FAQ’s
Common Questions About Coaching
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Coaching is a collaborative, forward-focused process that supports clarity, growth, and values-aligned change. While therapy often focuses on healing past experiences and treating mental health concerns, coaching centers on where you are now and how you want to move forward.
Jill’s work is trauma-informed, which means you’ll move with care, choice, and nervous system awareness. You don’t ignore the past or the impact of lived experience—but you also aren’t required to revisit or relive anything in order to grow.
If you’re currently in therapy, coaching can complement that work well.
Learn more about personal or professional coaching with Jill.
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Not at all!
Some people come to coaching with a clear question or decision they’re navigating. Others arrive feeling overwhelmed, stuck, burned out, or unsure what they even want next.
Part of the work is helping you clarify what matters, what’s draining you, and what kind of support would actually be helpful right now. You don’t need to have it figured out to begin.
Not sure if you’re ready to start? Schedule a free discovery call with Jill.
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Trauma-informed coaching prioritizes safety, choice, pacing, and respect for your capacity.
It means:
you’re never pushed to disclose or revisit experiences you don’t want to
we pay attention to nervous system responses, not just thoughts or behaviors
overwhelm, shutdown, or urgency are treated as information—not problems
practices are adaptable, not rigid
You don’t need to identify as having experienced trauma for this approach to be helpful. It’s simply a way of working that honors your humanity and context.
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Sessions are conversational, reflective, and grounded in the present moment. Depending on what would be supportive, we may include:
reflection and inquiry
somatic or grounding practices
values clarification
nervous system regulation tools
practical next steps that feel realistic and sustainable
There’s no one “right” way for a session to go. We move at a pace that supports clarity rather than pressure.
Learn more about personal or professional coaching.
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No.
My approach is not about productivity, hustle, or optimization for its own sake. Many people I work with are already doing too much—or have been pushing themselves for a long time.
Coaching can help you:
discern what’s actually yours to carry
make decisions that align with your values and capacity
find ways forward that don’t require abandoning yourself
Growth doesn’t have to come at the expense of your health.
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Jill works with individuals navigating:
burnout, overwhelm, or moral distress
leadership or professional transitions
values-aligned decision-making
personal growth during times of political or cultural uncertainty
questions of purpose, integrity, or sustainability
Many of her clients are clinicians, educators, organizers, leaders, or caregivers—but you don’t need to fit any specific role to work with Jill.
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Yes—context matters.
Jill’s work is grounded in an understanding that personal experiences are shaped by systems, power dynamics, and social realities. She doesn’t separate “inner work” from the world you’re living in.
That said, coaching isn’t about getting it “right” or performing awareness. It’s about supporting growth that is honest, humane, and sustainable.
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Yes. Coaching conversations are confidential, with the same ethical care you would expect in other professional support relationships, within the limits of the law.
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Most clients meet with Jill regularly (most often biweekly), though the exact rhythm depends on your needs and capacity.
You can talk with Jill about what pace would feel supportive rather than overwhelming.
Start the conversation at a free discovery call.
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Fit matters.
Jill offers low-pressure discovery conversations so you can talk about what you’re looking for and whether her approach aligns with your needs. There’s no obligation to move forward—clarity itself can be helpful.
“Working with Jill Wener has been one of the most valuable investments I’ve made as a new business owner. She has helped me navigate difficult conversations, negotiations, and the negative self-talk that can creep in during major transitions. Jill doesn’t just offer insight — she provides practical, daily tools that I actually use, helping me create more balance, confidence, and clarity during this season of growth. Her coaching has been grounding, empowering, and deeply impactful.”
-S. Blackmon, MD
Common Questions About EFT/Tapping
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Tapping, or the Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT), is an easy-to-learn technique individuals can use to reduce stress and overwhelm, mitigate trauma, process challenging life transitions, manage burnout, overcome phobias, change habits, and so much more. It’s also an effective tool for groups and teams to navigate and process stressors in their work environments and improve collaboration, interpersonal relationships, and their lives outside of the organization. The technique involves acupressure (aka tapping) on different parts of the face and chest (also called meridians). Tapping on these meridians with this technique is proven to result in significant changes in the brain and nervous system. With it, people can rewire their brains to be calmer and less reactive when exposed to stressful situations or environments.
