I want you to feel powerful

We live in a world where crisis and chaos are constants. For many of us, chronic stress and trauma leave us feeling split apart and spiralling through cycles of numbness, stuckness, and contraction. Left unattended, we can find ourselves isolated and feeling hopeless, and powerless.

Talking about our problems doesn’t always lead to the changes we want. In fact, sometimes what we ‘think’ is the problem isn’t.

SOMA: connecting to our body’s inner wisdom

All of our ancestors had somatic practices that helped them sense their innate connection to the land, their bodies, and their deep inner knowing. In practice, somatics can look like noticing, exploring, and expressing our inner experience. For example, someone might notice a tightness in their chest that comes with a painful memory. Exploring these internal experiences is a pathway to knowing ourselves and the world in a new and empowering way. When this innate inner navigating system is restored you trust yourself and act in the world from your deepest, truest self.

CONNECTION and sovereignty

Trauma, loss, oppression, and other difficult life experiences erode our sense of belonging, dignity, and safety (or competency). Coming back to practices that include your body-wisdom helps you know yourself and expands your capacity to be more of yourself in the world. Then your choices emerge from a grounded place. Your sense of self-trust awakens a deep capacity for clear-seeing and heart-centred living and you learn to weather the bumps and come back to your center again and again - without losing your access to connection and joy.

About Jenn

I have more than two decades of experience supporting people seeking a deeper connection to their inner source of power. I work 1:1 with individuals and large organizations to help address chronic and acute stress and survival patterns that hold us back from our truest expression of ourselves.

I am an expert in communications, and experiential psychology with certifications in Somatic Experiencing®, and Eugene Gendlin’s Focusing.

These are urgent times. The knowledge that our embodied individual change can carry over into collective systems change lights me up personally and professionally. Author and activist adrienne maree brown underscores this when she says “what we practice at the small scale sets patterns for the whole system.”

I lead resilience workshops and programs for people and organizations working on and experiencing the impacts of climate change and help communities integrate direct experiences following wildfires, floods, and other catastrophes.

More than ever we need to expand our capacity for difficult emotions while connecting to our aliveness, including joy and pleasure.

All of my offerings are rooted in decolonizing and anti-oppressive ethics.

CLIENT WORDS

Jenn helped me find my truth and voice in experiences I used to file away under "avoid.” She gave me a tool kit I access daily in my interactions. The work we did continues to inform and help me grow in my courage to be seen and heard.

E.C., Brand Consultant, Fashion Stylist

Working with Jenn on an ongoing basis has been a fundamental component of my evolution as a leader. Jenn's methodology, training and presence are globally one of a kind. The grounding and self excavation she assists you through simultaneously while holding your professional needs are all done with the utmost care. I feel confident that her work has greatly influenced my career and life path to guide me to who I am today.

C.D., Entrepreneur and Global Workplace Wellness Leader

registrations

Registered Psychotherapist - College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario

Credentials:

M.A. Counselling Psychology - Yorkville University

Specialized B.A. Indigenous Studies and Women’s Studies - Carleton University

Somatic Experiencing Practitioner®

Certified Focusing Trainer, International Focusing Institute

Certified Focusing-Oriented Therapist, International Focusing Institute

Voice and Presence Training, Patsy Rodenburg

Authentic Movement (in progress)

Training and Workshops I offer:

Embodied Communication - We make our best connections when we are in our bodies - I will help you shift into your natural power to influence and inspire. You will approach public speaking or any engagement with clarity, confidence, and authenticity.

Focusing - A Women’s Circle and blueprint for aliveness and action.

Embodying The Climate Crisis - with Annette Dubrueil