Jan Denise

Naked Lady, Jan Denise

When Jan Denise experienced the freedom and joy of being exactly who she was, she wanted to share them. She wanted to help others realize that the greatness they had been trying to conjure up was there, buried under the stuff (education, status, money) commonly used to band-aid self-esteem. Her efforts gave birth to her weekly newspaper colum “Naked Relationships,” which is now represented nationally by Creators Syndicate (also under the name "Inside Relationships").

Denise says that nothing has more impact on life than relationship, and there is nothing she would rather write about. All relationships reflect the relationship with self. When we know our essence and align with it, we know the fullness of love. We know oneness with life and love and we can, then, know oneness with a partner.

She is the author of Innately Good: Dispelling the Myth that You're Not (her latest book, which identifies the ultimate fear of not being "good enough" as what triggers empty pursuit, escape, and addiction, as well as all negative emotion, and then invalidates the fear with the truth of innate goodness, or the love within) and Naked Relationships (which brought the science of relationships, the art of loving, and the mystery of spirit together). She conducts workshops and retreats all over the country, speaks professionally for business, charity, and wellness events, and serves on the faculty of the Omega Institute. While home and traveling, she consults with both individuals and couples. And, she frequently accepts invitations for talk radio. She is delighted to offer readers — as well as listeners — compass as they find their own way to nakedness and love.

Denise has learned to live with her heart and mind wide open. She has been a good student; and Life has been an incredible teacher. She shares from a heart that has been there and supports her message with the best of the leading experts from academia (many of whom endorse her work). And, she does it with the zeal and compassion of one who is still learning.

Denise lives on Gleneden, her farm and retreat center in McIntosh, Florida, where she is silly and deeply in love with life and her husband, and grateful for the chance to inspire others to know the best of who they are — the best of life and love.