Jill Volpe Coaching & Healing

02/05/2026

01/22/2026

Your values reveal themselves in three places:

1. Peak Moments: Think of a time you felt deeply alive, proud, grounded, or connected. What was present in that moment? Joy? Creativity? Courage? Connection? Freedom?

2. Pain Points: Values often hide inside frustration or grief. If something consistently hurts, it’s usually because a core value is being violated. For example: If you feel resentful when your boundaries are ignored, you may value truth, respect, or autonomy.

3. Longings: What do you crave more of in your life? Not goals but rather, qualities. Ease. Beauty. Steadiness. Expression. Adventure. Peace. Longing is a compass.

🌼 A Reflection to Try This Week​
Take a quiet moment and ask yourself: “When do I feel most like myself?” Write down three recent moments or from years ago. Then look for the qualities that were present in each one. Those qualities are clues to your core values.

You don’t need to get it perfect. You just need to get honest.

01/10/2026

As we step into a new year, many of us feel the familiar pull to “try harder,” “be more disciplined,” or “finally get it together.”

But here’s the truth most people never hear: Willpower isn’t designed to carry us through meaningful change. Values are.

Willpower is a short-term burst of energy the brain uses to override discomfort. It’s useful for quick decisions, like resisting a second dessert or finishing a task before a deadline. But as a long-term strategy, it burns out fast.

When life gets heavy (and for many of us, it has been heavy for a long time), the brain conserves energy by defaulting to old patterns. This is why resolutions fade by February. We tend to rely on this old system of motivation. But actually, your brain is asking for a different kind of fuel.

🌟 Values-Based Motivation: The Sustainable Alternative

Tap into something deeper and far more resilient by considering your identity, your purpose, and what truly matters to you. So instead of forcing yourself into action, you’re pulled forward by meaning.

Values-based motivation sounds like:

• “I move my body because I value my vitality and presence.”

• “I set boundaries because I value my peace and truth.”

• “I rest because I value being grounded and available for the people I love.”

• “I create because I value expression and impact.”

🌼 A Gentle Reflection for This Week

Take a moment to consider what value you want to lead with this season. Not a goal. Not a resolution. A value.

Maybe it’s steadiness.

Maybe it’s joy.

Maybe it’s truth, creativity, connection, or vitality.

Choose one. Let it be your North Star for the next few weeks and just watch your actions naturally begin to shift around it.
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✨ Coming Up in This Series

Over the next three weeks, we’ll explore:

Week #2: How to Identify Your Core Values (and what most people get wrong)

Week #3: Turning Values Into Daily Actions (without overwhelm)

Week #4: How to Stay Motivated When Life Gets Messy

This is your year of aligned, sustainable, soul-led change! If you’re craving support as you step into a year guided by your values (not pressure or perfection) I offer free 30‑minute discovery calls.

It’s a spacious, judgment‑free moment to explore what you want for this season of your life and whether coaching together feels like the right fit.

You can schedule your call here: https://calendly.com/jill-volpe​

Have a great week and we'll talk soon!

12/20/2025

Whether you're a caregiver, a creative, or someone navigating a season of change, the need to contribute, to give, uplift, and make meaning, is not just noble. It’s essential. It’s one of the six core human needs identified in human needs psychology, and it’s the one that most directly feeds the spirit.

When we contribute, we:

• Affirm our place in the world
• Transform personal milestones into collective healing
• Build legacy through love
• Experience joy that’s rooted in meaning, rather than performance

Acts of contribution, whether volunteering, mentoring, or simply offering presence, activate reward centers in the brain that boost oxytocin, reduce stress, and foster emotional resilience. It’s not just good for others, it’s actually healing for us!
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💌 Here's a list of everyday acts of Contribution

• Offer a listening ear without trying to fix

• Share your story in a way that helps others feel less alone

• Send a handwritten note or voice message of encouragement

• Create and gift something meaningful like an affirmation card or a poem

• Walk for a cause that aligns with your values

• Mentor or guide someone through a challenge you’ve lived

• Donate gently used items with intention and care

• Celebrate someone’s progress

• Offer your presence at a community event, support group, or fundraiser

• Curate resources (books, podcasts, memes) that uplift and share them

Your presence, your voice, your care, are enough.

This season, I invite you to reflect on how you’re already contributing. Not from obligation, but from overflow. What lights you up? What legacy do you want to leave someday or today?!

Let’s contribute, not because we have to, but because we’re here to.
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​Thank you for all the light you contribute to my life and to the world. I wish you many blessings this holiday season and throughout 2026!

