About me
Your story isn't a project to be finished. It is a living constellation waiting to be mapped, metabolized, integrated and healed.
Hello, I'm Jennifer – writer, certified Integrative Somatic Trauma Therapy Coach and creator of the Somatic Story Map™.
I help highly sensitive, deep-feelers move their story from nervous system to the page so they can find room on their inside to bloom.
You hold a constellation of stories inside.
You’ve done therapy, energy healing, even written on your own, yet your body still feels unsafe. You ring with noise. Your abdomen feels heavy. Your chest feels like a lock with no key.
You feel riddled with sensation and a wide, crowded noise in your nervous system that you believe is your body holding not the score – but your stories.
You long to feel creative – to metabolize and heal those stories through telling your truth, but your body holds this stubborn compulsion that keeps saying hush.
I want you to know: that's just your nervous system trying to keep you safe, in the face of unraveling years of stories your body doesn't want to hold anymore.
Writing your story and telling it true is how everything changes – how you make the room inside your body to bloom.
Where Storytelling Craft Meets Somatic Release
My journey to this work was built on two distinct foundations: the high-level craft of storytelling and the deep, quiet work of somatic healing.
With a summa cum laude degree in English and years spent training with masters of the unfiltered voice like Janet Fitch and Tom Spanbauer, I learned how to build the architecture of a story and tell it, as Tom liked to encourage – dangerously.
But it was years later that my training as an Integrative Somatic Trauma Therapy Coach revealed the missing link:
I realized that true relief only happens when the craft of our story matches the literal sensation of how it lives in our body.
Body Writing™ is the result of that discovery.
It is a process of creative reclamation where we find the exact right words to facilitate a metabolic release. When your unfiltered voice matches your truth, the story truly heals.
Working with her is healing in a tangible way that lasts.
"Working with her 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. If you have carried stress and trauma responses for far too long, then Jennifer is the one to turn to. If you've tried "all the things," try this and give yourself the gift of lasting release. I had no idea working with her would be so magical. It has been more helpful for me than years of therapy."
REBECCA HEISTERHOFF
I am finally finding some peace.
"I was looking for a place to write regularly and deeply. As a survivor of childhood trauma, I have suffered my whole life from anxiety, depression, hyper-vigilance and a dysregulated nervous system. I have actively sought healing and relief in many different modalities, but Body Writing is proving to be the most effective.
Jennifer provides a safe and empathic space and process for us to explore our dark places and hold them up to the light to release their grip on our bodies. I appreciate the way she brings such gentleness and sensitivity to our space, and holds us all so carefully and lovingly. Following her example, writers not only accept what we have to share, but honor and celebrate our words with us. As a result of Body Writing, I find myself feeling lighter, calmer and less reactive. I am finally finding some peace."
ANNE H.
Jennifer helped me soften my perfectionism.
"I have been working 1:1 with Jennifer for several months and cannot praise her enough. Her sensitive, compassionate, gentle nature coupled with her thoughtful, insightful and attentive feedback – all provided in a deeply safe container – has helped me soften my perfectionism and craft a much more embodied, somatically authentic story. She is a gem of a coach and human. I wholeheartedly recommend Jennifer!"
RACHEL K.
From Marrow to Page: How Body Writing™ Healed Me
Beyond the certifications and somatic maps, I am a writer who believes that finding the exact right words is a form of medicine.
Body Writing™ wasn’t born from a coaching curriculum; it was born out of a desperate need to survive my own silence.
I lived for years in severe dissociation. I'd lost my voice and sense of safety inside my own skin. My body was a site of loathing and self-harm patterns. I was haunted by stories I couldn't name, my nervous system dysregulated and ringing with noise.
I gave my body voice because nothing else was working.
I was trying to move the story out of my marrow through writing and it worked – because I let my voice reflect what I felt inside.
Through this process, I didn't just write my story. I healed anxiety, creative trauma and deep-seated body blame. I made room on my inside to bloom. Today, I'm here to help you do the same.
There is space for you here
From gentle initiation to a high-touch residency, find your right fit:
The Initiation (Free):
[Start your 3-Day Body Writing™ Journey] — Best for those ready to bypass the thinking mind with somatic writing & song
The Circle ($88/mo):
[Join the Body Writing™ Writing Circle] — Best for those seeking a steady, communal home for their writing to bring bloom
The Residency (Signature Offer):
[Apply for The Living Manuscript] — Best for the woman ready for deep, boutique somatic mentorship and private 1:1 guidance.
She radiates warmth and sensitivity from her very core.
"Jennifer is kind, empathetic and caring but she is also so fucking kick ass at the same time. She encourages the whole range of emotions and celebrates writing with no holds barred. She creates a wonderfully safe and encouraging environment for every one of us to shine."
JANE McGEOGHAN
Layers of emotional pain have just melted away.
"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.
Jennifer writes so beautifully about such difficult things.
ANNE H.
Beyond the Page: The Human Behind the Process
I was a ballroom dancer for many years, but writing is my first love. I love the internal, physical experience of writing to unlock deeper emotional truths. I’ve self-published two books: a memoir and short story collection. One story from that collection was runner-up for the Jeffrey E. Smith Missouri Review Editor's Prize.
I'm an Aquarius sun, Cancer moon and Taurus rising. I love flowers, emotional honesty and Americanos with just a little maple syrup, and can be found most moments with either earbuds or earplugs in. Tori Amos is my perpetual favorite listen.
I believe that crying and laughter are medicine. I believe Black Lives Matter; 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. ✍🏼💐
