"How many are you allowing the substandard treatment?" How Jessica Wilson teaches her audience to stand up for themselves |

Find out how self-advocacy coach Jessica Wilson uses to sell coaching, share her story and inspire others to confidently advocate on behalf of themselves.

On the 17th of July, 2020 Jessica Wilson was diagnosed with stage 3 inflammation breast cancer. She was just 32 years old, with no background of cancer in her family or gene.

"I am in the oncologist's clinic to make my first appointment and I realize that he's not a person with the same drive to keep my life like I do." Jessica remembers. "He showed up to my appointment 40 minutes late -- no explanation, no apology."

"Immediately my brain switches to self-preservation mode. If you don't seem to care about whether I live or die, and the treatment I receive is entirely in your control ... Then I need to make a change. The moment I realized this, I started talking up in front of all who'd listenthe doctor I was referring to, to the breast surgeon and to anyone else to say, 'This isn't working for me.'"

Her doctor kept pushing a standard course of treatment. "Maybe what I have isn't standard," Jessica thought. "Maybe I have to look beyond this particular frame of reference."

After a while, Jessica switched doctors and hospitals in order to discover the medical staff that was listening to her. "I strongly believe that, had I not been there that I would not be alive today. I'm not regretting it at all," she says.

The story sparked an inquiry for Jessica: Who else is experiencing this?

"Having experienced that incident I had this aha moment What percentage of people accept such poor treatment because they don't know any other way or because they're afraid and they don't know what they should do?"

Jessica knew there had to be other people out there facing similar situations, some of whom may lack the courage or knowledge to speak up for themselves the way she was able to do.

She wanted to share lessons she learned from her personal experience:

It is possible to remain firm when refusing a test or treatment that you do not want when your physician makes you feel like there's no alternative.

Inform your physician if you need additional time to talk about or contemplate things.

Do not be scared to ask a lot of questions -- as many as you'll need to comprehend what your doctor is explaining to you.

"I sat back and thought, obviously I've been required to stand up for myself," Jessica explains. "When you consider life in general, it's pretty obvious that you must advocate for yourself everywhere."

Her idea was narrowed to three specific areas in which she sees self-advocacy having the greatest impact on the public: employment, medical, and personal relationships.

To address these issues, Jessica launched her coaching company, Advocacy Alley.

Today, Jessica helps members of those who are marginalized to develop confidence and advocate on behalf of themselves in all aspects of their lives. Also, she's popularly known for her role as Jess the IE -- an "industrial engineer by profession and an intuition endorser with a passion".

"I am a finance professional for a major home improvement retailer but I also do this on the side. Since I am passionate about one thing and the other is more of a love. I am passionate about making people, processes, and technologies more efficient. Additionally, I'm excited in helping folks get the help they deserve."

Continue reading to discover how Jessica made use of her enthusiasm for improving processes -- as well as her site -- to begin her coaching business, write her personal story and inspire other people to stand up for themselves.

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Jessica is a successful industrial engineer. She's a natural logical thinker and complex problem solver. She's a lover of process improvement and knows the power of creating an effective game plan.

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"I have all of these things in my possession. How do I tie this together into a tidy bow, which I could then package? This is the effect I'd like. What are the steps I have to do in the direction of achieving this?"

"How do you navigate this delicate space of "I'm not wanting to be inconsiderate, but I must be assertive'?" Jessica describes.

"This is me. This body. That's what I'm prepared to accept. What I'm looking for is to get a second opinion about. This started at that point after which I've put together this item -- how can I get it out to the masses?"

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To begin reaching out to that target audience, Jessica needed a place for the digital version of her download.

"This is something that could meet my requirements. I think this is something could be my next step."

"I enjoyed the cost difference ... I wasn't required to go up to the highest level to ensure the right product for my needs. I appreciated the flexibility of the system, andthe interface was extremely user-friendly. I did the 14-day trial then I realized, "Ooh This is like a blank space. The possibilities are endless.'"

Initially, Jessica used to host free downloads as well as information about her one-on-one coaching services. While she was developing Advocacy Alley, she built her own website.

