About

I’m Jenny Powell Grosvenor, and I help people with chronic health conditions build healthier habits so they can help themselves to feel their best.

I never would have imagined that a routine stop at a blood drive would start me on a life changing journey to learning how to live with a rare and incurable cancer. But there I was, in my late 20s, when…BAM! The C word. I had struggled with my health most of my life, and knew I had been feeling worse than usual for a while, but I sure didn’t expect that.

I was told that if I was going to get cancer, I was “lucky” to get this one because of the overall good prognosis. At the time, I wasn’t seeing it the same way as that oncologist. He was not considering my quality of life. My life had drastically changed. I had gone from being called the “Energizer® Bunny™” to not wanting to get off the couch. I felt awful, my symptoms were invalidated and written off, and I was told there was nothing they could do for them. The medication that would keep me alive made me feel worse than the cancer itself. It was the only option at the time and I was told I would have to take it the rest of my life. The future looked bleak. I felt a lot of things—alone, confused, angry, frustrated, scared, anxious, depressed, isolated, fatigued and in pain—but certainly not “lucky.”

I am a lot of things, and while one of them is sick, another one is determined. I didn’t want to feel that way the rest of my life! While I knew there were some things I would have to learn to accept (and that sure took a while!), I was going to do everything in my power to feel the best I could. I am happy to say that more than a decade later, I feel leaps and bounds better (most of the time).

As I worked to help myself to feel better, I also trained extensively to help others learn how to do the same. Over the past 6 years I have coached hundreds of people to create healthier habits, redefine their idea of wellness and live their best life with chronic illness.

That’s my story, in a nutshell. What’s yours?

If you think I may be able to help you write your next chapter, please reach out.

PROFESSIONAL BIO

Jenny Powell Grosvenor, M.A., NBC-HWC, is an 11-year cancer “sur‘thrive’or” and National Board Certified Health and Wellness Coach on a mission to help people with chronic illness to create happier, healthier lives.

Jenny trained in health and wellness coaching at Mayo Clinic, American Council on Exercise (ACE) and Institute for Integrative Nutrition (IIN), and is board certified by the National Board for Health & Wellness Coaching. She also obtained ACE specialty certifications in weight management and behavior change. Jenny earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan.

Jenny has coached for a large health insurer where she won an inaugural award for her work coaching commercial and Medicare members, for a large telehealth company that specializes in mental health and chronic illness, and in private practice.

Jenny has coached clients in a variety of formats, including by telephone, video and online, and on a variety of topics, including anxiety, autoimmune disease, bereavement, blood pressure management, cancer, cardiac health, caregiving for children and adults, cholesterol management, chronic pain, depression, diabetes, exercise and fitness, gastrointestinal illness, life transitions, nutrition, respiratory illness, stress management, tobacco cessation, weight management and more.

Jenny lives in beautiful Washington state with her husband, Michael, and their cat, Moxie. When she’s not coaching, you’re likely to find her listening to music, attending a rock concert, enjoying the outdoors on a walk, hike, kayak or snowshoe, birding, cooking, reading, or taking pictures and road trips.