I am a very deep feeler. I am and have always been a very sensitive person, something many people may not know. I am empathetic and intuitive, fearless and endlessly curious, something many probably do know. These traits seem to be just the right combo to make me love hospitality, the evolution of creativity and the nuances of humanity.

I have always been aware of how affected I was by my surroundings. I even proclaimed in my journal at the age of 7 I’d be a ‘deziner’ - maybe this was childhood intuition or my heightened senses pushing me to figure out what to do with it. The feeling of being very inspired by the historic architecture of my middle school and hating every moment in my newly modern high school building still rolls through my body. These kinds of things stick within us, even if we don’t consciously recognize it and memories like this have been the driver for all the styling, design and hospitality work I’ve done - I know if I feel this way, others must feel this way but even if they don’t, for myself, I must make the world as beautiful, comfortable and as hospitable as I can while I exist here. I’ve made it my life’s work and I won’t ever stop, no matter the how I evolve throughout my life and business.

So, I know you’re wondering, WHAT IS JACLYN UP TO NOW? Well, this evolution of my creativity feels everlasting. It is a culmination of all the things I love - design, weddings, flowers, adventure, travel, lodging, shopping…it has room to grow as I grow. There’s opportunity for me to do more of one thing and less of another all at the same time, while prioritizing being a human, wife, mother, daughter, sister, friend and all the other roles I choose to take on in the world. I can share my very Middle Eastern life experience of always extending hospitality to everyone I meet (there are no strangers, everyone is welcome, there’s always more than enough food, my family is your family) plus the desire to care for my senses and make everything around me beautiful.

The vision for Jaclyn Journey Hospitality is coming together organically and for the first time in my life, in the least urgent way. The idea came very quickly and naturally quite some time ago but my body has been telling me also for the last six years to slow down and pace myself, which is NOT natural for me (Enneagram 3 / Manifesting Generator over here…) All this to say, the structure is very clearly set: SHOP STAY GATHER.

Here soon, I will expand on what each of these three concepts mean and how I plan to contribute to my clients and community through them. I have always hoped more than anything for myself and all those around me to live in their alignment - to do things they way they want to (bc who made the rules, anyway…?) and not let anyone stand in the way of their most authentic self. I know for some it can be so hard to get there - there have been seasons in my life where I felt very lost with no purpose and utterly confused but those experiences seem to have helped me actually get even closer to where I’m really supposed to be. I believe anyone is capable of it and will be deeply supported while they intentionally figure it out. In my life, right now, I am feeling incredible gratitude for everything and everyone that has helped me figure out where I’m headed and I am patiently, curiously, non-urgently here for what’s next.