We connected on the road as nomads...and Amanda had a personal dream to be on a podcast. I looked at her and said, "Well, I can make that happen!". So we shared a mic on a beautiful goat farm near Long Beach, Washington. I discovered a nomadic community and a magical human named Amanda. She shares her story and the future story she's dreaming about. Self Discovery is what it's all about! Connect with Amanda and her nomadic journey: IG: Follow Amanda & Matt's Journey Email: ambarnz@gmail.com...
Nov 14, 2022•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 33
Living as an HSP (Highly Sensitive Person) is changing the game in how we run our businesses and our life. Meet Bianca Morra, a fellow HSP and photographer. We discuss this newfound gift about ourselves and why it's the secret sauce to her art and business. She is giving the world an opportunity to see their souls the way she does. Connect with Bianca: Instagram: @biancaleamorra Bianca's Resources: linktr.ee/Bmorra Books we discussed: The Highly Sensitive Person by Dr. Elaine Aron Our Business/L...
Nov 09, 2022•1 hr 19 min•Ep. 32
Sara Cousineau is connecting women back to their essence...their original blueprint of ecstasy and pleasure. Her story of corporate burnout and evolving herself into a highly intuitive and self-knowing woman has now led her to a unique space of helping women get out of their heads and back into their bodies. She helps women reclaim their sexuality, sensuality, and pleasure. She is also a Doula guidling women through one of the most powerful journeys of their life. Sara is helping you find your w...
Oct 07, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 31
Dacy Gillespie intuitively guides her clients to discover what they feel best in. She helps them let go of the external messages they’ve been given about what they should wear and get to the heart of what’s making them uncomfortable about their clothes. Through their work building a functional wardrobe, Dacy’s clients make a mindset shift from thinking they need to wear what’s flattering to unapologetically taking up space in the world. After a lifetime of jobs in high-stress careers that didn’t...
Jun 17, 2022•54 min•Ep. 30
Kelly Erra is one beautiful human! She shares her story of running a highly successful direct sales business for 16 years with over 400 loyal customers to being a new mom with high expectations of herself. Kelly gets real about the challenges of being an “achiever” and a new mom. It's all pure love and joy and oxytocin, but chasing the high, the dopamine, the rewards of productivity, completing tasks, new biz milestones takes balance with the new human who has daily needs too. High Achiever meet...
Dec 10, 2021•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 29
Meet Jenna Dayle...poet, writer, artist and so much more. Her story challenges me to dive deeper into my understanding of intimacy and what it takes to heal from codependency. Jenna puts it like this, "Becoming intimate and knowing yourself can help you recenter and reroot to your core & experiences when you are in the thralls of codependency. People have a lot to offer us, even when we think we have more to offer them. Learning to get comfortable giving and receiving intimacy can happen slo...
Nov 26, 2021•1 hr 23 min•Ep. 28
Christina and I had never met nor had we spoken prior to this interview for the Connected Podcast. But she might just be my poster child for what it means to connect our human stories. We aren't so far apart in this world and sharing our stories is both good and spiritual. Christina shares her story of a journey towards truth and self-connection. These journeys come with intention and with struggle. As she allows me into her story, she unknowingly frees me from one of mine. You will be inspired ...
Nov 05, 2021•1 hr 26 min•Ep. 27
This one is special. Rebecca Lujan-Loveless is a soul I've known for 28-ish years and recently reunited for a beautiful conversation about life. We began as evangelical missionaries and we landed in the freedom of knowing who we are at our deepest core. Rebecca shares a powerful story of her journey in and out of evangelical Christianity. She followed herself, her truth. Choosing to honor her soul this way has led her to live in honest relationship with herself and the world. Love you Becca Lu! ...
Aug 20, 2021•52 min•Ep. 26
It's ok to release a previous version of you...no matter how wonderful you thought she was. Making room for the new version of you is brave and it requires intention. But healing and wholeness come in the release AND the embrace of all the parts of you. Lena Watt's story will inspire you to live in gratitude for the "Pedestal Me" while enjoying the beauty and power of the "Today Me", right now, in this very moment. Get Connected with Lena Watt: Hello, my name is Lena Watt of Inner Compass Yoga. ...
Jul 23, 2021•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 25
When life throws curveballs, we have to choose to live, not just survive. But we also can't go back to how it was before the curveball. Meet Erica Carrico. She is a woman who took a life-changing diagnosis and turned it into a true life change. Erica faced her cancer head-on and birthed a six-figure business figure out of it. Choosing to live on purpose is the power we have each day. Erica Carrico is an Award-Winning Money & Marketing Strategist/Coach (International Coach of the Year 2020) f...
