Step into a down to earth, real-life conversation with Jenna and Brad Ballard, visionary leaders, conscious partners, and co-founders of Ascension Leadership Academy, on this episode of Intimate Conversations: Dark Night to Divine Light. Together, they share a powerful love story rooted in resilience, embodiment, and choosing growth over comfort.
Jenna opens up about her near-death accident at seventeen, a coma that became a profound awakening, and how reclaiming the words "I am" reshaped her identity, health, and purpose. From navigating diabetes, trauma, and self-worth, to becoming a celebrity trainer, transformational coach, artist and creator, her journey reveals the power of perseverance and self-belief.
Brad shares his own awakening, moving from corporate success that left him empty to choosing passion, joy, and purpose. He reflects on recognizing misery as a signal, learning to slow down, and committing to a life where fulfillment, play, and integrity lead the way.
There was an exquisite balance of fun talking about fast cars with Brad and delighting in Jenna's extraordinary voice, mixed with vulnerability as they revealed how their relationship was built slowly and consciously, through consistency, communication, and patience. From texting for months before meeting, to navigating parenthood, business partnership, health crises, near-divorce moments, and recommitting to intimacy, they model what it looks like to be two whole people choosing each other again and again.
We also talk about:
Turning trauma and hardship into purpose
Building love from wholeness, not need
Conscious communication and love languages
Masculine and feminine balance in partnership
Navigating marriage, business, and parenting together
Radical self-responsibility and nervous system awareness
Slowing down to deepen intimacy and sexuality
Creativity, music, and authentic self-expression
Choosing growth, joy, and alignment over survival
This episode is a reminder that love thrives when we take ownership of our inner world, listen to the body, and choose presence over performance. Jenna and Brad's story shows that when two people commit to becoming their truest selves, partnership becomes a place of expansion, play, and devotion.
You can explore Jenna's work, music, and podcast at jennaphillipsballard.com, learn more about Ascension Leadership Academy at alaeq.com, and discover Brad's passion project at FastLaneDrive.com.
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About Jenna and Brad:
Jenna Phillips Ballard is a visionary leader, transformational coach, and artist who empowers the world's most influential change makers to live in alignment with purpose, prosperity, and love.
She is the founder of I•▲M, a global movement that bridges personal growth, spirituality, and creative expression through her upcoming book I•▲M Her Now, the I•▲M with Jenna Phillips Ballard podcast, a signature oracle deck, and transformational lifestyle products.
A former celebrity trainer turned leadership expert, Jenna co-founded Ascension Leadership Academy (ALA) in 2016 with her husband, Brad Ballard. They've transformed thousands of lives and have raised over $4MM for charity.
Now based in Austin, she channels her message through music—merging empowerment and pop-EDM to inspire people to rise, heal, and embody who they came here to be.
Website:
https://jennaphillipsballard.com
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Facebook URL
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Instagram URL
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