Jyotsna Rishi — Jo
Every scar has a story. Every story has the power to heal. I'm here to help you find yours — and step fully into it.
Life Coach · ICF Certified · 20+ Years Professional Experience
Her story
I'm Jyotsna — Jo. A life coach, a storyteller, and someone who has lived through nearly every journey I now guide others through.
I grew up on my grandfather's stories. He was my first and most beloved storyteller — gentle, tender, present. When he died, I was four years old. No one told me. I didn't know how to grieve. That silence shaped the next four decades of my life in ways I've spent years understanding.
What followed was a life of building — and rebuilding. I navigated an abusive marriage, years of litigation, financial trauma, perimenopause, and the quiet devastation of relationships that tried to make me smaller. At 45, I moved to Vietnam alone for a year — no partner, no family, no plan. Just me, and the work of finally becoming whole.
I built a house with my own hands. I named it Advait — which means non-dual, undivided, whole. That house became the symbol of everything I coach: that it is possible to build something real and lasting from the rubble of everything that broke you.
I don't coach from theory. I coach from scar tissue that became wisdom.
The Advait way
Before any fixing, any advice, any action — we make space to be truly seen. Your feelings aren't problems to solve. They're messages to hear.
Pain suppressed is pain preserved. Together we learn to move through emotion — not around it — so it can finally release its grip on your life.
Transformation isn't a moment. It's a daily practice. We build slowly, sustainably — creating a life that is genuinely yours, not a performance of one.
What we work on
Each journey is 24 weeks, with weekly 1:1 sessions. Every path is personalised. Financing support available.
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Professional Journey
Countries lived & worked in
India · Vietnam
What clients say
You pointed to something I couldn't think of myself. I felt heard, understood, and comfortable in a way I hadn't felt in years.
Jo has this rare ability to see what you're trying to hide from yourself — and she does it with such gentleness that you don't feel exposed. You feel free.
She is very intuitive. I've never had a coach who could sit with me in the darkness without trying to rush me into the light. That made all the difference.
I came to her feeling like a failure at 43. I left the programme knowing, for the first time, that everything I'd been through was actually building me.
The perimenopause work with Jo changed everything. Not just the physical — the way I see myself. I stopped fighting my body and started listening to it.
Jo doesn't tell you what to do. She helps you find what you already know. That's a completely different kind of coaching — and it's the only kind that actually works.
Begin here
Book your free discovery call. No commitment. No pressure. Just a conversation.
Each coaching journey is unique. Financing support is available for all programmes.