For our Christmas hiatus, we’ll be rebroadcasting some of our most popular Over Coffee® episodes from 2015.

Filmmaker Jenna Edwards is all about joy and creativity.

But to get there, she had to survive the unthinkable.

Jenna is an IAWTV Red-Carpet film producer,  professional actor, and writer.  She is also the Executive Producer of the new talk show, Wake Up™, which premiered in May of 2015.  And in April of 2015, she was one of the speakers on a stand-out panel on “Women in New Media”, at New Media Expo.

The catalyst for her current life?   2003’s tragic Santa Monica Farmer’s Market accident.  Nine people died when an elderly driver’s car plowed through the market, and Jenna was left with severe injuries and PTSD.  After recovering, she was determined to live the life she most wanted–and to empower others to create theirs.  That’s what ultimately led her to found her lifestyle brand, Create With Jenna.

Jenna talked about her background, her experiences dealing with PTSD, the new perspective her “near-death experience” gave her on her life and work, and her current projects.

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In this episode of Over Coffee®, you’ll hear:

• The unusual childhood experiences that led to Jenna’s development as a creative professional;

• How Jenna decided to move to California and become an actor;

• What happened next, with her career;

• How the Farmer’s Market  tragedy put her back in touch with her “inner voice”;

• Her experience with PTSD and the techniques she learned to conquer it;

•  One anti-panic-attack trick that may sound funny–but Jenna says it works!

• The circumstances that started Jenna working as a film producer;

• Jenna’s experiences producing the independent movie April Showers;

• One of the best lessons she learned about filmmaking;

• The take-charge career decision Jenna made that freed her to follow her own path;

• The early magic of her first days executive-producing of Wake Up™;

• A demo “Create With Jenna” lesson in breaking down a goal into small steps;

• A “New Year’s Resolution” strategy that works around the way most of us fail at these, and helps Jenna accomplish her creative goals–long AFTER January 1!

• Her steps to creating a dream with intention.