Questions, answered.

Coaching is a collaborative process that empowers individuals to identify and achieve their goals. It involves a partnership between a coach and a client, where the coach provides support, accountability, and tools to help the client unlock their potential and overcome obstacles. Unlike therapy, coaching is not focused on healing past traumas or treating mental health issues, but on creating actionable strategies for future success. Coaches do not give direct advice or solve problems for their clients. Instead, they ask powerful questions and use various techniques to help clients discover their own solutions.

Therapy often focuses on healing the past and treating mental health conditions. Mindset coaching looks forward: it builds practical tools and strategies to handle pressure, setbacks, and goals. The two can complement each other, and when something calls for clinical care, Jackie will say so and help point you toward the right support.

1:1 coaching is fully personalized to one student-athlete, their sport, and what they are working through. Group workshops and parent sessions share core skills with a team, a program, or a group of families at once, with the energy and peer learning that a group brings.

It varies by athlete and goal. Some feel a shift after a session or two, while lasting change usually comes from working through the full coaching process over a season. We set goals early so progress is clear along the way.

Jackie has lived the pressure she coaches. She played Division I basketball at Princeton, won an Ivy League championship, holds a B.A. in Psychology, and is certified in youth well-being, youth resilience, and trauma-informed support (STARR, #SameHere Global). Power Forward pairs that lived experience with real tools, built specifically for student-athletes.

The core idea is simple: pressure does not have to be the enemy. With the right tools, a student-athlete can make pressure an ally. Jackie treats every athlete as creative and resourceful, asks powerful questions, and builds resilience habits they can use on and off the court.

Primarily student-athletes navigating the pressure of competition, school, and growing up. Jackie also works with parents who want to support their child without adding pressure, and with educators and sports coaches who want tools for the young people they lead.

The Power Forward online program, which brings a personalized daily mindset plan and 2 minute routines, with 1:1 mindset coaching with Jackie as an add-on. Jackie also offers 1:1 coaching paired with basketball skills training, group workshops, and parent sessions.

No. Basketball is Jackie's background, but the mindset tools apply to any sport. She works with student-athletes across sports, and the basketball skills training add-on is the one piece specific to the court.

Mindset coaching sessions happen virtually, so you can work with Jackie from anywhere. In-person options, including the basketball skills training, are available in the New York tri-state area.

Take the free assessment online: answer a few questions and get a personalized plan in a couple of minutes, before you pay anything. Once you join, you can add 1:1 sessions with Jackie whenever you want them. Have a question first? Send Jackie a message.

The online program is $29.99 a month, or $79.99 every 3 months (save 11%), and you can cancel anytime. 1:1 mindset coaching with Jackie is an add-on on top of the membership, from $150 a session. Basketball skills training, group workshops, and parent sessions are priced to fit: send a message for a quote.

Yes. For younger athletes especially, having a parent involved can help. Jackie also offers dedicated parent sessions focused on how to support your student-athlete without adding to the pressure.