Meet Sylvia Jackson

Sylvia holds an MBA and an MSc, and draws on both in her work at WordifyScience, her flagship business, which empowers international clients to bring their ideas and stories to life through expert support in research, grant development, and document management. WordifyScience was also where Sylvia first "tested the waters" herself — creating, step by step, the life that she wanted to live. That experience of building something true to herself, rather than something borrowed from someone else's blueprint, is the same spirit she now brings to the people she mentors.

For over 10 years, Sylvia has been mentoring friends, early-career academics, and young entrepreneurs — long before "mentor" was part of her job title. Her work centers on creating space: space to slow down, to listen inward, and to find clarity without pressure. Clients who work with Sylvia often describe the experience as less like being pushed forward and more like being walked alongside.

Together with her business partner Erik, Sylvia founded TidewiseLife to offer an alternative to the hustle-driven coaching world — something warmer, more human, and built around the idea that lasting change unfolds gently, in its own time.