Tim Segaller

Jenny is a delight to be around. She wants to enjoy herself, and bring joy to others. And this isn’t about being frivolous – pleasure is a serious business for her, a conscious philosophy: ‘If I’m having fun then all the other things in life slot into place.’

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Putting this philosophy into practice always starts with people. She values her connections with family and friends highly. As a friend, I can testify to her warmth, sensitivity and kindness. She loves hosting and entertaining, which – as a bonus – allows her to indulge her great love of food and cooking.

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‘Living life to the max’ is also about using her body and engaging her senses. ‘I’m a pretty energetic person. I’m given to extremes.’ She loves dancing: ‘It brings me into a more fun sense of myself.’ While being in nature – walking or mountain hiking – gives her a sense of ‘meditative peace’.  

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Jenny’s passionate philosophy is, by her own admission, a response to earlier emotional struggles, which she’s proud to have overcome: ‘It’s been the hardest thing I’ve had to do, but the most rewarding.’ As a result she’s become very much her own woman: ‘I spent so much time trying to be normal – it was exhausting. So now I try to draw on the energy of knowing that I’m different.’ This courage to be different is reflected in her heroines – strong, independent women like Lady Gaga (who shares the dance floor with Jenny in her portrait!).

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Jenny quotes a significant line from her favourite film Mongol (about Genghis Khan): ‘Never scold a weak cub: he may become a brutal tiger.’ It speaks of how she has faced head-on the challenges of her mind: ‘You may start on the weaker side of certain things in life, but these can end up being your most powerful strengths.’ I see and feel Jenny’s strength.