Founder of Out There Communication

"Jozelle was incredibly kind, knowledgeable, and patient with me as I moved through a decade of baggage around public speaking. After a month of prep with Jozelle, I gave a presentation that brought me numerous new clients!

Jozelle gave me tangible tools to be grounded in my confidence, audience engagement and presentation flow. They also reviewed my presentation and gave incredibly helpful and detailed feedback.

If you're looking for compassionate and informed public speaking support, Jozelle is absolutely wonderful."

Cofounder and CEO at Bonda

"Jozelle's coaching was fantastic! From the first session, she made me feel heard and understood, taking the time to truly listen to my concerns and goals. She then created an action plan that was tailored to my specific needs, and was flexible enough to adapt her approach as needed, which was incredibly helpful. Her authentic public speaking starter tools, reflective listening, and narrative telling suggestions were invaluable in helping me find solid ground for my pitch presentation.

What I appreciated most about working with Jozelle was her ability to create a safe and comfortable environment. She was patient, supportive, and always willing to answer any questions I had. I felt that she truly cared about my success and was invested in helping me achieve my goals. Thanks to Jozelle's guidance, I was able to present with confidence and ease."

Founder of Intersectional Fertility

"During our session, Jozelle made me feel at ease, seen, and valued, especially as a queer, non-binary person. Before meeting with Jozelle, I felt nervous about being interviewed on three upcoming podcasts about the work I am doing as a Queer Reproductive Health and Justice Advocate. I was struggling with imposter syndrome and some old familiar insecurities.

Jozelle lovingly listened to all of my concerns and guided me through each one of them. Together we got to the root of each worry, and came up with a plan to help me feel supported and confident during and after my interviews. One of the scenarios we went over actually happened during one of my interviews, and I knew exactly how to handle it. Thanks to the work Jozelle and I did together, I was able to show up to each interview feeling present, confident, and in control of my narrative."

Developmental Psychologist

“I had the pleasure of working with Jozelle as my mentor and coach while developing my academic-focused social media presence in the summer of 2025. As a community-engaged scholar in developmental psychology, I wanted to translate my research into short-form video content, but I was unsure how my training in long-form academic presentations would fit the fast-paced social media ecosystem.

Jozelle quickly put those fears to rest. Their coaching style is grounded in a deep commitment to helping clients foreground their authentic selves. Jozelle didn’t ask, ‘How can we make you trendy?” but rather, “How can we amplify you and your message to reach your intended audience?’”

“They invited me to think critically and empathically about the intent behind my content and the communities I hoped to reach, and these questions became guideposts for every video I developed. Jozelle also helped me construct a vision board with short-form content from other academics, which helped me learn how to convey my research more succinctly while gaining insight into my own social media identity as a forthcoming content creator.

Throughout our work together, Jozelle provided concrete structure and support, from thoughtful ‘take-home’ assignments between sessions to targeted feedback on scripts and content ideas. Their guidance was always clear, constructive, and insightful, and they consistently demonstrated their expertise as a communications scholar and mentor.”

“Thanks to Jozelle, I now have a more defined content strategy, including a recently released pilot episode, and a toolkit for making my research more accessible to the public.

If you are looking for a mentor in public speaking or social media content development who combines technical expertise with genuine empathy, I highly recommend working with Jozelle.”

Witchy QTPOC Therapist

“I’ve never been to a group cuddle until I attended this one and I can only say, ‘Thank god!!’ I could not imagine a more perfect experience. It was everything I hoped for and more and I can’t believe groups like this aren’t widely available or that teachers like Jo aren’t commended and honored more for the sacred work they do.

Jo curated such an incredible space and energy, curating an environment of safety, ease and peace. The space was incredibly bright with windows open to let in a beautiful breeze. The seating arrangements were extremely cute and comfortable with soft seating cushions available for everyone with enough space to share. So, so lovely.”

“We were thoughtfully guided to the water, but in the end, it was all our decision to drink. Jo respected our humanity, autonomy and agency; participants were held accountable appropriately, gently, and were asked to trust in ourselves to do what is best at every moment.

Lastly, I was so touched by Jo’s incredible knowledge and awareness of the needs of their QTBIPOC participants. It was clear that this event was deeply informed and deep empathetic towards the experiences of their QTBIPOC participants, making it a radical and liberating space.

I felt deeply moved by this experience. I’ve been on a healing journey for years now, and this group came right at fate’s perfect time. I feel expanded, more confidence and excited to experience touch in ways I’ve never experienced before. Like very many of us, trauma has curtailed my ability to enjoy touch of any kind.”

“One aspect of the physical space I particularly appreciated was the ‘solo’ cuddling room. Here, cuddling participants, whenever feeling overwhelmed or just desiring alone time, could choose to step away and tend to themselves in a separate solo space. Jo welcomed and encouraged its at any time, curating once again a safe and brave space for us all to engage in.

Beyond the physical environment of the Group Cuddle, I have to give praise and commendation to Jo themselves as the curator and guide of this experience. Their energy was one of utter joy, ease, intelligence and confidence. It was easy to feel both safe and brave because of this, to take brave steps forward in touch.

The exercises were extremely beginner friendly, demonstrated well and were given a perfect amount of time to try each time. Jo provided decompression after each cuddle practice, allowing us to sooth as needed.”

“I loved that so much about Jo’s guidance during this experience of extreme vulnerability and courage. They recognized what it took for everyone to be in this potentially scary space, affirmed and validated all our feelings often. Jo encouraged the practice of each person to be their own advocate and caretaker, reminded us of our power in spaces with touch.

This experience felt paramount in my ability to continue on my healing journey. I feel more liberated and brave knowing I have the tools to create safety in my body. I cannot thank Jo enough and I truly cannot wait until the next group.”

Software Engineer

"I really love that touch is no longer a scary or scarce form of connection. Now that I have the skills I learned from working with Jozelle and Consensual Cuddles, I trust myself to get my needs met in ways that both my 5-year-old self and elder self smile upon. I'm better at knowing what I want, asking for it, receiving it, and trusting that I'm safe to receive these good things. The skills Jozelle teaches applies across realms (touch, work, relationships), and I am a better human since working with Consensual Cuddles. Highly recommend for your healing/upleveling journey!"

Public Health Consultant

“I feel more curious and hopeful around platonic touch and the playfulness that can come with it and the comfort and the safety and the trust that can be built with platonic touch in ways that I felt hesitant about going into our sessions. I’m feeling grateful about that, because there is just an expanded way of viewing it now. Trust can be playful and fun and cute and kinda silly and all of those things.”

Professional Cuddler

“Lap of luxury with hair and back caresses was amazing... There were several moments when I said something vulnerable and was greeted with compassion and support. Jo was able to actively listen and reflect what I said beautifully. She also made it very safe for me to ask for what I want.”

Prop Master

“[The best part of my sessions are] ...when we’re in the second half of the session (so I’m already very relaxed and comfortable) and Jozelle asks for a different position and if there’s anything I want to try, so I get to think about that question and be mindful of the pyshical sensations JUST in that moment while being in a safe space to request a certain touch or position is truly *magical* and empowering.”