Jenn Kelly
Jenn is the creator of Unfiltered. Unhealed; a nonfiction podcast and developing book series exploring the stories many people live through but rarely speak about. And the ongoing work of healing while raising the next generation differently.
Her work draws from lived experience navigating instability, loss, complicated relationships, and motherhood, alongside the lasting impact of generational trauma. Living with Complex PTSD has left parts of her early history fragmented, leading her to rely on lifelong friends of over 20 years, to help piece together the years she survived but cannot fully recall. This collaborative remembering became a foundation of both her podcast and her writing.
Since the early 2000s, Jenn has experienced significant personal loss, including the deaths of numerous friends to addiction and the loss of her only sibling—her brother—in 2020. His death marked a turning point, compelling her to begin documenting her story before more memories were lost. What began as personal reflection has grown into a broader body of work centered on survival, accountability, and breaking generational cycles.
She is currently developing multiple projects, including the Unhealed Siblings series, which highlights the voices of surviving siblings—an often-overlooked perspective in grief—with additional projects in progress.
Jenn’s work explores motherhood, grief, relationships, and systemic challenges with honesty rather than resolution. She writes from within the process of healing—not from a place of completion, but from lived experience.
Because healing doesn’t happen in silence.
It begins when the stories we were taught to hide are finally told.
My Tribe
Ell
Ell has been there from the beginning, before life got heavy.
She’s more than a friend, she’s family. Someone who’s seen it all and never left.
Through every version of Jenn, she’s been steady, loyal, and present.
She showed up not just for Jenn, but for her kids.
Where Jenn felt she lacked, Ell led with strength, consistency, and quiet confidence.
Their bond is built on history, chaos, and laughter only they understand.
After losing her brother, that connection became something even deeper
because no one knows her, or loves her, quite like Ell.
Est. 1999
Meme
Meme is the kind of connection that feels written long before it ever begins.
What started in complicated circumstances became something real, steady, and lasting.
When life was unstable, she showed up. Quietly caring, loving, and stepping in without question.
She didn’t just support Jenn, she loved her daughters like her own.
Meme became a quiet teacher, a constant, and the kind of love that grows deeper over time.
The kind Jenn calls “a mother from a past life” and somehow, still is.
Est. 2004
Est. 2006Fawn
Fawn came into Jenn’s life during chaos, survival, and the kind of reality that forces you to grow up fast.
Their friendship was never easy… but it’s real.
Fawn has fought battles most never see: addiction, cancer, loss, and motherhood in pieces.
It was the loss of Pat that brought them back together, in a different kind of understanding.
Now, Fawn helps Jenn piece together the past. Filling in gaps, holding truth, and making sense of what still lingers.
Overall
Unfiltered. Unhealed; is a raw storytelling platform built on real life—no filters, no perfect endings, no pretending the hard parts didn’t happen. It centers on lived experiences of trauma, addiction, loss, survival, and the long process of making sense of it all. Through honest conversations and personal stories, it creates space for the things people live through but rarely speak about out loud. This space isn’t about teaching or fixing—it’s about truth, reflection, and breaking generational cycles in real time. It’s as much about understanding the past as it is about changing what comes next. Alongside the podcast, a nonfiction book series is in progress—telling Jenn’s story in depth and documenting the experiences that shaped this work. While the books follow her personal timeline, the podcast and community expand that story into something collective—where many voices, perspectives, and lived realities come together. At its core, it reminds people they’re not alone in the mess, the questions, or the healing that doesn’t always look like healing.
The Podcast
is a raw, honest space where real-life stories are told out loud to break silence and generational cycles.
Book Series
Nonfiction series in progress. Jenn’s life story—raw, unfiltered, and through the eyes of CPTSD. It explores the experiences that shaped her and the cycles she’s working to break.
Unhealed. Siblings;
a space for surviving siblings to share the truth of loss, grief, and the bond that never leaves.
Still standing. Still healing. Still siblings 🪽
Unprotected Children
An honest look at parenting, childhood, and the systems that too often fail kids. It’s about reflection, truth, and breaking those cycles.