🔗 Take the PILLAR PERSONALITY QUIZ Every January, women are sold a story of reinvention — New Year, New Me. But Jess argues the real issue isn’t the resolutions themselves (even though they don't typically work) — it’s the mindset beneath them. In this episode, Jess breaks down why resolutions tend to fail (and it's not for the reasons you might think). Jess also shares her own holiday story — gratitude, indulgence, and a 2-hour workout rooted in punishment — and the mindset shift she ...

🔗 Take the PILLAR PERSONALITY QUIZ The holidays often bring joy and celebration — but they can also quietly push our bodies out of balance. In this episode, Jess shares a personal look at how weeks of disrupted routines, travel, poor sleep, blood sugar swings, and emotional load eventually showed up for her as anxiety — not all at once, but cumulatively. Rather than framing this as a failure of discipline or willpower, Jess explains how the body responds to patterns, not isolated events — and...

🔗 Take the PILLAR PERSONALITY QUIZ Do you feel exhausted… but also restless? On edge, yet depleted? Unable to fully relax, even when you finally slow down? This is the "wired but tired" state — and it’s incredibly common, especially among high-achieving women living in a world of constant stimulation and pressure. In this episode of Vital Balance with Jess, we unpack how chronic stress and overstimulation keep your nervous system stuck in high alert, creating a cascade of hormonal fal...

🔗 Take the PILLAR PERSONALITY QUIZ In this episode, we’re unpacking emotional load — the unseen, unrelenting kind of stress that many women carry silently. From the mental juggling act of home and work to the constant undercurrent of planning, organizing, worrying, and emotional labor, this invisible burden can wreak havoc on your hormones, energy, and long-term health. You’ll learn why this type of stress often goes unnoticed, how it shows up physiologically, and most importantly, how to beg...

🔗 Take the Pillar Personality Quiz In this powerful and deeply personal episode, Jess sits down with Mel Lewis, a certified life and career coach, founder of Wisdom & Worth, LLC, and Founder & Chief Coach of High Country Community of Coaches— an inspiring collective that Jess is proud to be part of. Together, Jess and Mel have an honest conversation about the long-term toll of chronic stress — how it once shaped their careers, health, and even their identities — and the tr...

🔗 Take the Pillar Personality Quiz — Discover your health personality! The holidays aren’t “the problem” — it’s the pendulum swing we fall into: total indulgence on one side and rigid control on the other. In this episode, Jess breaks down what really affects women’s hormones this time of year and how to enjoy celebrations without guilt, stress, or metabolic chaos. You’ll learn why holiday stress and disrupted routines impact cortisol, blood sugar, digestion, sleep, and mood — and how a few s...

🔗 Take the Pillar Personality Quiz — Discover your health personality! You’ve probably heard the term health coach — but what does a health coach actually do? In this episode of Vital Balance with Jess, we pull back the curtain on what health coaching really is, why it’s becoming one of the most powerful forms of support for women’s health, and how it bridges the gap between knowing what to do and actually following through consistently. Jess shares her own journey — from lawyer to health coa...

🔗 Take the PILLAR PERSONALITY QUIZ — Discover your health personality and get a 3-day, step-by-step plan to help you move the needle forward in your health. If you’re feeling tired, irritable, foggy, or like your metabolism has “slowed down,” it’s easy to blame stress or hormones — but sometimes, the problem starts deeper. Nutrient deficiencies can quietly sabotage your energy, hormone balance, and metabolic function, even when you’re eating “healthy.” In this episode of Vital Balance w...

🔗 Take the PILLAR PERSONALITY QUIZ — Discover your health personality along with the pillar of health you should focus on right now, the specific element within that pillar that needs the most attention, and get a 3-day, step-by-step plan to help you move the needle forward in your health. If you’ve ever described yourself as a perfectionist, a high-achiever, or consider yourself someone who has a strong desire to control everything in your life, this episode is for you. In this episode, Jes...

🔗 Take The PILLAR PERSONALITY QUIZ — Discover which pillar of health you should focus on right now, the element within that pillar that needs the most attention, and get a 3-day, step-by-step guide to help you move the needle forward for your health. You can’t improve what you don’t know — and that includes your metabolism. In this episode, Jess breaks down two powerful tools that help you see inside your body’s inner workings in real time. Forget one-size-fits-all advice: using a glucomet...

