Hi there, I'm Jessica!

(Many call me Jess)

 

Welcome to my little spark of the Interweb!

 

This is where you can find me striving every day to live a life on fire, and not only sharing it with you, but helping YOU to do the same! While living that single mom life, I took a career in dance and performance, and turned it into Movement, Mindset & Moxie!

Sure, I might not always have it figured out, but I’ve definitely had many a journey and learning experience to get to this moment in time. The beauty of discovery, lessons learned, education, relentless studying, the joys of life, and my own personal evolution revolution have all been too great to not turn into a way to help spark the FIRE in others.

“Everything you are, everything you emanate, is the Light that sparks the FIRE.”

Because I rarely do things the way they are “supposed” to be done, I figured I would continue with that habit straight out the gate, and fill you in on the “who, what, when, where, and why’s” of little old me through one of my favorite things …A list!

(I’ve been communicating this way since junior high-just run with it!)

1. Nature, nurture, music, Three Dog Night, Saturday morning pancakes, This Is Spinal Tap, Dr. Hook, homemade blankets, laughter, adventure and freedom . . . Brought to me from Mom & Dad.
2. Brains, brawn, a standard with which to compare all men, the cookie monster song, and how to know Rush or Van Halen within 3 notes . . . This came from my big Brother.
3. How to not only keep up with the boys, but do it better. *Wink* Hip Hop, how to be a badass babe, head banging on the car dashboard, and the cabbage patch (yes, the dance) . . . All learned from my big sister.
4. Artist, athlete, ascension. Opening up every part to become the best version of my current self. Let the sunshine in. Blueberry muffins, honeycrisp apples, Chapstick/lipgloss, and one mean groove . . .Given to me from a life full of being ME!
5. Born & bred in the Los Angeles suburbs. Cali lady till I die.
6. An incessant need to have inner peace and balance.
7. I am a believer . . . in love, in life, in you, in me, in us!
8. When I was 24 I was raped by my first love. (Sorry, there’s never an easy way or good time to share that fact.) But keep reading to#9!
9. Don’t worry, it turns out to be a happy ending for me in regards to#8. Remember that whole believer thing? Well I’m also a fighter. Put those two things together and it turns a #8 into a brand new, shining life, full of possibility. This was a major moment for learning and growth . . . THIS is where the life shift began.
10. When I was 32 I gave birth to what is, without a doubt, the greatest gift I have ever received . . . My lil duder!
11. Through much trial and tribulation, at about the age of 32 ½ (Yup! Lil duder was 6 months old), I was given the task of raising this little human without his father. And though in disguise, this was also a gift indeed.
12. A night owl since the day I was born! Which also means I’m not the greatest morning person. And YES, that does in fact mean that as a single mom I am consistently wondering when nap time is, without ever actually getting a nap.
13. 20-year dance teacher, 6-year fitness instructor, certified health coach, behavior change specialist, triathlete, lifelong artist, professional dancer, mother, friend, curious kitty, lover of life…ME.

Made up of the 80’s, NKOTB, 90’s Hip Hop and R&B, the stage, running shoes, glitter, and motherhood, I’ve been a mover and question asker my entire life.

I always asked “why?” when learning math, and could never sit still when the music came on. Not much has changed, only now I ask “why?” when someone says they can’t do something, and though still dancing, I’ve added workouts and runs to my wiggly self! I love a great thought provoking conversation, runs with my bestie, dancing with Noah, and helping others to find the FIRE within.

I’m such a big fan of these things, that I incorporate it ALL (and LOTS more) into the Light A Fire way. I want to have evolutionary (yup, you read that right) conversations with YOU, get moving with YOU, and build that inner FIRE with YOU!

Are you up for it? WooHooooo!

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Life has been, well… WEIRD these last couple of years, what with a global pandemic hanging around. But nonetheless, you will most likely find me running around with Noah, my 9 year old “lil duder”, trying to fit workouts in while also building Light A Fire.

Though filled with a LOT of sadness and uncertainty for the world, these last two years has brought yet another shift for me that I am grateful for. The opportunity to slow down, spend more time with Noah, an extra dose of patience (that’s putting it lightly- Ha!), and how to maintain a healthy mind and body when the world has stopped in it’s tracks, to name a few.

As the world works to find its new and hopefully better “normal”, you’ll find me going on Pokemon Go walks with Noah, trying to keep my running legs under me, and fighting to keep the FIRE lit within me, while also letting it run wild n free to help spark the FIRE in others.

PINKY PROMISE

Regardless of the times, you will always have the promise from me to be the ultimate cheerleader for you, to help you find the Spark within, be there when you ask “how?”, and to teach you how to fly in your FIRE.

 

I know that you are unstoppable.