I'm Jess, professional human. And also writer, mother, partner. I'm an autistic queer woman in a heteronormative relationship - why does that matter? Because sharing my authentic self with the world matters to me. If you plan to continue here, you should probably agree- ALL the intersecting parts of our identities deserve to be at work with us. To be acknowledged, protected, celebrated. I help Not-For-Profit and purpose-driven organizations utilize AI to get more done with less - using marketing to engage audiences, steward donors, and grow wealth.
Evolution update.
Recently, I was a guest on The Copywriter Club podcast
The response to that episode is incredibly touching and moving, thank you to all who have reached out.
As a result, I've been doing some reflecting ... And I'm going to make some changes.
My most immediate constraint is fear.
It’s always been f%$&ing fear.
F*&^*k it.
I’m a business owner by accident. It’s not about the business or the money.
I’m a natural leader and I’m an expert in something most humans aspire to : personal transformation.
I want to write books and speak on stages. I want to be an example of what’s possible, and then support others to acheive it for themselves.
I want to hold a torch out in the fog. I want to publish about what’s important to me in ways that will help others move through their own transformations.
I want to set up an authority funnel. I’m a powerful speaker with a powerful story that people are drawn into. I have internal certainty, and I beleive I can get the external acceptance and expectations.
What do I want?
I want to get rich. Like ridiculously filthy rich.
So I can do what I want when I want.
But mostly what I want is to help end suffering.
I want to help others,
I want to support individuals, families, communities and the planet in wellness and wholeness.
And if I get disgusting rich, I can make a hell of a positive impact
Can’t change people… They change themselves
It’s painful to watch people struggle.
I know - a lot - about this.
Because I know a lot about personal transformation.
I know a lot about struggling and stumbling through life while the people who cared about me looked on, helpless and at a loss.
I used to be a wild child, fall down drunk, a volatile and perpetualluy lit fuse, always ready to blow.
Today I am calm, at peace, I enjoy time alone in nature and with my family.
My personality, disposition and even body, are unrecognizable.
At my heaviest, I was 225 lbs, trapped in a neverending cycle of weight loss + weight gain - for 20+ years.
Today I am more physically fit than I have ever been, and I’ve maintained a stable weight for 2 years.
I tell you this because I want you to understand just how big the transformations in my life have been.
How necessary and vital to my health and survival they were.
And how (*&@)ing HARD it was to implement them.
How hopeless and impossible it felt… and for how long.
I desperately want to help others grow. I want to help people who struggle to not just survive, but to thrive.
I want to help others find the kinds of transformation, the sense of peace, that I have found
How can I do that?
I can’t change anyone, they must change themselves.
No one could change me.. I had to change myself.
I’m learning that my abilty to facilitate change in others is all about my ability to communicate effectively with the people who could benefit from my message.
It’s all about my ability to meet them where they’re at, to be a consistent presence with constant communication.
That’s it.
I can use marketing to help people embody more authentic versions of themselves.
And so professional human | human professional is born -
my brand new newsletter packed with inspiration and practical advice on navigating very human experiences in professional spaces by showing up as your most authentic self.
The idea that we have to separate and compartmentalize parts of ourselves in order to show up at work or in our professional lives is incredibly harmful and damaging.
Separating and compartmentalizing myself, beginning in early childhood, led to a life of pain and suffering. It was only once I was able to align with my true sense of self, to integrate all the parts of me, that I found peace, fulfillment and success.
And so in a world of hype about self care and work/life balance, life hacks and other crap…
Professional human is a glimpse into how I completely transformed myself and my life - how I completely re-wrote my story, by finding alignment and integration and a sense of self.
And how those lessons I learned can apply to the many who still feel obligated to separate their personal self from their professional self.
If I can change myself, anyone can.
If this newsetter helps just one other human feel confident embracing their authentic self in all areas of their life, it’s a smashing success.
Who’s interested?
Jess
PS does anyone have anything to say about ghost.io, beehiv or paragraph.xyz ?
Professional. Human.
I'm Jess, professional human. And also writer, mother, partner. I'm an autistic queer woman in a heteronormative relationship - why does that matter? Because sharing my authentic self with the world matters to me. If you plan to continue here, you should probably agree- ALL the intersecting parts of our identities deserve to be at work with us. To be acknowledged, protected, celebrated. I help Not-For-Profit and purpose-driven organizations utilize AI to get more done with less - using marketing to engage audiences, steward donors, and grow wealth.
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