Guiding women through life transitions and rites of passage
If you’re going through the kind of life change that changes everything,
you’re in the right place.
Testimonials
“I feel like a part of myself has just awoken.”
– Hannah
“I feel more like me every day.”
– Marina
“I feel more solidified in my core values. Before I only knew what I was supposed to think.”
– Jess
“I'm coming home to myself.”
– Anne
If you lived in another time or place, you would have been supported by an entire village – and by midwives and elders and healers – who knew, in their bones, how to guide you through transformation. You were never meant to do this alone.
I offer support through:
- Individual coaching and mentorship
- Ritual + ceremony design services
- Matrescence support + training programs
- Circles, workshops and retreats
HI! I'M
Jessie
I’m a coach, doula and author.
I am devoted to the art, science and soul of midwifing women across the thresholds of transformation in their lives.
It all started twenty years ago, when I began attending births. I learned that a well-supported rite of passage could change a woman's whole life. I found myself becoming increasingly fascinated by matrescence, or the transition to motherhood. I witnessed women for whom motherhood catalyzed an accompanying landslide of other changes to their lives, and started to get curious about how all women navigate the process of becoming.
Since then, I have supported thousands of women through times of transition in their lives, helping them find the most authentic, liberated and powerful version of themselves along the way.
What phase of life transition are you in?
When you complete this quiz, you’ll receive a beautiful custom e-book and a 5-day mini-course based on your results.
What phase of life transition are you in?
When you complete this quiz, you’ll receive a beautiful custom e-book and a 5-day mini-course based on your results.
May It Be So
I have learned that when people are deeply witnessed and held through a rite of passage, they grow capacities that our wider world desperately needs right now. The times we’re living in are a collective modern-day rite of passage and we humans are being called to become even more literate in the art of transformation; skillful at integrating change, adapting, and evolving.
And so it is that this work is really my prayer for and blessing upon that world we’re stepping into, that we may become the kind of people who can meet it squarely, with creative minds, wise hearts and resilient bodies.
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Writing
Explore articles about life transition and rites of passage, matrescence and motherhood, ritual, cyclical living and earth connection, embodiment, creativity, community-building, self-care and more.
The Becoming Podcast
Listen to the Becoming Podcast, where we talk about life transitions, rites of passage, and other times of becoming in women's lives – and how these times can be a catalyst to become more of who you are.
Books
Read multi-award winning books about how women navigate times of life transition and rites of passage. They're part non-fiction, part memoir, part social commentary and always from the heart.
Imaginalia Newsletter
field notes on transformative times + support for your metamorphosis
Imaginalia is a monthly newsletter...but it's more of a sweet little zine: a curation of reflections and resources for navigating life transition and rites of passage, with a little bit of whimsy thrown in.
It's my way of both guiding you and wondering / wandering alongside you as we collectively navigate times of transformation with reverence and resourcefulness.
Testimonials
“Time just stopped as I read your words.”
– Rachel
“Thanks for being a piercing voice of truth in a world of dull noise.”
– Nicole
“Your Imaginalia newsletters mean so much to me. You feel like a friend, someone I know.”
– Victoria
When you sign up to receive Imaginalia, you'll also receive occasional emails from me regarding upcoming offerings, events and other resources.
Testimonials
“I discovered Jessie's work when I had been struggling for a while with a huge transition in my life, as my daughter went to college and I decided to end my marriage, leave my career, sell my house, and travel for a year. I worked with Jessie for slightly more than a year, and I'm not sure I could have made it through that tumultuous year without her. I'm not just drifting along anymore. Jessie helped me find my compass, and I'm forever grateful for that!”
– Anne
“I had a very potent series of sessions with Jessie at a time where I felt almost like a character in a fairy tale who had accidentally fallen asleep in the wrong life. My waking up from that felt like life force coming back online – like my fire rekindling.”
–Annie Bray, Somatics Educator + Bodyworker
“Jessie is the perfect mix of evidence-based, funny, well-articulated, and filled with down-to-earth ritual wisdom. Every single session had me pivoting my life in a more wholesome and sustainable way. My career, my family life and my experience of motherhood has been forever changed.”
–Kelsi Ludvigsen, Postpartum Educator and Founder of After Birth School
“I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for the space you held for me this year as I walked through some of the final fires of this long initiation into motherhood. When I reached out to you I didn’t know how on earth I could ever find peace with this journey. My motherhood journey is far from over, but I can say now that my feet are firmly planted in this new world I have found myself in. I now feel a grounding in myself that I had been longing to experience.”
–Hannah Milkins
I tend to, live and work on Mi’kma’ki, the ancestral and unceded territory of the Mi’kmaq people, also known as Nova Scotia, Canada. The work I do and the person I am becoming would not be possible if it were not for this land, which I am ever-endeavouring to be in right relationship with.
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