Coaching is a space for honest reflection and forward movement. It’s best suited for people who are ready to look at their patterns, take responsibility for change, and build a life that aligns with their values.
Through coaching, we can:
- Examine the stories you’ve been telling yourself and separate what is true from what isn’t
- Explore your relationship with alcohol and what change might look like for you
- Build trust in yourself and your decision-making
- Create practical strategies for navigating difficult moments without drinking
- Develop goals that reflect your values rather than what you feel you “should” do
Coaching may be a good fit if you:
- You want guidance in your sobriety journey
- You want to stop drinking but aren’t sure where to begin
- You’ve been sober for some time but feel stuck
- You carry shame about your past and question your worth
- Your drinking has impacted your relationships
- You feel overwhelmed trying to rebuild your life
- You’re struggling to sort through conflicting messages about addiction
I can help you because:
- I am an ICF-certified life coach through the Certified Life Coaching Institute, with additional certification in Trauma-Informed Compassionate Leadership (Working with Trauma & Adversity).
- I participate in continuing education through the National Association for Addiction Professionals (NAADAC)
- I have lived experience with addiction and long-term sobriety
- I facilitate recovery groups and work with coaching clients through my LLC
- I continue training and education in addiction and recovery
- I am a native Spanish speaker
Why I Do This Work
My coaching is grounded in both lived experience and professional training.
For years, I lived as a high-achieving professional while privately struggling with alcohol addiction. Since getting sober in 2020, I have rebuilt my life and dedicated my work to supporting others who are navigating similar questions.
Today, I work with coaching clients through my practice and facilitate recovery support groups through communities such as The Luckiest Club, and previously through the Reframe app.
I am NOT the coach for you if:
- You are looking for medical advice (that belongs with licensed healthcare providers).
- You expect a quick fix or instant results.
- You want someone to promise a life without cravings.
- You are looking for tough love rather than compassionate accountability.
- You are seeking therapy rather than coaching. Coaching focuses on reflection, accountability, and action, while therapy addresses clinical mental health care.
Coaching Options
I offer two session formats depending on the level of support you’re looking for.
• 30-minute sessions — ideal for clients who already have recovery resources and want only consistent coaching support
• 45-minute sessions — for clients who want a combination of coaching and education around addiction and recovery
Sliding scale pricing allows clients to choose the option that best fits their financial circumstances.
Three Month/12 Session Coaching Plans
Testimonials
Working with Jessica has definitely been a life saving experience. When I hit rock bottom, I felt hopeless. My drinking was out of control and I didn’t want to lose my family or my business. I have been sober now since June, 2023. Jessica gave me the tools and the support I needed. Without judgment. Just pure kindness and guidance. If you are struggling with drinking too much, and are looking to stop or cut back, Jessica is the person who can help you in your journey to recovery.
-Marlenee G, Coaching Client
Working with Jessica was instrumental to the first four months of my sobriety. She is compassionate, down-to-earth, and endlessly responsive and supportive. Our coaching sessions gave me practical, actionable ways to help get to the core of why I was drinking and to begin to shift my self-talk and self-image so that alcohol was no longer my go-to response to life. Jessica truly meets you where you are AND helps you clearly see that it’s possible to get to where you want to be.
-Sara G, Coaching Client
I’m feeling so happy and content. I feel like when you and I started talking, it was when my pink cloud was leaving. I went through many challenges and feel like I’m just so much more capable of conquering life. I’ve gained so much confidence from all the things that you’ve taught me.
When I learned about harm reduction, that I can’t recover if I’m dead, that changed my life.
I feel much more capable of dealing with life. I feel like everyone needs a coach like you to get through things and learn skills that I never would have learned from just going to meetings. This work really took my sobriety and growth to the next level, and I’m so thankful that I did this for myself. Coaching has really helped me navigate this new life that I live.
– Kateland, Coaching Client
When I first reached out to Jessica, I was drinking heavily and spiraling out of control. My relationships, how I was handling my divorce, everything was too much for me. I was overwhelmed. Jessica was very relatable, connected her experience, and helped me with my mindset and how I interpreted my emotions and interactions. I learned to not jump to conclusions. I used to think my thoughts were my reality, and now I can see things differently. Since coaching, I’ve learned to process my emotions and how to use self-talk and see how it relates to my behavior. I’ve been able to separate the stories I tell myself from what is real. I’ve been able to separate my relationship with alcohol from the complex feelings I had. I’m in control, and the alcohol is no longer controlling me. I came in with such a helpless attitude, but now I’m much more confident in everything I do. Even with being a parent, I have a much better relationship with my kids now because I get to be present versus when I was numbing myself to be around them. You do such a good job, and as a woman of color I needed this. Thank you so much.
