Hello!  I'm Jessica Hanserd, Founder and CEO of VibrantlyME.  This is my life partner, Eric.  We are blessed with three amazing children.

I am a sensitive being who loves people.  I love to create, problem solve, and replace chaos with order.  My favorite problems to solve help others steer towards the best version of themselves.

I am well acquainted with anxiety and mine is often accompanied by itch-scratch cycles and sleepless nights.  I regularly battle severe food allergies and an autoimmune condition that primarily affects my skin.  This means my immune system is often triggered to attack healthy tissues when it encounters certain foods and allergens that are everywhere in a normal environment.  The food allergies can quickly intensify to life threatening, with my airways closing, my heart rate dropping, and my body purging its contents.  I carry an Epi pen and even though it’s only August, I have used 5 this year.  During the same period, I have had 4 skin infections.  I am currently on my 7^th day of antibiotics for the most recent one, hoping that my skin will heal sufficiently in the next 3 days, so I am not immediately vulnerable to the next one.

While I have always had these conditions, they didn’t become serious or knock me down until my 30s, when I had a severe episode that took many specialists, a range of treatments, a ton of problem solving, and nearly a year of recovery.  My immune system was so out of whack that I needed 5 months of chemotherapy to shut it down, so my other body systems could stabilize and heal.  While in this dark place, I focused on what I could learn and control.  Led by intense curiosity and a determination to FIGURE IT OUT, I used a scientific approach and many of the tools in my professional toolbox.

Since I helped build a program that taught self-care to thousands of patients for their complex conditions, I was rich in hope and had a pretty good idea of what it might take.  It was and is STILL HARD.  I will be forever figuring it out, but I’m happy to report that my investment in self-care has always paid off.  The better I am at it, the bigger and fuller my life becomes.

In periods of wellness, I kept coming back to this idea of helping others figure out their health challenges and guiding them on an ideal healing journey toward a vibrant life, full of creative possibility.  Getting to a much better state involves identifying what adds fuel to the fire, recognizing your support system, focusing on what you CAN change, and embracing the power in your lifestyle choices.  That is exactly what the VibrantlyME app is designed to do. Self-care is NOT selfish.  In fact, it is the opposite.  By taking care of yourself and problem solving at the individual level, you will grow a capacity to take on challenges and positively impact your friends and family, your community, and this planet.

If you’re struggling, I WANT YOU TO FIND YOUR VIBRANTLY state of being and I want you to have the rest of your life to enjoy it.

I have a BBA from the University of New Mexico and an MBA from St Mary’s College of California.  In my career and through my consulting business, Hanserd Health Solutions, I collaborate across disciplines, departments, organizations, and industry sectors to reimagine and transform health care as it should be.  We help our clients build leading-edge programs that meet the complex health and social needs of diverse, vulnerable, and marginalized communities.  I have supported dozens of innovation and improvement projects with major health care organizations in California.  I excel at tapping into experts, pooling the best ideas, facilitating collaboration, building momentum, and implementing positive changes that ultimately change lives.