Therapist • Coach • Educator • Speaker • Author • in Sex, Love & Intimacy

LoveLife is My Brand & My Mission

I’m Jacqueline Hellyer, an expert in the world of love, sex and soul-level connection. A leader in the field of psychosexual therapy and conscious relating, I bring science, psychology and spirit together in a uniquely powerful way. With one foot rooted in evidence-based practice and the other dancing through Tantric wisdom, I guide individuals and couples into deeper, richer, more erotically alive relationships.

I've been called a Relationship Whisperer, not because I offer quick fixes, but because I help people remember who they really are and how to relate from that place of truth. My work is warm, grounded,and transformative. Whether you’re here to heal, grow, expand, or simply explore what’s possible, you’re in the right place.

We only get a few precious decades on this beautiful planet, and I believe that when we fully embrace love and sexuality, in all their beauty, intimacy, sensuality,and playfulness, we truly learn to love life.

Because when we’re thriving in our relationships, when we’re feeling connected, desired,and seen, life is pretty damn good. Imagine a world where everyone felt safe in love, confident in sex, and free in their expression…what a happier, saner place it would be.

That’s why I’ve dedicated my life to discovering what really makes relationships work, both in and out of the bedroom. My mission is to help people reclaim their sexual energy - their life energy - and use it to create extraordinary relationships, and extraordinary lives.

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Professional Biography

Jacqueline Hellyer is one of Australia’s leading voices in what she calls the “third wave” of sexuality: beyond shame, beyond sleaze, toward deeply meaningful, integrated, and life-enhancing intimacy. She is a Psychosexual Therapist, Relationship Coach, Educator, Author, and Speaker, and the founder of The LoveLife Clinic, a thriving practice dedicated to helping people create fulfilling, conscious, and erotically alive relationships.

With more than 20 years in the field, over 10,000 hours of client sessions, and 3,000+ hours leading workshops and retreats, Jacqueline’s work spans the full spectrum - from the scientific to the sacred, the embodied to the intellectual. She brings together cutting-edge research with ancient wisdom to offer a truly holistic approach to sex and relationships.

Her academic credentials are equally impressive and interdisciplinary:

• Master of Science in Sexual Health

• Master of Science in Consciousness, Spirituality & Transpersonal Psychology

• Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry & Human Sciences

• Graduate Diploma in Applied Science

• Bachelor of Arts in Languages & Literature

…plus extensive additional training in mindfulness, Tantra, Taoism, and alternative sexual practices.

Jacqueline is a certified Psychosexual Therapist, accredited by the Society of Australian Sexologists (SAS) - one of only a handful in the country with this level of qualification. She is also a Professional Certified Coach (PCC)with the International Coach Federation (ICF) and trained in the Psychobiological Approach to Couples Therapy (PACT).

Her work supports individuals and couples in person at her Sydney clinic and globally via online sessions. She also runs her acclaimed LoveLife Couples Retreats in the Blue Mountains and Bali, which have helped hundreds of couples deepen their emotional, physical, and spiritual connection. Her online courses and masterclasses extend this impact even further.

A gifted communicator, Jacqueline is regularly featured in the media, including ABC Radio (Triple J, Nightlife), Channel 7’s The Morning Show, and News Corp’s Body+Soul. She has authored three books - Great Sex After Kids, Sex Secrets for Busy People, and Seven Sex Goddesses - and her LoveLife Blog now includes over 360 articles, all available in audio version as the LoveLife Podcast.

She also co-hosts the delightfully candid podcast My Mum’s a Sex Therapist with her daughter, offering a refreshing cross-generational perspective on all things sex, love, and intimacy - blending wisdom, humour, and real talk in every episode.

With a rare mix of intellect, compassion, and playful insight, Jacqueline’s work is transforming lives - and changing the way we talk about love and sexuality for good.

A More Personal Story

I’ve always been deeply curious - about life, about people, about what makes us who we are. From the moment I could form a question, I was asking the big ones. Apparently, I was a “strange child” who read “strange books” and asked “strange questions.” I’ve often felt like that child pointing out that the emperor was wearing no clothes, quietly observing the world and wondering why no one else seemed to notice.

From a young age, I knew I wanted to be a warrior, a scientist, and a priest, and in many ways I’ve become all three.

The Warrior in me studied martial arts from my teens into my thirties, becoming particularly skilled in Aikido, the Art of Harmony. I’ve always had a strong will and a fierce sense of justice. Entering the field of sexuality required every bit of that warrior spirit, to stand up against misunderstanding, ignorance, and shame, and to keep showing up, heart open, truth intact.

