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I’m Jessa Frances, and I believe that knowing yourself is the most radical act you can commit.
I spent 20 years affiliated with the military—first as an Air Force enlistee serving in Texas, Montana, and Iraq, then as a military spouse. I became a mother of three. I got divorced. I got sober. I got an Master’s degree in Creative Writing from the University of Aberdeen. And somewhere in all of that, I learned that writing my story was the best way to excavate the truth buried under decades of conditioning, shame, and silence.
Today, I’m a memoir coach, shadow work guide, and alcohol-free beverage consultant (yes, really—all three). I run The Caim Circle, a membership community for people doing deep inner work through memoir writing, shadow work, and somatic practices. I lead memoir writing intensives in the UK. And I consult with wellness brands on functional beverages, adaptogens, and clean-label formulations through my company, Untoxicated.
Jessa Frances Writes is where I make sense of it all.
Here, I write essays on memoir craft, shadow work practices, conscious consumption, alcohol-free living, nervous system regulation, and the messy, nonlinear path of becoming who you actually are. Sometimes it’s about writing dialogue. Sometimes it’s about why adaptogens aren’t magic. Sometimes it’s about the scene from my divorce I still can’t write.
The through-line is always self-awareness—because you can’t write your truth without facing your shadow, you can’t choose conscious living without knowing why you make the choices you make, and you can’t heal what you won’t look at.
I write for the cycle-breakers, the seekers, the ones doing the deep work. For anyone who believes that writing your story can set you free.
My memoir, Writing My Way Home: Memoir as Shadow Work, is about exactly that—how excavating our stories helps us integrate our shadows and heal our past.
If you want to do this work in community, join us inside The Caim Circle. If you want to go deeper, I lead memoir writing intensives and provide one on one coaching.
Otherwise, I’ll be here every week—writing, excavating, making sense of the path home.
—Jessa
