I’m currently in one of Jessica’s women’s circles and my partner goes to her for business and marketing coaching, so I have lots of experience working with Jessica and can offer up my highest recommendation. She’s clear-sighted, kind-hearted, and does everything in her power to help you achieve your goals. Jessica sees right into the heart of what you need to be working on and her toolbox is overflowing with helpful tips, exercises and potent questions to help you push yourself further.

~ Erin L.

“I took a workshop with Jessica and I found her to be extremely personable, caring and efficient in all her communications. She created both a safe container in which to explore and the opportunity to challenge oneself. Her attention to detail and her time management was truly impressive! I look forward to working with Jessica again in the future!”

~ Namita Caine

I want to thank you for putting your lovely energies into creating such a supportive and beautiful women’s circle.  Just knowing that this group exists for women warms my heart.  It was a very touching experience for me to be part of the group and feel the love and support that I did.  Hearing how others perceive me and feeling their best wishes for me truly allowed me to be more of the woman that I wanted to be coming out of the night. Letting go of my fears of speaking in front of others and connecting with others is something I prayed for during my last deeksha event.  Then I asked for the support at the women’s circle.  And in just that week of putting the intention our there, I led our deeksha event on Sunday night and for first the time I didn’t feel nervous.  I felt comfortable and didn’t judge myself as I led.  It was really beautiful to feel and witness. So thank you again and I look forward to the next ones!

Many blessings to you

~ Michelle

I enjoyed the juicy space in the women’s circle.  It felt good to drink from the nectar of the goddess.

~ Lisa K.

Thank God you are doing this work…you are doing it for all women. I honor you and send you support and encouragement as you take these bold and transformative steps.  The world needs you to do it! Bless you!!

With love,

~ Caitlin S.

I have circled with Jessica for the past two and a half years. I also have been working as a group facilitator, an intern psychologist and a psychotherapist in the bay area for the past 8 years. I’m thrilled to have an opportunity to speak about Jessica’s work because I have found her to be an exceptional group facilitator in terms of her ability to create safety and support for group members while holding space for their transformation to occur at their own pace. The fact that she is herself fun and full of life carries in her work and makes the experience all the more enjoyable.

~ Stella Lefevre

Jessica opens up herself and her home to our women’s group in such an amazingly warm and genuine way. When I first joined, her kindness and welcoming presence immediately set me at ease. The circle is by far one of the most fabulous I’ve ever attended — juicy, intimate, real, and truly supportive on so many levels.

~ Alexandra Davidson

I love circling with Jessica; she brings herself 100% to the process. Her presence is grounding as she holds space for others in a most delightful way.

~ Jamie Brown

Jessica, I can count on you to listen and take in new ideas without judgment. I know you’ll try it on, even if it seems foreign to you. I can also count on you for emotional support;  I know you’ll listen to me; I know you’ll have intelligent insightful feedback. You have a beautiful way of listening to people. Really listening. I know you offer that to all of your communities.

~ Paget Norton

Hi Jessica,
Thank you for hosting this wonderful gathering! It was great to see you and be part of the circle. Offering and receiving affirmations was powerful. I meditated on some of mine in the center of a labyrinth that I walked the following day. Wonderful.
Thanks and blessings,

~ Liz

You are a woman who is seems to make it work easily, to be able to do the complete thing – “I can bring home the bacon, fry it up in the pan, and I will never let you forget you are my man…” the woman who does it best – balancing it all – biz, mothering, play…if I really need support, you are there.

You are a leader, an alpha woman, most known for your women’s events you bring a lot of fun, juiciness, feminine juiciness, organization, bringing the women together, inspiration – a lot of the women are inspired to be like you – that they could have a kid and still have a life

I think they perceive that they could learn a lot from you. You bring a lot of grace and ease.

~ Y. Regal

Your supportive listening, your ability to connect people, cool events that are worth attending, your completely enjoyable feminine wiles. Your appreciation, your friendship, your delightful personality, the benefit of your life experience, the shining example of vulnerability AND owning your power that you are, your beauty, the way you are a committed single parent who also has a life of her own, your sisterhood, the example that you are of positive co-parenting with your ex, integrity, always growing and evolving, fun, play, willingness to be in the flow and roll with the punches.

Women would say that you are a connector of women and your close friends would say that you are a trustworthy friend and Sister.

