Jessica Ashley
Content Creator, Author & Divorce Coach
My work as an award-winning content creator, nationally recognized coach, and an expert in thriving through life transitions guides women to the bigger, happier, healthier lives they are on this planet to live – especially while moving through divorce.
I am the Divorce Coach for Moms
I am a CDC Certified Divorce Coach® and trained in The Healing Trauma Program to regulate the nervous system. I developed a comprehensive assessment to train divorce coaches on dating after divorce. On TikTok and Instagram, I am a mom’s best girlfriend in divorce, posting two videos daily to a rapidly growing audience of women seeking community and clarity.
I am the author of The Blended Family Q&A: 400 Questions to Spark Fun and Thought-Provoking Conversations (Rockridge Press, 2021) and three self-published books for divorcing women. I am a speaker, guest expert, and on-air talent with appearances on Oprah’s SuperSoul Sunday Life Class and national television, radio, and podcasts, as well as keynotes and panels at Northern Trust, Listen to Your Mother, Mom 2.0, BlogHer, and Association for Research on Mothering.
I am a content creator, strategist, and editorial brainstorming mastermind with 25 years experience writing for digital and print publications. I teach a graduate communication class at Northwestern. I created content strategy for two Shark Tank-funded start-ups, pitched and executed numerous campaigns with international brands and organizations. My award-winning site and podcast Single Mom Nation and tell the real and compelling stories of women’s challenges and triumphs. I wear inappropriately high heels to cheer from the sidelines at my children’s track meets, soccer matches, and gymnastics competitions. I respond to both Jessica and Ashley.
AT THE HEART OF JESSICA’S WORK
After writing, podcasting and creating video content for 15 years on divorce, single parenting, and thriving through these life transitions, and coaching women one-on-one and in groups for six years, I see that the templates and language we are have about moving out of marriage and relationships need to be disrupted. My content and coaching is rooted in these core beliefs.
I believe that our lives are bigger than one relationship, one person or one way we have lived.
I believe divorce can be the second greatest gift of your life (after having children).
I believe that there are no failed marriages and broken homes. There may be broken people and patterns in those houses, but there are also evolving families and growing opportunities.
I believe that when one person thrives through a divorce or break-up, she changes her life, her children’s lives, and her friends who come to her confidence to ask how she did it.
I believe that divorce is not for everyone, and that is wonderful. And those who are confident and committed to that path deserve a great guide. I am that guide with a very bright flashlight.