Your ally in transformation, here to help you step into more love, authenticity, and aliveness — within yourself and in your relationships

My Story

In 2005, I attended a 10-day course where I encountered Latihan, intention dialogue, Reichian de-armoring bodywork, and honest, open sharing — transformational work that blew my heart and my world wide open. After just three days, I felt something I hadn't felt since I was a girl full of love and wonder, growing up in New York, talking to the flowers and singing to the sun, sensing the world was full of magic and possibility: a profound body-felt joy, presence, lightness, and clarity.

Up until that moment, I had a head full of self-help and spiritual concepts, but I felt emotionally stuck, disconnected, and afraid to reveal myself fully. I felt powerless to create the kind of change I wanted within myself and my relationships. What I experienced in the course was a revelation.

A year later, I left my newspaper job, let go of most of my belongings, and moved across the country. I dedicated my life to dissolving my armor, regulating my nervous system, and recovering my natural and joyous expression. For the first time, I was embodying my spirituality and my sexuality, not just believing in one and performing the other.

Over the next two decades, through my own inner struggles and dark nights of the soul, years of training and study, and work with clients, I learned what it actually takes to transform your life and your relationships. Using the same methods I share with my clients today, I've transformed out of social anxiety, addiction, soul loneliness, sexual shame, body hatred, dysfunctional relationship patterns, and creative blocks.

I choose to coach others because I know just how good life can get, and what possibilities open when you show up for yourself like this. I've had the pleasure of witnessing transformation again and again, and it never stops being the best thing I get to witness.

Love and truth will kick your ass in the best way possible. Learning to stand in that love and truth takes real guts. It's not always easy, and that's why I'm here.

If you're ready to do this real, valuable work, let's talk.

My Story

In 2005, I attended a 10-day course where I encountered Latihan, intention dialogue, Reichian de-armoring bodywork, and honest, open sharing — transformational work that blew my heart and my world wide open. After just three days, I felt something I hadn't felt since I was a girl full of love and wonder, growing up in New York, talking to the flowers and singing to the sun, sensing the world was full of magic and possibility: a profound body-felt joy, presence, lightness, and clarity.

Up until that moment, I had a head full of self-help and spiritual concepts, but I felt emotionally stuck, disconnected, and afraid to reveal myself fully. I felt powerless to create the kind of change I wanted within myself and my relationships. What I experienced in the course was a revelation.

A year later, I left my newspaper job, let go of most of my belongings, and moved across the country. I dedicated my life to dissolving my armor, regulating my nervous system, and recovering my natural and joyous expression. For the first time, I was embodying my spirituality and my sexuality, not just believing in one and performing the other.

Over the next two decades, through my own inner struggles and dark nights of the soul, years of training and study, and work with clients, I learned what it actually takes to transform your life and your relationships. Using the same methods I share with my clients today, I've transformed out of social anxiety, addiction, soul loneliness, sexual shame, body hatred, dysfunctional relationship patterns, and creative blocks.

I choose to offer somatic work and coaching because I know just how good life can get, and what possibilities open when you show up for yourself like this. I've had the pleasure of witnessing transformation again and again, and it never stops being the best thing I get to witness.

Love and truth will kick your ass in the best way possible. Learning to stand in that love and truth takes real guts. It's not always easy, and that's why I'm here.

If you're ready to do this real, valuable work, let's talk.

Let's talk 
Why I Work With Men

A few honest reasons.

I love men. That's simply true, and it's part of why I do this work.

Over the years, men are largely who I've attracted as clients. This wasn't a strategic decision at the start. It's what actually happened, and I've followed it.

Even though our culture is becoming more emotionally open, many men still carry the message that asking for help, admitting confusion, or being vulnerable is a weakness, or that they should just figure it out on their own. Somatic work gives men a way to reach past all of that into something authentic, underneath the cultural messaging and patterned thinking that they’ve inherited.

I've been offering somatic coaching for men since 2009, and have enjoyed it enormously.

