About Dr. Jill
Dr. Jill Wener (she/her) is a physician, coach, trauma-informed practitioner, and entrepreneur whose work blends clinical insight with mindfulness, body-based tools, and justice-oriented practice. She supports individuals and organizations in building resilience, clarity, and sustained action in times of stress, transition, and cultural complexity.
Jill began her professional life as a board-certified internal medicine physician, spending over a decade practicing in busy hospital settings. During that time she experienced firsthand how chronic stress and burnout can erode wellbeing, especially for healthcare professionals working in high-pressure environments.
In 2011, while still practicing medicine, Jill discovered meditation as a way to manage her own burnout. The practice transformed her relationship to stress and sparked a shift in her priorities: she wanted to help others access tools for resilience, presence, and emotional regulation. After completing meditation teacher training in Rishikesh, India, in 2016, she began offering meditation instruction full-time.
Her journey continued to evolve as she discovered Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT/tapping), a body-based approach that helped her navigate a deeply challenging personal period. To deepen her ability to support others, Jill became a certified practitioner of EFT/tapping and a certified professional coach. Over time she integrated EFT/tapping, coaching, meditation, and her clinical insight into a cohesive approach that informs all of her offerings, creating a trauma-informed blend of tools that meet people where they are and support lasting clarity, resilience, and growth.
Alongside these modalities, Jill’s commitment to social justice and activism is a central part of both her personal and professional identity. She has developed curriculum, coaching, and consulting programs to support individuals and organizations in engaging equity and justice with depth, accountability, and care.
Today, Jill combines her medical background with training in coaching, EFT/tapping, meditation, and social justice education to support people navigating stress, life transitions, leadership challenges, and anti-racism work. Her approach is trauma-informed, holistic, and grounded in the belief that meaningful change doesn’t come from “fixing” ourselves but from practical tools, compassionate support, and a willingness to engage with life as it is.
Philosophy
Jill believes there is no single “quick fix” for the challenges people face; no technique alone can address the physical, emotional, and cultural stresses of modern life. Instead, she emphasizes that people already have the capacity for growth, healing, and meaningful action, and that a safe, judgment-free space can help unlock it. She rejects toxic perfectionism and instead focuses on steady progress, emotional authenticity, and practical resilience.
Her work is rooted in a commitment to justice, respect for the fullness of human experience (including emotions often labeled “negative”), and the belief that when one person accesses tools for wellbeing and equity, the positive effects ripple out into their communities, workplaces, and relationships.
Jill has worked with clients such as Georgia Aquarium, ChenMed, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Hartford Hospital, Emory University, Lodestar, the Santa Clara Medical Society, the Pittsburgh Business Group on Health, Yale University, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, University of Washington, Centene, Atkins Global, and the National Alliance for Healthcare Purchaser Coalitions. She is also a best-selling author, host of the Conscious Anti-Racism podcast, and has been featured in multiple TV, radio, and podcast interviews.
“Jill is an amazing and inspiring teacher and very generous with her time and knowledge. Her passion, intelligence, and humor are contagious. I like how down to earth and no-nonsense she is about meditation and I really appreciated her explanation of how stress affects our physiology and how meditation is scientifically proven to make a dramatic difference on a cellular level. I love meditating!"
- Megan C., Pilates Instructor, Minneapolis, MN
"A friend gifted me a tapping session after I was diagnosed with a very aggressive late stage of cancer. I have usually associated negative feelings with "being negative" and not given myself the space to feel and process them. Tapping with Jill changed that. The sessions helped me with the trauma of my diagnosis and treatment. We have been able to go back and shift some of my past hardships that shaped my coping mechanisms. Jill is skilled and knowledgeable in using tapping as a tool to help me uncover places I'm stuck emotionally and process them with radical love, acceptance and compassion."
-Mel S, Marketing Consultant, Atlanta, GA
"This training is a groundbreaking journey of self-discovery that confronts the deep-seated beliefs and behaviors that lead to social and racial inequality. Jill’s expertise in meditation and tapping is uniquely merged with anti-racism work to help participants change the way they interact with the world around them and prepare them to make profound changes in their consciousness and communities."
-Dr. N. Peoples, Internal and Functional Medicine, Atlanta, GA
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