We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Jessica Grace. We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with Jessica below.

Jessica, looking forward to hearing all of your stories today. What did your parents do right and how has that impacted you in your life and career?

My parents raised me with the understanding that my voice and opinions had value and that they loved to spend time with me. They taught me to enjoy the time I spend with loved ones and to cherish it because what our family has when it comes to how close we are to each other is rare.

Great, appreciate you sharing that with us. Before we ask you to share more of your insights, can you take a moment to introduce yourself and how you got to where you are today to our readers.

My name is Jessica Grace and I got into Family Communication Coaching through my own story. I realized the power of words and not knowing how to use them and handle conflict through a life transition where I almost lost a relationship with one of my family members. We thought because communication had always been easy, it would continue to be. However, when a move, life change, and new pressures were added, we were both lost. We struggled for years to figure out how to get back what we had. Between working really hard, therapy, and receiving my degree, M.S. in Applied Family Science, I realized how overwhelming communication can be to certain people and I longed to simplify it. There are so many resources about business and corporate communication, but not a lot out there when it comes to your family and how to set expectations, and boundaries, and have pre-emptive conversations so you don’t have to repair work later. I give people the skills and understanding of their specific circumstances in order to have happier relationships. I want those I work with to know that I believe in them that there are ways to grow in this area and that I will be with them throughout the entire process. There is so much at stake when it comes to communicating with those closest to us, and I don’t want them to have to live through awkward dinners, stressful moments and have tension in their lives that makes them miss out on what could be happy memories because they didn’t have the skills they needed. In this area, I do have a particular passion for helping parents of teens have happier relationships with their teens by bringing in the developmental understanding of where their child is at and how to communicate with that biological and neurological development in mind.

What’s a lesson you had to unlearn and what’s the backstory?

I had to unlearn that conflict doesn’t mean the relationship is at risk, it means that it is healthy and growing stronger. Trying to avoid conflict will not benefit you, but neither will bulldozing into it. The conflict has to be entered into by both parties well and be made up of several crucial elements. I honestly don’t know why I felt the relationship is at risk if a conflict was present, but when I was a teen and I lived out that fear, it became more than I could bear. I now know, having that relationship back in my life, that many of the relationship and communication pitfalls experienced could have been avoided and many have been avoided now that I know how to communicate the way I do now.

Can you tell us about what’s worked well for you in terms of growing your clientele?

I believe the most effective strategy for growing my current clientele is to be overly generous with my resources and each interaction with my clients. Pair this with quality referrals and growth happens. My industry is very specific and requires a testimonial before people will trust me. This leads me to over-deliver and be generous in the sessions and resources I provide and to see every client as a person and realize that someone trusted me with their reputation by recommending me. I don’t take that lightly.

Contact Info:

• Website: familycommunicationcoaching.com
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jessicagracecoaching/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/familycommunicationcoach

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(Caleb Wayne & Amelia Cortes)