🔗 Take the Pillar Personality Quiz — Discover which pillar of health you should focus on right now, the specific element within that pillar, and get a 3-day step-by-step plan to start moving the needle forward in your health. Something starts to change around age 35 — even if you’re eating well, exercising, and doing “all the right things.” Energy can feel a bit different. Stress hits harder. Sleep and mood become more unpredictable. This episode breaks down what’s really happening biological...

🔗 Take the FREE Pillar Personality Quiz — Discover which pillar of health you should focus on right now, the specific element within that pillar, and get a 3-day step-by-step plan to start moving the needle forward in your health. We live in a world where every scroll on social media promises a “miracle supplement” for hormone balance or metabolic health. But the truth? No pill, powder, or protocol can replace the five bedrocks your body actually needs to thrive. In this episode of Vital Bal...

🔗 Take the FREE Pillar Personality Quiz — Discover which pillar of health you should focus on right now, the specific element within that pillar, and get a 3-day step-by-step plan to start moving the needle forward in your health. What if one of the most serious threats to your health wasn’t your diet, weight, or exercise routine… but your lack of human connection? Research shows that social isolation is more dangerous than obesity — and on par with smoking 15 cigarettes a day in terms of he...

🔗 Take the FREE Pillar Personality Quiz — Discover which pillar of health you should focus on right now, the specific element within that pillar, and get a 3-day step-by-step plan to help you move the needle forward in your health. Have you ever felt like life has pulled the rug out from under you — leaving you overwhelmed, untethered, or even questioning your faith? Maybe it feels like a spiritual crisis. In this episode of Vital Balance with Jess, we’ll talk about 5 spiritual anchors that ...

🔗 Take the FREE Pillar Personality Quiz — Discover which pillar of health you should focus on, along with the specific element within that pillar, and obtain a 3-day step-by-step plan to move the needle forward in your health. Most women have been taught to follow food rules: count the calories, cut the carbs, track macros, and skip the dessert. But what if those very rules are what’s keeping you stuck in an unhealthy relationship with food? In this episode of Vital Balance with Jess, we’ll ...

🔗 Take the FREE Pillar Personality Quiz — Discover which pillar of health you should focus on right now, the specific element within that pillar, and a 3-day step-by-step plan to help you move the needle forward in your health. Motherhood changes everything — our bodies, our sleep, our daily rhythms, and even how we see ourselves. Yet so often, the struggles moms face get brushed off as “just stress” or “part of being tired with little kids.” The truth? There are hidden factors at play ...

🔗 TAKE THE PILLAR PERSONALITY QUIZ Have you ever felt stuck in the exhausting loop of dieting, regaining weight, and obsessing about food? That constant mental chatter — food noise — isn’t just frustrating. It takes a real toll on your mental, emotional, and physical health. In this episode of Vital Balance with Jess, we’ll unpack the 7 reasons food noise and weight cycling happen in the first place, from genetics and biology to the cultural environment that sets so many women up to fail.&n...

🔗 Grab your FREE guide: The Go-Getter’s Guide to Balanced Hormones & Boundless Energy Did you know your body runs on an internal 24-hour clock that influences nearly everything — from your sleep and digestion to your hormones and metabolism? It’s called your circadian rhythm, and when it’s out of sync, your health pays the price. In this episode of Vital Balance with Jess, we’ll dive deep into how circadian rhythms work, why they matter for women’s health, and how simple daily choices c...

🔗 Grab your FREE guide: The Go-Getter’s Guide to Balanced Hormones & Boundless Energy Have you ever felt frustrated with your body — like it’s fighting against you? Maybe your symptoms feel random, your energy is unpredictable, or your health concerns never seem to resolve. It’s easy to slip into the mindset that your body is broken or failing. But what if your symptoms aren’t signs of failure at all? What if they’re feedback — signals your body is sending, asking you to pay attentio...

Get my Free Guide: The Go-Getter’s Guide to Balanced Hormones & Boundless Energy Are your daily habits secretly sabotaging your health and hormones? In this episode of Vital Balance with Jess, we’re breaking down four often-overlooked habits that may be keeping you stuck in cycles of fatigue, cravings, and frustration—without you even realizing it. These aren’t extreme or complicated fixes. In fact, they’re small, everyday choices that can have a big impact on your hormones and metabolism...