Jen has spent over two decades coaching the human behind the work.

She began coaching early in her creative career, supporting fellow actors while building her own life on stage and screen. Long before certifications or titles, she was drawn to helping people navigate pressure, identity, ambition, and self-trust—especially when life didn’t follow the expected script.

That work evolved into coaching women in leadership, entrepreneurship, and major life transitions—women who are capable, driven, and deeply committed, yet quietly exhausted by trying to hold it all together.

Having built and scaled multiple businesses herself, Jen understands the tension between ambition and real life. She knows what it’s like to want more—without wanting to lose yourself in the process. Her work centers on clarity, alignment, and sustainable momentum—without burnout.

Her coaching also extends into the deeply personal through Rebel Pineapple, a space born from her own decade-long journey through infertility, adoption, and motherhood. Here, she supports women navigating family-building in unexpected ways, grounded in intuition, clarity, and self-trust.

At her core, Jen is a strategist, a guide, and a fierce believer in women supporting women. She believes growth doesn’t come from doing more—it comes from getting honest about what matters now. Her work blends lived experience, practical tools, and deep empathy to help women move forward with intention.

In 2023, Jen earned dual certifications in Health and Life Coaching through the Health Coach Institute, a CCE-accredited program by the International Coaching Federation (ICF). Her approach is grounded, ethical, and focused on sustainable change—for both the life you’re building and the human building it.

THE HUMAN SIDE

A little more about me—because the gray is where most of life happens:

  • I’m a mom to one incredible kid after a 10-year journey through infertility and adoption.

  • I’m a heart mom. If you know, you know.

  • I’ve been married to my husband for 20 years—through many chapters and evolutions.

  • I spent over two decades in Los Angeles and recently moved back to Chicago, where I grew up.

  • I’ve worked as an actor on stage, television, and in independent films—some you’ve heard of, some you haven’t.

  • I co-founded a creative studio producing female-driven projects and empowering artists.

  • I co-created a blog centered on women telling the truth about the hard parts.

  • I’m a serial entrepreneur—with real wins, real lessons, and real receipts.

  • I grew up in my family’s health and fitness business—entrepreneurship and service are in my bones.

  • I’m currently in pre-production for a podcast, The Unexpected Way, sharing real stories about the complicated road to and through parenthood.

  • I genuinely love mentoring, coaching, and being in your corner when things feel heavy or unclear.

    The black-and-white facts are easy.

The gray—the lived experience—is where I do my best work.