Recent work
Empowering individuals to take control of their health through personalized coaching and writing workshops.
Jocelyn Jeffery is a writer, coach, and teacher with over twenty years’ experience in the wellness and publishing industries.
She founded Materialist, an internationally distributed art, design, and fashion magazine and her work has appeared in Gotham, Hamptons, The Huffington Post, The Daily Mail, People, Vitals, Vice, and Semaine.
Paul D’Agostino’s Art as Linguistic Education
Artist interview for The Huffington Post
The Abstract Geometric World of Tim Kent
Artist interview for The Huffington Post
Writing to heal
Jocelyn originally taught her course on writing as a therapeutic tool in the MFA writing program at Columbia University. The unprecedented waitlist highlighted the importance of bridging the gap between craft and healing. Her belief is that writing helps us process everything from daily challenges to past trauma, allowing us to release buried wounds, foster self-awareness, and manifest our hopes and dreams. She has since expanded “Writing to Heal” beyond academia, offering it as a workshop to help individuals harness the healing power of the written word within the context of a supportive community.
“Jocelyn is a fantastic writing teacher and workshop leader. She genuinely cares about the well-being of her students and helping them heal. I had many insightful breakthroughs and would love to do it again!”
“Jocelyn is intelligent, emotionally present, and adept at creating a space that feels safe. An eye-opening, nurturing, and inspiring experience.”
“Jocelyn creates a space that allowed me to feel comfortable getting very personal. She’s all about positivity and encouragement while being engaged, empathetic, and continuously pushing you to write with honesty.”
Health Coaching
When Jocelyn was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis and neurological Lyme disease—both of which failed to respond to medication—she took her health into her own hands. Diagnoses, she discovered, don’t have to be a life sentence. She ultimately achieved wellness through diet and lifestyle changes and has been helping others get their lives back from illness through one-on-one coaching ever since.