Welcome friends,
Your journey to a happier life starts right now.
Our life circumstances have been different, yet what unifies us is that we all have experienced painful times in our lives. My father went to prison for the first time when I was ten years old. I saw him hit my mom. His violent rages terrified me. What I was unaware of into my adult years was how these experiences shaped my thinking and ways of behaving.
It wasn’t until much later when I started to work with a life coach that I finally became conscious of how I had stuffed, glossed over and adapted fearful thoughts into ways of gripping on and trying to control my life in order to, in my mind, be safe. Some of those behaviors that I was completely blind to were things like I worked hard to be sure everything was perfect in order to be praised by others. I had bouts of distressful jealousy in relationships blaming my partner for making me feel that way. If only he wouldn’t do x, y, z I would be okay, I thought. I interpreted my many days of drinking as partying when I was going through a divorce not wanting to face the fear of being lonely and not loved by another person, which I thought I needed in order to matter.
When I began to question my thoughts and stories, what I learned changed me forever. It’s not what I expected, because it was more enlightening than I knew was possible. My transformation inspired me so much that I went down a new career path. I studied for several years to evolve into a Life Coach, group retreat leader, and more recently the author of See You in the Sky: a memoir of Prison, Possibility and Peace.
Being curious is the first step to inner healing and freedom from suffering. I know peace inside now. I know self-love. I know how to create safety for myself. So can you.
My coaching sessions will assist you to awaken and enjoy your life more and more by integrating these self-exploration modalities:
1) Retrain your brain from limiting beliefs that keep you from knowing your higher nature, your purpose and connection to being the master of your life;
2) Clarify unmet needs that will help you walk with courage, certainty and conscious intention;
3) Manifest and contribute your very unique gifts for the betterment of all knowing how to tap into your intuition as a loving and reliable guide.
Jeri Ross is a Licensed Health Educator with a Masters in Public Health (MPH). She trained with Martha Beck, Byron Katie, Chloe Taylor Brown, Dr. Susan Allison, Sandra Ingerman, and Alberto Villoldo’s The Four Winds Dying Consciously course. She is a Community Organizer raising thousands of dollars for youth violence prevention programs and programs for children with incarcerated parents.
On a summer afternoon in her hometown of Decatur, Georgia, eight-year-old Jeri Ross dressed up for a family dinner at Morrison's Cafeteria, stepped out onto the front porch, and saw her father punch her mother in the face. Within weeks, she and her sister came home one day to discover that their mom was gone. After moving in with their grandparents they learned that their father was sent away to prison. She was told not to tell anyone. Thus began decades of Jeri hiding family secrets, avoiding shame and being afraid of being abandoned. Until the day Jeri decided to change, to heal.
See You in the Sky offers hope for all families affected by incarceration and for anyone who decides, at any age, to seek a more meaningful life.
"I have participated in many personal development courses over 20+ years and I can honestly say that Jeri’s coaching gave me deeper awareness and tangible tools to be out in the world manifesting what I am being called to do then I have had before now. I know who I am with a better sense of my own power and strength to do whatever I want in my life.“
— Lyn
" Me, myself and I have grown so much through the life coaching I’ve done with Jeri . At my best I continue to push forward to quiet my limiting mind and find some peace beneath it all. My suffering reminds me to keep moving forward and that there is more work to do. In a weird way, much suffering ultimately causes less suffering. Thank you, Jeri for articulating so well the process of healing! “
— Erica
“I’m still feeling the benefits of the coaching I received from Jeri at her Serenity & Soul Retreat held in beautiful Carmel Valley, CA. I have taken some of the exercises, like the chakra healing, and have continued to incorporate them into my life. I feel the benefits from Jeri coaching me through ‘The Work’ about my relationship with my dad. I feel more at ease around him. Thank you so much Jeri for putting this whole thing together. Working with you the past year or so has been such a blessing and you have helped me tremendously. You have provided the comforting space to help me.....find me!”
— Kiley
"The main thing I have learned from Jeri’s coaching is being aware of my conditioned mind filled with negative thoughts. I have found that I have been aware of them quicker and then smile inside and out as I notice them and then feel more at peace! Jeri I can’t thank you enough for your wisdom that you bring to all of us!!"
— Teresa