Hi! I'm Jeanae.

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For more than a decade, my life and work have been rooted in the wellness and plant medicine communities, and I’ve always been deeply curious about what helps people create meaningful and lasting change in their lives.

After struggling with mental health and substance use in my formative years, my search for healing eventually led me to plant medicine. From there, I explored yoga, meditation, somatic work, and plant dietas to deepen my understanding of myself and my spiritual beliefs.

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For the past 12 years, I have supported thousands of people through some of the most challenging and transformative experiences of their lives while facilitating ayahuasca retreats alongside my husband. That work has taught me an incredible amount about people, the patterns we carry, and the challenges that can arise after profound or life-changing experiences.

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Over the years, I have continued to deepen my education through training in psychedelic preparation and integration, somatic processing, trauma-informed approaches, breathwork, yoga, and meditation.

But some of the most meaningful education I have received has come from the retreat itself: being present with people in their darkest hours, witnessing the joy of rediscovering self-love after years, or even a lifetime, of not knowing it, and simply holding space for emotions, trauma, honesty, and vulnerability with a steady and loving presence.

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That experience is ultimately what led me to create The Rising Self.

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My approach is warm, intuitive, and deeply individual. I don't believe there is one method, practice, or philosophy that works for everyone. I believe meaningful change comes from understanding the whole person and finding balance between the three pillars of our ecosystem: Mind, Body & Spirit.

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The Rising Self gives me the opportunity to work with people in a more personal and ongoing way, whether they are integrating a psychedelic experience, moving through a difficult season of life, trying to understand patterns they feel stuck in, or simply feeling called toward greater health, self-awareness, and alignment.

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My Approach

I don't approach coaching from the position that I have the answers to your life. My role is to walk alongside you as we explore your life experiences, what they mean to you, what may be keeping you stuck, disconnected, overwhelmed, or repeating patterns you understand intellectually but still struggle to change.

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Sometimes those patterns show up in relationships. Sometimes they involve addiction, substance use, food, perfectionism, people-pleasing, avoidance, self-sabotage, or difficulty trusting yourself. Other times, you may simply know that something in your life needs to change but have no idea where to begin.

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Together, we slow the process down and create enough space to understand what is happening beneath the surface. That may include exploring thoughts and beliefs, but it can also mean noticing what is happening in your body, your emotions, your nervous system, your relationships, your habits, and your environment. Insight is important, but insight alone does not always create change.

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More Than Mindset

Many of us try to think our way out of patterns that developed much deeper than thought. You may logically understand why you behave a certain way and still find yourself repeating the same behavior. You may know a relationship is unhealthy and still feel unable to leave. You may understand that a coping strategy is hurting you and still reach for it when you are overwhelmed.

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This is why my work goes beyond traditional mindset coaching. I draw from trauma-informed principles, somatic awareness, nervous-system regulation, mindfulness, breathwork, meditation, and embodied processing to help clients develop a deeper understanding of themselves.

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Instead of immediately trying to eliminate an uncomfortable emotion or behavior, we become curious about what it may be doing for you. Sometimes the very thing we want to get rid of began as a way to survive, belong, feel safe, avoid pain, or meet a need we did not know how to meet another way. When we understand the function of a pattern, we create more room for choice.

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A Whole-Person Approach

We do not exist in separate compartments. Your emotional health can affect your relationships. Your relationships can affect your nervous system. Your nervous system can affect your habits. Your habits can affect your physical health, and your environment can influence all of them.

That is why I take a whole-person approach rather than focusing on one isolated symptom or goal. Depending on what you are working through, our conversations may explore relationships, routines, emotional patterns, boundaries, physical sensations, spirituality, identity, habits, substance use, life direction, or your sense of purpose.

The goal is not perfection. It is greater awareness, alignment, and choice.