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Tapping, or the Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT), is a science- and evidence-based technique that helps individuals change how their brain reacts to and manages stress, anxiety and overwhelm. Tapping works by way of tapping (also called acupressure) on different parts of the face and chest (also called meridians, similar as those used for acupuncture) and verbalizing statements about stressors in such a way that reduces cortisol levels and sends calming signals to the stress center of the brain: the hippocampus and the amygdala. These areas of the brain perform the functions of detecting threats (hippocampus) and activating our response to threats (amygdala). With tapping, people can influence communication between these areas of the brain, letting their amygdala know they’re safe and dialing down the potential intensity of their reaction. The technique also activates the parasympathetic nervous system, which also contributes to a sense of calm, restfulness and safety.
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Specialized EFT/Tapping techniques can be used to process trauma by helping individuals process traumatic events in a way that ensures a safe experience. Using these techniques, the individual can work through a traumatic memory and change how their nervous system processes and remembers it. This helps reduce the likelihood of re-activating the trauma, and it reduces the trauma’s emotional impact on the person. It is best to do such work under the guidance and care of a trained trapping practitioner, rather than on one’s own or with pre-recorded guided tapping sequences, as it can be a re-traumatizing experience if it isn’t done carefully.
Tapping can also be used to self-regulate and co-regulate the nervous system when triggered, process other intense emotions, and stay in the body when too activated to tap on specific emotions. It’s also a great technique for trauma practitioners to perform for their own self care.
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Yes, the EFT/tapping technique can be used to reduce stress, anxiety and overwhelm. That’s because it involves tapping on specific points on the face and chest, similar to the points used in acupuncture, which sends calming signals to the stress center of the brain and decreases cortisol levels. This, combined with verbalizing your feelings and thoughts about what you’re experiencing, helps the stress center better manage the moment, reacting less intensely because you’re telling it you’re safe. You can use it to navigate specific stressors, and it’s a technique you can practice regularly or as-needed. The benefits also go beyond the moment, as this practice helps you rewire your brain and how it responds to stressors.
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Tapping can absolutely help with burnout and moral injury, much in the same way it helps with stress reduction. Tapping on the same meridians used in acupuncture and verbalizing your feelings can lead to profound shifts in how your brain perceives and processes your feelings of burnout and moral injury – immediately. The technique can be used to heal trauma related to moral injury, navigate feelings in the moment, and to improve how you process and respond to burnout-related feelings in the future.
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You can learn the EFT/tapping technique by following the instructions and guidance of a trained practitioner, either through online tapping courses and programs, virtual sessions or in-person sessions. You can learn on your own, with a group, or with others in your organization through your health and wellness program or a team-building initiative.
With Dr. Jill Wener, there are several options for learning tapping as an individual or with an organization.
Individuals can:
-Learn from the comfort of your home and become a self-sufficient tapper with online tapping courses.
-Join Jill’s monthly tapping membership, The Wellness Tap, to have a wealth of tapping resources at your fingertips.
-Learn to use and teach a basic – but impactful – level of tapping to others in your life, such as patients, coworkers, family members and more, through the ‘Train the Trainer’ tapping program.
-Work directly with Jill in 1:1 tapping sessions to navigate personal concerns, such as major life changes, trauma and PTSD, anxiety and overwhelm, and more.
-Attend one of Jill’s free group sessions (keep an eye on her calendar for upcoming dates!).
Organizations can:
-Acquire a group subscription to Jill’s monthly tapping membership, The Wellness Tap, which would give your team unlimited access to a robust library of tapping resources.
-Invite Jill to lead a ‘Train the Trainer’ tapping program with your organization, or sponsor an employee to attend one of her public programs.
-Invite Jill to host an in-person or online tapping workshop for your organization, during which she’ll teach attendees how to tap.
-Invite Jill to host a group tapping session with your team, during which Jill will lead the group in therapeutic tapping sequences.
For group rates and options, please contact us.
Learn more about ways to learn tapping with Jill.
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You can learn to formally teach students, colleagues, patients, family members, and others the basics of tapping with a trained instructor. For her ‘Train the Trainer’ tapping program, Dr. Jill provides a basic level of training (not for certification) that includes learning tapping basics, trauma-informed tapping, how to tap for yourself, and how to help others learn to tap. The program includes hands-on, practical tapping experience.
