Jennifer who?

Why the name change?

I was born as Jennifer Baldwin, and became Jennifer Dopierala when I married.

Neither name was mine, really.

I am someone who has had both micro and macro rebirths in this life. And since my divorce, I haven’t wanted to keep my married name, nor have I wanted to go back to my father’s name.

Ata (pronounced ah-tah) came to me while I was coming out of a meditation. I had been asking for what my name needed to be moving forward. I’m not a huge fan of name changes in general, yet I knew I needed something that felt like mine. Jen Ata is what came through loud and clear.

There isn’t a clear meaning of the name, although in sanskrit I have seen the root to mean “uninterrupted going”. Jennifer Dopierala learned many lessons about herself. Jen Ata is using the wisdom to move forward. Letting go of what isn’t serving to move towards the highest version of myself that I can, in the most graceful way possible.

xo Jen