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Jill Sylvester

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Author & Licensed Mental Health Counselor

Jill is a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC, M.Ed.) with more than twenty years of clinical experience, and she writes and speaks from that same ground. Her work on intuition, anxiety, and raising resilient children has been featured in national outlets and on podcasts.

Work with Jill
Jill Sylvester seated in a black sweater against a dark background

Awards

Trust Your Intuition: 100 Ways to Transform Anxiety and Depression for Stronger Mental Health

Winner of the Nautilus Book Award

2019 · Trust Your Intuition, Book One

The Nautilus Book Awards recognized Trust Your Intuition: 100 Ways to Transform Anxiety and Depression for Stronger Mental Health in 2019 in the Personal Development category.

Nautilus honors books that support conscious living, personal growth, and positive social change — work that makes a genuine difference in how readers understand themselves and each other.

Trust Your Intuition: 100 Ways to Support Social, Emotional, and Mental Wellness in Children

Winner of the Gold Mom’s Choice Award

Trust Your Intuition, Book Two

The Mom’s Choice Awards named Trust Your Intuition: 100 Ways to Support Social, Emotional and Mental Wellness in Children among the best in family-friendly media, products and services.

The program evaluates entries from more than fifty-five countries, scoring each on production quality, design, educational value, originality, appeal, and cost. Parents, educators and retailers look for its mother-and-child seal when choosing resources for children and families.

The Land of Blue

Winner of the Mom’s Choice Award

The Land of Blue

The Mom’s Choice Awards recognized The Land of Blue, Jill’s middle grade novel about a girl searching for her missing father, among the best in family-friendly media.

The story handles depression and addiction directly but gently, which is part of why teachers have brought it into social and emotional learning units alongside the classroom guide Jill wrote for it.

Interviews & conversations

  • Jill Sylvester interviewing Gabrielle Rutten, MD over video

    Podcast Interview with Gabrielle Rutten, MD on her book Official EFT from A to Z: How to Use Both Forms of Emotional Freedom Techniques for Self-Healing.

  • Jill Sylvester interviewing Jeff Rake over video

    TYI Podcast Interview with Hollywood Executive Producer, Creator and Writer, Jeff Rake, on his latest project and first novel, Detour.

  • Jill Sylvester interviewing Judith Orloff, MD over video

    TYI Podcast Interview with Judith Orloff, MD on her first children’s book, The Highly Sensitive Rabbit.

  • Jill Sylvester interviewing Rich Diviney over video

    Watch my conversation with return guest Rich Diviney — former Navy SEAL and author. His most recent book: Masters of Uncertainty.

Events & appearances

  • Jill Sylvester speaking at a podium at the John Curtis Library

    John Curtis Library Workshop in Hanover, Massachusetts on Trust Your Intuition: 100 Ways to Support Social, Emotional and Mental Wellness in Children.

  • An audience seated for Jill Sylvester’s library program in Hanover

    Social and Emotional Strategies for Children During Challenging Times — program at the John Curtis Free Library in Hanover, Massachusetts.

  • Jill Sylvester signing books at Book Love in Plymouth

    Book Event at Book Love in the Pine Hills, Plymouth. Topic: Let’s Talk about Intuition — For Kids and Adults.

  • Jill Sylvester at her signing table at the PCIS literary event

    2024 PCIS Literary Event in Plymouth, Massachusetts, featuring Trust Your Intuition: 100 Ways to Support Social, Emotional and Mental Wellness in Children.

  • Jill Sylvester with readers at the Barnes and Noble author event in Hingham

    Barnes & Noble Author Event in Hingham, Massachusetts at Derby Street for Trust Your Intuition: 100 Ways to Support Social, Emotional and Mental Wellness in Children.

  • Jill Sylvester meeting a reader at Storybook Cove in Hanover

    Storybook Cove Book Signing in Hanover, Massachusetts for Trust Your Intuition: 100 Ways to Support Social, Emotional and Mental Wellness in Children.

  • Book Signing for Devon: Dream Agent — Pieces Barnes & Noble, Derby Street, Hingham
  • Book Signing and Intuitive Exercise Event at the Scituate Salt Cave Scituate, Massachusetts
  • “Social and Emotional Strategies for Individuals During Challenging Times” talk Duxbury Free Library, Duxbury, Massachusetts
  • 2023 Literacy Event featuring Jill’s young adult and middle grade novels and the Planting the Seeds cards Plymouth Community Intermediate School, Plymouth, Massachusetts

Press & podcasts

  • Guest spot on photographer Kerry Brett’s podcast Shot@Love — Listen
  • Interview in Podcast Magazine, January 2021 — Read
  • Guest spot on astrologer Jill Jardine’s podcast Cosmic Scene with Jill Jardine — Listen
  • Eight-minute interview with Rick Roswell of Tech of Sports — Listen
  • Nautilus Author Spotlight featuring Jill Sylvester — Watch
  • NEATE 2019 conference presentation — classroom handouts for adding The Land of Blue to a social and emotional curriculum — Download PDF
  • Review of Trust Your Intuition in Kirkus Reviews — Read
  • “Author & Intuitive Counseling with Jill Sylvester” podcast episode — Listen
  • “Jill Sylvester on the Power of Intuition and Writing a Self Help Book” — interview with Malia Erickson, June 2019 — Read
  • JenningsWire podcast — how Jill promoted The Land of Blue — Listen
  • Meet the Author at Jonathan Bourne Public Library, on The Land of Blue — Watch
  • “How to Trust Your Intuition & Discover Your Purpose” on I Am & Co. and A Force of Nature — Read

Featured in

  • Best Life Feature
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  • Well+Good Feature
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  • Bustle Feature
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  • SheKnows Feature
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  • Working Mother Feature
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  • OprahMag.com Feature
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  • Parenthood Feature
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  • TeenMentor Feature
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  • Well+Good Feature
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  • OMTimes Interview
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  • Women of Wisdom Feature
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  • Thrive Global Feature
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  • Healthy Moms Magazine Feature
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  • Family Focus Blog Feature
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  • The Bipolar Battle Feature
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  • That Organic Mom Feature
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  • Lisa Tener Interview
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