Today we’d like to introduce you to Jennifer Dettore.
Hi Jennifer, so excited to have you with us today. What can you tell us about your story?
My work didn’t begin as a career path — it began as a lived initiation.
After getting my degree in Applied Behavioral Science, I had two kids, chose to stay home and raise them, but over the years, life handed me a series of experiences that shattered old identities and assumptions about who I was supposed to be. Illness, loss, and profound emotional upheaval forced me into a deeper relationship with my own truth, my body, and the unseen forces that shape our lives.
Along that journey, I discovered that real transformation isn’t about fixing ourselves — it’s about remembering ourselves.
That insight became the foundation of everything I now offer.
I explored many modalities, not to collect titles, but because each one answered a question I was living through. Hypnotherapy taught me how the subconscious and greater field of consciousness holds both our wounds and our liberation. Working with nutrition, herbs and plant spirits reconnected me with the intelligence of the natural world and body wisdom. Somatic and embodied practices showed me how the nervous system carries unspoken stories. Ritual and ceremonial work revealed how powerful it is when we cross thresholds with intention and presence.
Over time, all of these threads wove together into a unique form of soul-based coaching and transformational guidance — a blend of ceremony, deep listening, intuitive insight, and practical integration.
My role isn’t to diagnose or direct.
It’s to walk with people as they shed what isn’t true, reconnect with their inner wisdom, and step into a relationship with life that is more embodied, more honest, and more whole.
In many ways, my business — Wild Mountain Sanctuary — is simply the outward expression of my own journey home to myself. And now I get to support others as they do the same.
Alright, so let’s dig a little deeper into the story – has it been an easy path overall and if not, what were the challenges you’ve had to overcome?
A smooth road? Not even close — and honestly, that’s part of what shaped my work.
My path has been marked by health challenges, emotional upheavals, financial uncertainty, spiritual unraveling, and the kind of life transitions that leave you questioning everything you thought you knew. I’ve faced seasons of burnout, illness, grief, and profound disorientation. There were moments when I felt completely untethered and unsure if I’d ever feel whole again.
But those difficult chapters became my greatest teachers.
They forced me to leave autopilot, confront old conditioning, listen to my body, and turn inward in ways I never had before. They pushed me onto a path of deep healing, soul remembering, and embodied spirituality — long before I ever imagined offering this work to others.
Because I’ve walked through these thresholds myself, I’m able to guide others through theirs with empathy, clarity, and presence. The road wasn’t smooth, but it was initiatory — and it forged the work I do today.
Can you tell our readers more about what you do and what you think sets you apart from others?
My work sits at the intersection of ceremony, embodied spirituality, ancestral wisdom, and transformational coaching. I help people navigate the moments when life cracks them open — emotionally, spiritually, physically, or all of the above — and need someone who can sit with them in the mess and help them rise out of it.
I draw from clinical hypnotherapy, herbal and plant-based support, somatic awareness, sexuality and menstruality wellness, intuitive guidance, and symbolic ritual to help people unravel old patterns, regulate their nervous system, reconnect with their soul’s truth, and rebuild their lives from a more authentic place. Some come for clarity, some for emotional or physical healing, some for embodiment, and others because a deeper part of them is calling for a change they can’t yet name.
In both my 1:1 work and ceremonial offerings, I guide people through intentional experiences designed to shed what is false and reclaim what is real. These sessions are grounding, intuitive, and deeply human — a blend of presence, ritual, inner work, and practical support that meets each person exactly where they are.
I’m not here to fix people — I’m here to help them remember who they are beneath the noise, conditioning, and survival patterns. My approach is gentle but honest, intuitive but grounded, spiritual but embodied. I’m known for creating a space where people feel safe enough to go deep and supported enough to rise again.
What sets me apart is that I’ve lived this work. I’m not teaching theories from a book. I’ve walked through illness, burnout, grief, spiritual upheaval, and the dismantling of identities I once depended on. I don’t flinch in the dark corners because I’ve been there — and that lived experience allows me to hold others with clarity, compassion, and integrity.
I’m most proud of the transformations I witness — not the dramatic ones, but the quiet ones:
a woman finally trusting her intuition,
someone breathing deeply for the first time in years,
a client remembering their voice, their desire, their aliveness.
People don’t leave feeling “fixed.”
They leave feeling more whole — because together, we uncovered the truth of who they’ve been all along.
If we knew you growing up, how would we have described you?
Growing up, I lived in two worlds. Outside, I was the kid building forts, swimming in creeks, hiking trails, and coming home with pockets full of rocks I was certain were important. Long before I knew words like ritual or sanctuary, I was already creating them — arranging sticks, stones, and scraps of nature into tiny spaces that felt mysteriously sacred.
Inside, I was equally at home in my imagination: crafting, writing stories, playing piano, or gathering friends into whatever creative adventure I dreamed up. I’ve always been insatiably curious — the kind of child who asks one question, hears the answer, and immediately has ten more. Learning was (and still is) my native language.
Spiritually, I was the mystic living undercover in mainstream religion: the honor-roll church girl who followed the rules on the surface while privately wondering about the nature of the universe, the meaning behind the stories, and why I could feel things no one was talking about. I didn’t have the vocabulary for “intuition” or “energy” yet — I just knew there was a deeper layer to everything.
Personality-wise, I was quirky, imaginative, and a bit of an outlier — wrapped in the tidy packaging of a high-achieving student. Looking back, I can see I was always wired for a different kind of life. I sensed things early, created meaning everywhere, and carried a connection to the natural world that felt both ancient and completely normal to me.
In a way, I’ve been doing the work I do now since childhood — only now I have a language for it.
Contact Info:
- Instagram: @wildmountainsanctuary
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61557531973628
