by Jessica | Nov 6, 2021 | Uncategorized
Authenticity Hangover. I think I made this phrase up (but if I didn’t please tell me who did so I can credit them). I define an “authenticity hangover” as the after effect of not being yourself. Have you ever woken up after a night out with friends or acquaintances,...
by Jessica | Nov 5, 2021 | Uncategorized
How they treat you has nothing to do with how they actually feel about you. How they treat you is a reflection of how they feel about themselves. If they are confusing, they are confused. If they are emotionally unavailable, it’s probably because they are. If...
by Jessica | Nov 5, 2021 | Uncategorized
Watching MAID felt like watching a mirror into my life. It was cathartic, humanizing and depressing. Reflecting back, I didn’t even really know I had been caught in a cycle of abuse until a few months after – I just knew that it FELT like my upbringing. I didn’t even...
by Jessica | Nov 4, 2021 | Uncategorized
I wanted to add one thing that didn’t make it to my last post. LISTEN, please listen to people when they talk to you about their struggles. I am not going to say “especially a mom” because all people and their struggles matter. If someone says “I am not okay,” believe...
by Jessica | Nov 1, 2021 | Uncategorized
I hate the rhetoric on self love. I hate the narrative of you have to love yourself before you can have anything or do anything or heal anything…Children, like me, who grew up in a home where it was normal for a parent to tell you what you think or what you...
by Jessica | Nov 1, 2021 | Uncategorized
I hate the rhetoric on self love. I hate the narrative of you have to love yourself before you can have anything or do anything or heal anything… Children, like me, who grew up in a home where it was normal for a parent to tell you what you think or what you believe,...
by Jessica | Oct 26, 2021 | Uncategorized
There aren’t many pictures of my daughter and I from 2018 – 2020. Most of them are of just her. I was too tired, too disheveled, too stressed to even want to look at myself.This weekend I binged Maid (Netflix) and had a very cathartic experience owning my...
by Jessica | Oct 20, 2021 | Uncategorized
10 years ago I had to learn how to un-shallow myself. At that time, I was obsessed with my ex and could not stop thinking about his giant arms and perfect face, months after we broke up. I day dreamed about it and missed the shit out of the version of him I created in...
by Jessica | Oct 10, 2021 | Uncategorized
I’ve always felt every day should be World Mental Health Day.Earlier this year I was really struggling. The pandemic winter felt long, and hard, and the isolation really got to me. I felt like I kept walking into walls. There were a lot of other personal things...
by Jessica | Oct 2, 2021 | Uncategorized
Yesterday someone asked me why I am a Life Coach. The immediate response was: because I don’t want any woman to ever feel alone. I was surprised that that was my first answer, but it was the most authentic answer I could have given.Life coaching is the only thing I’ve...
