Born in Nova Scotia, Canada—the firstborn daughter of a county preacher,— and raised just minutes from the Atlantic Ocean, Jeanette LeBlanc spent most of her early years working very hard to be a good girl. One day she woke up and decided to write her way out of her own life. Things haven't been the same since. Jeanette is a speaker, writing teacher, group facilitator, coach, and mentor to a motley collection of humans who are determined to stop seeking permission and claim sovereignty in their creativity, relationships, and lives. A queer single mother of two entirely self-possessed teen daughters, Jeanette left a heterosexual marriage when she came out at 32 years of age, rapidly deconstructing not only her present reality but the only future she had ever imagined. Jeanette often writes and teaches into the complex spaces where these identities intersect and as such her work resonates with humans in the midst of a major transition, burn down or rise. Jeanette believes in the life-giving power of many things: The smooth honey burn of whiskey, the crashing of ocean waves, pencil skirts, vintage band tees and badass boots, the kinship of the wild wolf, walking for miles in unfamiliar cities, the power of dark red lipstick, and the necessity of putting out for the muse on the regular. She's also fairly certain that sometimes it is only the truth of our stories that can save us. Jeanette is the author of You Are Not Too Much, Love Notes of Heartache, Redemption, and Reclamation. Read more at jeanetteleblanc.com