Jul 09, 2021•56 min•Ep. 24
This is the single most important thing I have ever done. Period. My daughter shares her story with me, and you. From song to addiction to recovery to gastric bypass surgery to LIVING! Meet my hero, Mikalah Travis. After you listen to this episode, watch/listen to this song she covered. It was my gift the morning of my first craniotomy. I listened to it for the first time since my surgery 3 years ago as I prepared this episode for release. If I could have put it at the end of the podcast, I woul...
Jun 25, 2021•2 hr 5 min•Ep. 23
Athena was my coaching buddy in school. It was a divine match and I quickly learned that to know Athena is a gift. In this episode she shares her journey through anxiety, raising daughters, and leaving corporate America. She also shares how losing her marriage helped her find herself. This woman is a coach you want cheering you through your life transitions. She knows what it takes to love yourself to the other side. About Athena: It’s my mission to empower women to reconnect to their true selve...
Jun 18, 2021•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 22
Remember the sacred circle of a campfire where we would discover, unveil and connect the stories of who we are and what we've experienced? Do you still join the circle under the stars? Or do you find your world pulled by the digital scroll of social media instead? Catharina Joubert is bringing back the sacredness of these circles through the medium of audio...podcasting! We couldn't be a better match in this audio share. Catherina didn't create her business, Creators Abroad, by accident but inst...
May 21, 2021•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 21
Sequoia's story of resilience and choice to trust herself is one of hope and inspiration. We don't always choose our circumstances, but we can choose to LISTEN TO ME and find our way through it. Journey with me as we unfold the story of Sequoia for the first time. This was a first for her and it was the story of her I had not heard prior to this conversation. May you be compelled to hear yourself as you hear Sequoia's story. Sequoia Craig is a marketing consultant and web designer for coaches. A...
May 07, 2021•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 20
Take-Two with Liz Pessaran. As a therapist and life coach, Liz shares about her frontline work during Covid-19. The tolls this pandemic has taken on our children, therapists, and mental health caregivers are huge. Because of this work, she is seeing a new way forward and evolving her work to support the unique needs we now have. Links for her upcoming events in the show notes. Liz Pessaran is a Therapist, Life Coach, and Speaker who helps women around the world let go of what they “should” do an...
Apr 16, 2021•47 min•Ep. 19
Runner, Triathlete, Mom, Friend, Sister, Daughter….these were roles Jill found easy until Lyme Disease forced her focus to simply catching her breath. Her story is raw and powerful as she shares with me (and you) the pummeling effects of a life turned upside down by a chronic and painful illness. But my courageous friend is finding REVIVAL in her journey as she creates her own beautiful space in this world. You will be challenged, inspired, and incredibly grateful as you let her story permeate y...
Apr 09, 2021•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 18
There is no arguing that our teachers have had a heroic role during this pandemic. It was important to me to begin hearing the stories of women who have played significant roles in our communities during such unknown times. Erika shares her story of loving our kids, as teachers so beautifully do, and also managing her own risks in the process. We have chosen to leave politics out of this for the sake of hearing the heart of being a teacher navigating through the rapid changes. I hope that you wi...
Mar 22, 2021•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 17
Trusting the deep Knowing within myself became key to healing from years of gaslighting abuse. Coming back to my body and trusting "her" as my ally was the work Dr. Hillary McBride, therapist, and author, did with me in my Year of Jess. Hillary holds sacred space in my heart. She is one of my beautiful healers. In this episode, we share how I found her and talk about the work and play we did in Tanzania Africa together. We talk about a topic she was strategic in helping me heal from...Gaslightin...
Dec 11, 2020•47 min•Ep. 16
Megan has a gift in how she engages life. The path is far more fluid and far more experimental than it is bound to an outcome. Learning who she is and finding her rhythm to growth has created a grounding that she offers to herself and her clients. Being willing to unpack all the boxes in her life has lead her to a new confidence in who she is...and she likes it! She's reclaiming all that is deeply and fully Megan. Megan Colleen Johnson is a life coach, space holder, speaker, and writer who helps...
Nov 27, 2020•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 15
Good Girl living only gets us so far and if we stay there long enough, we get deeply lost. Madison Morrigan was one of my beautiful healers in the Year of Jess (and beyond) and she helped me FIND ME! This one is PACKED FULL of deep wisdom. Madison Morrigan is a 4x international award-winning life coach, host of Everything Belongs The Podcast, a speaker, and is the creator of Awaken Her Soul, a 14-week mentorship program designed to help women embody their worth, power, and fullness. Centered on ...
