About Bird & Babe

Bird & Babe is dedicated to nurturing and educating the child within — empowering the child (and parent) to flourish and take flight in today’s ever-changing world.

Educational, relational, and multi-modal approaches create this nourishment and are rooted in educational theory, trauma-informed ways of knowing, narrative/story work, arts-based research, play, neuropsychology, and interpersonal neurobiology.

Every parent desires their child to flourish — but may be overwhelmed by factors in the home, school, culture — or their story. Jessica seeks to best support the child through best supporting parents and/or educators with warm, hopeful, and connective ways forward. In certain contexts, she also meets with the student.

Jessica would be absolutely thrilled to work with families and/or schools to create a vibrant, supportive, and enriching environment that cultivates peace, life, and joy for all.

About Jessica Lipps

Jessica Lipps is a mother and educational advocate who holds both U.S. and Canadian teaching credentials.

She is currently a Ph.D. candidate in the Faculty of Education at Simon Fraser University, where she uses arts-based research methodologies to explore embodied, contemplative, and narrative ways of knowing within the maternal journey. Jessica views the mother as a child’s first teacher—both in utero and beyond—and is passionate about supporting parents in creating homes rooted in care, warmth, and meaningful connection in today’s often overwhelming climate of unintentional disconnection.

Jessica holds a Master’s in Christian Studies and Culture from Regent College (Vancouver) and a Bachelor’s in Education from Trinity International University. She is licensed through the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE), the Teacher Regulation Branch of the British Columbia Ministry of Education and Child Care, and the Teacher Qualification Service (TQS).

She brings a rich blend of arts-based, trauma-informed, and socio-emotional expertise to her work. Currently enrolled in Intensive I: Making Sense of Kids at the Neufeld Institute, Jessica is deepening her study of attachment, maturation, and vulnerability.

As an educator, theologian, advocate, and mother, she is committed to walking alongside families and schools to build strong advocacy for children and a flourishing parent-to-child attachment for the sake of both parent and child, the school, and the healing of humanity.

Bird & Babe works on the unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh Nations.