about jess | Jess Leone

For the woman who knows something isn’t working... & is ready to come back home to her TRUE self.

Before I started speaking on stages (like TedX!), holding events, and hosting community, I shared my very personal journey in the one place everyone tells you not to: the internet. (Oh btw, I still do this.) My journey really began back in 2020, when I realized I built a life that looked good on paper but felt hollow in my body. Cue: crippling fibromyalgia, burnout, and a pandemic breakdown that felt suspiciously like a breakthrough.

I cracked open slowly and discovered what I thought would break me is what actually BUILT me. I grieved the versions of myself that I never got to become and I wrote myself a permission slip to fall the fk apart. (Spoiler alert: it was the most liberating thing I’ve ever done.)

In the last five years, I walked away from my “good girl” career, failed two businesses, and lost relationships with people I once called family—some by blood, some by bond. And what I’ve learned?

True healing is fking chaotic. It’s reclaiming your NO just as fiercely as your YES. It’s nervous system regulation without spiritual bypassing your human existence. It’s building new routines, not rules. It’s rage. It’s rest. It’s finally being witnessed...not fixed.

And now?I lead from that place.

This is SO much more than a business—it’s my personal fucking rebellion. A love letter to every woman who’s ever been told she was too much, too loud, too sensitive, too bossy, too emotional, too ambitious, too “insert-your-label-here.”

I hold a Bachelor's Degree in Psychology, I am trauma-informed, and have a lifetime’s worth of experience studying and understanding human behavior—not just in textbooks, but in the trenches of real life. I’ve spent 15+ years in the real-life dynamics of human behavior, community, and transformation.

From leading large-scale programming and events…

to building in-person & virtual communities starting during the pandemic…

to holding space for women in the most honest, messy, and meaningful parts of their lives.

This work came from living it. The pain I moved through became the medicine I now carry—and offer to the women I sit with. I WILL walk beside you as you become who you were always meant to be. I’m still learning and living right alongside you.

When it comes down to it, healing deepens when we’re witnessed... and becomes real when it’s lived through the body. It’s not just about thinking differently, but feeling safe enough to live it.

Thanks for being here.
I see you. I love you.
And you never have to do this alone again if you don't want to.

my journey from "victim" → "villain"

Accolades

If You Stay…This Is What Changes

Finally Come Home to Your Body

This is where it starts.

When everything feels loud, overwhelming, or disconnected, this is the space where you come back to yourself.

I create spaces where you can slow down, feel what’s actually there, and be met without judgment or pressure to “fix” anything.

Using a blend of nervous system awareness, somatic practices, and honest conversation, you begin to:

notice what’s going on in your body
feel your emotions without shutting down
reconnect with yourself in a way that actually feels safe

This is where you stop living in your head and start landing back in your body.

Notice the Patterns & Choose Differently

This is where things start to change.

Once you can see what’s been running the show—
the people-pleasing, the overthinking, the patterns you keep repeating…you don’t just stay aware of it.

You start doing something different.

Inside of Victim to Villain, you learn how to:

recognize where you’re performing instead of being real
set boundaries without spiraling into guilt
stay grounded when things feel uncomfortable
follow through instead of falling back into old patterns

This is where awareness turns into action… and your life actually starts to shift!

Learn to Create, Build, & Lead Real Community

This is where it expands.

For some women, this work becomes more than personal.

It becomes a calling.

To hold space. To lead. To create the kind of environments they once needed.

I guide women in:

creating safe, grounded group spaces
leading without over-functioning or losing themselves
navigating real human dynamics with clarity and integrity
building communities that actually support connection

Whether you’re just beginning or refining something you’ve already built, this is where you step into becoming the one who creates—and leads—the space you once needed.

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