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Jessica's work is always marked by power, reverence, and grace. She is radically accountable and radically honest. I have complete trust that she can lead any group or person that she declares - and create any result she believes she can, be it spiritual or material. You are in good hands with her. I recommend you get as much time as you can as a student of hers.

~ Bryan Franklin, Senior Partner, California Leadership Center


Thank you very much. This is a very nurturing and holding place for women - important for women in transitions, women who seek clarity and better relationships with themselves and others – A place for self-nourishment and to slow down and connect with oneself and others.

~ Elsa Ng, LMFT – Crisis Specialist


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, student of clinical psychology

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 been working with Jessica for well over a year. Her coaching and teaching skills are remarkable. While always competent, knowledgeable, and profession she also has the gift of being very personal, making me feel like I am working with someone who truly cares about me as a person and has a genuine interest in helping me grow. Through our work together I have come to know myself better, have grown in self-confidence and come to see more clearly my own potential for growth. I find Jessica to be personable, inspiring, insightful and totally fun to be with. Wise beyond her years!

~ Norm, Ordained Unitarian Minister

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 Caen, Independent Professional Training & Coaching Professional

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...Now I am much more confident in the "rightness" of my path, and my ability to stay on track towards my goals.

~ Harmony Niles, Facilitator & Coach

I can count on Jessica to listen and take in new ideas without judgment. I know she'll try it on, even if it seems foreign. I can also count on her for emotional support. I know she will listen to me. She will have intelligent insightful feedback. Jessica has a beautiful way of listening to people. Really listening.

~ Paget Norton, ESL Teacher, Playwright

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.

Jessica - I acknowledge you for your love and commitment to be the best mom you can be for your son Shayen. Love,

~Laurie Parle

I met Jessica almost one year ago, I was taking her amazing yoga class at the YMCA and she invited me to participate in a woman circle....I didn't know what was exactly that invitation means but I said yes. She has been a blessing in my life she have helping me to go through and understand many aspects of my life, career, passions, love, emotions, growth, self confidence....she is just great, I'm so thankful that she crossed my path, I was needing someone like her and she show up....I have an infinite gratitude to Jessica. And since then I have seen her in many other projects as a great professional woman and I realized that all the people that know her feel the same as me.

~ Marina Ubaldini, Facilitator, Doula

I have always thought you are an amazing potent goddess!
with love and respect,

~ Lauren

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Coaching & Facilitation

Jessica Hadari reflects integrity, heart and commitment through all aspects of her coaching, organizing and group facilitation. Recently, she single handedly created a series of women’s personal development groups that connected personal power with entrepreneurship, and in the process graciously invited other co-facilitators into a mutually satisfying collaboration. During the groups themselves, she offers nurturing, clear, and instrumental support, leading the way for women to discover personal and professional tools that will seed their future. Whether it’s behind the scenes or out front in the public, Jessica embodies impeccability through and through.

~ Staci Boden

Jessica’s work is always marked by power, reverence, and grace. She is radically accountable and radically honest. I have complete trust that she can lead any group or person that she declares – and create any result she believes she can, be it spiritual or material. You are in good hands with her. I recommend you get as much time as you can as a student of hers.

~ Bryan Franklin

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

I met Jessica almost one year ago, I was taking her amazing yoga class at the YMCA and she invited me to participate in a woman circle….I didn’t know what was exactly that invitation means but I said yes. She has been a blessing in my life she have helping me to go through and understand many aspects of my life, career, passions, love, emotions, growth, self confidence….she is just great, I’m so thankful that she crossed my path, I was needing someone like her and she show up….I have an infinite gratitude to Jessica.
And since then I have seen her in many other projects as a great professional woman and I realized that all the people that know her feel the same as me.

~ Marina Ubaldini

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.

~ Yurik 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

I have been working with Jessica for well over a year. Her coaching and teaching skills are remarkable. While always competent, knowledgeable, and profession she also has the gift of being very personal, making me feel like I am working with someone who truly cares about me as a person and has a genuine interest in helping me grow. Through our work together I have come to know myself better,  have grown in self-confidence and come to see more clearly my own potential for growth. I find Jessica to be personable, inspiring, insightful and totally fun to be with. Wise beyond her years!

~ Norm

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 Caen


Responses to Blog Entries | Writings

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

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

I like your recognition of the difference between
anger and violence. It’s a powerful distinction. It is
a powerful one for me.

~ David Hedley

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

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