Today we’d like to introduce you to Jess Ringgenberg
Hi Jess, so excited to have you with us today. What can you tell us about your story?
I spent years climbing the corporate ladder, achieving things that my younger self would have celebrated wildly. Along the way, I got married and had two beautiful children. I was holding tight to an image of what I thought my life ‘should’ look like, balancing success, family, and career. But about five years ago, that perfect image started to fall apart, because balance doesn’t exist, and I was missing the tools to sincerely thrive in this life. I realized that I lost myself somewhere along this journey.
This led to an intense period of personal growth and self-discovery. It was a journey that forced me to confront who I was outside of work, in motherhood, and all the expectations I’d internalized. I invested in myself, studying neuroscience and positive psychology, and eventually became an accredited coach. That training transformed me – it allowed me to truly understand what mattered, and how to navigate the realities of working motherhood. My purpose professionally has evolved.
At the peak of my corporate career in biotech, I decided to shift paths and start my own business, ELIXR, where I focus on empowering women and working mothers to succeed not just in their roles but as whole people. I advise organizations on how to advance, retain, and empower women through programs grounded in neuroscience, positive psychology, and matrescence – the existential journey of motherhood, and the lifetime of changes within it.
As a Fortune 500 leader and a mother, I saw firsthand the gaps that exist for women in the workplace, especially mothers, and I couldn’t look away. These gaps impact more than just retention; they hold back the personal and professional growth of so many talented women. At ELIXR, we’re bridging these gaps, creating corporate cultures that truly support and empower women to thrive at every intersection. What’s good for women and working moms is good for the bottom line.
My mission is bigger than just filling the gaps – it’s about transforming the workplace into an environment where all women and mothers feel valued, empowered, and supported to lead in their own unique ways. We believe in a future where companies recognize the full person, where both growth and fulfillment are within reach. This journey has been personal for me, and it’s what drives everything we do at ELIXR.
I’m sure it wasn’t obstacle-free, but would you say the journey has been fairly smooth so far?
There have been challenges along my journey at every step. No one prepares you for all the different stages of motherhood, or the shifting identities along the way. Now as a mom of a middle schooler, elementary age child and a new entrepreneur I have brand new challenges. With science-backed frameworks and self-coaching tools i’m able to navigate the daily challenges that are innate to life. I get to find joy in the obstacles. Now as a new business owner I have new obstacles. I’ve never been an entrepreneur before, building a small business from the ground up is much different then creating strategies for commercial teams inside a fortune 500 with teams of support and budgets. I’m in year one, celebrating my progress and building benches of advisors. It’s challenging but we’re seeing market validation from many directions, and now these are my challenges for my personal dreams and I know I’m on a climb, a long climb building this business.
Appreciate you sharing that. What should we know about ELIXR ?
ELIXR Coaching and consulting, is a corporate advising business, using women’s leadership expertise and matrescence research as it’s foundations for impact. We use science-backed, evidence based self-coaching frameworks inside of communities and organizations to workshop, educate, and transform businesses at every level so women and working mothers can advance and feel supported in their careers. We will understand your unique gaps that exist for women and mothers and build tailored programs of support. ELIXR’s research team is fielding a study right now: ELIXR’s Modern Motherhood study. We will examine the holistic experience of matrescence over time, breaking down the stages of early, middle, and late motherhood. The goal is to uncover hidden aspects and gaps affecting mothers’ well-being, sense of identity, and needs for support both met and unmet. We are very proud to be facilitating our own research to create broader impact for mothers. If you are a HR leader, woman leader, or working mother inside of an organization connect with us to find out how we can truly create change in your place of work. We’ve worked with organizations of all sizes and 96% of our clients say our service is excellent, and 84% of program participants say matrescence at work matters.
What are your plans for the future?
Current plans include democratizing coaching, a transformative evidence-based journey for 1:1 individuals with a virtual self-coaching program. This self-paced and on-demand self-coaching program will allow working mothers and women leaders to take their own development into their hands, and companies to be able to build out worlds of impact without traditional coaching budgets. Coaching can see a $4-$8 return on every dollar spent, and now every client gets to become their own coach. Everyday, every moment. You get to fish for yourself building confidence, well-being and taking control in motherhood and career.
Contact Info:
- Website: https://www.ELIXRCoaching.com
- Instagram: @jess_elixr
Image Credits
Victoria Saperstein, https://victoriasaperstein.com/
