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Jessie Harrold is a coach, doula and author who has been supporting women through life transitions and rites of passage for nearly twenty years. She works one-on-one with women and mothers in her practice as well as facilitating group programs, circles, rituals, and retreats.  A world-leading expert in matrescence (the transition to motherhood), Jessie is the author of the award-winning book Mothershift:  Reclaiming Motherhood as a Rite of Passage and the editor of Mother Becoming:  Reflections and Scholarship on Matrescence. She is also the author of Project Body Love and the host of The Becoming Podcast.  Jessie lives on the east coast of Canada where she mothers her two children, writes, and stewards the land.

Jessie Harrold is a coach, doula and author who has been supporting women through life transitions and rites of passage for nearly twenty years. She works one-on-one with women and mothers in her practice as well as facilitating group programs, circles, rituals, and retreats.

Jessie holds degrees in Neuroscience and Health Promotion, and her research on women’s experiences navigating health and wellbeing has won multiple awards and been published in peer-reviewed journals internationally.  Her writing and work has been featured in Spirituality & Health, Green Parent, Mindful Magazine and Explore Magazine, among many others.

Jessie is a world-leading expert in matrescence (the transition to motherhood).  She is the founder of the internationally acclaimed matrescence support program MotherSHIFT, and The Village, a Matrescence Educator Certification program for perinatal professionals and other mother supporters.  She is the author of the award-winning book Mothershift:  Reclaiming Motherhood as a Rite of Passage and the editor of Mother Becoming:  Reflections and Scholarship on Matrescence.

Jessie is also the author of Project Body Love: my quest to love my body and the surprising truth I found instead, and the host of The Becoming Podcast.  Jessie lives on the east coast of Canada where she mothers her two children, writes, and stewards the land.