"Over time, the site has continued to grow to where the entirety of my website issales and landing pages," Jessica describes.

"The blog is to keep track of my battle with breast cancer as I'm not entirely sure whether there is a place for people like me that are diagnosed at the age of 30 -not even young enough, beginning your first family," Jessica shares. "What is going through our heads?"

Jessica utilizes 's course builder to create her blog and share new posts. "The course feature is robust enough to give me everything I want. I need to be able post my posts and then have opportunities for folks to leave commentary," she says.

Each blog post is set up to be a learning opportunity . The readers can browse through Jessica's blog posts through her blog by previewing the lessons and you can join to post comments as well as receive updates regularly.

The versatility of the all-in-one platform allows Jessica can create all of the web-based features she needs.

"There might not be a document that on paper literally will be what I'm seeking, but I've been able to manipulate the system in order to get it to satisfy my requirements for all things," Jessica shares.

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"I was looking to put classes available because I wanted to impact most people that is possible."

This course is designed for individuals who've been recently diagnosed and must identify the next steps- without going down a Google tunnel of the worst-case scenarios.

"I decided that I needed to develop a plan for people who want to be anchored to ensure that their minds don't get lost, no matter what the diagnosis can be," Jessica explains. "Sometimes it's just a matter of having something that you can anchor yourself to, that can guide you to ensure that you don't slide."

Although she intends to keep giving one-on-one sessions to clients, an online course lets Jessica increase her reach and assist many more clients.

"I decided to get courses out there because I wanted to impact the most people feasible. I can only work with so many people one-on-one and only manage so many things.

With the course, it's something that an infinite amount of people can get into anytime regardless of whether I'm in a position to collaborate one-on-one with you or not -- and actually get that same sort of impact."

Hospitals can sponsor course enrollment for a specific number of patients or hire Jessica for consulting to interact directly with her. "That way, I can make the biggest impact."

Building an audience "If you're not comfortable then you're not growing."

"While you're trying to create your list of email addresses You can't simply email people," she says. "I also have to still be very present and very noticeable on social media."

In the beginning, putting her in the public eye on social media was not something that came naturally.

"Being a creator has forced me to appear in front of the camera, on the front of the camera. It's not easy, and at first this can be awkward and scary. But if you're not uncomfortable, you're not expanding.

Therefore, I required myself to be live without anyone watching, with the one person who was watching -- it didn't matter. This was more an exercise for myself. And if I can complete it just once, I could do it over and over. It was basically pushing myself to become comfortable with being uncomfortable."

She says that coming up with things to write about is simple -- but creating regular posts with a packed schedule can be challenging.

"There are just so many things I'd like share. I'm not sure I've encountered any roadblocks with coming up with the information that I want to share with people," she shares.

"If you're trying to create a following, they have frequently visit your site. To overcome that, I started trying to come up with ways to batch content ... In lieu of getting so long-winded, let's break [a post] up into three posts. This means I'll have three of five posts for the entire week."

"You can make your own images, you could do [Instagram] Reels and also be humorous and be serious. You could also make Reels as well as be serious ... basically anything to try to diversify how people can find you," she recommends.

Jessica's tips for creatives who are just starting out: "Follow your passion, and the money will come."

"Mindset is key. If you start to feel like you'll never be prosperous, you will never succeed. There are good days when you're the way enthused, and there are going to be days where you're just thinking, "I do not want to. They're both okay."

"Take a day and take a break from your job and then see how refreshed you feel afterward," she recommends.

If you're an artist who's only beginning to get started , Jessica encourages you to take things by taking one step at a.

"Don't think about getting the most beautiful and stunning web page set up initially. Just worry about those individual pages for each item. Concentrate on getting those pagesconstructed first. Later, when the product line expands, when you expand, and as your business grows, you can add additional pages."

Today, Jessica offers one-on-one coaching as well as free tools, an online training course designed for both individuals and healthcare providers, and three active social media channels -- and she's just getting started.

Remember, the creator journey is a marathon rather than a sprint.

"You do not have to be a millionaire overnight. Follow your passion, and money will follow."