Jill Consor Beck

Written By Andrea Hecht

Who is Jill Consor Beck ?

Working on my 3rd entrepreneurial venture (ambitious much?), I’m currently building a healthcare concept that intersects community, tech, and wellness for the 40+ demographic. Something I know quite a bit about. 

I was honed in the cubicles of Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, Microsoft, and Tableau along with several start-ups. Now, I’m looking to take my B2B and D2C tech and finance successes — and failures — (because we all have them) and apply them to my latest venture. 

Go Long is about taking these skills and applying them to help others with their health and burnout recovery journeys (one of our more complex problems that we often ignore!).

Please briefly summarize your life's journey in 3-4 sentences, highlighting the significant chapters and pivotal moments.

Grizzled Wall Street and tech veteran who didn't take care of herself in her 20s and was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis along with some other ailments. Started to get serious about health in mid-30s but job burnout kept coming and going. 40s was about pushing harder on both wellness and work. 50 - final burnout hit and career transition to becoming a burnout coach.

What were some of the challenges you faced and how did you overcome them?

Getting real about how I was trashing my body instead of embracing it and what that meant. I got real in the fact that change is hard and it is messy. But I also knew I wanted to have a better quality of life than my parents have now. As for work, it was deciding that if I am going to be passionate about my job, it should be about something I care about. 

What lessons did you learn about yourself throughout your journey?

The progression towards better physical and mental health is not linear. You have to embrace the good, bad, and ugly. I am resilient and can do hard things and that includes trying things that seem intimidating or contrary to how I have done things in the past.

Also, you need extrinsic motivation to start making hard charges in the beginning, but eventually, the motivation has to become intrinsic otherwise it won't stick. That doesn't mean that you'll have intrinsic motivation to get out of bed at 5 am every morning, but you need to have it on more days than not over the long term to make anything stick.

What motivates you to keep going during difficult times?

I deserve to give my best self to me. And then I can give to the other people in my life who matter most.

How do you define self-care and what does it look like for you?

My wind-down routine every night - music with skin care & dental care, etc. Helps with mental health.

What is one lesson or piece of advice you would like the community to learn from you?

You have more agency over your situation than you think you do.

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Andrea Hecht
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