Jessica Baker

About

The person who usually finds me has a demanding job, a reputation for reliability, and a private life organized to minimize surprises. They will tell you they simply like routine. Routine is doing rather more work than that. That arrangement is extremely common and quite expensive to run. Trauma often produces a life built to prevent anything unexpected from happening, and while the design is effective it also gradually removes most of what makes a life interesting. We look at the cost of the design. Most people have never added it up, having built it one sensible decision at a time. Prior to this my work was nonprofit and social-work adjacent settings, where I met a great many people whose lives had quietly narrowed to what felt manageable. If your routine is doing more work than it appears, get in touch. Adding up the cost is usually the first useful hour.