In this episode of Playing The Fool, I talk about ego, what it actually is, why it exists, and how it’s been quietly running so many of our lives without us even realising it.

I share honestly about my own ego, the parts of me that were controlling, reactive, angry, people-pleasing, perfectionistic, and deeply afraid. Not to shame those parts, but to finally understand them and the fact that they exist for a really good reason.

Our ego isn’t here to ruin our lives. It came in when we were young to keep us safe from pain, rejection, grief, and feeling unlovable. The problem isn’t that we have an ego, the problem is when we’re adults and it’s still in the driver’s seat of our lived without us even realising.

This episode is about learning how to own all of our parts, stop judging ourselves so harshly, and start re-parenting the parts of us that never learned another way.

If this episode resonates with you then so will The Heart is the Bar. Doors are closing very soon.

The Heart is The Bar.

12 weeks of walking yourself out of corners you were never born to exist in.

If you’re done surviving and ready to start living then this is your invitation to say yes!!

We Begin Monday the 9th of February.

Ready to choose YOU?

Join the Get On Your Mat Challenge!

Love Jarna x

Welcome back to Season Two of the Playing The Fool Podcast!


This episode that almost didn’t happen.


Between crackly audio, tech doing its own thing, school holidays, solo parenting, and trying to carve out space to record, I came right up against a question I don’t usually have to ask myself:


Do I force this… or do I trust what’s unfolding?


I always trust.


I am so excited to be back with you again.

I am so excited to see where this season takes you.

And I am so frikin excited to let you know that the doors to The Heart is the Bar are now open. Spaces are filling fast. We begin Monday the 9th of February.

The link is below.

https://www.jarnasaunders.com/the-heart-is-the-bar

https://www.jarnasaunders.com/get-on-your-mat

This drop-in meditation is a space to pause, soften, and come home to yourself. It’s not about clearing your mind or getting it right, it’s about reconnecting.

Whether you’re feeling scattered, stuck, or just need to catch your breath, this is your invitation to land gently in your body, to listen in, and to return to the part of you that’s always been steady beneath the noise.

Come back to centre. Come back to you.