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Hello, I'm Jennifer.
I'm a writer at heart: award-winning author, trauma-informed somatic writing coach and INFJ empath. I am passionate about honoring what our bodies have been through and the stories and emotions they hold.
I believe the stories we hold are the key to our healing. Whether you dream of writing your story in a way that truly conveys your experience or you seek peace inside your skin – welcome. I'm glad you're here.
Finding ourselves on the page
You've been through a fair amount of trauma. You're a writer at heart too; it's easier for you to write about your feelings than talk about them. Maybe you've written formally, maybe you've only journaled, and maybe you've completely lost your voice in the wake of a season of pain. That happens. I know.
You’ve felt "too much" all your life, carrying an internal landscape that feels intense, overwhelming and vast. But you keep returning to the page because you can't help it – you're a writer at heart.
Yet when you try to write your way through trauma, the words either intimidate you or they feel thin – like they're not quite touching how it actually feels. They don't convey your experience in a way that makes you feel whole.
This gap between how you feel inside and what gets written on your page is what I call the wordless ache – that quiet sense that nobody truly sees you in your story and nobody cares. Most sensitive writers have this.
It isn’t a lack of talent. It’s a somatic disconnect.
My Rare Bridge
The Healing Power Of Witnessing & Expressing My Story
I sit at the intersection of two worlds that rarely speak the same language: the world of high-level literary craft and the deep, tender world of trauma recovery.
I've studied and written with Janet Fitch (White Oleander) and Tom Spanbauer, founder of the Dangerous Writing method. I've also been runner-up for The Missouri Review Jeffrey E. Smith Editor's Prize. I know what it takes to write a narrative that bleeds and sings.
But I also know what it's like for your highly sensitive body to feel like a crime scene. Having used writing to reclaim my own wholeness after decades of spectacularly dissociative trauma, I found peace in my body and deep healing through creative expression.
Out of this journey, my Body Writing™ framework was born.
Body Writing bridges the disconnect between feeling alone in your story and finding wholeness through the act of writing it. Whether that means giving your body a voice through journaling or crafting a somatic memoir, it draws from Somatic Experiencing, IFS Parts Work, Expressive Writing and Tom's "dangerous" approach of going exactly where your story feels vulnerable – to heal it from the inside out. 💐
Working with Jennifer is healing in a tangible way that lasts.
"Working Jennifer feels light and safe, even when we explore the more painful layers of trauma my body needs to write about. Her process is a safe way to explore trauma stuck in our bodies and release stored energy. It's simple, it's powerful and it works. If you have carried stress and trauma responses for far too long, then Jennifer is the one to turn to. Try this and give yourself the gift of lasting release. I had no idea working with her would be so magical. It has been more helpful for me than years of therapy."
REBECCA HEISTERHOFF
I have actively sought healing in many different modalities, but Body Writing is proving to be the most effective.
"As a survivor of childhood trauma, I have suffered my whole life from anxiety, depression, hyper-vigilance and a dysregulated nervous system. I have actively sought healing and relief in many different modalities, but Body Writing is proving to be the most effective.
Jennifer provides a safe and empathic space and process for us to explore our dark places and hold them up to the light to release their grip on our bodies. I appreciate the way she brings such gentleness and sensitivity to our space, and holds us all so carefully and lovingly. Following her example, writers not only accept what we have to share, but honor and celebrate our words with us. As a result of Body Writing, I find myself feeling lighter, calmer and less reactive. I am finally finding some peace."
ANNE H.
Working with her has helped me soften my perfectionism and craft a much more embodied, somatically authentic story.
"I have been working 1:1 with Jennifer for several months and cannot praise her enough. Her sensitive, compassionate, gentle nature coupled with her thoughtful, insightful and attentive feedback – all provided in a deeply safe container – has helped me soften my perfectionism and craft a much more embodied, somatically authentic story. She is a gem of a coach and human. I wholeheartedly recommend Jennifer!"
