Today we’d like to introduce you to Jeremy Franklin.
Hi Jeremy, we’re thrilled to have a chance to learn your story today. So, before we get into specifics, maybe you can briefly walk us through how you got to where you are today?
I’ve always been drawn to moments of transition and the in-between spaces of life. I saw how disorienting those seasons can be, even in my own life, especially when faith, identity, leadership, and family structures were all shifting at once.
I began with a deep calling to see people navigate life’s toughest transitions while combining my passion for spiritual growth, renewal, and transformation to empower others toward healing and purpose. After years of working with youth, families, community programs, and ministries, I realized my greatest impact came through guiding others with a deep resolve to enhance their own insight while unlocking their potential.
I desired to genuinely see people rise. I didn’t have a business plan but rather a burden. This burden led me to further pursue other avenues of study and training. I’m grateful for my years of study as I acquired my undergraduate degree of a Bachelor of Science in Child Development and Family Relations and later a Master of Divinity in Pastoral Care and Counseling. It was some years later that Empathy and Curiosity drove me down the path to obtain certification in completing intense clinical work from the College of Pastoral Supervision and Psychotherapy.
This deep desire to be present with people, afforded me various opportunities to serve on pastoral teams; to have given a decade of service in juvenile justice systems; having become a spiritual advisor, hospice chaplain, leadership coach and volunteer. In each space, I noticed something consistent: people and organizations were delayed in their transformation because they were navigating these major life transitions alone and without hope.
Life 2 Life Transitions (L2L) is born from this tension that exists. It became a pathway if you will for me to walk people through transformation— spiritually, emotionally, relationally, and practically. Through frameworks that heal and restore, we create spaces where individuals, families, and organizations heal, find hope, and move forward towards new horizons.
What started as pastoral care expanded into coaching intensives, workshops, and organizational consulting but the heart has never changed. As a Life Transition and Formation Strategist, I create spaces where people, couples, and organizations rise by finding steady ground again when life shifts beneath their feet.
I’m sure it wasn’t obstacle-free, but would you say the journey has been fairly smooth so far?
It has definitely not been a smooth road, but it has been a refining one. Building something that blends faith, emotional health, soul care and leadership development isn’t always easily categorized. Early on, I had to wrestle with finding clarity: Is this ministry? Is this business? Is this counseling? The answer was yes to it all. Learning how to hold those worlds together with integrity and courage while being a husband to a wonderful wife and father to 3 amazing kids under the age of 10, has been a great challenge; yet, it has also been the greatest blessing.
As with the business, there were seasons of self-doubt for sure, financial risk, and stretching beyond what felt comfortable. Starting something meaningful often requires stepping forward before you “feel” fully ready. In truth, I still don’t “feel” ready, but I want to meet those moments with the readiness of responsibility creating space for possibility. There were moments of wondering whether people would understand the vision, whether the framework would truly resonate, and whether I could carry both pastoral depth and professional structure into the same space.
Another challenge has been learning how to pace myself. When your calling is to help people and organizations rise, restructure, and restore, you have to be intentional about your own renewal and accountability to the integrity that you possess. If my goal is to help people breathe better, I too must be a recipient of the same process. This ethic and philosophy anchor me in being the kind of husband, father, advocate, and friend that can come to terms with himself face-to-face in the mirror.
Along this bumpy road, I am learning how every challenge refines the mission and that struggles clarify the voice and message. It has been said that smooth sails don’t make a skilled sailor. Well, smooth roads don’t make a defensive driver.
Alright, so let’s switch gears a bit and talk business. What should we know?
At its core, L2L is a transition-centered formation, coaching, and consulting practice that creates spaces where people and organizations rise by finding steady ground again when life shifts beneath their feet. Most people don’t struggle because they lack ability but rather, they struggle because they’re in transition. Leadership pressure, burnout, grief, career changes, identity shifts, organizational change are those in-between seasons that can feel disorienting. We specialize in identity development, emotional resilience, leadership wellness, marriage enrichment, and spiritually grounded transformation because wouldn’t you agree that internal work is required to move forward well?
What sets L2L apart is that we don’t separate the spiritual from the secular. Many spaces offer coaching, others offer ministry, and others focus on consulting. We integrate all three in a thoughtful, structured way so that growth is not only meaningful, but sustainable.
Whether I’m working with a couple seeking to reconnect and rebuild, a grieving family, a pastor navigating burnout, a leader needing support in providing care for his team, or an organization in transition, the work consistently centers around one question. Well okay, a couple of questions but one in particular: Who are you becoming in this season?
That question is especially important in marriage, where growth, conflict, and change often reveal not just relationship patterns, but personal formation. Through signature frameworks and models, we uncover what’s beneath the surface and guide people through the kind of internal work that leads to lasting change. It’s not surface-level motivation but people often share with me the deep recalibration this brings that aligns their identity, purpose, and action.
Brand-wise, I’m most proud that L2L maintains both professional credibility and pastoral warmth. We are structured, intentional, and compassion-driven, but deeply human. I’m not interested in presenting a polished machine. Perfection does not exist here. I too am learning and evolving and further believe in modeling what it means to be fully human. We are in fact human beings, not human doings. Our message, “A Higher Standard of Living,” speaks to wholeness, which is not just success, but the kind of inner stability that sustains people over time.
I want readers to know that L2L is a safe, sacred, and strategic space that honors the full human experience. If you are navigating transitions personally, spiritually, or organizationally, you don’t have to figure it out alone. You are not stuck. There is a process and a path forward to your breakthrough.
How do you think about luck?
I don’t view my journey through the lens of luck. I actually view it as seeing how many balls I can juggling in the air at one time. I’m joking and at the same time mysteriously in awe in terms of how things have miraculously stayed in the air.
There have certainly been doors that opened at the right time and meaningful connections that felt Divinely aligned. It was as if I was falling in line with a script that was specifically written and catered to me. Some might call that luck, but I know the real reason: God is faithful!
There were challenges that refined me and moments of uncertainty, stretching seasons, and risks that required courage I could not find. But those experiences that could otherwise be classified as bad, built something deep within me. There has never been a door open left up to chance, but keys given to me so that I could meet Destiny and what was designed for me.
I’ve learned that character sustains what opportunity introduces. So, I’m growing and learning to build both my life, family, and business in such a way that speaks intentionally, faithfully, and with an integrity mindset.
Contact Info:
- Website: https://www.life2lifetransitions.com
- Instagram: life2lifetransitions
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/franklinj1
- Other: support@life2lifetransitions.com
