About Jackie
When I lost my sister, I felt completely lost.
My grief response was so strong that I found myself struggling just to function, and eventually I realized I needed help.
I went for grief counselling. I saw a psychologist who was more interested in talking about the state of my marriage than in helping me work through my grief. I took classes and workshops. I hired coaches. I consulted psychics. I did ALL the things. And all of them helped a little bit, but I still couldn’t quite get to the answer I was looking for:
What was wrong with me??
Then I saw a course that grabbed my attention because I thought maybe I’d learn something that could help me. And I did. PLUS, I got a certification.
Then I saw another one. And another one. And another one…
The funny thing is, I never really set out to become a coach. That happened almost accidentally, after a conversation with a friend ended with her asking me, “Why aren’t you a coach?”
Speaking was almost accidental, too. Would you believe I was once terrified of public speaking? And I certainly didn’t think I had anything to say that anyone would care to hear. Until I was asked to fill an empty spot at a friend’s event after another speaker cancelled.
I was SO nervous that night, right up until I stepped into the spotlight and started talking about the day I lost my big sister and saw their faces laughing with me and crying with me. At the end of the night, people lined up to share their own grief stories and I was blown away. Had I really moved that many people just by sharing my story?
Somehow, becoming a speaker and facilitator just kind of happened when I was simply being me.
Some of those courses I mentioned…
Mastery Level Strategic Intervention Coach Training
Neuroscience Coach Certification
Trauma Healing Coach Certification
Positive Psychology Coach Certification
Relationship Coach Certification
I’m currently studying trauma at a deeper level, with a focus on neuroscience, somatics, and getting to the root of what’s really going on so we can create meaningful change.
Eventually, I stopped hanging the certifications on the wall. (Mostly because my wall isn’t big enough to hold them all. LOL)
But what I learned while earning them matters.
They gave me incredible insight into people: what we carry, how our minds work, how conditioning shapes us, how unresolved grief and trauma can continue to shape our lives long after the experience itself, and how our beliefs can become limitations we don’t even realize we’re living inside.
They also gave me an enormous toolbox that I’ve used to help myself and many other people.
It took me a long time, a lot of work, and some really deep healing to understand that Jackie simply being Jackie, in all of my glory and all of my flawed perfection, has real value.
Who I am today is this wonderful mix of my unique gifts, an almost relentless curiosity and desire to understand, lived experience, and skills developed over decades of life, training, business, and helping people.
But understanding that this particular combination is something only I can bring to the world, and seeing what happens when I do, was the real game changer.
What makes me different?
I talk about the things other people don’t, or won’t. I ask the kinds of questions that cut through the noise and help us get to the heart of what’s really going on.
We can keep putting Band-Aids on the problem, or we can get curious about what’s actually causing it. Because that’s where real change happens.
Oh, and I wrote a book!
In 2022, Believe! ALL Things Are Possible became a #1 International Bestseller.
It’s about breaking free from limiting beliefs and conditioning, learning to believe in yourself, discovering who you really are, and creating real change in your life.
And apparently, I still have more to say. LOL
My next book, Beyond Belief, is currently in the works.
Want to see Jackie in action?
Sometimes the easiest way to get a feel for who I am and what I do is to see me doing it.
You can watch episodes of my show, Time to Rise & Thrive, along with interviews, conversations, and more on my YouTube channel.