Jean Dorff
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Jean Dorff
Author and advisor working at the intersection of voice, authority, and execution under pressure.
Jean Dorff works with women and organizations shaped by disruption, authority loss, and long-term pressure—where clarity erodes even when capability remains.
His primary work is The Empowering Story, a three-month coaching container for women ready to reclaim authorship and internal authority after periods of silence, survival, or prolonged strain.
Alongside this work, he writes and publishes observational and strategic books on the inner human condition and on organizational execution under pressure.
His work is known for naming patterns that are widely experienced but rarely articulated—without urgency, prescription, or performance demands.
Primary work: The Empowering Story
Additional work: Writing, publishing, and selective advisory engagements
Work
Jean Dorff’s work spans three related domains, each addressing how people and systems respond when pressure disrupts clarity, authority, and expression.
The Empowering Story
A precision coaching environment for women ready to reclaim authorship and internal authority. This work supports women who have done significant personal work, yet experience a persistent gap between insight and expression, understanding and action.
It focuses on authorship—the capacity to think, speak, decide, and act from internal coherence, without forcing change or outsourcing authority. Writing is a central instrument in this process, used to make orientation, voice, and internal alignment visible.
Writing & Publishing
Observational and strategic books on the inner human condition and execution under pressure. These books explore how interior states, language, and authority reorganize after disruption—both at the individual and organizational level.
These works are descriptive, not prescriptive; they do not offer methods or step-by-step solutions. Their purpose is to name widely experienced but rarely articulated conditions without urgency or performance demands. Books are published under Inner Condition Press and Structural Insight Publishing.
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Advisory & Consultancy
Selective advisory work where execution and authority diverge. Jean Dorff works selectively with senior leaders and organizations navigating execution loss, decision fatigue, or erosion of internal authority under sustained pressure.
This work is diagnostic and observational rather than procedural. Engagements are limited, contextual, and typically begin by invitation, focusing on understanding the unique dynamics at play.
Books
Jean Dorff’s books explore how voice, authority, and meaning reorganize after disruption—in individuals, in relationships, and in systems under pressure.
Foundational Work
Broken Silence (2018)
Living with Passion and Purpose after Sexual Abuse
Jean Dorff’s first book and international bestseller, Broken Silence documents his personal journey after childhood sexual abuse and the long-term impact of silence on identity, expression, and meaning.
This work established the experiential ground from which his later observational, coaching, and strategic work developed.
Observational Works
(Published by Inner Condition Press)
Books in this category explore interior states shaped by trauma, disruption, or prolonged strain—without prescribing healing pathways or demanding action.
  • Voice Intelligence (Jan 2026)
    How inner states register in language before intention, insight, or decision-making.
  • The Hurt Mind (Nov 2026)
    On how unresolved trauma reorganizes perception, memory, and meaning long after events have passed.
  • Forgiveness (2024) - co-authored with Jeanie Gother
    A non-moralized examination of forgiveness as an internal condition rather than a behavioral requirement.
  • How to Live with an Abused Person (2025) - co-authored with Jeanie Gother
    For partners and loved ones navigating proximity to trauma without becoming its solution.
Strategic Works
(Published by Structural Insight Publishing)
  • The Strategy Gap (Jan 2026)
    Why execution breaks down even when strategy, talent, and intent remain intact.
About
Jean Dorff’s work focuses on what happens beneath clarity, performance, and expression when people and systems have been shaped by disruption, prolonged pressure, or enforced silence.
His perspective is informed by three intersecting domains: lived experience, long-term coaching practice, and organizational advisory work. Rather than treating these as separate tracks, his work examines how authority, voice, and decision-making reorganize across personal and institutional contexts.
Jean began his public work with Broken Silence, an international bestselling memoir on living with the long-term impact of childhood sexual abuse. That book established the experiential ground for his later work, but it does not define its scope. Over time, his focus shifted from telling a personal story to observing patterns—how internal states register in language, how authority erodes under pressure, and how clarity is lost even when insight remains.
Today, his primary work is The Empowering Story, a selective coaching environment for women ready to reclaim authorship and internal authority. Alongside this, he writes observational books on the inner human condition and strategic works on organizational execution, and engages in limited advisory work with leaders and organizations facing execution loss.
Across all domains, Jean Dorff is known for articulating patterns that are widely experienced but rarely named—without prescribing change, imposing urgency, or positioning himself as an authority over the reader or client.
Contact
Jean Dorff’s work spans coaching, writing, and selective advisory engagements.
To ensure clarity and appropriate routing, please use the following guidelines.
The Empowering Story
For inquiries related to The Empowering Story coaching program, including participation, referrals, or existing client matters:
→ Visit the official site for The Empowering Story
Publishing & Media
For inquiries related to Jean Dorff’s books, publishing, interviews, or media requests:
→ info@jeandorff.com