

I love that. So let me break that down. So just what I heard you say was basically, a lot of these corporations are led by the ego Do it, get it done, get there whatever it takes. And what you learned is to really follow what inspired you, what excited you, and so you would get the stuff done. You had to get done, but then you found yourself really leaning into things that you felt good about, that were inspiring to you, that gave you additional energy and momentum and, over time, those are the things that actually made a difference to the bottom line. 

16:24 - Jenn Cohen (Guest)

Exactly, exactly yeah. 

16:27 - JJ DIGeronimo (Host)

Yeah, it's really powerful and I think it gives people permission to use more intuitive strategies to get their job done or find the corner in their job that can illuminate and energize other aspects of their work. 

16:42 - Jenn Cohen (Guest)

Exactly and energize other aspects of their work Exactly. I was just talking with a client and she works within a university and you know she wasn't super happy in the department that she was in. And we started talking about departments within the university and there was a department in the university that lit her up and we delved deeper and deeper into that university that lit her up and and we delve deeper and deeper into that, and again the, the left, you know hemisphere will try and say, well, I can't do that because it's outside of my scope, I'm going to get in trouble. And dah, dah, dah, dah, dah. And let me tell you you're not like, you're not going to. 

17:16

If you're following your intuition, like that is just your brain trying to keep you small, keep you in line, keep you safe, and I put that in quotes. But intuition has no reason to keep you protected. It's not here for smallness. And what we found out is that she's got two really good friends that are running that department, that like she can go, and she's saying but it doesn't fit within what I do, it doesn't matter. Ask for their syllabus, ask, you know, if you could sit in on a class, ask if you can, you know, talk to them off offline, ask, ask, ask, you know there might be some volunteer work. And she was just like, oh my gosh, oh my gosh, and you know what they're actually as this. As we were talking about this, they're actually looking to hire and it's like, okay, you know, but it wasn't until you had that permission to explore and get curious and say, why does this light me up, that she was able to say, oh well, that actually might be a good avenue. 

18:19 - JJ DIGeronimo (Host)

I love that. I love that and I talk a lot about that in my journey too is like really finding finding ways to uncover your next step right, and a lot of it comes down to your frequency. How do you raise your frequency? And then how does that illuminate your path forward? And I think this gives really practical tips to people that are looking to kind of say okay, I don't want to leave, but I want to do something different. Or how do I use my existing role to create a launching pad for something that's important to me. So if someone's listening to this and they're like okay, this all sounds great, but like, how do I start? Like how do I know if I'm using my intuition? How do I know if I'm seeing signs or hearing things and how do I know if I'm stifling my inner voice? Like, how do I get started? 

19:03 - Jenn Cohen (Guest)

Sure, the first thing is awareness, so the fact that you're listening to this and that it's resonating with you, you're tapped in. So that's the first thing. So, give yourself a pat on the back, put your hand on your heart and say, okay, okay, this is the first step. It's awareness that we have it, that we can tap into it at any time. And then I would say, the next step is really ingesting the knowledge that intuition can only happen in the present moment. If you are thinking in the future, worrying about the future, you're out of your intuition. If you're ruminating on the past, you are definitely out of your intuitive self. And so practices that get you into intuition here's the kicker it's things that you love to do, it's joyful experiences that get you into the present moment. I mean, think about when, for me, it's taking hikes in nature, it's being by the ocean, and I'll find myself saying, oh, my God, is this so beautiful? That is the time that you can tune in, that is the time that you can take a deep breath, maybe close your eyes and just kind of feel into your intuitive self. And that's the feeling that you'll come back to time and time again. 

20:23

And there are many, many different practices that you can take, but those are the beginning steps. Those are the peaceful feelings, and I'll tell you after my time in corporate, those feelings they come to me much quicker now. They come to me in a way where I can know immediately when I'm outside of myself. And those practices are available while you're working. They're available when you're commuting home. They're available when you're with family. They're available when you are about to drift off to sleep and your brain comes online and is like oh my God, I've got to scare you about all the things that are about to happen to you. But they're available. And I would just say that those are the two tips, just to start with. 

21:21 - JJ DIGeronimo (Host)

That's so beautiful. I love that. I love that it makes me feel like you know, just getting this message out to a wider audience, reminding them that this is a skillset that they may or may not be using or not using to the fullest, that there are easy ways to get back into it. And being in the present moment has been my gift too, and I've really done that through gratitude, like I'm grateful I have gas and I'm grateful I can have this meal, and every minute I'm going through the day, I'm like having gratitude for the minute I'm in, not only to raise my frequency, but to be in the present moment. You have to be in the moment to have gratitude for the moment. So that's been my trick. 

21:58 - Jenn Cohen (Guest)

Absolutely. The shower is also another great place. I could have seven arguments in the shower before I even left for the day. And that gratitude tip is I'm grateful for this warm water. I'm left for the day and and the that. That gratitude tip is I'm grateful for this warm water. I'm grateful for the soap. I'm grateful for, you know, the ability to, to cleanse my body. But exactly what you just said and catching your ruminating mind, um, and just coming back to that gratitude in that present moment, it's, it's a beautiful tool. 

22:27 - JJ DIGeronimo (Host)

I totally agree. Well, all of Jen's links are below. You can connect with her on Instagram, check out her work on her website. Connect with her on LinkedIn, which is just amazing to see your journey. Is there anything you want to share, Anything that's up and coming for you that people can jump into? 

22:42 - Jenn Cohen (Guest)

Yeah, I just launched a membership program and so if you're looking for support, um support on your intuitive journey, there's three tiers there Um, one for kind of every, every step of the way, um and wherever you're at with your intuition and your journey there and um, you know there's, there's tools, tips, uh, there's access um to to myself and um there's access one-on-one and through email so that I can answer any questions anytime along the way. 

23:20 - JJ DIGeronimo (Host)

That is so beautiful. That is so beautiful, jen. Thank you so much for joining Together we Seek. I love highlighting the work of many that are empowering us on the planet to live in a higher frequency, to tap into the gifts that we already have so that we can illuminate the path for the work that we're here to do, and interviewing you and having you part of Together we Seek is so fantastic, so thank you so much for joining us. 

23:45 - Jenn Cohen (Guest)

Thank you so much. 

23:47 - JJ DIGeronimo (Host)

So with that, we'll see you again here next time. Thank you for joining us.