Jessie Gerzon is a ritual artist and entrepreneur dedicated to fostering connection and openness, empowering people to contribute their unique gifts to the world. Inspired by her journey with Crohn's Disease, healing, and growth, Jessie thrives in creating spaces where others can slow down, connect with their inner wisdom, and find grounding.

​For over six and a half years, Jessie has cultivated a daily cacao practice that has profoundly transformed her life. Through this practice, along with her dedication to somatic healing and nervous system awareness, she has developed strength, softness, patience, gratitude, and courage—qualities she now shares through her work. 

As the founder of Bendichas Manos (“blessed hands” in Ladino), Jessie offers a signature adaptogenic cacao blend crafted with ceremonial-grade Mayan cacao and nourishing herbs. She also leads experiences that invite participants to honor the power of their hands, hearts, and intentions in shaping their lives.

Jessie advocates for integrating a cup of cacao into daily life to create moments of embodied safety, grounding, and connection. She believes that even small, intentional practices can deepen relationships with oneself, loved ones, community, work, and the natural world, fostering a ripple effect of transformation.

Beyond her cacao work, Jessie brings her entrepreneurial expertise to support clients in aligning their businesses with their heart-centered purpose. Rooted in Cheshbon Hanefesh (“soul accounting”), she considers herself a “Soul Accountant,” guiding others in grounding and expanding wherever they are in life or business. She is also the Creator and Host of the Embodied Judaism Podcast, which facilitates conversations on Jewish identity and practice, nervous system healing, plant medicine, and Torah and mitzvot through a somatic lense.