Jennie Antolak, MA, MCC

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Jennie Antolak, MA, MCC

With more than 25 years of experience developing world-class coaches, Jennie has learned that skill only grows as far as we’re willing to flounder, fail, laugh at ourselves, and learn from every encounter. As co-founder of Learning Journeys, she’s built a reputation for pairing rigor with play—proving that transformation is as much about courage and curiosity as it is about competence. Jennie’s belief is simple: the best coaches are not the ones who get it “right” the first time, but the ones who are willing to stumble forward until their skills truly sing.

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Jennie Antolak, MA, MCC

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Oct 7, 2026 ∙ 3 min

Un-phanies: Change Before We Have Words for It

We love epiphanies. There’s something satisfying about the moment an experience finally makes sense. We can explain what we learned, tell someone about it, and imagine what we’ll do differently. It also makes a good story: “And that’s when I realized…” But we don’t always get that moment. Much of what changes us happens while we’re going about our lives, without realizing anything is changing. We hear ourselves say something we’ve said a hundred times and wonder if we still believe it. We...

Oct 5, 2026 ∙ 2 min

What Is This Moment Asking of You?

A request comes in at 4:45 p.m. You have somewhere to be. You can answer it tomorrow. You open your laptop anyway. Perhaps the request is urgent. Perhaps it isn’t. What’s harder to see is whether you’re responding to this request or to an older understanding of what a good colleague does. That distinction can disappear when a response feels automatic. We say yes, take responsibility, smooth things over, or work a little longer. The choice seems to belong to the moment. Sometimes it belongs to...

Oct 2, 2026 ∙ 2 min

The Message Was Brief. The Story Wasn’t.

An email arrives: “Can we talk about the project?” That’s all it says. Yet one person reads it and feels curious. Another braces for criticism. A third starts preparing an explanation before anyone has asked for one. The email hasn’t changed. The meaning assigned to it has. We often talk as if an event happens and our response follows. There is a great deal taking place in between. We interpret what happened through our experience of who we are, what we believe to be true, and what matters to...