Experience and Areas of Study

TRAININGS & CERTIFICATIONS

  • De-armoring, Bodyhan, Tantra Kriya Yoga, Latihan, and Transformational Coaching, learned through direct training and coaching with Greg Ehmka, a practitioner in the neo-Reichian lineage

  • Registered Practitioner, Spiritual Phyto Essencing — embodiment work with essential oils, trained under Dr. Bruce Berkowsky (2010-2018)

  • Cuddlist® Certified Platonic Therapeutic Touch Practitioner

    • I also offer platonic touch sessions through Cuddlist, a separate practice from the coaching work on this site.

  • Sacred Sexuality Educator (2009-2019)

  • Landmark Education, including Leadership and Communication courses (2017-present)

  • B.A. in Communications from SUNY New Paltz

OTHER INFLUENCES & AREAS OF STUDY

  • 5Rhythms Movement Practice (2008-present)

  • Ecstatic Dance (2007-present)

  • Betty Martin's The Wheel of Consent (influence only, I'm not a trainer or practitioner of this work)

  • Nervous system and fascia work with Daniel Werner (Institute for Body-Mind-Presence), multiple retreats in Preetz, Germany

  • Shamanic sexuality training with Kenneth Ray Stubbs (online)

  • Advaita Nondualism

  • The research and writings of Miranda Shaw (specifically her book, Passionate Enlightenment: Women in Tantric Buddhism)

  • The writings and teachings of Daniel Odier

  • Shamanic ceremonial experiences & plant wisdom traditions

What Others Are Saying…

  • I had been making real progress in my relationships and I felt like I was moving forward.

    But eventually I reached the edge of an emotional cliff. I was afraid to trust, afraid to take the leap, and I got stuck in old patterns and drama.

    Janie helped me see what I couldn't see on my own and guided me through the emotional work I needed to do. That led to a real breakthrough. I was finally able to take that leap into a new level of freedom, authenticity, and expression in my relationships. She helped me tear down the walls I'd built around myself so I could experience more love, more joy, and more pleasure.

    — Buster B., Delaware

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    I was navigating deep emotions, fears, and doubts that surfaced through my meditation practice. I felt called to reach out to Janie because her work seemed like the kind of support I needed.

    Janie helped me do my inner work. I was able to share openly and authentically, and she met me exactly where I was. With her support, I learned to trust my awakening process and work through my fears around connection. As a result, I feel more grounded, more at ease, and more aligned in both my life and my work.

    Working with Janie was an authentic, open-minded experience—the kind of space I believe more people should have. She offers unique and deeply beautiful support.

    — Abhijeet K., Seattle, Washington

  • I had been hesitant to ask anyone for help around my body issues. There are so many doctors and dietitians that have ideas about what I should do or eat or look like, but none of it has worked!

    I felt angry that my body wasn't cooperative and doing what they and I wanted.

    Working with Janie was different. She is fun, supremely patient, a skilled listener and has an almost other-worldly inner guidance. She didn't shame me or make me feel bad for my choices or my body. She kept coaching me to trust myself, listen to my body and let go of what doesn't work. And I've had some great results: I feel stronger in my body, I've let go of the struggle around my weight and I now make time to rest during the day without feeling guilty. But probably the most profound thing has been discovering how to trust myself, experience joy and set intentions that really work for me.

    — Danica T., Phoenix, Arizona

  • I am still trying to finds the words to describe the power of your presence and healing work. If I can find them I’ll send them your way.

    - John, Mount Shasta, CA

  • Janie, I thought about you today, and the contribution you made to what has become a “great awakening” for me.

    My journey has not been easy, and I have had to make difficult decisions, and face loss. And I am in a better place now because of it. Life is not perfect, but it is better. I look back to the things that I experienced with you, and what I learned from spending time with you. I just wanted to say thank you. You were the beginning of enormous positive change, for me.

     — Shane C., Oregon, USA