meet jewlz

HOW IT STARTED…

For the longest time I couldn’t shake the feeling that I was something broken that needed fixing.

From the exterior, I was well-traveled, the first in my family aimed at finishing graduate schooling, highly adaptable and made friends easily. At my core I:

was burdened with a ton of resentment rooted in a childhood with an absent father
carried the weight of purity culture as I equated my value to my abstinence
continuously pursued emotionally unavailable partners who unbeknownst to me were a reflection of myself at that time
distracted myself with volunteering, academics, self-learning, events and networking to avoid facing my own thoughts
bottled my emotions, put others needs high above my own and silenced my voice out of fear of rejection
was riddled with so much overthinking that I thought people who said they were thinking about “nothing” were either lying or insane
ignored my bodily cues for self-care, was intermittently sick with various illnesses and after a season of high emotional stress broke out with face acne and dark spots

I was a chronic people-pleaser with a desire to belong who felt largely unseen, unknown and inadequate. What I came to realize was I first needed to belong to Myself. But I didn’t even know who that Self was.

My lowest point brought me to a deeper intimacy in my relationship with God on my spiritual journey; I quite simply needed to commune with my Maker to understand who I was better. My constant prayer was to see myself as no more (put ego aside) but also no less (release insecurity) than He sees me.

I began my personal, spiritual and emotional growth journey as I realized that what I was looking for couldn’t be validated externally around me.

I dove into every personal development and spiritual book I could find. I drowned myself in podcasts, videos, and literature around healthy relationship dynamics, childhood development and attachment style. I pursued my Masters in Anthropology and Sociology curious about human behavior and how we create meaning around values and norms. I enrolled into a 7 month healing and discipleship program that tackled traumas and childhood wounds that inform addictive behaviors and choices. I maximized my work benefits on therapy, massages, acupuncture, a dietician and naturopath and established a consistent 4-day workout routine. I began to feed my mind, body and spirit and the rewards were infinite.

HOW IT’s going…

I cannot pretend that I reached self-actualization. I simply became more comfortable in my own skin. My low catalyzed my desire and yearning for growth — but I also needed the revelation that healing is not my purpose; it’s a process that happens as I live out my purpose.

This process doesn’t have to happen by mistake. We are gifted with resources, encounters, experiences and people that pour into our process of healing. My hope is to give the wealth of what I was given to you - to package up years of learning and unlearning into powerful moments.

I take my personal experiences combined with my education, professional public speaking skills, years of group coaching, and Life Coach certification to lend you a holistic hand and walk with you on this journey of self-discovery; we are not called to do life alone.