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Jessica McGawley
Psychological Consultant. Founder. Parent.

For over 15 years, I’ve worked with high-achieving parents - and the advisors who support them - to raise grounded, kind, resilient children in a world where privilege can quietly work against that.

Parenting is rarely straightforward. And while success brings opportunities, it often adds layers of complexity that most people never see. That’s where I come in.

I help families and their teams navigate these layers, so that wealth becomes a force for growth and connection, rather than tension and isolation. 

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Work With Me

Parent Coaching

Raising children in the context of wealth brings unique challenges. Most high-achieving parents are excellent at preparing their wealth for their children - but fewer prepare the children for the wealth. Without that practical and emotional grounding, the gift you’ve worked so hard to create can become more of a burden than a blessing.

This coaching is for parents who want to raise grounded, motivated young people with a healthy relationship to wealth. Parenting in this world calls for a different kind of strategy - one that builds resilience, responsibility and purpose.

Together, we tackle the big questions: boundaries, expectation, entitlement, inheritance conversations, social pressures, and the values that shape a life. It’s not about limiting privilege - it’s about equipping your children to handle it with confidence and care.

Thought

Leadership   

Over the years, I’ve found myself at the heart of some of the most important, and often unspoken, conversations about wealth and its psychological impact - especially on children, adolescents, and their parents.

I speak, write, and facilitate with one core aim: to open up space for honest dialogue around what it really means to grow up with wealth. Not just the surface-level assumptions, but the quieter, more complex realities that come with privilege; identity, motivation, self-worth, belonging.

My work supports both families and the advisors who walk alongside them. I’m a regular speaker, podcast guest, author, facilitator, and keynote for family offices, private trusts, and advisory firms, and I contribute frequently to conversations shaping the future of family wealth and wellbeing.

Press

Articles

The Future Laboratory

The Great Wealth Transfer

Articles

Conduct

Preparing the Wealth Owners of Tomorrow 

Articles

Cavendish Family Office

Preparing the Rising Generation

Articles

Financial Times 

Why Heirs are Giving Away their Fortune

Articles

Tatler

My children are so privileged, so why are they unhappy?

Articles

Tatler

How UHNW's Should Teach the Next Generation.

Articles

Entrepreneur Middle East

Lessons from UHNW Families: Here's Why Resilience Can't Be Inherited

Articles

Ecstatic Integration 

High-Net-Worth Spirituality and elite Shamanification

Testimonials

“Jess said so many things that resonated with my client, but also with me personally. I love how approachable she is."

- Family Office Trustee

"You helped all generations of our family understand each other and find better ways to communicate. Thank you!"

- Parent S

Gamechanger.

Mother M. 

“I thought I understood my client – now I do.”

- Relationship Manager

"You really understand the challenges that our clients face and offer practical solutions."

- Family Office Advisor

"I know how much effort you put into your excellent work. It really is enjoyable to work with competent people like you."

- Parent

Books I have been
featured in:

Family Business and Responsible Wealth Ownership

Preparing the Next Generation

Raising The Baobab

"Raising the Baobab" is a beacon for those who seek to secure a prosperous future

Essential Reads on Family Offices

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Experience

• Principal and Founder of Dallington: A Mentoring practice for the Rising Generation 

• Head of Next-Gen a Boutique Wealth Transition Practice 

• Board Member of Rising-Gen, a 'real-world MBA’

• SEN Governor of Mossbourne Victoria Park Academy

• Trustee of The Cassandra Learning Centre

• Youngest-ever board member of United Nations Women London, setting up their first mentoring scheme in 2012

• Guest Speaker at Henley Business School Family Office Programme 

• Tatler Expert Advisor 

• Spears 500 Top Life and Performance Coaches for UHNW Individuals

• Expert Lead on Next Generation Education and Mentorship for Ispahani Advisory Ltd 

Qualifications

• IMPC Qualified Mediator 

• IMI Qualified Mediator

• Postgraduate Masters, Psychodynamic and Systemic Consulting Psychology - The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust

• PGCert – Counselling and Psychotherapy - The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust

• Relational Parenting - Relational Life Institute 

• Suicide Prevention Level 2 CPD - STORM Skills Training

• Level 2 CPD - Child Protection and Safeguarding

• Safeguarding 16–25-year-olds: England and Wales - NSPCC

• Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts

• Undergraduate BA – Ethnomusicology and African Culture, SOAS

Experience and Qualifications

For the past 15 years, Jessica has worked exclusively with families and their advisors to help address the unique challenges and opportunities that come with raising children in the context of wealth.

Her experience is underpinned by her qualifications.

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