Dear You,

Thank you for being here.

For years, I built a successful career in digital marketing and leadership, working across New York, Amsterdam, and Copenhagen for some of the world's most well-known brands. I was proud of my work and even prouder of the teams I led with empathy, curiosity, and care. But after becoming a parent and walking through the quiet storm of postpartum depression, I began to see life through a new lens.

That chapter cracked something open in me. Beneath the exhaustion and the numbness, I found a deeper truth: that so many of us are silently craving support, space, and connection. That thriving does not mean constant achievement. It means living in alignment with who we truly are.

In the healing that followed, I returned to yoga, earned my 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training certification with additional studies in pre- & post-natal yoga, Yin Yoga and Traditional Chinese Medicine, found powerful therapeutic support, and began training as a Co-Active coach. I brought my degrees in psychology and anthropology back to the surface, not as academic tools but as living lenses through which to understand human behavior, human pain, and human possibility. I studied, practiced, reflected, and grew as as a professional, as a partner, as a mother, as a human.

And through it all, a new calling took shape.

Everything I had learned, led, and lived began to weave itself into a single, coherent language. The Gilbert Resonance Model was born from that convergence. It’s a framework that draws on the wisdom of the past, the truth of the present, and the conscious design of the future, to bring each person, and each team, into full alignment with who they actually are.

I founded The Gilbert Collaborative to be the very thing I once needed: a space for transformation, grounded in compassion, courage, and collaboration. A space where individuals can reconnect with their values, rediscover their strength, and step into the life they most desire. And a space where teams and organizations can build the trust, integrity, and shared language that turns a group of people into a genuinely cohesive force.

Today, we offer one-to-one coaching, group and team workshops, yoga, meditation and mindfulness, each offering bespoke, because your story, your needs, and your pace matter. Whether you are navigating a personal crossroads or leading a team through change, the intention is always the same: to help you come home to yourself, and build from there.

This work is my purpose. It is personal. It is professional. It is deeply human.

If anything in these words speaks to you, I would be honored to meet you. Let us explore what is possible, together.

With warmth and gratitude,

JaKenna

Founder & CEO, The Gilbert Collaborative