The Heart Behind Lodestar Life Coaching

Lodestar Life Coaching was not born from theory — it was born from lived experience, deep healing, and an unshakable calling to move women forward from stagnation to meaningful progress.

For many years, Jacquie lived in what she recognized as survival mode—walking through a long, lonely, and deeply painful wilderness. For over 30 years, she served faithfully as a litigation paralegal, advocating for others and standing in the gap for justice within a broken system. Yet behind the scenes, her own life told a different story—one marked by abuse, isolation, rejection, slander, defamation, disconnection, and unanswered questions.

She lived much of her life as a misfit and an outcast, enduring abuse and rejection within every foundational system meant to provide safety and belonging—family, marriage, career, and even the local church. She often felt like a nomad, moving from place to place, hoping each season would finally bring stability and permanence. But the pillars she leaned on never lasted. Each collapse left her more disoriented—and yet more honest before God.

The pillars proved to be temporary and seasonal, crumbling just when she needed them most. Yet it was in that wilderness that God was quietly at work. In the silence, the stripping, and the solitude, healing began. What once felt like abandonment became an invitation—to be restored, re‑anchored in truth, and rooted in identity. The wilderness did not end her story; it prepared her heart. What was meant to break her became sacred ground where purpose was born and faith was refined.

As healing took root, Jacquie began to recognize a pattern—everything she had endured was forming something within her. The wilderness taught her to listen for God’s voice without the noise of systems and expectations. It stripped away performance, titles, and people approval, leaving only God’s truth, faith, and obedience. God cleared the stage to make Himself Jacquie’s only source of identity and strength. What once felt like disqualification became confirmation: she was being prepared to walk the lighted path with women who felt displaced, overlooked, and weary from surviving.

God began to reveal that her pain had purpose. The justice she fought for in the legal system was always meant to be paired with inner healing, restoration, and spiritual wholeness. Jacquie saw the gaps—women who loved God yet felt rejected and misunderstood by their families, their children, their husbands, their church, their employees/employers, and their friends. These are women who are leaders that are wounded but still serving, and women who are stuck in survival mode with no safe space to heal. What Jacquie once searched for, God now called her to build.

The founding of this practice was not a career pivot—it was a calling. It was birthed out of prayer, obedience, and a deep compassion for the brokenhearted. Jacquie didn’t set out to create something impressive; she set out to create something safe. A place where truth could be spoken, healing could begin, and identity could be restored. A space and safe haven for women who has been hurt by systems and people, yet still long for God.

This practice was founded to serve as a refuge—a place where the wilderness is honored as sacred ground, not shamed or rushed. Where women are reminded that abuse and rejection is not the end of the story, and survival is not the final destination. What God has healed in Jacquie, He now heals through her obedience—guiding women who feel stuck, weary, or displaced to move from survival into healing, clarity, freedom and purposeful action—so their lives reflect growth, wholeness, and alignment with who God created them to be.

Jacquie understands that not every woman who comes to this work carries a story of abuse. Many arrive simply at a crossroads—seeking direction, clarity and guidance on how to move forward in their businesses, how to navigate the complexity of relationships, how to grow personally and professionally, or gain greater clarity and alignment in their relationship with God.

Lodestar exists to meet women in those in‑between places—to offer discerning guidance, wise counsel, and a faith‑centered space where growth, healing, and forward movement can take root.

The name “Lodestar” represents a guiding star — a fixed light that helps travelers navigate when the path feels uncertain. That is the role Jacquie now walk in with intention: helping women find direction, clarity, and wholeness when life, relationships, businesses or workplaces have left them feeling lost.