Based in Charlotte, N.C., Jen Tota McGivney is a writer with bylines in Our State Magazine, Simplify Magazine, SUCCESS Magazine, Southern Living, and more. From 2022 through 2025, she was the back-page columnist for Charlotte Magazine.
Jen also provides communication services–including content marketing, thought leadership, and digital content strategy–to marketing teams and agencies.
Finding Your Walden: How to Strive Less, Simplify More, and Embrace What Matters Most
“Jen McGivney’s clear and charming book brings Thoreau’s teachings into our modern world of noise and distraction, and grapples with the big questions, mainly: What kind of life do we want to live?”
—Tommy Tomlinson, author of Dogland and The Elephant in the Room
