About Jenna Schutt.
I'm a former cardiac RN, homeschool mama, and wife living in rural Nebraska with my husband and two boys.
But the version of me that built this space was forged somewhere else entirely- in hospital rooms, chemo chairs, procedure tables, and the quiet moments between crises where the only thing left to hold onto was faith.
This is that story. And it became a book.
More about me…
🤍 Family
I’m a wife and a mom, and our home is shaped by learning together, flexibility, and a lot of grace. Homeschooling has taught me that growth doesn’t have to be rushed, and that presence matters more than perfection. Much of what I believe about rest, rhythm, and faith has been formed right here, in ordinary days lived honestly.
The same grace I've learned to extend to my boys in our homeschool has been the grace that carried me through the hardest seasons of my life. Presence over perfection isn't just a parenting philosophy. It's how I survived.
🩺 Medical Journey
When my youngest was less than a month old, I went to bed feeling normal and woke up unable to stand. That was the beginning.
At 30 years old, with two babies still in diapers, I was diagnosed with Systemic Mastocytosis - a rare, incurable disease affecting approximately one in a million people. It had already spread to my bones, liver, spleen, and lymph nodes.
What followed was years of fighting:
8+ rounds of IV chemotherapy
12+ paracentesis procedures to drain fluid from my abdomen
A stem cell transplant in March 2024, with my brother as the donor
The first patient with my disease to undergo this procedure at UNMC
Graft-versus-host disease, I continue to manage today
Survival rates are 2-4 years. 7 years later. I’m still here. I’m still choosing joy.
Medicine called it improbable. I call it the Lord.
✝️ Faith
My faith wasn't formed in a church pew during easy seasons. It was formed in the space between a terrifying diagnosis and the decision about what would speak first: fear or faith.
What I discovered in that space became the framework I now call The Joy Reflex™
Joy isn't an emotion. It's not optimism. It's not the bumper-sticker version of faith that tells you to smile through suffering. It's a trained spiritual response that was built through repetition, Scripture, surrender, and practice that rises before fear can take the lead.
Faith. Joy. Peace. Practiced until they become instinct:
That framework carried me through every chemo infusion, every procedure, every midnight fear, and every moment when the outcome wasn't guaranteed. I wrote the book on it.