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EFT/Tapping has many benefits for individuals and teams or groups. Individuals can use the practice to:
-Manage and relieve stress and burnout
-Improve anxiety and overwhelm
-Process trauma, PTSD, and moral injury
-Improve mental focus
-Reduce addictive behaviors
-Improve acute and chronic physical pain
-Overcome phobias
-Improve relationships
-Make major life decisions
-Navigate life transitions such as divorce, grief, and major illnessAnd that’s not even scratching the surface of what you can achieve with tapping.
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Choosing between tapping and meditation depends on your own preferences and circumstances. These methods each have their own unique benefits and are approached in different ways. For guidance on this decision, Jill put together a video describing each practice, how they’re used, what you’ll get from each, and how they can be used together – so you can select which is right for you.
Watch the video about how to choose between tapping and meditation.
“I didn't know what to expect with Tapping and it was, without a doubt, life changing. As a skeptical closed-off person it was surprising to learn so much about myself with such an easy technique! Jill is a true expert, and her authentic passion for helping people shines through. Tapping has made a significant impact on my life and I will be forever grateful for the clarity it has given me.”
-Dr. Leslie K., Emergency Medicine
Common Questions About Meditation
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Meditation is a practice that allows you to sit quietly, in a state of deep, restful relaxation, allowing your brain and body to recharge and refresh.
Many people think that their minds are too busy to meditate, that they aren’t able to sit still long enough to meditate, or that meditation just doesn’t work for them. With Dr. Jill, you will learn a simpler approach than what you may think when you think of meditation. The REST Technique™ doesn’t follow meditation stereotypes. Instead of calming your thoughts and forcing your body to sit in an uncomfortable position, this meditation technique encourages your mind to wander; having thoughts in meditation are a sign that you’re doing it right! Plus, you will always sit comfortably when you practice The REST Technique™!
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The REST Technique™ is drastically different from the traditional mindfulness and app-based meditation techniques you may be familiar with. The REST Technique™ is meditation that’s easy to do, and doesn’t require that you focus or clear your mind. It’s a more accessible, realistic approach to the practice. And it comes with incredible, life-changing benefits.
Compared to traditional methods, The REST Technique does NOT require:
X Clearing the mind of thoughts
X Guided visualization by leader
X Using an app
X Holding a pose
X Maintaining a certain (often uncomfortable) body posture
X Focusing on the breath
X Resisting sleep
Rather, for this meditation practice, we always sit comfortably, with our back supported.
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Meditation with The REST Technique™ works by releasing serotonin and endorphins into our brains, and activating the parasympathetic nervous system. This puts us in a more restorative state of restful alertness that’s even more restful than sleep.
With The REST Technique™, meditation doesn’t involve sitting still and clearing your mind. Instead, it’s a more effortless, comfortable technique that can fit into even the busiest schedules.
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You can learn to meditate by following the instruction of a trained practitioner, either through online meditation courses and programs, in-person retreats, private virtual sessions or private in-person sessions. You can learn on your own, with a group or at a retreat, or with others in your organization through your health and wellness program or a team-building initiative.
With Dr. Jill Wener, there are several options for learning to meditate as an individual or with an organization.
Individuals can:
-Learn to meditate online by accessing Jill’s course that’s designed for everyone, The REST Technique: Simple, Effective Meditation for the Busy Mind.
-Take Jill’s CME-accredited meditation course designed just for healthcare professionals, Meditation for Healthcare Heroes: A Guide to the REST Technique.
-Attend Jill’s Women in Healthcare Meditation Retreat – designed specifically for women healthcare professionals.
-Learn to meditate with Jill via private meditation instruction, available either in-person or virtually.
Organizations can:
-Access Jill’s meditation course that’s designed for everyone, The REST Technique: Simple, Effective Meditation for the Busy Mind, at a group rate.
-Access Jill’s CME-accredited meditation course designed for healthcare professionals and teams, Meditation for Healthcare Heroes, at a group rate.
-Invite Jill to lead a meditation retreat for your organization, or sponsor an employee to attend Jill’s Women in Healthcare Meditation Retreat.
For group rates and options, please contact us.
