profile

Jess Leone

Featured Post

When you’re exhausted from being the “good girl”

image: janusz_furrer There’s a version of you that people rely on. The one who keeps the peace.Who doesn’t make things harder than they need to be.Who knows how to read the room and adjust accordingly. And for a long time, that version of you probably felt like something to be proud of....until it didn’t. You probably started noticing how tired you feel after being around people. Or often you say yes when you mean no. How quickly you override your own needs just to keep the peace. And...

There are seasons in life where things feel steady, and some where everything feels like it’s moving at once... A relationship changes.Your work doesn’t feel the same.You’re questioning things you used to feel sure about. Sometimes it’s obvious, but other times, it’s harder to name. You just wake up one day and think, “I don’t think this fits me anymore.” Those moments can feel unsettling. This moment came to me after I gave my TEDx talk in February, and it actually shook me to my core....

*GIRL*.... I couldn't make this up if I tried. Unsure where you land on the subject, but this show has kinda taken a shape of it's own. While some like to refer to it as a cult (aka: me, LOL), I have genuinely been changed by a show about two gay hockey players. I’ve been taking this time to unpack shame in a very personal, “where does this still live in me?” kind of way. And what’s been surprising is how subtle it can be. It doesn’t always show up as something loud or obvious, like physical...

Hey hey Reader, With everything that comes with this time of year, I’ve been thinking a lot about what Easter actually represents beyond the surface. Not the holiday itself, not the traditions, not even whether you celebrate it or not. The idea underneath it of growth & renewal. But growth doesn’t usually look the way we think it will. It’s not always this beautiful, blooming moment where everything suddenly makes sense. A lot of the time, it looks like uncertainty, questioning yourself &...

And yeah… I know I’ve been quiet. Longer than I expected, but that silence was intentional. I was pouring into something that asked everything of me… my TEDx talk. And in the middle of that, I didn’t have the capacity to keep showing up here the way this space deserves. This platform matters to me because I know what it feels like to hear something at the exact right moment and realize you’re not the only one thinking it. So I’m coming back, but not the same way. Season two is going to look...

Good morning, Reader There’s something I recognized pretty early in my work with women. While I love 1:1 sessions and going deep into why we tick the way we do, the piece so many of us are actually missing isn’t more information. 💕 It’s community.Real community. The kind where you can show up without performing, without holding it all together, and without feeling like you need to be anything other than who you are in that moment. Because yes, you can learn Tapping (EFT) for free on YouTube....

Reader, 10 out of 10 recommend not waiting to do the things you want to do just because you’re afraid you won’t have anyone to do them with. Weekssss ago I knew I wanted to see "Wuthering Heights", and I wanted to see it when I wanted to see it. I didn’t want to plan around anyone else. I just wanted a day to myself and didn’t care how that might look to anyone on the outside. When I went to grab a ticket, I noticed something that made me laugh. Almost every seat that had been chosen was a...

Good morning, Reader When I realized that I’m entire personality was almost entirely made up of old programming/beliefs or a response to ADHD/CPTSD, I decided to make a pact with myself: Do one thing a day that you’ve been avoiding. Something. Every damn say. (Cuz I refuse to defined by some g*ddamn alphabet diagnosis.) Yesterday I was in a funnnnnk. I’ve been working since I was 15 (I’m going to be 34 in June), so NOT working is triggering AF. It’s forcing me to look at a whole bunch of sh*t...

Hey Reader, I’ve been sitting with a sentence that still feels unreal to say out loud: I gave a TEDx talk. And the truth is… I don’t fully know how to answer when people ask how it went. Because when you prepare for something this big, there’s the obvious work. Writing the talk, rehearsing it, & timing every word. But there’s also a quieter kind of preparation no one really talks about. The emotional weight. The life happening behind the scenes. Speaking about something you are still actively...

This is for the women who do it all... The moms. The entrepreneurs. The caretakers. The ones holding everyone and everything together like it’s just another Tuesday... You’re basically a superhero... but even superheroes need a place to land. That’s why I created Sacred Pause, my weekly meditation and grounding group. It’s a 2-hour space in the middle of real life where you don’t have to lead, manage, fix, or show up “on.” You just get to be. We will focus on meditation, grounding, and...