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Bio
Jeannette Bessinger (she/her), ordained interfaith chaplain and Board Certified Heath Coach, is an award-winning educator. She’s also a breast cancer survivor with a healing focus of sacred embodiment and mind/body/spirit resilience. As a spiritual coach and designer/lead facilitator of a long-running and successful hospital-based lifestyle change program, Jeannette has supported hundreds of people as they’ve moved through all kinds of challenging life changes.
Jeannette has been privileged to work with many different people and organizations over the years, presenting and facilitating in venues as wide ranging as Head Start, medical conventions, churches, LGBTQ+ organizations, and the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. She’s an experienced writer, with her books, columns, articles, recipes, and interviews being featured in over a hundred media outlets, including Consumer Reports, the Washington Post, NPR and NBC News.
Jeannette is devoted to building and deepening human connection - to ourselves, to others, to the planet, and that which holds it all.
She lives in Newport, Rhode Island, with her patient spouse and loving dog, missing their pesky cat every day.
Suggested Intro / Short Bio
Today’s guest is Jeannette Bessinger, (BESS-in-jur), she/her pronouns, an interfaith chaplain and spiritual coach, with a focus on mind/body/spirit resilience. Designer of a long-running and successful, hospital-based, lifestyle change program and countless support groups and workshops, Jeannette has helped hundreds of people make their way through all kinds of challenging life changes.
Mother of two amazing grown humans, she lives, plays, serves, and cooks in Newport, Rhode Island, with her patient spouse and beloved little dog, Gabe.
Rev. Jeannette Bessinger
Mind/Body/Spirit Coach, Speaker/Preacher & Award-Winning Teacher
Key Focus:
A practical, counter-oppressive, mind/body/spirit approach to cultivating elemental resilience in beloved community to meet these changing, challenging times with power and grace
Jeannette is available for media, podcast & written interviews.
Guest blogs and other written articles by Jeannette are also available on request.
Interview Topic Ideas
Why even the idea of “stress management” is a continuous stress feedback loop (and more practical ways to actually settle & soothe your nervous system)
The missing link in mindfulness practices (and why “mindful” is the wrong word)
Practical ways to interrupt automatic thoughts & gentle emotional overwhelm
A compassionate approach to handling a difficult diagnosis
The “Veg Edge” – hidden healing, connective, super-powers of vegetables
Question Ideas
What are some practical ways we can adapt to living lives that seem full of constant change / in COVID times?
What does it mean to “unbundle” spirituality from a specific religion or house of worship?
What has going through breast cancer taught you about healing?
How do you define resilience and why do you think it matters?
Let’s talk about God or whatever it is…
How do you define nutrition? Or why do you say nearly all “healthy eating programs” are barking up the wrong tree?
Jeannette’s Contacts & Social Media for Audiences/Congregations
EMAIL: jb@jeannettebessinger.com / sacred-care.com
FB: /thecleanfoodcoach
IG: @jeannettebessinger
LI: in/jeannettebessinger