~ Karin Wertheim

Your willingness to be you fully and openly in community is a great example for people. Also you’re training around embodiment. For women; offering a lot around healing wounds and stepping into their power. You are also a great example of someone who walks the talk navigating relationship dynamics.

~ Mel Hall

If you are doing battle against personal demons, Jessica is the one you want by your side. She allowed me to be completely honest about what I want and who I am. Talking with her, there is never any need to hide.

She gave me the perfect mixture of empathy and nuts & bolts advocacy. When I got to those places where I felt stuck, she helped me to see the way to move forward. She awakened in me an awe in myself and a belief in my capabilities that I never had before. Rather than giving me answers, she helped me to see the answers that were already inside of me. Now I am much more confident in the “rightness” of my path, and my ability to stay on track towards my goals.

~ Harmony Niles

Jessica – your relationship to accountability is (and always has been) inspiring to me. What I love most about it is that you “mean it”. You tend to live your words in this area like few people I’ve ever known. Bless you.

~ Bryan Franklin

Responses to Blog Entries | Writings

I am totally on for a world with a Jessica Hadari role model for living life fully, authentically. In my estimation, you ROCK!!!!

~ Naomi Colb

Damn, girl.  I couldn’t have read this at a better time, except if I’d read it years ago!! ;) A thousand thank you’s for making your journey and exploration so transparent and available for the rest of us to learn from.  So many gems in here to read and re-read, as well as Women Who Run w/ the Wolves needs to come back off the shelf!

Keep it coming, girl!  I love hearing you and your sharing so publicly.  It’s not something I play with much anymore so I appreciate getting your edgy revelations.  Maybe someday again I’ll play with that again…in the mean time, thank you for the vicarious blessing!

Take care, sister,

~Kathryn T.

Yeah baby! It feels great to hear this from you!  It totally resonates with how I’ve known you to be, and I’m really excited for you, and for us.  Now we’re gonna get to receive your true power — YAY!  Bring it ON!!!

-Damien J.

Your post has inspired me to share my spirit with you and explore the Descansos process as i embark on my own healing process.  i feel such magick around the gifts you will create for yourself and one another.  I will hold love in my heart for you, your circle, and myself tomorrow as i move through my day. 
Thank you for being a beacon along my path.  illuminating life in death. 
feeling free,

~Meggie P.

Hi Jessica, Thank you so much for sending this out. And thank you for hosting this wonderful gathering! It was great to see you and be part of the circle. Offering and receiving affirmations was powerful. I meditated on some of mine in the center of the labyrinth that I walked the following day. Wonderful.
Thanks and blessings,

~ Liz

Hey Jess,
Thank you for this post, and for your “going deeper” follow-up post.  I
was moved and opened by them.  I think that you share a gift with people
over email, with how authentic and reak you are, and how much enthusiasm
you express in your words.

Stay bad,

~ Adam Coutts

Hi Jessica, I want to tell you how inspiring your message is.  It feels great to know
that we are having such a deep impact on folks beyond just the weekend.
That is our goal and it feels really good to actually hear about it.

Thank you so much for sharing. In that moment I really
saw how we were healing the entire world. Witnessing your circle moved me
to tears, and hearing how you are doing now just makes me feel great.

~ Kevin O.

Jessica, Your beautiful email brought tears of joy and gratitude to my eyes. Thank you for bringing yourself so fully to your Arête Experience & making it such a line of demarcation for the life you want and the beginning of new way of being with your child. Thank you for reminding me why I have dedicated my life to this work. What you’ve shared makes it all worth it. Thank you.

Great discussion. It’s funny how easy it is to get moral and sanitary when we talk about anger. Perhaps this is because (at least with myself) our association with anger is someone always gets hurt; we collapse anger with violence and therefore get “hands off” with anger. However if we take the concept “anger” out of the experience of anger a whole new world opens up.

~ Guy Sengstock

Hey Jess! Wow, you totally rock.  Thank you for sharing this.  I am so happy to have you as a sister and a life inspiration! I would love to know more about this Mindful Moms group that you’re in.  You and I seem to be on the same page with parenting concepts as far as I can tell, so it’s probably something I would like.  Also, I’ve been in two mothers’ groups that basically dissolved, so I’m really looking for one that is reliable.

Much love,

~ Karin Wertheim