ABOUT jess

Jess klein Tour

Life coaching & Performance Coaching

some background

In 2015 I made the decision to start building a second career. I wanted find a new way to use the unique skill set that I’ve acquired in my life as a professional musician - connecting with people in a genuine way, giving what I have with all my heart.

I attended a workshop at Life Coach Austin and was so excited by the personal growth I witnessed in myself and the other attendees that I decided to get certified as a Life Coach. During my training I learned tools to help myself and others figure out just what it is that we want to achieve in this life, and then how to get there. It's great stuff: I feel more empowered onstage and off, more at peace with myself, and better able to navigate life's challenges.

what is life coaching?

Are you feeling stuck? Do you need gentle but direct assistance identifying and taking the next step in your relationship or career? Maybe you are unable to communicate with a partner or family member, having trouble standing up for yourself at work, pushing people away with anger issues, feeling generally unmotivated, or even just living with an empty feeling of "I don't know if anything I do matters."

My goal is to help you fully embrace life and relationships. Any issue that gets in the way of that is a good starting place for working with a life coach.

Life coaching differs from traditional therapy in its starting point: it assumes there is nothing wrong with the client. In other words, you’re not a patient and I’m not a doctor. I am a fellow person who has acquired some effective tools and wants to share those tools with you. I want to stand with you as you learn new ways of approaching old patterns, as you transform your perspective and your life.

Working with a life coach is about taking responsibility for yourself and letting go of what you can't control. The tremendous reward is your own heart, open to yourself and to the world around you.

My rate is $75/one hour session, with a sliding scale available for musicians and artists. The number of sessions is up to you. Many people find that four sessions are enough to experience a freeing change in perspective. I meet with Triangle, NC area clients in person, and can also meet with clients anywhere in the world over Skype!

Please contact me through the form below to set up a free initial 15 minute phone consultation.

Please complete the form below to set up a free initial 15 monute phone consultation.

what my clients say

“Jess has done an incredible job of helping me sort through a variety of issues surrounding my career and personal life. Using great compassion and empathy, she has skillfully provided me with tools and strategies for achieving my goals that have alleviated anxiety and allowed me to move forward with greater success. I'm so grateful to Jess for helping me to better understand myself and how to enact my true potential.” — Havilah

"In just a few sessions, Jess helped me break the cycle of habits that hindered my path towards finding my creative voice and internal satisfaction. Her amazing gift of listening and her ability to hear beyond the spoken words helped me identify habits that were blocking me and making me feel unsatisfied in my work.  She has imparted me with tools and questions to help me continue my journey of discovery and I am beyond thankful for her guidance and support.”  — Terri 

“I first came to Jess to work on stage performance, not specifically life-coaching.  Having been in therapy and counseling before, I thought I was aware and in control of all my "things" but was unaware of how interconnected feeling powerful and connected in "real" life and feeling powerful and connected on stage are and how the two feel when they're genuinely existing in tandem.  Working with Jess has helped me acknowledge the places in my life and performances that were causing repeated uneasiness and helped me focus in on some specific ways to approach those sticky places differently.  She is an excellent listener and the questions she asks are very thoughtful and help me dig deeper within my feelings to find answers.”  

Performance Coaching

Are you just getting into performing live and feeling a bit intimidated by the audience? Have you been onstage forever but feel unable to relax and enjoy it? Do you get distracted by worries about how you are coming across or stumble with how to talk to an audience? Or feel like your brain is disconnected from your body whenever you get onstage?

I have been performing all over the world for 20 years. I struggled for a long time with feeling like myself onstage. After studying acting and studying with a performance coach myself for several years, I learned some proven, powerful techniques to make the stage mine so I can authentically connect with myself, my music, the audience at every show. I want to help you do the same!

I work on a sliding scale for artists and musicians. Please contact me to set up a free 15 minute phone consultation!