Ep.02 Jess Toomey / Holistic Health & Wellness Coach
on Overcoming Grief, Navigating Life Transitions and Turning Pain Into Purpose
CHANGE. Whether we love it or hate it, many of us don’t know how to navigate transitional seasons of life.
Maybe we struggle with accepting the inevitable shifts that arise. Maybe we’re clinging tight to “the way things used to be”. Or maybe we’re so overwhelmed with all of the feelings, emotions and sensations of it all that we don’t know how to get through the process.
Jessica Toomey, Holistic Health & Wellness Coach & Founder of The Whole Pursuit, joins me on the pod today to share her personal (and deeply inspiring) journey of overcoming some of the deepest seasons of change in her life — the loss of her father and the loss of her former identity in becoming a new mom. We dive into the topic of grief, how it cracked Jessica wide open, and how it unexpectedly connected her to her present day work in the world — now supporting her clients on their own personal journeys of change.
A beautiful example of someone leveraging their pain into purpose, Jessica’s story is one you don’t want to miss friends!
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Jess is a Health & Wellness coach focused on helping women navigate life's big transitions with ease by teaching them how to create, establish and maintain habits that support their goals. Her experience and education is rooted in nutrition, fitness, mindset and personal growth. Her biggest goal is helping women create a life they love and feel amazing in their body, mind and soul. Living an intentional life is within reach for all of us and Jess is determined to help as many women as possible find that for themselves!
breakdown of topics covered:
00:00 Introduction
14:18 Jess’s backstory — who she is and what is the Whole Pursuit
18:34 Why health is way more than just food, fitness and the physical
23:16 Jess’ journey with grief after losing her father
25:51 How Jess navigated her grief journey and the different modalities we can all utilize as we face seasons of loss in our lives
32:40 How Jess turned her pain into purpose, leveraging her grief and motherhood journey to now help her clients in seasons of transition
35:09 The loss of sense of self that happens in motherhood and navigating postpartum
37:30 Why acceptance, surrender and little things go a long way when you’re in a season of deep change
42:39 How do we get out of “the suck”? How Jess approaches working with her clients and supports them through change
46:38 Why children are the biggest triggers (and teachers)
52:09 How Jess’ clients have impacted and served her life
58:09 What makes someone qualified to do something? How we can face imposter syndrome and overcome our personal limiting beliefs
1:00:00 The freedom of choice and taking action to make our lives exactly the way we want
1:06:00 Why you can’t force people to change but there is so much power in “planting seeds”
1:07:00 The value of coaching and mentorship in our personal and professional journeys
1:15:11 @the.holistic.psychologist plug
1:19:15 What purpose means to Jess
1:20:44 The piece of advice Jess would give to anyone navigating fears or doubts around starting a passion project or business idea
1:22:27 What home means to Jess
CONNECT WITH JESS
Website: thewholepursuitcoach.com
Instagram: @the_whole_pursuit
