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Meet Jennesa Yanez
The Heart Behind Running Waters
Hi, I’m Jennesa. A therapist, healer, writer, and mother of three. I help women reconnect with their worth, heal deeply, and reclaim the truth of who they are beneath burnout, people-pleasing, shame, and survival patterns.
Through therapy, somatic healing, nervous system support, spiritual wisdom, and compassionate care, I create grounded spaces for women to unravel generational wounds, strengthen boundaries, reconnect with themselves, and step into lives that feel more honest, rooted, and fully their own.
This is more than the work I do, it’s the path that transformed my own life, and the reason I believe healing should feel safe, empowering, and deeply human.
My Story
For much of my life, I believed love had to be earned.
I became the “good girl” — the one who achieved, kept the peace, and tried to be everything everyone needed. Beneath that version of me was someone deeper: intuitive, honest, curious, and longing to feel truly seen.
After losing my adoptive father at 17, the cracks began to show. Years later, I found myself burned out, disconnected from myself, and struggling beneath the weight of people-pleasing, perfectionism, and inherited patterns I didn’t know how to break.
My healing journey brought me through therapy, grief, faith deconstruction, nervous system healing, boundaries, motherhood, and learning how to finally choose myself without shame.
Over time, I stopped chasing worthiness and started returning to myself.
Now, I help women heal emotional wounds, break generational cycles, reconnect with their voice, and build lives rooted in self-trust, wholeness, and authenticity.
This work is deeply personal to me because I know what it feels like to lose yourself—and what it takes to come home again.
My Approach & Philosophy
Healing is deeply personal, layered, and rarely linear.
I don’t believe in rushing the process or forcing transformation. I believe in creating grounded, compassionate spaces where women feel safe enough to heal honestly and reconnect with themselves.
My approach blends evidence-based therapy with holistic healing practices, including EMDR, CBT, Internal Family Systems (IFS), somatic work, attachment-focused care, nervous system support, biomeridian testing, and energy healing modalities like Emotion Code.
Together, we work to uncover the roots beneath burnout, anxiety, trauma, people-pleasing, emotional disconnection, and inherited patterns—so healing becomes more than survival. It becomes a return to self.
Above all, I believe healing happens through safety, connection, self-trust, and being deeply seen in your story.
This work is about helping you feel more grounded, more whole, and more at home within yourself.
Equity and Inclusion
Running Waters is rooted in the belief that healing should feel accessible, compassionate, and inclusive for every woman — not just those who fit dominant narratives or have access to premium care.
I honor the lived experiences of women across different identities, backgrounds, spiritual beliefs, and life experiences, and my work is intentionally affirming of BIPOC, LGBTQ+, and neurodivergent clients.
Through equity-based pricing and grounded, trauma-informed care, I strive to create healing spaces where women feel safe, seen, supported, and worthy of care exactly as they are.
When I’m Not Practicing Therapy…
One of my favorite fun facts is that my family has been rooted in Colorado for eight generations. Yes, 8! I’m married with three kids, and when I’m not working, you’ll usually find me with a cup of coffee or tea in hand, hiking in the mountains, or spending time in the kitchen cooking and baking with my family.