Jacqueline Elizabeth

I started Beautiful Blessings in Motion in 2012 as a consulting and life coaching practice, and in 2020 I established it as a nonprofit so that underserved communities could access my services. What inspired me to become a life coach was my own journey as a sexual abuse survivor who had been in and out of therapy. I remember the painful feeling of opening up in therapy sessions, laying everything out on the table, and then having to leave with it all still open when the hour was up. It was hard enough to get to therapy, but then having to leave in that vulnerable state and wait until next week was difficult. I believe that life coaching done right is therapeutic, and I'm very conscious about the ascent up the mountain and the descent, making sure clients don't have to leave with everything laid open. I always refer my clients to therapists when needed - I have therapist friends who are clinical psychologists - and I tell clients they can do both therapy and coaching. My work is now moving more toward macro work, developing policies and frameworks and theories that impact marginalized communities, which filters into communities as a whole. As a CSWE Minority Fellowship Program Fellow, I recently returned from Capitol Hill where I spoke to representatives about changes in education. This macro-level policy work is something I hold very close to my heart.