Oct 31, 2020•1 hr 18 min•Ep. 14
Recovery, Cancer, Ironman, Cancer Again, Foobs, Reconciling White Privilege...It's all here! This is a full life with many chapters creating one challenging and inspiring story. Kari will leave you wanting to keep the learning mode engaged while offering yourself the grace to make mistakes in the process. You NEED to know this WOMAN! Kari Kelli-Hulme is a mom, wife, proud grandma, and an Ironman. But it doesn't stop there. She is a Survivor of multiple cancers, a Jesus Follower, and a woman comm...
Oct 16, 2020•1 hr 25 min•Ep. 13
That's my Mom! She's the guardian of the dying. She walks with them as they leave this world and enter the next. Being a Hospice nurse is a calling and it's a calling Debi Massey discovered much later in life. It was a second birth into a practice of healing, care, and respite that nurtured more than just her patients. They healed her. My mom values the human story like no one I know. This episode shows you how. Debi Massey is my mom. But that's just the start. We share sacred passions...the pow...
Oct 02, 2020•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 12
What if we had a guide to opening the deepest parts of our soul...even the parts we don't know about? Would you let it happen? Are you curious about what you might find? Does it make you a bit scared? Lisa Borden has found a passion to guide womxn through the birthing of their soul's voice. Hear how Lisa creates space for womxn all over the world to open up their wonder, passions, callings, giftings and thoughts through the practice and art of writing. The pen can be the instrument in which your...
Sep 18, 2020•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 11
Shelbi Starr has learned and given substance to the word "resilient". She has allowed life to shape her into a woman who empowers other women. In her vulnerability in this episode, you will be inspired to see your own resilient nature....and I hope you move forward in it! We talk family, illness, infertility, mothering, marriage, mental health and everything in between. Embracing our growth and journey through the really hard stuff is what forges us into the powerhouses we are! Shelbi Starr live...
Sep 04, 2020•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 10
Sex Worker Rights, Contemplative Prayer, Enneagram 6 Wing 5 bonding, and wow...so much more! Brie Richards is going to motivate you to step into your uniqueness and rise to justice. Brie Richards is the Director of Operations for The Cupcake Girls, a non-profit that provides confidential support to those involved in the sex industry, as well as trauma-informed outreach, intensive case management, holistic resources, and referral services to provide prevention, and aftercare to those affected by ...
Aug 21, 2020•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 9
Grayce Holcomb and I talk about everything! It’s all in here! Spirituality, identity, adventure, onions, bees, and leopards. So much in this episode that I have no doubts, you will connect with something...or maybe everything. Grayce is an artist that brings to life the soul! "I'm a queer feminist artist helping mission-driven businesses and entrepreneurs bring their values to life through cheeky illustration." Follow Grayce on Instagram @grayce.holcomb Buy beautiful things from her Etsy Store: ...
Aug 07, 2020•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 8
This episode is all about Dating, Mating & More (Emma's brilliant new business)! It doesn't matter if you're single, married or anything in between, being in relationships with others and ourselves needs our full attention and INTENTION. Emma & Vince share their tips and a little of their magic to having an intentional relationship. Emma is your friendly dating and mating coach. After a decade of social work practice, Emma transitioned her work to life coaching, creating her business Dat...
Jul 25, 2020•1 hr 30 min•Ep. 7
It's my 2-year tumorversary! My husband, Casey, takes the mic to interview me...and I have much to celebrate. It doesn't take brain surgery to make fragmented lives whole, but it sure woke me up to how disconnected I was with myself. Here's to chapters in our stories that stop us in our tracks and the follow-up chapters that make us soar! Cheers! My husband and I also have a podcast called Sacred Spaces: A Podcast with Casey & Jess where you can find the entirety of my story...our story. You...
Jul 11, 2020•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 6
Until our stories are shared, we don't know how deeply we connect with each other. As Hayley Maree and I find parallels and personal traits that entwine our stories into sacred space, Hayley teaches us what it is to rebuild, reconnect and re-Live (thrive) after deep burnout. Hayley's Bio: Hi, I'm Hayley! I'm a Leadership & Mindset Coach for women in business, taking them on a self-awareness journey so they can connect and thrive as modern leaders. My style is a blend of coaching and consulti...
Jun 27, 2020•1 hr 24 min•Ep. 5
The magic of you is waiting to be discovered. Listening to our Inner Self can lead to immense freedom and peace. Liz Pessaran shares her story of becoming a therapist and life coach while honoring her soul, her spark, her magic. What if you let YOU lead the way? Liz Pessaran is a Therapist, Life Coach and Speaker who helps women around the world let go of what they “should” do and embrace what they feel “connected to”. Ultimately thriving in their purpose. She helps women walk away from their un...
Jun 13, 2020•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 4