-Elizabeth
My life came screaming into focus after making the choice to stop drinking. Sobriety is a blessing but it can also be overwhelming. Working with Jess has helped me to distinguish between what needs attention now and what can wait.
In my drinking days, the window looking into my everyday pictured a hazy, flat greyscale. Almost as soon as I committed to an alcohol free life, that underexposed picture focused into a vivid and sharp image. Important features of my life that were in the background before became alarmingly clear. Everything that was broken or neglected felt like it needed to be fixed right away. Jess has helped focus the spotlight that sobriety has shined into my life.
Sober living is brightly colored. My instinct was to close my eyes immediately, especially in the early days. Jess has helped me prioritize the things in my life and business which need improvement first and make decisions one step at a time.
Jess checks all the boxes for an online life coach. She is punctual, clear and thorough. She listens, takes notes, communicates effectively and offers genuine – but challenging – feedback and advice. Jess is an actual life coach, she teaches and reinforces long term habit loops that will work for your personality type provided that you follow through on the challenge. 10/10. Thanks Jess.
-Leah
The time that we spent, where I started versus where I am now, and the fact that you gave me such good structure and tools to support the growth that I have found over the last six meetings that we’ve had. I feel like I’m in a different place and feel like I’m standing on firmer ground after the support I received from you.
-Tiffany
I can’t believe where I am now compared to where I was when I first started with you. I appreciate how open you were to where I was on my path and journey and how you could meet me where I was at. I’ve learned and grown so much, and feel so fortunate that you were my coach. You were the right person at the right time for me.
-Maureen
Cuando yo decidí buscar un coach, estaba en un momento donde sentía que no lo iba lograr dejar de tomar sola. Se me estaba haciendo mucho más difícil de lo que pensaba. Yo me decía, “Yo puedo dejar cuando quiera,” pero cuando me di cuenta que estaba en un hábito muy fuerte, decidí que necesitaba un coach y cuando vi que hablabas español dije que fue un fit perfecto. Cuando empecé vi que importante era tener a alguien que tuvo la misma experiencia. Viendo juntas cuáles eran mis pensamientos, cuáles eran mis opciones, fue muy importante. También lo que me gustó fue que aunque tuvo un desliz, no me sentí juzgada. Tu dijiste, “Okay, entonces vamos a examinar lo que vamos hacer diferente de ahora en adelante.” Me ayudaste a examinarme y darme ese “grace” con mi misma. Y ahora tengo planes para continuar este trayecto. (Translation: When I decided to look for a coach, I was at a point where I felt that I was not going to be able to stop drinking alone. It was getting much more difficult than I thought. I told myself, “I can quit whenever I want,” but when I realized that I had a powerful habit, I decided that I needed a coach. When I saw that you spoke Spanish I thought, you’re a perfect fit. I saw how important it was to have someone who had the same experience as me. Together, seeing what my thoughts were, what my options were, was very important. Also what I appreciated was that even though I slipped up, I didn’t feel judged. You said, “Okay, so let’s examine what we’re going to do differently from now on.” You helped me examine myself and give me myself grace. And now I have a plan to continue on this journey.
-Lynn
This has been super, super helpful. Fifteen days sober seemed impossible. It really did. In the beginning, I felt I had tried everything. I wasn’t convinced that more coaching would fix my drinking because I had done coaching before and continued to go back to my old ways of drinking.
Signing up, I was kind of like, “this is a last resort.”
I felt cautiously optimistic. Can anyone get me past 7 days without tying my hands behind my back and taking away my credit card? But here I am, and that is amazing. I feel better, and I’ve learned along the way that some of what I thought was working for me wasn’t. Maybe things I did served a purpose at a certain time, but as I’ve worked with you, I’ve realized things can change. If I hadn’t been working with you, I might still be OCD about my 10 morning rituals that “must” happen before I step out of bed, but now I go more with the flow, which is nice. You picked up on the fact that, in a sense, I was overdoing things to the point that I was putting more stress on myself and it was counterproductive to my attempts to quit drinking.
Now I feel more confident in doing what feels good at a given moment. You’ve created a safe space for me. You always have questions ready to go, pick up on key points from things I say, and have given me great guidance. You have been so helpful, and I’m very grateful.
-Sarah L.
Before coaching I had no one holding me accountable for anything I was doing. When Jessica came into the picture, it definitely gave me motivation. I finally met someone who understood what it’s really like to be addicted. Every other person who I have spoken to has been this super “professional” person who hasn’t been where I’ve been. Speaking with Jessica hasn’t been the sterile, cold lack of connection that I have received from other professionals. Jessica has given me someone to hold myself accountable with. I thought I was just pretty much going to die, but I’m finally seeing myself again. The old me is finally coming back and I feel myself coming alive again.
-Aaron J.