RACHEL K.
I feel so free and at peace with myself.
"Before working with Jennifer, I felt skeptical that I could ever experience the healing I needed. It felt impossible. By far the biggest issues I faced were self-hate and criticism, unhealed childhood traumas, resentment, rejection and feelings of unworthiness. After working with her, I feel so free and at peace with myself.
Jennifer is a genuine badass. As a coach, she has a gentle but fierce strength and lovingly holds space while you excavate your depths, offering caring reassurance. She holds a light for you and helps you realize it's your light. The light you thought for sure had died out and she's standing there at the end of the tunnel saying, "See? Isn't it beautiful?"
JESSICA M.
The Body Writing™ Framework
For A More Loving Relationship with Your Body, Story and Self
I don't just help you think or talk about your story; I help you embody it. I help you rewrite the narratives that say you think too much, feel too much, are too much – and teach you to use your sensitivity and depth of feeling as your surest path home to yourself.
Whether working with me inside The Internal Bloom or Somatic Story Immersion, we move at the pace of your nervous system, always.
The 4 Pillars of Body Writing:
Grounding: We start always by creating the somatic safety you need for your body to open and reveal its layers.
Interoception: You'll learn to listen without fear to the sensations, stories and emotions on your inside.
Body Awareness: So we can locate where unprocessed trauma and the trapped charge of held stories live in your body.
Expressive Writing: To find the exact words that match, honor and convey your internal experience onto your page.
My Invitation to You
Whether you seek peace inside your skin or mentorship writing your story, there is a place for you here. Which path feels most wanted by you today?
Option 1. The Internal Bloom
Your path to wholeness. For the deep feeler seeking trauma-informed somatic coaching to move from wordless ache to a grounded body and self-affirming heart.
Option 2. Somatic Story Immersion (Hybrid + 1:1)
6-month story writing sanctuary. For the sensitive writer ready to write her story for body reclamation, balancing deep individual mentorship with structured community co-regulation.
Coming soon ✨
Option 3. Somatic Story Map™ Deep Dive
Private, single-session intensive. A two-hour deep dive to map your memoir through the sensations in your body.
She radiates warmth and sensitivity from her very core.
"Jennifer is, in the most compassionate and heart-felt way, guiding us all back to ourselves. She empathetic and caring but she is also so fucking kick-ass at the same time. She encourages the whole range of emotions and celebrates writing with no holds barred. She is kind. She is authentic. She is funny. She is the darkest of dark and the brightest of light. She is one of the very best humans. She has created a safe space for those of us who feel all the things all the time – a wonderfully safe and encouraging environment for every one of us to shine."
JANE McGEOGHAN
Layers of emotional pain have just melted away.
"It's really hard to put the experience of working with Jennifer into words but maybe it's best to simply say: if you allow her to guide you through her process, you will set yourself free. You will write and speak the words to set yourself free."
K.B.
Jennifer writes so beautifully about such difficult things.
ANNE H.
Little known facts about me
The human behind the framework
My first job at seventeen was as a professional ballroom dancer, but writing has always been my first love. For me it's a deeply physical act that tethers me to my body and happiest self, even when I'm writing about hard things. Which I usually am.
I’ve self-published two books, but the credential I'm most proud of is using writing to reclaim my voice and internal bloom after decades of dissociative trauma.
My Body Writing framework was born directly out of that experience.
I’m an Aquarius sun, Cancer moon and Taurus rising. I love flowers, emotional honestly and iced Americanos with cream. Most days I can be found with either earplugs or earbuds in —Tori Amos is my perpetual favorite listen.
I believe crying and laughter are medicine. I believe Black Lives Matter and support all human rights. If you value depth, storytelling and your relationship with your body and self – welcome. You belong here. Whether you're a dog person or cat person, a storyteller or a seeker — I invite you to bring your whole, honest self to the page with me.