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Meditation has innumerable benefits, particularly when you practice the techniques Jill teaches and advocates for. Meditation can help improve individuals’ mental, physical and emotional health, including (but not limited to!) experiences with:
-Stress
-Anxiety
-Depression
-Insomnia
-Reactivity
-Pain
-Concentration
-Sleep
-Relationships
-Chronic health conditions
-Cardiovascular disease
-Substance abuse issues and other addictive behaviorsMeditation can also help individuals improve in multiple areas of their lives, from their immune system to their academics, accuracy and speed of decision making, intelligence and creativity, intuition, and so much more.
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Yes, meditation can absolutely help with burnout! Is it the only answer? No. Are there different causes of burnout for different people? Yes. Is the system still broken? Yes. That said, the REST Technique™ most definitely can help prevent or manage burnout and increase resilience. The practice is so restful, and helps to repair and heal so much damage done from stress over your lifetime, that it stockpiles what is called Adaptation Energy. Adaptation Energy is your bank account of patience, and if you have enough of it, you can handle anything that life throws at you. This concept blew Jill’s mind, and was her ‘aha’ moment when she learned to meditate.
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Absolutely! Meditation can help with fatigue and lack of sleep. By practicing the meditation technique taught in Jill’s online and live courses, you can easily (yes, even you!) access a physiologically-distinct meditative state that is even more restful than sleep. Because it maximizes parasympathetic function (the ‘rest and digest’ function of our body), it gives your body a break from the sleep-disrupting fight-or-flight stress chemicals such as cortisol, norepinephrine and adrenaline, and it bathes your body in restorative chemicals such as serotonin, dopamine, DHEA-S, and endogenous opioids. The meditations themselves are extremely restful and restorative, and you may also find yourself sleeping more restfully as well.
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Meditation will work for people with busy minds. Everyone’s mind is busy! Why? Because that’s what the mind does: it has thoughts, just like the heart beats. You are very special and unique, but your mind’s constant thinking is NOT unique. You can absolutely meditate; you just haven’t tried the right technique yet!
Learn how the REST Technique has worked for people like you.
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You can definitely meditate if you can’t clear your mind of thoughts. In fact, no one can clear their mind of thoughts, because it’s not possible! Most forms of meditation you may have been exposed to, particularly mindfulness, requires focus and concentration, with a preference towards a certain focus (your breath, a mantra, your body, or compassion). Mindfulness is powerful, but it goes against the grain of our mind’s natural tendency toward thoughts. With the REST Technique™, we actually want our minds to wander. It feels so good because we are finally able to stop fighting what our minds do naturally.
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That’s just the stress talking! You can find the time to meditate, no matter how busy you are. Everyone thinks they are too busy to meditate, but in actuality, we all have the time to meditate. How much time do you spend on social media each day, or surfing the web, or stressing about how busy you are? How many times do you hit snooze each morning? The time is always there if you make it a priority.
The meditation technique you’ll learn from Jill’s online and live courses also makes you more efficient, so that you’re able to get more done in less time. The time you invest in your twice-daily meditations is returned to you, and then some, with less time staring bleary-eyed at your computer, hitting the wall with writing memos, or spending precious time in meetings where no one is clear-headed or creative enough to solve any problems.
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You can find the time to meditate using Jill’s techniques, even if you have small kids or a hectic family schedule. Everyone has the time, no matter how busy they think they are. There are special techniques for new parents (and people who work 24+ hour shifts), which allow them to better fit the meditation into smaller pockets of time. In addition, part of the course instruction is detailed information on how to fit meditation into your daily routine, including how to set boundaries with kids, pets, and other people in your life. Meditation is not selfish; by taking the time to make yourself a happier, less reactive version of yourself, you are setting an extremely positive example for your children.
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Yes, we do offer CME credit for our meditation courses! Meditation for Doctors and Healthcare Heroes: A Guide to The REST Technique™ has been accredited for 6.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. CE credits are also available for nurses, NP’s, PT’s, OT’s, Dieticians, Psychologists, Pharmacists, and Social Workers.
“I came for a spa vacation and CME, and I really ended up feeling that I’m here for meditation and hoping it will add to my life. I was surprised that I could sit still long enough to meditate. I think it will make me more patient, creative, and compassionate (and less anxious). I think it will make me a better mom, wife, and dog owner too!”
-Dr. Mita Gupta, Family Medicine