We caught up with the brilliant and insightful Jessica Kishpaugh a few weeks ago and have shared our conversation below.

Jessica, thanks for joining us, excited to have you contributing your stories and insights. What’s the best advice you ever gave to a client? How did they benefit / what was the result? (Please note this response is for education/entertainment purposes only and shouldn’t be construed as advice for the reader)

Give yourself grace and take imperfect action in the process of change. In the world of emotional eating/binge eating or other unwanted eating behaviors, most clients have a perfectionist “all or nothing” mentality with food. When we can forgive ourself in the process, look at the hidden wisdom behind the eating behavior, and embrace imperfection, we can make significant positive habit changes that benefit our physical and mental health over time

As always, we appreciate you sharing your insights and we’ve got a few more questions for you, but before we get to all of that can you take a minute to introduce yourself and give our readers some of your back background and context?

Jessica is a Certified Holistic Nutritionist, Mind Body Eating Behavior Health Coach with an Emotional Eating/Binge eating specialty and a Wellness Educator/Speaker. She founded her own wellness company, LoYo Wellness LLC in 2018. Jessica is a former trial attorney and practiced law for eleven years as an Assistant District Attorney at the Bronx District Attorney’s Office and as an attorney for the New York City Department of Education. She obtained her Juris Doctorate degree from The Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law. Jessica obtained her undergraduate Bachelors of Science degree in Communications with an Honors Research Thesis distinction and a minor in Psychology/Human Development from Cornell University. Jessica holds numerous health certifications. She obtained her Integrative Health Coaching Certification from one of the top health coaching schools, The Institute for Integrative Nutrition. She received her certification as a Mind Body Eating Coach and Nutrition Psychology Counselor from the Institute for the Psychology of Eating. She also has certification in Exercise Nutrition from Precision Nutrition, and she has completed coursework in Intuitive Eating, Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction and Hormone Health. She is currently working toward her qualifications as a National Board Certified Health and Wellness Coach (NBHWC).

Jessica transitioned out of law to pursue her passion in health and wellness. She founded The LoYo Method Coaching Program for women to heal and nourish their relationship with food and body through the power of food psychology and habit change. Jessica specializes in nutrition psychology, emotional eating, binge eating, stress reduction and mindfulness. With an intuitive eating and self care approach, Jessica counsels clients to let go of dieting and emotional eating so they can create happier, wholesome, balanced lives, and to empower them with confidence to live a life of health, body positivity and freedom. Jessica often focuses on self care as the core component in assisting her clients in mindful eating, weight loss, stress resilience and achieving work-life balance. Jessica works with clients privately and in group coaching programs.

Jessica is also a wellness educator, speaker, presenter and has led hundreds of corporate, community, and school wellness workplace trainings, workshops, classes, and webinars on an array of topics. Most notably, she trains in healthy nutrition, why diets don’t work, emotional eating/binge eating, positive relationship with food, toxic nutritional beliefs/mindset, sugar and detoxing, eating for energy, work-life balance, time management, stress resiliency, importance of sleep, mental health, meditations, mindfulness, burnout and stress management, self care, positive self talk, positive thinking, fostering confidence, women and men’s health, mindfulness and relaxation. She is also adept at training parents on the intricacies of new parenthood, achieving work-life balance, positive parenting techniques, family wellness, self care, children’s wellness.

How about pivoting – can you share the story of a time you’ve had to pivot?

I am a former attorney who transitioned out of law to pursue my passion in health and wellness. I was in a transformational time in my life working on my own physical and mental well-being, furthering my education in nutrition, and realizing my legal career was no longer fulfulling me. I felt burned out and dissatisfied and took a leap of faith to become a Health Coach and start my own business.

I am pivoting again recently from 100% virtual clients to more community and collaboration with companies and schools. I’ve been teaching various wellness topics in classes, workshops and presentations to companies, organizations and schools and absolutely love it.

If you could go back in time, do you think you would have chosen a different profession or specialty?

Perhaps. My legal career was exciting and enjoyable for a while, until I reached the point of burnout. But it also was beneficial in that it gave me a ton of important skills that I utilize as a coach. Some transferable skills such as critical thinking skills, public speaking, analytical skills, organizational skills, interviewing, active listening, and writing have been critical in my business and as a health practitioner. So, the long answer is I am not sure!

Contact Info:

• Website: https://www.loyowellness.com/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jessicakishpaughcoaching
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jessicakishpaughcoaching
• Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessicakishpaugh/
• Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@jessicakishpaughcoaching
• Other: Facebook group – https://www.facebook.com/groups/loyowellness