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The Confetti Project With Jelena

After being OOO for two years, Jelena is sharing a behind-the-scenes look into the heart of The Confetti Project's mission and evolution in 2022: reintroducing play in adulthood that has the potential to transform life into beauty and meaning. You'll be exploring life in its fullest, most colorful expression through a newly defined lens of celebration that plays with the question: what does it mean to be alive in the 21st century? Jelena will be weaving her own intimate storytelling with thought-provoking questions as she slows down to celebrate her own human experiences.

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The Confetti Project With Jelena

I'm Back and I'm Redefining Celebration

August 10, 2022 • The Confetti Project • Season 1 • Episode 1

The Confetti Project with Jelena kicks off season 1 with an inaugural episode that goes back 7 years ago to the beginning of how The Confetti Project started in order to best explain why it’s been OOO for the past 2 years. This first chapter sets the foundation of an 8-part storytelling series that explores key themes of the human experience that are overly simplified and stigmatized through the lens of play & celebration - in an attempt to humanize being human. Filled with raw, unfiltered storytelling, Jelena takes you on a heartfelt journey filled with self-reflection questions as she dives deep into the profound impact her father had on her, what his death taught her about life, and how his ethos for living directly influences the evolution of The Confetti Project - in its most authentic form - now. In this episode, you will discover the new definition of celebration, how pain and pleasure are inextricably linked, and why you have to feel in order to feel alive.

Chapter Markers:

7:24 - How Did You Start The Confetti Project?
11:14 - What Does Confetti Even Mean?
15:57 - Something Bigger Than Me
19:58 - Dad’s Diagnosis
23:00 - Cancer & Confetti
27:16 - I Can Die 5 Minutes from Now
29:41 - 4 Life Truths Watching my Father Die
34:58 - The Pandemic
36:09 - A Deep Depression
38:38 - The Privilege of Healing Childhood Trauma
42:00 - The Mother Wound
44:00 - TCP in it’s Most Authentic Form
45:19 - Being Alive in the 21st Century
48: 05 - Why I’m Back & Redefining Celebration
49:08 - Reconnecting to Feeling Alive

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