You’ve outgrown who you were told to be.
But building what’s next feels unclear, like something invisible is still running the show.
Disrupting Gracefully provides keynote speaking, leadership coaching, and consulting services that help high-capacity individuals and organizations disrupt outdated patterns, reconnect with deeper truth, and build lives and systems that actually fit.
Leading with Grace - Disrupting with Purpose
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Which Lens Shapes How You Show Up in the World?
This quick quiz reveals the hidden lens shaping your life—and what’s possible when you shift it.
There’s a reason you feel stuck, misaligned, or like you’re living someone else’s life.
It’s because you’re operating from a lens that was built to protect you… not express you.
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You’ve done everything right—and it still doesn’t feel aligned.
You followed the steps.
Earned the degrees.
Built the life you thought you were supposed to want.
But something still feels off.
Like your outer world is running on a script you didn’t write.
Like you're playing a role that doesn’t reflect who you are anymore.
That’s not failure.
That’s your truth trying to emerge.
Disrupting Gracefully helps you stop shaping your life around expectations—and start building from the part of you that’s always known the way.
This isn’t about escaping your life.
It’s about creating one that finally fits.
Let’s do that together.
Upcoming Live Events at Aligned Wellness and Events
114 N 7th St, Cañon City, CO 81212
Pattern Disruption: A Live Experiential Workshop
Date: Sunday, October 26, 2025
Time: 1:00 – 3:00 PM
Aligned Wellness and Events
114 N 7th St, Cañon City, CO 81212
Most people don’t realize how much one pattern can shape everything — how they react, how they hold themselves back, and what they believe is possible. When you understand the lens that created the pattern, you finally have the power to change it.
Space is Limited: Sign Up Early
$33 Investment
Conscious Conversations
Recalibrate - Staying Grounded
Date: Wednesday, November 12, 2025
Time: 1:00 – 2:00 PM
Aligned Wellness and Events
114 N 7th St, Cañon City, CO 81212
Conscious Conversations is a new monthly hour with Barbara Ann Jacques, Ph.D., exploring how science and subtle energy meet in everyday life.
The first session, Recalibrate – Staying Grounded, introduces simple, evidence-informed ways to restore balance and clarity in minutes. Join this thoughtful, approachable experience designed to help you stay centered no matter what the day brings.
Space is Limited: Sign Up Early
$11 Investment
From Patterns to Possibilities: Access More of Who You Really Are
Date: Friday, November 14, 2025
Time: 5:30 – 7:30 PM
Aligned Wellness and Events
114 N 7th St, Cañon City, CO 81212
Go beyond self-improvement and into self-realization.
Discover how aligning with possibility allows you to access more of who you truly are.
Space is Limited: Sign Up Early
$11 Investment
The Space We Create From Changes Everything
I’ve spent decades inside systems—working to create change from within.
In criminal justice.
In higher education.
In rooms where policy and curriculum shape lives.
And what I’ve seen is this:
Even with good intentions, when we create from disconnection, we replicate disconnection.
When we create from fear, control, or survival, we build systems that feel heavy—even when they’re designed to help.
Disrupting Gracefully isn’t about fighting what exists.
It’s about becoming conscious of the space we’re creating from—and choosing to build from unity instead of division.
As Buckminster Fuller said:
“You never change things by fighting the existing reality.
To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.”
This work begins within.
With your internal clarity.
With how you move, lead, and respond.
And from there, we build something new—together. When you change the space you’re creating from, your entire reality recalibrates
And that’s the heart of my work—helping people shift their creative lens from protection to expression.
Hi, I’m Barbara!
This work is personal for me...
I’ve spent my career inside the systems that shape people’s lives—criminal justice, higher education, policy.
At the same time, I’ve walked a parallel path—studying consciousness, energy, and the deeper truths that often get buried beneath roles and expectations.
I created Disrupting Gracefully to bridge those two worlds.
Through 1:1 sessions, programs, immersive workshops, and speaking engagements, I help people reconnect with the clarity of their inner truth—and build lives and systems that reflect it.
I shared part of my story/experiences at TEDx, in a talk called “Labels to Lives”—where I explored what it means to move beyond the identities we’ve been given—and create from a deeper place of unity.
Because when we shift how we see ourselves, we shift what becomes possible.
Want to Connect?
I don’t offer free discovery calls - my schedule’s fluid, and I prefer honest conversation over scripts.
But if you’re exploring this work and wondering if it’s the right fit for you, or if you just have something to share, I’d love to hear from you.
Reach out and let’s start a real conversation.
