scarlet jaxen

Scarlet Jaxen, MSW, BSW.
Witch

Intuitive Leadership

In 2023 Scarlet graduated with her Masters in Social Work from the University of Calgary specializing in Leadership. She completed a 500hr practicum placement as a Research Assistant with Dr. Kathleen Sitter, Canada Research Chair in Multisensory Storytelling in Research and Knowledge Translation. Scarlet received training in accessible research methods including digital storytelling and soundscapes. She conducted primary and secondary research through a critical disability lens.

Scarlet has over a decade of experience as a counsellor working in government and non-profit organizations where she developed her skills as a diplomat and advocate working primarily with youth and families navigating trauma.  

Scarlet has also completed training with Dr. Alan Wade from the Centre for Response Based Practice, Dr. Ross Laird a specialist in mental health, and Dr. Gabor Mate world renowned addiction expert.

In addition to formal academia, Scarlet has spent her adult life exploring spirituality and embodiment. Growing up as a dancer movement was always a form of medicine for Scarlet. She has studied with world renowned spiritual leaders including Dr. Wayne Dyer, Eckhart Tolle, founder of The School of Womanly Arts in NYC- Regena Thomashauer, and Dr. Somvir from the Bali India Foundation.

Beyond this, Scarlet’s life experiences of chronic childhood sexualized violence, witnessing domestic abuse, supporting both her caregivers through mental illness and suicidal ideation, and the generational abuse of the women who proceeded her, has led her to deep healing work including therapy, coaching, and spiritual practices.

Scarlet is a white, cis, married, mother, living on the unceded territory of the Songhees, Esquimalt, W̱SÁNEĆ, and lək̓ʷəŋən speaking people. She aims to live in accordance with the values of the Songhees Nation “with one heart and one mind, we commit to help one another, to forgive one another, and to love one another with respect, honesty, and courage.” (Songhees Nation, 2023, https://www.songheesnation.ca/community)