About Jessica Wei, MD
How My Understanding of Healing Changed
For more than 25 years, I cared for women as a physician, first in obstetrics and gynecology and later with a focus on integrative and functional medicine.
I loved helping women better understand their bodies. But the longer I practiced, the more I saw that symptoms were often not just physical. They were often deeply connected to stress, life experience, relationships, and the stories women carried about themselves.
Over time, I kept noticing something. Even with excellent care, good information, and a better understanding of what was happening, many women were still struggling. Knowing more didn’t always change how they felt or how they experienced their lives.
That led me to ask deeper questions, both professionally and personally, and ultimately brought me to the work I do today.
Why This Work is Personal
For much of my life, I believed that if I could understand what was wrong and work hard enough to change it, I would finally feel better.
I knew how to work hard. I made my way through the often grueling years of medical school and residency training, built a successful career as an OB/GYN, and later trained in integrative and functional medicine because I wanted to understand healing more fully and help people in a more foundational way. I brought that same determination to my own healing.
I spent years in psychotherapy. I read countless books, practiced yoga and meditation, and went on more yoga and healing retreats than I can count. I explored many other ways of healing, too. Some helped a great deal. I gained insight into myself, came to understand where many of my patterns began, and had experiences that genuinely changed me.
And still, I kept searching. And searching. And searching.
There always seemed to be another pattern to uncover, another part of myself to work on, another treatment or practice that might finally help me become the person I thought I should be. Without realizing it, I had turned healing into another place where I was trying very hard to succeed.
The problem wasn’t that I had sought help. I needed help, and I’m grateful for much of what I received. But beneath all that effort was an assumption I rarely questioned: that something was wrong with me and that it was my job to fix it.
Something began to shift when body-oriented and somatic work helped me notice more than what was wrong. I began to have moments when I could simply be with myself without immediately analyzing, judging, or trying to change what I found. I could notice what felt supportive or alive, what I was drawn toward, and what I might not have been able to see while I was so focused on fixing myself.
The difficult feelings didn’t disappear. But they were no longer the only things I could see. With less pressure to make myself different, I began to see more of who I was and hear more clearly what mattered to me. The harsh conclusions and constant self-judgment that had felt so convincing began to loosen.
Somatic work didn’t give me a better way to fix myself. It began to loosen the belief that I needed to be fixed.
Experience & Training
For a more detailed professional background, you can also view my LinkedIn profile.
Medical Background
- Board-Certified in Obstetrics & Gynecology and Integrative Medicine
- Fellowship-trained in Integrative Medicine through the Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine
- Institute for Functional Medicine Certified Practitioner
- 25 years in clinical practice, primarily in women’s health
Coaching & Embodied Practice
- Certified Holistic Life Coach through the Foundation for Holistic Life Coaching
- Advanced body-oriented coaching training through The Somatic School
- 200-hour yoga teacher training with West Hartford Yoga
Professional Experience
- Former partner in a private OB/GYN practice
- Founder of a women’s functional medicine clinic
- Author of Physician, Care for Thyself and You Can Find True Love
A Little More About Me
I live in Western Massachusetts and have two grown sons who are truly so wonderful. I raised them as a single mom while working full-time as an OB/GYN, and I’m so proud of the men they’ve become.
I love flowers, and the wildflower meadow at the top of this page is growing in my yard. I also love ecstatic dance, contact improvisation, reading, writing, yoga, and daily spiritual study. After so many years of responsibility and structure, I’m drawn to spaces where I don’t know exactly what will happen and don’t have to get anything right.
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