TVNZ said that\u2019s not fair on the audience<\/a> and I understood that.\u201d <\/p>\nIn the end, Jenny-May spent an extra week on air before her final show. <\/p>\n
\u201cI look back on my career, and I did some amazing things and was able to cover some incredible events,\u201d she says. \u201cI have no regrets \u2013 just enormous gratitude.\u201d<\/p>\n
Even with such strong conviction in her decisions, in the weeks that followed, without the structure and responsibilities of Breakfast governing her days, Jenny-May felt adrift. <\/p>\n
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Jenny-May spent an extra week on air before her final show. Photo \/ Jessie Casson<\/p>\n
\u201cI found I couldn\u2019t organise myself,\u201d she says. \u201cI was so used to a certain routine and being out of it, I was all over the place.<\/p>\n
\u201cI would write a to-do list and couldn\u2019t tick one thing off. I think part of it was being a bit discombobulated, adjusting to not getting up to a 3am alarm.\u201d<\/p>\n
Then came Christmas 2025 and with it, a profound shift. Back home in King Country\u2019s Piopio, she found herself doing things she hadn\u2019t had time for in years.<\/p>\n
\u201cI can\u2019t even explain how amazing it was,\u201d recalls Jenny-May. \u201cI want to cry thinking about it.<\/p>\n
\u201cTo be able to be in a conversation and actually be present, to sit with my mum and niece out the back door, sometimes talking, sometimes just staring at the sky, then go, \u2018Let\u2019s play a game\u2019, and me feeling like I could actually say yes.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt sounds so simple and small, but it was huge for me. It had been such a long time since I was present, genuinely engaged, and allowing myself to have fun and laugh.\u201d<\/p>\n
After candidly speaking in the past about how unexpectedly challenging it was to adjust to life as a parent, Jenny-May shares that motherhood also feels different now. <\/p>\n
Talking about her boys, she says: \u201cI still have this window to stamp myself on them before the outside world and their mates take over. I know in a few years\u2019 time my influence will be a heck of a lot less than it is right now.\u201d<\/p>\n
Refreshingly honest as always, Jenny-May is quick to add that parenting is still often overwhelming. For the first time, she was home for the entire summer school holidays and all of the chaos and noise that came with it. <\/p>\n
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Jenny-May loves having the time to focus on her Daily Confidence Course. Photo \/ Jessie Casson<\/p>\n
\u201cThere were lots of fights and high energy, and me not coping,\u201d she says. \u201cI want to be more available and here for them, but at the same time, I need to have my own space to be able to create.\u201d<\/p>\n
Still, she can see there\u2019s definitely progress. <\/p>\n
\u201cI think I\u2019ve been a lot more present for my sons,\u201d she muses. \u201cI\u2019ve been able to listen and hear them more, and not just dismiss them because I don\u2019t have the capacity. I am nowhere near nailing it, but it is intentional.\u201d <\/p>\n
Through it all, Jenny-May is forever grateful to have husband Dean in her corner. <\/p>\n
\u201cHe has always been my No 1 supporter,\u201d she says. \u201cWhatever\u2019s next, he\u2019s like, \u2018Babe, you just go for it. I\u2019m here 100% behind you\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n
On the subject of work, Jenny-May loves having the time to focus on her Daily Confidence Course \u2013 an online programme she has created to share with others the tools she has honed over her career.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m enjoying imparting my knowledge and experiences, knowing that the things I am sharing will help people,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n
Jenny-May knows it works because she follows it herself, especially now, while thinking about where to go next with her career.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen it comes to self-compassion, it\u2019s easy to flip into thinking, \u2018What are you doing? Who\u2019s going to hire you? The only thing you\u2019re good at is reading an autocue\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n
But when these thoughts creep in, Jenny-May is quick to reset. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s going back to journalling and gratitude, and my daily practices. I know when I spend time connecting in with where I\u2019m at, how I\u2019m feeling and understanding how that can influence the rest of my day, then I\u2019m able to lift my energy and choose how I\u2019m going to walk into the day.\u201d<\/p>\n
Outside of her online offerings, Jenny-May is still dreaming up what\u2019s next. <\/p>\n
\u201cWith Breakfast, my purpose was sharing my experiences with others and giving them space to share their stories. And I have thought, \u2018What is my purpose now?\u2019 I am slowly leaning into the idea that actually I can have lots of purposes. <\/p>\n
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\u201cMy purpose is being with my sons, strengthening my relationship with my husband, with te reo M\u0101ori, and being with my mum more often.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m also open and exploring, and looking at different opportunities and what it might mean for me amongst what I\u2019m creating in an online space.\u201d<\/p>\n
Jenny-May knows one thing for sure \u2013 anything is possible.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis year, I\u2019m committed to growing,\u201d she says. \u201cI feel like I\u2019ve been stuck for a couple of years and now I have this amazing opportunity to do some of the things I have wanted to do for a long time.\u201d<\/p>\n
For more on the Daily Confidence Course, see jennymayclarkson.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cAt times, it\u2019s been a little scary. At other times, it\u2019s exciting and exhilarating to be in a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":364514,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[95,34263,7054,12024,18221,2950,18478,33118,5981,1667,156,2949,24396,90678,20558,2845,6093,2891,111,139,2551,85520,69,90,1642,14718,8808,6180,2863,9643,1515,210,303,6041,1316,102,64460],"class_list":{"0":"post-364513","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-and","9":"tag-awake","10":"tag-breakfast","11":"tag-catches","12":"tag-clarkson","13":"tag-confidence","14":"tag-course","15":"tag-creative","16":"tag-daily","17":"tag-energy","18":"tag-entertainment","19":"tag-finding","20":"tag-inspiration","21":"tag-jennymay","22":"tag-kept","23":"tag-leaving","24":"tag-little","25":"tag-motherhood","26":"tag-new-zealand","27":"tag-newzealand","28":"tag-night","29":"tag-nonstop","30":"tag-nz","31":"tag-on","32":"tag-online","33":"tag-purpose","34":"tag-running","35":"tag-shes","36":"tag-sleep","37":"tag-spark","38":"tag-surge","39":"tag-through","40":"tag-very","41":"tag-weekly","42":"tag-when","43":"tag-with","44":"tag-writing"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364513","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=364513"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364513\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/364514"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=364513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=364513"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=364513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}