Hi, I'm Katie Jean.

I know this space because I've lived it.

My work as a Toxic Job Recovery Coach sits at the intersection of lived experience, professional experience, and trauma-informed coaching.

A few years ago, I was blindsided and betrayed at a toxic job. The experience changed the way I felt in my body, how I saw myself, how I related to other people, and eventually, how I thought about work itself.

When I went looking for answers, I found plenty of information about toxic workplaces and how to leave them, but very little about how to recover from what happened after you leave.

I didn't want to sit around waiting for other people to change, a new job to make me feel better, or time alone to heal me. I wanted to understand what had happened to me and what I could actually do to help myself recover.

So I went deeper.

I immersed myself in the study of workplace psychology, trauma, nervous system regulation, workplace manipulation, organizational behavior, and how difficult work experiences can continue to affect us long after they happen.

I brought that knowledge together with more than two decades of experience inside corporate systems, including leadership, Human Resources, recruiting, and coaching hundreds of professionals through difficult workplace situations.

That combination of what I've lived, what I've learned, and what I've witnessed through my work with others became the foundation for Work Is Not Family and the Toxic Job Recovery Framework.

Today, I help professionals recover from toxic jobs by rebuilding safety in four essential relationships: their body, themselves, other people, and work, so they can move forward in a way that honors both their experience and their future.