The Scientist in me is endlessly fascinated by existence. I hold multiple science degrees and deeply respect the scientific method - even as I acknowledge that there’s still so much we’ve yet to understand. I delight in how modern research increasingly validates ancient spiritual wisdoms. I call myself a Scientific Mystic, grounded in evidence, open to mystery.

And the Priest? That calling was always within me, a desire to serve, to guide, to help others become more whole. As a child, I was shocked to learn I couldn’t be a priest because I was a girl. But I found my own path, beyond traditional religion, diving into transpersonal psychology and sacred sexuality. Now, as a therapist, educator, and space-holder, I'm fulfilling that calling by helping people reconnect with their authentic, embodied selves - which, to me, is the essence of true spiritual service.

My academic path began in biochemistry and human sciences, driven by a fascination with human potential. Back then, my belief that the brain could change and that food affected our health earned me the label of a “hippy herbal fruitcake.” So I pivoted, earning a graduate degree in environmental science and enjoying a successful career in that field for many years.

But while I care deeply for the planet, that work never felt like my true calling. After three children and a few more degrees, I left my career and stepped into the (then relatively unknown) world of life coaching. People thought I was mad. And then I wrote Great Sex After Kids, completed a Masters in Sexual Health, and began my practice as a Psychosexual Therapist. I haven’t looked back since.

It was as though the universe gently, insistently guided me in this direction. And I’ve come to see that sexuality isn’t just a topic of interest - it’s a key to our wholeness. It’s where the physical, emotional, social, and spiritual meet. I’ve explored this through the lens of science, anthropology, history, psychology, philosophy, spirituality, and personal experience. And the more I learned, the more I saw the need for an integrated, holistic, and transpersonal approach to sexuality - which led me to complete a second Masters in Consciousness, Spirituality, and Transpersonal Psychology.

I call what I do Transpersonal Sexology - and it brings all of me to the table.

Even now, after thousands of hours working with thousands of people, I continue to be inspired by the courage and beauty I witness every day. Our culture is only just beginning to reclaim sexuality as a natural, sacred, and vital part of being human. I feel privileged to be part of this evolution.

This is my life’s work. It’s a joyful, meaningful, and extraordinary path, and I’m honoured to guide those ready to explore what it means to live, love, and connect at the deepest levels.

TESTIMONIALS

Sometimes the love comes back as praise... Here I humbly present some of what people have said about me.

Note: Given the nature of my work and to protect people’s privacy, I’m not giving names - please trust me that these are all authentic!

"Thank-you for creating a safe space for us all to learn, grow and share. Absolutely essential for all women who want to thrive, not just survive.”

"The opening up to my own sexuality and what it means for us as a couple has been way beyond my expectations. I’ve felt safe and loved the sense of playfulness and the choices we’ve had whether or how to participate. I go away hugely enriched.”

I'm so happy with ME, where I am and where we are as a couple. This is where I've been trying to get for so long and now I'm here! Thanks - you're the best!

My sessions with Jacqueline were like a great conversation with a very wise sister/friend. She helped me through the end of my 25 year marriage with compassion and insight, giving me perspective, coping skills and a gentle push where required. I’m so grateful to have had her wise counsel.

It’s made us realise how important it is to always be there for each other, to prioritise us, even though it’s so easy to be distracted.

Your book made me realise not only what I’d lost, but how to regain it. I’m loving getting in touch with the goddesses in all parts of my life - including sexually!

This has given us a bridge to connect the gaps in our relationship, with playfulness and sensuality. We’ve learnt so much. We’ve discovered so much to add to our intimacy and sexuality.

Thank you for the weekend retreat - I greatly enjoyed and learned a lot at it. Your combination of spirituality and philosophy meeting is an inspiration.

It’s been so good to find a book that tells us how to look after ourselves - not only how to look after the baby.

We will always remember the weekend, we discovered so much together and shall keep learning with each other with the skills gained for a long time to come. Thank you for such a great experience.

We LOVED the retreat. You created a safe, adult, sexy space where we could be honest and open, exploring ourselves and the connection that exists in really different ways than we've ever been able to in the past. Your rich and sensitive holding of the spiritual side, and ease of its emergence as sexual energy - an energy to draw the other in and connect with - was really a gift and a beautiful model to offer.

Thank-you for for so skillfully weaving my sexuality and spirituality back together. I now feel the way I’ve always wanted to feel.

I enjoyed doing this course immensely. The content is spot on and you rightly focus on the 'being' rather than the 'doing'.