Before working with Jessica, my alcohol use included drinking two bottles of wine a night, and it was progressively getting worse. I would get depressed and angry with my family. It was worth talking to Jessica to reset and refocus on my greater life goals. I needed that support from her to push me. I liked working with Jessica. She didn’t judge me. It was great having someone from the outside to help me focus. Since working with Jessica, I’ve reduced my drinking to less than a half bottle in a week! Not only that, my relationships with my family have improved greatly. Jessica encouraged me to work with them to get their support. My family was so happy to see my work with her, especially when they saw me improve in communicating with them. I started asking for help. My husband initially asked, “What are you getting out of it?” but now he sees that I’ve legit been doing work. That is the key thing that has helped me from working with Jessica, I can go back and not be scared to talk to my family about what I need, and I drink less as a result.
-Kristina
In the beginning, I had a lot of issues with setting boundaries, having more confidence in myself, and learning how to manage my money sober. Working with Jessica was a good way to focus on things that I usually would skirt to the side. Coaching gave me more of an intent. I felt like I had a structured purpose and goals. When things popped up in my personal life, we would also address those life issues, and Jessica could connect my concerns back to my goals and show me how everything was related. Since wrapping up my first six weeks with Jessica, I now actually have money to save! She taught me how to spend mindfully. Jessica also helped me advocate for myself and replace negative self-talk with positive self-talk. My inner dialogue/narrative has improved greatly as a mom. That was a huge barrier for me before. I used to look at motherhood in a very black-and-white way, and Ive learned as a sober mom to reframe my perspective, and Jessica has encouraged me to make being kinder to myself a practice. I have a sponsor and a therapist, and coaching with Jessica has really brought it full circle to help me focus on my life goals. Therapy helps me with my social-emotional needs, my sponsor helps me with my program, and Jessica with my life goals. Now, I look forward to continuing to work on my recovery goals and making plans for moving forward in other areas of my life, including next steps in my financial goals.– Jacqueline D
Jessica came into my life when I was wondering how to structure the time that early sobriety had brought me. She helped me identify and pursue new interests, and encouraged me to keep an open mind about trying a variety of new things. She gently pushed me to do things outside of my comfort zone, such as seeking support groups for recovery, and advised me on the which groups might be a good fit for me based on my interests and needs. Jessica is so open about sharing her story, I felt like I could be honest with her and that she understood the more nuanced aspects of recovery through her lived experiences. She helped me reflect on the barriers I was putting up for myself if I didnt follow through on something that I had committed to the week before, and gently pushed me to try again. She was always ready with recommendations such as books and apps when I asked for them, and it was helpful to reflect on them together. Jessica’s wholistic approach to recovery, which focuses on how to live a full life and not just a life without alcohol, helped me shift my own perspective about what a sober life could look and feel like. – Ashley L
Before working with Jessica, I didn’t know what to do with my time. I was extremely anxious to start filling my time with meaningful things. I felt like my life was changing and I didn’t know how to keep up. I was 6 months sober and at that point I was noticing that though I wasn’t thinking about alcohol all the time, my other issues were starting to trigger me. Also, I was extremely codependent, always staying at my boyfriend’s house having to be right next to him. Boredom was discouraging me, and I felt like a “dumb” alcoholic. Finding Jessica showed me that sober doesn’t mean boring. I learned that if people are judging me then so what. Working with Jessica was empowering. Sessions gave me structure for what to do with my week. I felt like everything I was working on was doable and measurable. When I first started coaching I didn’t know what to do with my time, now I have things I can do. I have now learned how to organize my time better and have productive things to do. Now my codependency has gone down from a highly escalated 9-10, down to a 6-7. I spent more time at home and not having to always be right next to my boyfriend. I understand now that space is really needed. After meeting with and working with Jessica, I feel so grateful. Jessica encouraged me to find a therapist to help me through some of my mental health concerns. My perspective has changed a lot. I don’t want to keep my alcoholism a secret anymore. My recovery is a badge of honor. I know I have the capacity to change things. I felt like crap in the beginning and now I feel very confident about what I am doing in my recovery. I know that I have options in recovery for the rest of my life, I know I can do this. I can be sober and live a fun life in New York City. – Sarah A
Going through the coaching process with Jessica has brought incredible energy and self-confidence into so many aspects of my life. I feel like an Olympic athlete returning from top of the line training camp – focused and energized. For many years, before I gave up drinking, I would give myself the excuse that I didn’t want to be a dry drunk, living a shrunken, colorless life. I told Jessica I wanted to focus on building a full and vibrant life without alcohol. I thought that might be too much to hope for but going through the coaching process with Jessica has helped me see what is vibrant in my life and how to nurture it and also what outdated mental habits were keeping me stuck in dead end behaviors. It’s alchemy! Going through life coaching with Jessica has brought results far beyond my expectations. I try to analyze Jessica’s magic but it doesn’t fit into a spreadsheet. It has something to do with her deep listening. Jessica identifies areas of focus from my own words. Promising action steps towards personal goals – Jessica weaves them from my personal narrative, not from cut and paste worksheets. Quitting drinking was hard enough but that was just step one. Step two is rebuilding a life that doesn’t require being anesthetized. That step seemed too overwhelming. Why didn’t my post alcohol life look like a fairy book ending? What I needed was allies in my journey but AA just wasn’t a good fit for me. I’m so glad I found Bottomless to Sober and went through coaching with Jessica. I know this post alcohol chapter is still going to be challenging but the energy and insight and focus I’ve gained through the coaching process makes it seem doable. Actually, more than doable – I think this chapter is going to be epic! I am more confident and consistent in what works. Before I just had a mix of this is what I’m doing but working with Jessica helped me focus on what is really working. What I really wanted to do was reduce my anxiety and I feel like I was able to build a consistent practice to not allow anxiety to get out of control. That was the most palpable effect of coaching that I’ve noticed. – Jessica P.
