12/04/2025
✨ A Little Re-Introduction ✨
Hi, I’m Jolene — the hands, heart, and nervous-system-regulated energy behind Somatic Glow.
I’ve lived in Maple Ridge/Pitt Meadows most of my life and I’m a proud solo parent to an amazing 11-year-old.
For years, I lived in constant “go mode.”
I worked in an industry where no matter how hard I pushed, it never felt like enough — and burnout caught up with me fast. Then, within 48 days, I lost my parents and grandma. At 38, I was experiencing stroke-like symptoms from stress, ending up in emergency more times than I want to remember.
During that time, I discovered I had undiagnosed ADD, which helped me finally understand why life had always felt so overwhelming. So I paused. I refocused on my son, my health, and how I wanted to live — not just survive.
That pause led me to the beauty and wellness industry.
I wanted less pressure, more purpose. I wanted a space where people were genuinely happy to see me — the “Norm from Cheers” feeling.
While searching for help with my jaw pain from clenching and grinding, I found buccal massage. I took the training and immediately felt how powerful emotional + physical release could be. My siblings always teased me about my “baby hands”… turns out they were made for healing.
In school, I learned how stress, hormones, lifestyle, and perimenopause showed up on my skin — and how much of my old routine wasn’t serving me. That knowledge changed everything, and I wanted to help others feel that same sense of empowerment.
I launched Somatic Glow in October 2024, graduated as a Medical Aesthetician in May 2025, and recently moved to Ink & Skin Studio to expand into facials, chemical peels, microneedling, and deeper skin work — while still offering the nervous-system-supportive treatments that started it all.
Here’s what I know now:
✨ Burnout is real
✨ Perimenopause is real
✨ Fight-or-flight is not a personality
✨ And it’s never too late to take care of yourself — inside and out
If you’ve read this far, thank you. I’m learning to embrace my wordiness, my story, and my way of connecting — because it’s all part of who I am and why Somatic Glow exists. ❤️