I am personally so grateful for participating in Saturday's Tantric Lounge, connecting with a group of people with beautiful, fertile rich energy.

You’re the first of many counsellors who really feels comfortable and is coming from a practical, understandable place. You've helped us find the key and it's really quite simple.

"We want to thank you so very much for the most wonderful week in paradise, both literally and metaphorically. Having been to your workshops previously we knew for sure that we were in for a week of lusciousness, but our week with you in Bali was more gloriously luscious and inspiring than we could have imagined.”

I just am finishing the Luscious Woman course. It has been such an inspiring course and you have such a fabulous gift for taking all the awkwardness out of sexuality and turning it into such a lovely and beautiful thing to embrace. My husband is the doing the black belt in the bedroom course as well and its been so amazing watching him develop into the soft, loving and passionate man I knew he could be. We are so grateful for your course, your passion and wish everyone who wants to expand their sexual understand could know about this course.

"I have to tell you that this experience has been life changing for me, and your wonderful loving work in helping us let go and come into ourselves made this life change such a warm comfortable natural process, that I can hardly remember what it was like before.”

Thank you for a wonderful retreat. All the things we were worried about turned out to be no concern at all and all the things we were looking forward to turned out to be much better than we dreamed! We are still buzzing from the experience.

Working on the solution instead of the problem has taken me further forward then anything else I have tried.

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"We really love coming to see you, as you offer us such support and have made a huge difference to our lives."

"I feel an enormous sense of relief that we have a platform to communicate about intimacy and sex in an open respectful and adult way."

"This book has changed our lives. It’s all good practical common-sense - and it works!"

"We have noticed a real shift in our energies towards each other since seeing you, almost like switching from AM to FM radio, the difference is that noticeable."

"Sex was just off the agenda and we’d lost connection. We couldn’t recommend this book more. It really will help"

"Thank-you for so deliciously weaving my sexually and spiritually together again, I now feel the way I’ve always wanted and known I could feel."

"It’s made us realise how important it is to always be there for each other, to prioritise us, even though it’s so easy to be distracted."

"I felt so useless and alone after I had my baby, and forcing myself to have sex with my husband made it worse. This book has helped me see in little ways how I can enjoy being a mother and a wife - which means I can enjoy being me! Thank-you."

"I've seen so many therapists but you're amazing! I come out of each session so much more self-aware and enlightened."

"We used to fight constantly about sex, I never thought we'd find a way out. Then we found you and that's all changed. You're awesome!"

"My sessions with Jacqueline were like a great conversation with a very wise sister/friend. She helped me through the end of my 25 year marriage with compassion and insight, giving me perspective, coping skills and a gentle push where required. I’m so grateful to have had her wise counsel."

"Working on the solution instead of the problem has taken me further forward then anything else I have tried."

"I'm so happy with ME, where I am and where we are as a couple. This is where I've been trying to get for so long and now I'm here! Thanks - you're the best!"

"Before meeting Jacqueline we were fumbling around in the dark, I couldn’t go the distance and this left my beloved underwhelmed. We were caught in the daily grind, were sexually frustrated and wanting a more satisfying experience. Since Jacqueline’s sex coaching our lovemaking has become light-hearted, our lives filled with romance, dating, petting, smooches. When we make love the time is intimate, fun, erotic, orgasmic and/or all of the above. We’ve never been happier, whole or as complete – and can’t thank you enough."

"I never thought I’d lose my libido - but I did! Who’d have thought one little baby could be so exhausting! Your book made so much sense - it explained why I was feeling this way, why my partner was feeling this way, and what we could do about it."

"I wish we’d had this book when our first bub was born. But better late than never, it’s been a great help second time around!"

"Seeing Jacqueline has been by far one of the best decisions we have made. Before seeking her help I was very sad about our situation. I am so happy to say that as a direct result of her thoughtful guidance we are in such a different and better place in our sex life."

"We weren’t in a very good place. Reading Jacqueline’s book together made the world of difference and we’re stronger for it"

"You have such a fabulous gift for taking all the awkwardness out of sexuality and turning it into such a lovely and beautiful thing to embrace. "

"You’re the first of many counsellors who really feels comfortable and is coming from a practical, understandable place. You've helped us find the key and it's really quite simple."

"It’s been so good to find a book that tells us how to look after ourselves - not only how to look after the baby."

"You've changed the whole way I look at sex, now I feel so much more positive and free and empowered!"

"A massive thank you for all your guidance and wisdom. Your sex therapy played a very significant role in changing our lives forever."

"Thanks again for your brilliant life-changing support. "

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