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Hello,
I'm Jennifer
I help highly sensitive women feel so they can heal. I help them resolve past traumas, find safety in their bodies and compassion toward their bodies and selves. 💗→
YOU'RE DEEPLY SENSITIVE AND HOLDING A LOT. I SEE YOU.
I know what it's like to feel unsafe in your body.
I loved being in my body until trauma, years of emotional overwhelm and chronic conditions took that away.
I developed pain in my body I knew was emotional, but I didn't know how to release those emotions or let go of what had hurt me. I became anxious, lonely in my depth and privately really self-loathing.
I longed for peace in my body. I wanted to be able to listen to my body instead of punishing it for constantly betraying me and oh my god did I want to feel compassion for it. I was brimming with suppressed emotional pain.
Even worse, like so many sensitive women, my mask was screwed on tight. I smiled a lot, with a life that looked beautiful on paper. Inside, though? My body was screaming.
MY JOURNEY OUT OF THIS FRANKLY, WAS BRUTAL.
For me, it started here...
This is me at nineteen years old – sweet, creative, deep-feeling, boundaryless and sensitive. I was ballroom dancing all day and writing each night. Blissfully in my body and in love with my life.
I was willing to feel everything. In love with my body and self and I didn't care what anyone thought.
This was before my first experience with trauma. Before boundary violations, toxic relationships, overwhelm and abandonment. Before I became anxious, heartbroken, rage-filled and disconnected. Before I separated from my body because I could not handle the emotions it held.
This was me before I became afraid of my own emotions.
I awoke as an empath at thirty six, so full of trauma and emotions I'd internalized, the embodied, self-loving version of me was just gone.
I wanted her back, and devoted myself to reclaiming her.
I looked everywhere outside myself, only to discover she couldn't be found in talk therapy, self-help books, meditation or yoga. In fact, most of those left me feeling even further from myself. My embodied, self-loving version was drowning in everything I didn't know how to feel.
I REALIZED I NEEDED TO STOP LOOKING OUTSIDE MY BODY, AND ACKNOWLEDGE THE EMOTIONS THAT DROWNED HER IN THE FIRST PLACE.
MY APPROACH
Drawing on my life as a writer, I wrote my pain out intuitively. Which was so deeply healing, I began studying to understand why. I studied:
High sensitivity, somatization, how writing helps us heal, the nervous system, embodied processing and trauma resolution, IFS Parts Work, Somatic Experiencing and somatic trauma integration.
EVERYTHING DREW ME BACK TO WRITING.
But I knew that journaling wasn't enough. I had to bring my body on board. I had to allow my body to have its say.
Once I did this it became clear how much of my pain came from everything I was suppressing. I was not only keeping myself in pain, I was preventing myself from ever feeling love for my body and self on the inside.
My journey out of this truly was brutal. I spent years unclear about what, exactly, would get me out of my anxiety, self-loathing and pain. When I finally figured it out? I had to help other sensitive women do the same.
Which brings me here. I'm Jennifer.
I'M A WRITER AND CERTIFIED INTEGRATIVE SOMATIC TRAUMA THERAPY COACH AND LET ME TELL YOU: IF I CAN HEAL MY RELATIONSHIP WITH MY BODY AND SELF, YOU CAN TOO.
Rebecca Heisterhoff
Working with Jennifer feels light and safe, even when we explore the more painful layers of trauma my body needs to write about. Her process is a safe way to explore the tension that comes with trauma stuck in our bodies, and release stored energy. It's simple, it's powerful and it works. Working with her is healing in a tangible way that lasts.
M.J.
I have learned I can process my deep feelings without them overwhelming me. I've learned I can tolerate feelings I felt certain would destroy me. Jennifer's ability to hold space helps quiet the criticalness of my brain. Working with her is like being introduced to myself again as a new person, but seeing that they were always there.
Rachel K.
I have been working with Jennifer for several months and cannot praise her enough! Her sensitive, compassionate, gentle nature coupled with her thoughtful, insightful feedback – all provided in a deeply safe container – has helped soften my perfectionism. She's a gem of a coach and human. Wholeheartedly recommend Jennifer!
Alana T.
Jennifer has given me support in witnessing my truth. If you're feeling dubious about working with her, let me strongly encourage you to DO IT! Any discomfort you face will be met with her warm, fully accepting approach. Utilizing her process will greatly contribute to your long term wellbeing. It's like a 10 dollar investment for a million dollar return.
I UNDERSTAND WHAT IT'S LIKE TO WORRY YOU'RE TOO BROKEN TO HEAL.
I know what it's like to fear the intensity of your own feelings. I get what happens in a sensitive body that's holding too much. And I know what it's like to crave a peace in your body and compassion toward yourself you can rest in.
I reclaimed traumatized me. And reclaiming her changed my life.
I'm embodied again, self-loving and wise – doing my heart's work of helping women like you feel whole on the other side of your pain.
We are much the same.
I truly am much the same as the women I coach. My body also has deeply entrenched narratives that try to keep me in pain.
I healed because I addressed my story in my nervous system. I sought out support that could validate my experience. I got very clear about what was causing my pain and learned how to resolve that.
I BELIEVE IN CREATING A SAFE SPACE WHERE YOU CAN LAY DOWN YOUR MASK AND WE CAN HEAL THE ROOT CAUSES OF YOUR PAIN.
I'll help you write a new story in your nervous system.
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Layers of emotional pain have just melted away.
"Before finding Jennifer I felt clogged with emotion, weighted down with pain. I desperately needed to release something big and deep but could not identify what. I tried bodywork practices, talk therapy, EMDR, yoga, energy clearing – none felt strong enough to help me find that release for good. Working with Jennifer, layers of emotional pain have just melted away. Those I'm close to see me as a calmer, less reactive person.
It's really hard to put the experience of working with Jennifer into words but maybe it's best to simply say: if you allow her to guide you through her process, you will set yourself free. You will write and speak the words to set yourself free.
K.B.
I'm not triggered by things I used to be.
"Before working with Jennifer, I felt skeptical that I could ever experience the healing I needed. It felt impossible. By far the biggest issues I faced were self-hate and criticism, unhealed childhood traumas, resentment, rejection and feelings of unworthiness. After working with her, I feel so free and at peace with myself. I'm not triggered by things I used to be and when I find myself bothered, I know what I need to do to process through the feelings.
No other individual has brought about healing in my life in such a short period of time, in such an effective way. If you're considering working with Jennifer, go for it. She will 100% improve your quality of life. She creates a safe, warm space that allows you to open up in your own time, while offering loving insights to help you along the way."
FELICIA K.
So why should you work with me?
I believe sensitivity is a spectrum and that there is not enough support for women on the extreme side of that spectrum. I'm one of these – as deep and emotionally intense as I am sensitive and kind. The investment to work with me is what it is because I offer deep attunement, exceptional emotional support and attentiveness – all things that, even as slow processors, help us heal faster and more effectively. I believe in creating an outstanding client experience, and am all in with you during our time together to make sure you get it.
My history as a ballroom dancer, writer and INFJ empath make me particularly well-suited to intuit what you feel in your body and help you put words to it that will make a difference (because not all writing is the same).
I foster spaces in my private coaching and groups where you never have to worry about feeling too deep, too sensitive or too much. I believe crying and laughter are medicine. I believe in inclusivity, that Black Lives Matter and I support immigrants, women's and LGBTQIA+ rights. I'm a dog person but have lots of cat people in my spaces. 😊 And I invite you into my space if you share these values.
