"How many of us are accepting the substandard treatment?" What is the method by which Jessica Wilson teaches her audience to assert their rights |

Find out how the self-advocacy expert Jessica Wilson uses to sell coaching, tell her story and encourage individuals to be able to speak up for themselves.

On 17 July 2020 Jessica Wilson was diagnosed with stage 3 inflammatory breast cancer. She was just 32 years old without a background of cancer in her family or gene.

"I go into my oncologist's office for my first visit, and realize that he's not a person with the same enthusiasm for keeping me healthy as I do," Jessica remembers. "He showed up to my appointment 40 minutes late -- no explanation, no apology."

"Immediately my brain is thrown to self-preservation mode. If you don't seem to care about whether I live or die, or if the treatment I receive lies in your own hands ... that's when I must make a change. I immediately started speaking up, speaking out to anyone who would listen -the doctor I was referring to and to my breast surgeon as well as to all people -- 'Hey, this doesn't work for me.'"

The doctor was always pushing for an established course of treatment. "Maybe the condition I'm experiencing does not meet the standard" Jessica thought. "Maybe I should think outside of this space."

After a while, Jessica switched doctors and hospitals to locate a medical team that listened to her. "I firmly believe, had I been there for a long time that I would not exist today. I don't regret it whatsoever," she says.

The incident prompted a question for Jessica her: What other people are going through this?

"Having been through this experience I had the realization: How many people accept such subpar treatment, either due to the fact that they don't know other way or because they're afraid and they don't know what is best"

Jessica was aware that there must others out there who were in similar circumstances, and most of them might lack the courage or the knowledge to stand up on their own in the manner she was able to do.

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

It is possible to remain firm when not taking a treatment or test that you do not want if your doctor says there are no other options.

Tell your doctor when you need additional time to talk about or consider something.

Do not be scared to ask plenty of questions as you need to understand what your doctor is explaining to you.

"I looked around and realized that I've definitely had to advocate for myself," Jessica explains. "When you consider life in general, there's a need to represent yourself wherever you go."

She narrowed her idea down to the three areas where she sees self-advocacy having the most effect on the public: employment, medical, and personal relationships.

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

Presently, Jessica helps members of marginalized groups learn to build confidence and stand up for themselves throughout every aspect of their lives. Jessica is also popularly known for her role as Jess the IE as an "industrial engineer by trade , and intuition endorser by passion".

"I manage finance at an important home improvement store as well as doing this on the side. because one is something I enjoy as well as the other one that is more of a passion. I'm passionate about helping the processes, people, and technologies more efficient. Also, I'm passionate about folks getting the treatment that they need."

Keep reading to learn how Jessica used her passion for process improvement -- and her website -- to launch her coaching career, share her story, and empower others to advocate on behalf of themselves.

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Jessica is an accomplished industrial engineer. She's an intuitive thought-leader and an expert in complex problem solving. She's a lover of improving processes and understands the power of creating a solid game plan.

And with the help of a coach for business, that's exactly the way she went about it.

"I have all these things lying around. What can I do to tie it together into a tidy bow that I can package? The effect that I'd like to have. What are the steps I need to take in order to achieve this?"

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

"This my body. This is what I'm willing to accept. That's what I'd like an opinion from a different source. This started at that point and I've now packaged the idea -- but how do I communicate it for the public to see?"

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To begin reaching out to that target audience, Jessica needed a place for her online download.

"This might be a good fit for me. It's something I can grow into."

"I enjoyed the cost difference ... I didn't have to go all the way to the highest level to ensure the right product for my requirements. I was impressed by the versatility of all the options, andit was very user-friendly. I did the 14-day trial, then I realized, "Ooh it's a empty space. The possibilities are endless.'"

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

"Over time, the site has increased to the point where my whole website is comprised of ['spages for landing and sales pages," Jessica describes.

"The blog is mostly to follow my breast cancer journey, since I'm not certain whether there is a place for people like me with a diagnosis around thirty years oldor just having just started your own family." Jessica shares. "What is going through our heads?"

Jessica utilizes 's course builder to set up her blog and to share her latest posts. "The features for courses are robust enough to allow me to get the features I require. I need to be able to put postings up with the possibility of folks to leave commentary," she says.

Each blog post is designed as a lesson in . Readers can check out Jessica's blogs through her blog by previewing the lessons and are able to sign up to make comments and receive regular updates.

The flexibility of 's all-in-one platform means that Jessica is able to set up any of the website features she requires.

"There might not be a document that on paper literally says what I'm looking for however, I've managed to manipulate the system to make it work and fulfill my demands for everything," Jessica shares.

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"I had a desire to make courses out there because I wanted to influence the greatest number of people feasible."

The course is geared toward people who have recently been diagnosed with a condition and are trying to determine the next stepsbut without taking a Google web of the most likely scenarios.

"I was aware that I wanted to have a course for folks to anchor themselves to ensure that their minds don't begin to wander, no matter what the diagnosis can be," Jessica explains. "Sometimes it's just a matter of having something to anchor to, something that can guide you so that you don't just slide."

Although she intends to keep offering one-on-one coaching, an online course allows Jessica scale her impact to help many more clients.

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

It's something that any number of people could participate anytime regardless of whether I'm in a position to collaborate one-on-one with you or not, and have the same kind of impact."

Hospitals may sponsor courses for a certain number of patients or hire Jessica to be a consultant and interact closely with her. "That means I will have the most impact."

The art of building an audience "If you're not comfortable, you're not growing."

"While you're trying to build your email list, you can't just email people," she says. "I also have to still be present and visible via the social networks."

The initial process of putting herself in the public eye on social media didn't come from the inside.

"Being a creator has forced me to stand present in front of the camera, to be at the center of attention. It's not easy, and at first this can be scary and uncomfortable. However, if you're uncomfortable and uncomfortable, then you're not developing.

So I forced myself to perform the live stream with no one being present, and with only the one person who was watching the stream. It didn't matter. This was more an exercise for myself. If I could do it once, then I can repeat it a million times. It was basically forcing myself to get comfortable being uncomfortable."

She explains how coming up with something to share is easy- but creating regularly and posting them on a packed schedule can be hard.

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

"If you're looking to establish an audience, they need frequently visit your site. So to get around the issue, I tried to figure out ways of batching content ... instead of becoming so long-winded I'll break [a piece of content] up into three posts. This means I'll have three of the five posts I have for the week."

"You can make your own pictures, use Instagram to do Reels and also be humorous You can also do Reels and also be serious ... just anything to try to diversify how folks can potentially discover you," she recommends.

Jessica's suggestion for young creators: "Follow your passion, and the money will come."

"Mindset is key. If you think that you'll never be success, you'll never ever be. There are going to be wonderful days when you're all enthusiastic, but there are going to be days where you're just thinking, "I do not want to.' And they're both okay."

"Take one day to completely unrelated to your work and observe if you feel refreshed later," she recommends.

If you're an artist who's just getting started with , Jessica encourages you to take things one step at a time.

"Don't worry about having an amazing site set up in the beginning. Just worry about those separate pages per item. Concentrate on getting those pagesinitially built. As your product portfolio grows as you grow, as your business grows, you can add additional pages."

Presently, Jessica offers one-on-one coaching and free materials, as well as an online class for people and health professionals, as well as three active social media channels -- and she's just beginning to get started.

Keep in mind that the journey of creation is a marathon rather than a sprint.

"You don't have to become millionaire overnight. Be passionate about what you do, and money will follow."