My goal for coaching was to organize and structure my organizations first youth seminar. One of the challenges I had before working with Jessica was that I needed accountability. Also, I needed help in looking at planning this event from different perspectives. I am a school psychologist and needed a perspective from someone else who could give me feedback of how things could come across to others. I learned a lot about piecing together how I could tackle creating an event. I learned how to create a task list of important items to execute. I learned about different strategies to implement to attract participants. I learned how to create an overall game plan to organize a major event and then break it down into a week by week sequence. I now have all of the pieces in place, speakers confirmed, a venue, and everything is ready to roll to execute my very first youth seminar. As a result of the coaching, I now have a blueprint for how I would galvanize people and resources for events, and for how I would structure a major happening for my organization. – Julius D.
Before working together, I was very weighed down by self-limiting thoughts and anxiety around starting my coaching and speaking business and getting it off the ground. I was also struggling with organization. With Jessica, I learned to put goals together. Jessica is very organized, on time, and always was communicative. She checked in the day before every session to make sure I was ready. Also, we worked off a Google doc together, and I would refer to it during the week. Jessica organized it with notes and the next steps every week. Having Jessica as an accountability partner helped me ensure I didn’t come empty-handed to sessions. Jessica helped me with brainstorming and growing my ideas. So, for example, with my draft TED talk/speech, I presented what I was thinking, but Jessica helped me structure it and bring it to life. One of the things I accomplished was that I set up an LLC! I thought that setting up an LLC was going to be scary, but Jessica had already set hers up and encouraged me to do it, allowing me to set it up so quickly. Jessica helped me learn to set measurable goals that were tailored to me and my comfort level. For example, I would say, I want to do more Instagram lives about recovery, so Jessica pushed me to add a number to my goals. Jessica shared helpful knowledge to help me get started working with clients, and I was able to attract more clients by applying some of her strategies. Jessica encouraged me to pursue different opportunities that I had not considered, and her insight and expertise have been helpful for me. Now that were done, I feel like I have more of a focused and intentional brand. I have a momentum that I can keep up. Before, I had so many ideas that I didnt know how to structure and accomplish them. Now I know I can be consistent with my Instagram lives, my content, and my story. Now I can own my professionalism as a coach and be confident in my title as a coach. I am currently in recovery for 11 years, and I am a certified trauma recovery coach who is in recovery from drinking and eating disorders and it was beneficial that Jessica also walks a path of recovery with me because she brings a level of compassion and empathy that you cant buy. –Priscilla G.
Before I started working with Jessica I was confused. I had too many goals, too many things I wanted to do and was frustrated, confused and I didnt know to put anything in order. I learned how to organize my thoughts, to slow down and to put them into baby steps. I felt like I could help others put things in baby steps but not do it for myself. Since working with her, I definitely can follow my own advice now. When I see a big thing, I know how to break it down. Jessica showed me how to break bigger goals into smaller things. Jessica has helped me get more motivation because she taught me how to make a little bit of progress to move forward. I also learned how to maintain a routine and keep up with it. Now that Ive done six weeks of coaching with Jessica I feel more able to keep myself feeling stable in my feelings. I know I can move forward and be confident enough to help somebody else. –Tim T.
Jess and I went to grad school together many moons ago, and she was always a great role model. Years later, as a recovery coach, Jess embodies strength, self-assurance, and compassion. I really liked that she took note of what I discussed with her, because she was able to give suggestions and feedback in ways that I did not foresee. I gained a lot of insight and felt determined to achieve the SMART goal we created together. I look forward to continuing on this journey with her support. Jack D
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