More from Yolonda
PEACE. MY NAME IS YOLONDA COLES JONES.
I am the force behind Empowered Journey Company, Mother Jones Music, Y.CJones Photography and Starseed Publishing (Life Sweet Words).
I've been committed to the work of caring well for and fully actualizing myself in this lifetime as an artist, a businesswoman and a human being. That mission has run congruently and intertwined with my work in fiercely advocating for and facilitating my children's comprehensive education with "home" and "family" as our established base. We have been of this mind and about this work since we welcomed our first child in 2008.
With openness, warmth, professional excellence, wisdom, joy, grace and style as core values, I established Yolonda Jones Creative, LLC in 2016 setting out to ignite inspiration, fuel empowerment, stoke authenticity and cultivate healing in the world through facilitating soul-to-soul connection.
I have been called a "warm," "grounding" and "a powerful force" of "calm, inspiration and empowerment" by humans at all ages and stages.
Listen to Yolonda’s podcast interviews.
Empowering Families with Yolonda Coles Jones
March 8, 2021
In this episode Yolonda shares her journey into being who she is. We also examine what their family life looks like as self-directed learners. This interview with Yolonda is extremely empowering for the parent that may be facing doubts or challenges and for veteran homeschooling parents that just need a few reminders to pause, get back to our why and surrender into re-imagining.
Empowering Families Part 2 with Yolonda Coles Jones
March 16, 2021
In this episode we are talking about wellness, connection and community. These are important because they stand as the basis for our learning life. We are 4 dimensional beings; spiritual (not in a religious sense, but in our being-ness), mental, physical and emotional. All of these dimensions come into play in our learning life and overall wellness. We end this episode with an offer of peace, calm and reflection through a guided meditation.
When It's All Too Much: The Mental Health Episode with Yolonda Coles Jones
September 28, 2020
An important conversation about prioritizing mental health and wellbeing for ourselves and our families as we homeschool. How can we best support the mental health of our children in this difficult and uncertain time of pandemic? How do we take care of ourselves while we take care of our kids? Yolonda also shares her advice for non-white families on how to take good care amidst increased visibility of and exposure to racial terror and trauma. Breathe deep with us as we receive the gift of Yolonda's wisdom and insight.
Divine Contractions With Yolonda Coles Jones
Yolonda is an expansive creatrix, coach and teacher. Join us in this conversation about spirituality, relationship, creativity and identity. In this episode you’ll hear about:
Yolonda’s journey through spirituality, and feminine aspects of God
The Wild Woman Archetype
Relationships and spiritual evolution
Raising children and home schooling
And much more!
“Do You Love This Person Enough To Be Yourself & Also Change Yourself?” (Ft. Yolonda & Will Jones)
June 22, 2020
Join former guest Yolonda Coles Jones and her partner Will Jones for a frank discussion about making love, freedom, intimacy, conscious parenting, and raising free children.Will and Yolonda are both entrepreneurs, home-based educators, and the curators of The Real Life Joneses. Welcome to a conversation about making love and justice through practicing intimacy and freedom.
“All of the Connections Break When You Are Utterly Broken.” (Ft. Yolonda Coles Jones)
October 30, 2018
Join guest Yolonda Coles Jones for an open, honest conversation around how to make love when you are broken wide open. Yolonda’s whole heart and body and voice and story are dedicated to the art of being. She is an artist, a musician, a mother, an entrepreneur, a stylist, a teacher, and in this episode she shares her journey into spiritually, physically, and emotionally “breaking down” and breaking open.
January 3, 2018
In this episode, Virginia-based entrepreneur and creative being, Yolonda Coles Jones, talks about deschooling and self-care through the simple practice of noticing. Yolonda Coles Jones is a creative spirit [be.]ing whose current primary work it is to raise four free people — two daughters and twin suns: ages 10, 8, 4 and 4. Simultaneously, she works professionally as Yolonda Jones | Creative, LLC. She is a published writer, photographer, singer and stylist. She and her partner, Will, reside in Charlottesville, VA. They are a brood of liberation-minded eclectic homeschool/unschool/worldschoolers.
June 7, 2017
Yolonda Jones: creative spirit. writer. professional photographer, professional natural hair stylist, professional singer, professional Black girl as Dr. Yaba Blay would say. Yolonda’s crown rises high like her ambitions and her intentions. She and her partner, her husband, Will, are raising 4 free people, two daughters and twin sons, while simultaneously raising themselves as creatives, as business owners, as people with flaws and fire. Yolonda and Will have a blog called The Real Life Joneses where they risk expression about life in and beyond the brokenness. They talk about PTSD, depression, liberatory approaches to education and living with children, infidelity, creative brilliance, all of it.
Kind Words from a Client
“[Yolonda’s] calm voice and presence will be echoing in my ears as we step into the school year ahead. There was a rhythm to the coaching that I will continue into the school year as well - space for reflection, time to consider each of our family member’s needs (including my own), using my breath as a tool that’s always at my disposal.”
Follow along with Yolonda on Instagram.