12/10/2025

In the quiet moments between tasks, in the ache of uncertainty, and in the joy of shared laughter, our need for love and connection pulses beneath it all. It’s not a weakness. It’s not a distraction. It’s biology, it’s belonging, and it’s the very foundation of resilience.

As humans, we are wired for connection. From the earliest days of life, our nervous systems seek safety in eye contact, gentle touch, the sound of a familiar voice. These moments of co-regulation shape our capacity to trust, to heal, and to thrive. And as adults, the need doesn’t disappear. It deepens.

Neuroscience tells us that connection calms the stress response, boosts immune function, and enhances emotional regulation. But beyond the science, there’s soul. There’s the sacred experience of being seen, heard, and held without needing to perform or prove.

In coaching, we often explore goals, habits, and mindset shifts.
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​But beneath every breakthrough is a deeper truth: healing happens in relationship. Whether it’s with a trusted coach, a friend, a partner, or even through self-compassion rituals, connection is the soil where growth takes root.

Here are a few gentle invitations to explore this theme in your own life:

• What relationships feel nourishing, safe, and reciprocal right now?

• Where might you be craving deeper connection with others or with yourself?

• What small ritual could help you feel more emotionally attuned today?

Whether you’re navigating relationship or health challenges, caregiving responsibilities, or simply the complexity of being human, remember this: you are worthy of love and connection. Not because you’ve earned it. But because you exist.

Let this be your reminder to reach out, to soften, and to allow love in - one breath, one moment, one relationship at a time.

11/27/2025

As the seasons shift and we pause to reflect, I want to take a moment to honor you; my clients, subscribers, and soulful community. Your courage, curiosity, and commitment to growth are the heartbeat of my work. Whether you’ve joined me for a coaching session, read a newsletter, or simply held space for your own healing, I see you. I celebrate you.

Thank you for allowing me to walk beside you as you reconnect with your values, your resilience, and your inner wisdom. Your stories, your breakthroughs, and even your quiet moments of reflection ripple outward turning personal transformation into collective healing.

From my heart to yours, I’m deeply grateful. May this season bring you peace, clarity, and the gentle reminder that you are never alone on this journey.

11/20/2025

I know how easy it is to turn to AI when life feels overwhelming. It’s fast. It’s smart. It can even sound emotionally supportive! And still… there's something missing.

Because when you’re navigating change, chronic health challenges, or emotional heaviness - what you need isn’t just answers. You need a space to breathe. To feel. To be heard and understood.

That’s what coaching offers.

It’s not about fixing you. It’s about walking beside you, gently, intentionally as you reconnect with your own inner wisdom.

✨ Coaching gives you:

• A safe, attuned space to explore what’s really going on

• Emotional tools that honor your nervous system and lived experience

• Skills to cope and support lasting change

• Connection and collaboration that’s warm, real, and rooted in your values

AI can help you organize your thoughts. Coaching helps you trust them. Think of it like tending a garden: AI helps you organize the soil — sorting thoughts, clarifying patterns, and creating space for growth. But coaching is what helps you choose the seeds. It’s the sacred pause that asks, “Which ideas feel true for me at this time? Which ones do I want to nurture?” And once you’ve chosen, your coach is right there helping you plant with intention, tend with consistency, and stay lovingly accountable to your own becoming.

In a world overflowing with information, much of what isn't even accurate, coaching invites you back to your inner knowing and supports you in turning insight into action.

11/08/2025

In a world that often glorifies control and predictability, uncertainty can feel like a threat. But what if it’s actually a portal?

In thought, experience, and emotion, variety is not just the "spice of life", it’s a biological necessity - a core human need. Our brains thrive on novelty.

Here are some simple ways to invite variety into your day:

• Change one small thing: Rearrange your morning routine, try something new on the lunch menu, or take a different walking path.
• Play with your senses: Light a new candle, listen to a different playlist, or wear a color or texture that feels grounding.
• Switch your perspective: Journal from a new prompt, ask “What’s another way to see this?”
• Balance light and shadow: Pair a gratitude list with a “what I’m releasing” reflection.
• Try a tiny experiment: Choose a need that you would like to strengthen, either certainty or variety/uncertainty and ask, “How can I express this differently today?”

When we welcome small shifts, we invite our nervous system to stretch, our creativity to spark, and our inner wisdom to speak. Coaching helps you explore these shifts with intention, offering a safe space to experiment, reflect, and take aligned action.

Whether you’re craving change or resisting it, remember: variety is not a detour from healing. It’s very often the path itself.