We had the good fortune of connecting with Emily Jameson and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi Emily, how does your business help the community?
I studied Urban Studies and Community Development, and spent many years of my career in legislative advocacy and community organizing. I worked in higher ed and nonprofits for about 15 years before deciding to start my own business. I realized that the best way to actually have more of a direct impact on the world was to work one individual at a time. My secret mission is to help end generational trauma that gets passed down the family line. When I can work with one person to heal and process their trauma, the impact this has on their own future, and that of their children or family is huge!

It reminds me of this story attributed to “the unknown monk”:

“When I was a young man, I wanted to change the world.

I found it was difficult to change the world, so I tried to change my nation.
When I found I couldn’t change the nation, I began to focus on my town.
I couldn’t change the town and as an older man, I tried to change my family.

Now, as an old man, I realize the only thing I can change is myself, and suddenly I realize that if long ago I had changed myself, I could have made an impact on my family. My family and I could have made an impact on our town. Their impact could have changed the nation and I could indeed have changed the world.”

Let’s talk shop? Tell us more about your career, what can you share with our community?
I am a two-time total-loss fire survivor. The first time my family lost their home, I was 17 and about to start my senior year of high school. It was traumatic and on some subconscious level, it probably compelled me to start to be curious about “trauma” and its effects. Years later, in 2017, I decided to become a life coach, and in 2021, after the pandemic, I realized that I wanted to really bulk up my skills for helping clients navigate and overcome trauma, and I enrolled in a program to help me do that.

In February of 2023, my own family lost our home in a fire. My partner, son, 3 dogs and I began the long process of recovery and reconstruction. This time, however, I was grateful to have a lot of skills to help me navigate this transit in a much better way, and to help guide my partner and son through it as well. As a coach, I looked for other coaches to help me not have to “reinvent the wheel” but I couldn’t find anyone serving house fire survivors. Ultimately, I decided to take all my training as a trauma-certified master life coach and build a program to help other women in this same situation to turn their trauma into a source of strength.

Who else deserves some credit and recognition?
Along the way, I’ve been particularly enriched by my friendship with Faith Koltak of Your Perfect Wisdom, who I met in our coach training program in 2021. Faith is a force-of-nature in her own right. She is an herbalist and an intuitive, with a corporate finance background and multiple degrees. She has encouraged me to step into this space and to unapologetically show up as a coach for women who have lost their homes in a fire. Faith is one of my dearest colleagues and she constantly inspires me to not limit myself!

Website: https://discovery.emilyjamesoncoaching.com

Instagram: theemilyjameson

Linkedin: linkedin.com/in/emily-jameson-coaching

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EmilyJamesonCoaching

Youtube: www.youtube.com/@emilyjamesoncoaching

Image Credits
Kellene Leone

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