About me
Hello, I'm Jennifer
I'm a writer at heart turned trauma-informed Somatic Writing Coach. I am highly sensitive, emotionally intense and passionate about honoring what our bodies have been through and the stories and emotions they hold.
I know what it's like to feel unsafe in your body.
I have always felt everything – emotions and experiences – more intensely than other people. I am deeply aware of energy: the energy in rooms, of other people and the physical sensations in my body. There's a beautiful side to this and I loved being in my body honestly, until trauma, years of overwhelm and mind/body conditions took that away.
On the heels of my first heartbreak, I developed a pain in my throat no doctor has ever been able to explain. My first experience with emotions palpably affecting my body but not the last. The depth with which I feel coupled with my body's hyperreactivity is where my lack of feeling safe in my body started. And then came trauma.
By midlife I felt anxious, exhausted by my sensitivity and afraid to connect with my body. I judged myself so harshly, hated my body and my sensitivity. I wanted peace and compassion for myself. I just had no idea how to get them.
FOR ME, IT STARTED HERE...
I've always been highly sensitive, I just didn't have that language growing up to explain why I always felt...different.
Consequently I never learned to honor:
- My highly sensitive nervous system
- My deeply empathic heart
- The way I feel emotions deeply
- That my body stores stress + emotions physically
- That my body talks through sensation
Not knowing how to honor these things left me vulnerable to trauma, mind/body conditions and damaging internal narratives about myself.
As traumas compounded through the years, I became anxious, self-loathing and disconnected from my very reactive body.
I craved safety in my body and compassion toward myself.
I tried everything to get them: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, EMDR, energy medicine, yoga (which I cried my way through for years). I read The Body Holds the Score.
My body felt too scary and heartbreaking to inhabit. I held so many stories and emotions I couldn't shift no matter how much I talked or journaled about them. I was waning in hope and drowning in private despair.
I realized it wasn't the score my body was holding, it was stories.
And stories can be healed.
MY APPROACH
Drawing on my life as a writer, I wrote a memoir about my trauma and developed a journaling process that give my body voice, which were so deeply healing I began studying to understand why. I studied:
High sensitivity, somatization, expressive writing, the nervous system, embodied processing, IFS Parts Work, Somatic Experiencing and somatic trauma integration.
I started by exploring my stories.
But exploring them was only step one. I had to rewrite my stories through a more compassionate lens.
Once I did this it became clear how much of my suffering was caused by unprocessed traumas, stored stress and embodied narratives I'd either adopted or that had been projected onto me about who I was and how I was allowed to feel.
Which brings me here. I'm Jennifer.
I'm a certified Integrative Somatic Trauma Therapy Coach and Somatic Writing Coach for highly sensitive women and let me tell you: if I can come home to my body through rewriting my story, you can too.
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If you've carried stress and trauma responses for far too long, then Jennifer is the one to turn to.
"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.
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
Working with her is like being introduced to myself again.
"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."
MELODYE J.
I found my peace, self-compassion and a brand new sense of inner safety through rewriting my story.
And now I'm honored to help highly sensitive women like you do the same: to come home to their bodies, find inner peace and anchor in self-compassion through their stories.
And trust me, if I can find this, you can too.
Our stories are not that different. I am much the same as the women I coach; my body also needs deep processing and a nervous system-friendly approach. It also holds deeply entrenched narratives that try to keep me in pain because that's what's familiar.
I healed by exploring the stories, memories and beliefs my body was holding and rewriting them. I analyzed, questioned and reconstructed those stories to anchor in peace, safety and compassion for myself.
I believe in creating a safe, open-hearted space where we help you home to your body with peace, self-compassion, safety and love.
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No other individual has brought about healing in my life in such a short period of time, in such an effective way.
"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.
I have made more progress in three months with Jennifer than I have in twenty years of traditional therapy.
"When I first started working with Jennifer, I tried to keep hope for monumental success at arm's length, because being free of the pain in my life just didn't seem realistic. I didn't want to be disappointed. But my doubt disappeared as soon as I started writing. Her process worked for me, immediately and astoundingly well.
I trust Jennifer and her process implicitly. I have made more progress with her in three months than I have in 20 years of traditional therapy."
TARLA T.
Fun facts about me
I've self-published two books, a memoir and short story collection. My Body Writing™ process, a beautiful blend of writing and somatic trauma integration, was developed and inspired by my own healing. I'm an Aquarius sun, Cancer moon and Taurus rising. I love flowers, emotional honesty and iced Americanos with cream. I am regulated, inspired and deeply nourished by music; Tori Amos is my forever favorite.
I believe that crying and laughter are medicine. I believe Black Lives Matter. I support immigrants, women's rights 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. 💗
